[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-656":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Zombie Apocalypse: Creation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1887393,2510,"Chapter 656: Fengkai County","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-656",656,"\u003Cp>\"Where are we now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soldier asked, walking down a road with a Major-ranked officer right next to him. His face looked a little sleepy despite it only being seven o’clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just thirty minutes away before we reach our next stop... You need me to carry your backpack for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m good, sir. Thank you for asking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two of them continued hiking down the road, there were around a thousand people, or a single regiment, walking along with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they didn’t look as sleepy as the soldier next to the major, they all looked a little tired as they had been walking since four o’clock in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, we’re going to take an early break now before we reach Longsheng temple!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the senior officer yelled it out loud, all of the soldiers immediately dispersed into the nearby trees to avoid the hot sun above them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Major Lan, why are we stopping so early this time? We should walk as much as possible before the sun is fully out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a soldier with the rank of Captain confronted the Major, he took out his water canteen before taking a small sip first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We might need to fight when we get to the temple. Better rest up a little before assaulting the temple head-first.\" The major argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain didn’t argue any further, but his face was clearly not happy. His opinion wasn’t just alone either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around, the Major could feel the soldier was not just tired. But they were starting to get sick of how much they had walked for the past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The endless marching. Not even fighting anything. They had been marching nonstop, going from village to village to clear empty buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They haven’t even encountered any humans alive. Nor had they encountered any zombies since the beginning of the trip to the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only living thing they encountered was mosquitoes at night, and the wildlife in the forest along the highway on which they were currently standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Major, how much you want to bet this temple is going to be empty?\" A soldier nearby suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not betting anything. Go back to chatting with your unit, Chen Wang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the soldier walked off in disappointment, Major Lan quickly took out a small map before laying it flat onto a stone nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down, he could see various points they had crossed out in red. They were all the villages they had visited, with nothing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few of the city-towns in a few of the county centers had a few green circles, ones that they cleared before Yiming assigned them to the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is everyone in Zhaoqing?\" Major Lan wondered as he couldn’t understand how the countryside could be so empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just didn’t make sense to him. He could vividly remember how many people fled to the countryside back in Guangzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was fleeing to the countryside, including himself. If it weren’t for Xiaoyun’s troop bringing him to Luoping, he would have never been in the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going back to the topic at hand, Major Lan’s army had only managed to find a few hundred people near the rural area closer to Zhaoqing’s city proper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on other majors’ experiences, their whole adventure in Zhaoqing alone had only managed to find a few thousand people alive in the entire administrative district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It almost felt as if people in cities just stayed put, as he thought back to the number of zombies they had to fight initially at Zhaoqing city proper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Major Lan, it’s been ten minutes now... We should start going soon.\" A soldier with the rank of Corporal murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, get up your lazy ass!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, nothing inside the temples other than a well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the entire squad came out of the temple’s entrance, Major Lan’s face was immediately disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soldier with the rank of Captain complained, followed by more soldiers who stood outside next to him, who looked just as disappointed as the Major.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Better than fighting zombies. Everyone, go set up camp... Corporal, bring me to the wells.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Major Lan and the soldiers began entering the temple, everyone was a little awed by the decoration inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a whole statue right in the middle of the temple, with a very small courtyard in the middle leading up to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the sides were just abandoned storage rooms. Further behind the statue was where the well was located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the well we found... It seems to be good. But we can’t be sure how long it has been since someone used it last time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Major looked into the well, he could barely see the water inside as the tunnel looked much deeper than he had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why does this place look so familiar?\" A soldier with the rank of Captain murmured as he looked around himself\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re probably mixing it up with the other temple we went to... Chen Wang! Bring out your testing kit and check if the water is drinkable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a soldier arrived at the well, Major Lan headed back outside before taking a look at his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down the road, he could see a small town in the distance. It was their final destination of the entire journey, Fengkai County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few hours walk away from here—a small town right on the border between Gaungzdong province and Guangxi province.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanting to see up close, Major Lan took out his binoculars. But unforunately, the dense fog from the river nearby blocked him from Fengkai itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Major Lan! The well water is safe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, put down your gears. We’re going to set up a small military base here before we go to Fengkai town!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers immediately dropped down their backpacks, with more soldiers already taking out their axes and going to the nearby forests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had their own job to attend to, other than the Major himself, as he sat on a bench near the temple’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were laser-focused on the map itself, which showed a road that had many twists and turns before leading up to the town ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This might be a little too big for us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Major Lan murmured to himself as he measured the size of the town with his compass over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should we call for reinforcement then?\" A different captain asked this time as he approached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. Just send a radio message telling them where we are... And tell them we’re going to arrive at Fengkai by the evening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sun went from the east all the way down to the west, the troops were all beyond exhausted as they arrived at the outskirts of Fengkai County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were now just a five-minute walk from the administrative building, or three minutes away from a real estate mansion meant for rich people before the outbreak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Major Lan, what was that plane above us earlier?\" A soldier curiously asked the question on everyone’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I got as much clue as you do... It’s none of our worries. We need to get to those buildings before it gets dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking for a few more minutes, they finally arrived at the doorstep of the first mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone could see some human activity further down the road—a small bit of smoke coming from within one of the mansions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each squad, go to each of the mansions. Everyone else, follow me. We’re going straight to the administrative building.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soldiers began detaching from the main army as they all went their separate ways, leaving only around two hundred people walking down the main road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, we aren’t going to check out that mansion with the smoke first?\" A soldier with the rank of captain curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can ask the squad assigned to that building later... I want to set up a radio base to ask for reinforcement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they continued walking down the main road, Major Lan’s worries had only gotten worse as more and more buildings could be seen in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were hundreds, if not thousands, of buildings that could house well over one hundred thousand zombies in the worst-case scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were nowhere near ready to capture the whole town. At the very best, they were just aiming to capture a small beachhead at this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bzzz, Bzzz.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Major Lin picked up his walkie-talkie, he finally heard a message that made him smile since the start of the trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"12th Squad here, we found a survivor in Mansion number 1012. Requesting guidance. Over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring them to the administrative building. Over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the soldiers were at ease upon hearing the news, as the empty road they were walking on felt almost like another ghost town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two squads go guard the northern direction, and you two squads go guard the eastern direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You three squads, bust through the southern entrance in 3 minutes. Everyone else, get ready to breach in through the windows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers immediately split up again, heading towards their assigned area as Major Lan turned on the walkie-talkie and stood right outside.\u003C\u002Fp>",1535,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","d2242a8e48ef54a2eaa8011b267a20bcc9f0c92f8f8ea4e3e171f7ed765d1524","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-607","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-606",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]