[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-673":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},1887448,2510,"Chapter 673: Break or No Break","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-673",673,"\u003Cp>The more Xiaoyun thought about it, the more he started to realize the plan might actually be plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having a small team to repair the railroad in advance and then sending troops and supplies effortlessly to another city sounds almost perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It almost reminded him of a certain repair plan that a man told him a few days ago with airdropping soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was one clear drawback to the whole idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have enough soldiers to clear more cities. All of them already have their own duties and areas assigned to clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe in the future...\" Xiaoyun thought to himself as he closed the report, resuming his drafts for the transportation order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun went through most of the reports on the desk, Yuqi was still on the same report at the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You still working on it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun curiously asked as he got up from his seat, opening the door and getting ready to leave for lunch break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. Just give me one minute... I need to write this guideline before I can pass this over to Jianlin to carry out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her come up with the last few words to type on her computer, the printer soon started running as it began printing out a document.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jianlin! Can you come over and carry this out?\" Yuqi yelled as she took the paper out of the printer from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, boss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, now we can go eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi got up and grabbed onto Xiaoyun’s arm, he couldn’t help but feel a little bad for Jianlin as she ran into the room to get the paper before leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She doesn’t need to go eat?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as the two of them exited her main office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t need to worry about Jianlin. She’ll just have her lunch break later... Where do you want to go eat today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi asked as the two of them entered the elevator, pressing the ground floor button as it began to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... I don’t know. What do you want to eat?\" Xiaoyun questioned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about a burger? I feel like I haven’t eaten fast food for so long.\" Yuqi murmured as her mouth started drooling a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go check it out then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the short breakfast, Xiaoyun and Yuqi went their separate ways as he headed towards the logistics office to meet up with Houqin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he opened the door, Houqin was still eating her food out of a plastic tray, her eyes busily looking at some paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like there’s a lot of work today, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"G-Good——Ahem ahem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down. Finish your food before you talk to me... No need to rush it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun took a seat in front of her as she quickly finished up her food, putting the plastic tray aside as she wiped her mouth with a tissue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, I had been waiting for you. The salvage report in Dongguan just came out from Yiming today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many did they manage to recover?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of the tanks were transported out safely. And they managed to clear the last remaining bit of Dongguan as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank god... Wait, you said they cleared Dongguan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun asked again, his ear unable to believe the bombshell news that Houqin had just dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They cleared Dongguan. But only the city itself, though. None of the rural areas in the whole administrative zone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally, some good news... Why is your face still so tense? Is there something else that went wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"None of the salvage tanks are operational.... It’s going to cost a lot to find the right parts and pay for the repair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s fine. The tank being salvaged is a better outcome than I had expected anyway... Have Yiming and Lingang gotten into their position at Zhongshan and Jiangmen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, Commander, you mean Han Bang? Lingang is at Dongguan and Shenzhen right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right, sorry about that. I mixed them up... So, have they begun setting up for retaking those two cities yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are currently sending in scouting missions. And they had already repulsed the zombie horde that had gathered in the south.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good. Tell them to take their time. We’re in no rush to take these two cities over. Make sure they get everything they need.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin nodded as she noted it down in her small notebook, leaving Xiaoyun a little curious as he noticed the piles of reports on her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that all you have to report for today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... There is one more report. Yezi had sent back his July report of Zhaoqing. You might want to have a read of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she handed him a piece of paper in between the piles of files, Xiaoyun opened it before reading it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, the information was mostly things he already knew, like how Zhaoqing had been cleared, and the last few bits of the rural countryside were underway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing new was the regard for Guangxi, more specifically, how zombies were heading over to the neighboring province rather than staying put.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost as if the zombies knew they were too strong, so they fled in advance to avoid the need to fight them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the timeline wouldn’t add up, as the fleeing happened right at the start of the outbreak, way before their settlement cleared Guangzhou city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh... Weird.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun didn’t think too much about it, as there wasn’t much to do other than to tell Yezi to be more cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anything else I need to catch up on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, that’s it. Nothing else worth reporting.\" Houqin murmured as she started typing something on the computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great. What’s all this paper on your desk for then?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he looked towards the big stack of papers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just inventory changes from last month, since it’s August now. Most of them are pretty trivial items.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... Then if there’s nothing else that I need to catch up on, I’m going to head back home early today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, Commander, can I ask you about something personal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure. What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun suddenly started having a bad feeling as he could notice the nervousness on her face, the same one that he had seen on his wives before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My, um... A friend of mine was able to contact me a few days ago. T-They were friends with me before the outbreak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm. Did they ask you to get an autograph from me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-No, n-not that. She happened to find my parents in Changsha before coming over here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Commander, I-I was wondering if I can take a few days off to go to Changsha to meet my parent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun sat in silence as his mind ran through various kinds of thoughts, only to come up with a singular answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m afraid I can’t grant you the break.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you——Wait, what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin was a little stunned as she didn’t expect Xiaoyun to reject her request. She had never taken a day off since getting this job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your job is too important. I can’t afford to lose you... Who knows if something bad happens while you’re on your trip to Changsha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B-But my parents...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Houqin looking a little torn, Xiaoyun suggested a counteroffer that instantly changed the frown on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don’t you just send a small team to bring your parents over? Then you can see them every day instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re right, Commander. Why didn’t I think of that? I’ll go——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can go after you finish this work first. Let’s not forget the country comes first before personal affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Houqin happily returned to her work, Xiaoyun felt a little accomplished as he avoided a potential disaster with logistics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I almost forgot. Get ready to draft a plan for the 6th Army Corps... We’re going to reach around a million soldiers by the end of the year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun could see the smile instantly wiped off from Houqin’s face, but she still said ’Yes, sir’ with all the remaining energy she had left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he exited the logistics office, Xiaoyun was a little surprised to see Tianci calling him over the phone out of all phones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, can you come to my office for a second? I need to share something with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he hung up the phone, Xiaoyun quickly hopped into his car, driving out of the logistics’ parking lot before driving down the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After driving for a few minutes, he finally arrived at a pawn shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you like to sell, sir?\" A store worker asked, welcoming Xiaoyun in as he looked around the store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d like to go inside the lab. Tianci called me to come here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The store worker looked over to the security guard by the door, who instantly understood the message as he pulled the store blinds over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Follow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the store worker, Xiaoyun soon finds himself walking down a strange entrance way that looks nothing like the last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no metal doors, only a long hallway with cameras and mysterious dark holes on the ceiling that seemed to be blocked off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys really renovated this place, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun commented as the two of them finally reached the end of the hallway, which finally had the familiar-looking metal door that required an ID key.\u003C\u002Fp>",1559,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","eb34acedda916a35c2eff6a32925c4b61fd708ee07949c82150e1263ddc85fbb","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-822","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-627",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]