[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-676":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},1887461,2510,"Chapter 676: Subsidy and Routine Checkup","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-676",676,"\u003Cp>\"He had stated that long-term use of subsidies will create uncompetitive businesses that are overreliant on government handouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would you address that without hurting unemployment figures? And how about the increasingly higher spending from these subsidies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the news anchor asked his question, Liuqian didn’t seem to be fazed by it as he quickly came up with an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll answer this question in two parts... First, the use of subsidies is temporary. As I already mentioned, its existence is to stabilize startup companies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This program is not permanent. And many of these subsidies are done through low-interest loans. So they aren’t just handouts for free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When we find the right time, we will begin to cut back on this program... Secondly, the increased spending is actually a good thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would that be a good thing? Aren’t we creating a debt that might grow too big to pay back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a good thing to simulate the economy. We are currently in a growth phase where every dollar we spend is a dollar compounding in growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The debt is not as important and can be paid back later. Not to mention, it’s nowhere near the value of the assets the government has.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t disclose the exact amount in public as it is classified information. But just remember, the zombies once owned the land you and I stand on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liuqian paused for a second as he put the final nail in the coffin of the whole government debt question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the central bank is more than ready to step in at any time if the government has trouble with liquidity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... Thank you for your time today, Mr.Liu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Upcoming will be the re-run of the midnight current. See you all around the same time tomorrow from 8 to 11 PM.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the news section came to an end, Xiaoyun was the first one to grab the remote to turn off the TV, as everyone was getting a little sleepy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kate, why do you look so happy all of a sudden?\" Yuqi curiously asked, noticing the smile on her face just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I’m rich!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was a little intrigued as they couldn’t understand why Kate said that out loud in the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean you’re rich?\" Nami curiously asked next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I brought all of my money into Qingyuan Mineral. I owned 30% of that company. I’m going to be the richest woman in this town!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Kate happily shaking Anna in sheer excitement, everyone rolled their eyes as they couldn’t care less about money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, money was just an abstract number. One that could come as easily as a snap of a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that’s what got you all happy, you would be shocked to see my bank account.\" Yuqi joked as she got up from the sofa with Lianrong in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, maybe I’m not that rich. But that’s my own money! I made a successful investment without anyone’s help!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Kate still looking so happy, no one discouraged her as they all complimented her before going upstairs back to their own bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the first week of August quickly flew by, Xiaoyun found himself in a little sticky situation early on a Friday morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, can you drive Tianci to the hospital today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was a little confused by Leyan’s sudden request as they looked over to Tianci, who seemed to be perfectly fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianci herself looked even more confused, as she didn’t seem to know the reason why Leyan was telling her to go to the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why does she need to go to the hospital?\" Xiaoyun asked the question on everyone’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She needs to go to her 3rd trimester checkup... Kate and Anna need to do theirs, too. I already made the appointment for you guys for next Monday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone froze for a second as they looked over to Tianci’s belly, which looked as flat as a cardboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyan, you’re telling me Tianci is in her 3rd trimester?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuli questioned in disbelief as she looked completely different from everyone else in the house who was once pregnant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. She got pregnant back near the end of January... It’s August already, so just two more months before labor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone stared towards Tianci’s flat belly, no one could believe she was pregnant, about to give labor in two months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"S-Stop staring at me...\" Tianci shyly murmured, looking down at her bowl of noodles in embrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is the baby? How could someone be this flat? This doesn’t make any logical sense at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate murmured as she rubbed her own belly, which looked bigger than Tianci’s belly despite only having recently been pregnant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough, Kate,\" Xiaoyun intervened, noticing the change on Tianci’s face as she lowered her head even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude.\" Kate immediately apologized, realizing how offensive she sounded earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay. I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the atmosphere got a little awkward, Leyan finally decided to speak up again to salvage the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, you two are going to be late if you keep eating. You guys should really get going now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"O-Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xiaoyun and Tianci both exited the house, everyone in the kitchen immediately turned their attention to Kate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you thinking when you said that?\" Yuqi questioned first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was so rude of you,\" Anna murmured next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you out of your mind?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yueyue questioned next, with everyone else looking a little disappointed in Kate as they all couldn’t believe what she had just said earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry... I didn’t think it through my head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’d better make it up to her somehow. Or else you’re going to be excluded from tonight’s surprise with Xiaoyun.\" Leyan warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun drove his car towards the hospital, his mind was thinking about where the baby was located inside Tianci’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind was being driven crazy as he couldn’t think of an explanation, but Xiaoyun knew the last thing he should do was to ask her directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last thing he wanted to do was to repeat the same mistake as Kate, causing Tianci to get into a bad mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun... Do you want to know how I keep my belly hidden?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course—— Ahem, I mean, you don’t have to tell me. It’s up to you. No pressure if you don’t want to say it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the car reached closer and closer to the hospital, he soon noticed Tianci’s pupil started to change color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your wives are really idiots sometimes. What were they thinking when they asked that question?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alternate Tianci’s voice appeared just as Xiaoyun parked the car in the hospital’s parking lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They didn’t mean it. They are just curious... You can’t really blame them when something that looks physically impossible happens right in front of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun unclipped his seatbelt and looked over to Tianci, he was stunned as a massive belly appeared out of nowhere, hanging onto her fragile-looking body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crazy, right? Just appear like this. And boom, vanished. Gone, reduced to atmo just like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun rubbed his eyes several times as Tianci’s belly disappeared and reappeared right in front of his naked eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-Is this your invisible ability?\" Xiaoyun asked in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have a touch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tianci guided his hand towards her belly, he could feel the warm, soft skin. But as the belly vanishes, his hand goes right through as if it never existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just a basic invisibility that worked on the eyes. Rather, it somehow physically disappeared from her body completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you do that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really want to know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun nodded, his mind had been completely blown away as he just couldn’t believe something that big could just disappear physically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here... Touch my womb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tianci pressed his hand deeper towards where her stomach would usually be, he could feel a hard bump inside that prevented him from pressing any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The baby was somehow still inside her the whole time. It hasn’t actually vanished from thin air as he had imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, it retracted deep into her body despite all the organs that should have blocked it from being compressed this heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now you know my little secret... Tianci doesn’t want to walk around with a big belly in the lab, you understand her, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun nodded once again as he couldn’t imagine someone trying to push their own organ this heavily just to hide a pregnancy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"D-Does this hurt?\" Xiaoyun nervously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not. Everything is perfectly fine. Don’t worry about Tianci or the baby. They are growing normally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, let’s get out of the car. I don’t want to waste that much time in the hospital. We still have a lot of lab work to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tianci and Xiaoyun both exited the car, the massive belly reappeared once again as she no longer bothered hiding it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why was Tianci so embrassed about showing this to her sisters?\" Xiaoyun wondered as the question stuck in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>",1514,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","670be7e6749b6a7786f3e7ce51854ac5ff0c8e1b998af822c4843eecfdefef34","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-634","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-633",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]