[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-691":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},1887497,2510,"Chapter 691: Zombie or Not Zombie?","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-691",691,"\u003Cp>As I stepped out of the car, they questioned me about why I was following them. I told them I was looking for my family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all laughed at me for a bit, then told me that everyone they encountered was either zombies or dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got scared, like what everyone would react to hearing that. But rather than killing me on the spot, they surprisingly offered me a job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clean up the houses, they told me. All I had to do was hose down all the blood stains back in the village, and they would help me find my family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I showed them the picture of my family, and they let me go back into the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driving back to the village, I started hosing the entire village. Just shoot water at every single place, no matter if it is clean or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After I finished hosing the village, I waited. I stayed in the village waiting for their response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days turn into weeks. Weeks turned into months, months turned into years. There was no response from anyone at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started to get a little desperate. I told myself, maybe they were just playing with me. Maybe they never intended to find my family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drove to the same place every day. But no one was there. The old semi-trucks were still abandoned on the road for a whole year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I thought, maybe I should just end it all, a man showed up in a semi-truck. The new semi-truck that drove off with the batch of zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I immediately approached the man and asked him, only to get a response that my parents and kid had all died in an experiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told me they couldn’t cure them. It was a complete failure. In my head, I was in complete despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no purpose to live anymore... Until the man pulled up the trailer, revealing a familiar-looking woman sitting in a chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was my wife!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was tied down to a chair, unconscious. I couldn’t believe it. She was still alive! I tried to run up to her, only to have the man pull me back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man warned me that the woman sitting there was a zombie. My heart dropped. I couldn’t believe his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked almost perfectly fine. I tried to convince myself that the man had told me a lie. There was no way a zombie would sit there so calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chose to ignore his advice completely, pushing him aside and running up to her, hugging her as she stared back at me in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s face was shocked, but he didn’t stop me. He let me untie her from the chair and watched me carry her out of the trailer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thanked him for upholding his side of the bargain. Just as I helped my wife back into my car, the man mysteriously handed me a brand new phone and a gun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told me to call him if anything went wrong. I threw that warning aside and went back into the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I started driving back towards the village, my mind suddenly started to notice how quiet my wife was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t say a single word back. Her eyes were red and her skin was way too pale compared to what she usually looks like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing would cause her to react. I even had to help her put on her seatbelt as she just sat there, looking out the window with no emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that exact moment, my mind was starting to realize... Maybe the man was right. But my heart still told me no zombie would sit next to a human like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your wife is 100% a zombie, isn’t she?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Major Lan interrupted his story as he began to realize the man in front of him might just be delusional, or even insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is not a zombie. If she really is a zombie, how could I still be alive? Why would she sit there and not hurt me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhang’s point made him fall into silence. If Wen Zhang’s story was really true, he was right that a zombie should have killed him a long time ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said it yourself. Her eyes are all red and her skin is all pale. What kind of human just sits there and does nothing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh. No. She didn’t just sit there and do nothing... Major Lan, you notice something on your neck at all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Major Lan looked down for a second, he suddenly could see what seemed to be a transparent claw right below his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something sharp was pressed up against his neck. Ready to kill him on the spot if he moves a single muscle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen Zhang, what’s this for?\" Major Lan asked coldly as he put his pistol back into the holster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should be the one asking you, Major Lan. You’re the one who pulled the gun on me first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I sincerely apologize for my mistake... Now, can you tell your wife to move that thing away from my neck?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t trust you, Major Lan. I don’t trust you a single bit. I’m afraid you’re going to pull the gun on me if we let you go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, then we can stand here all day... Unless you want to kill me and get put on the most wanted list.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Major Lan refusing to compromise, Wen Zhang’s face flinched a little before raising his hand a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, the cold touch was removed from the neck, allowing Major Lan to breathe as he was genuinely scared the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you really want to, I can give you a car to drive out and leave this place. I’ll just pretend I haven’t seen anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not what I wanted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhang’s rejection surprised him a little, but Major Lan didn’t give him another offer as he waited patiently for him to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard you guys have a lab... I want to find a cure to help my wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A cure? I thought you said your wife isn’t a zombie.\" Major Lan asked in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s... She’s not a zombie. But she isn’t a human... I know you might think I’m delusional, but she’s a separate race from zombie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Major Lan stood in silence as he couldn’t really respond with an answer. He wanted to say it just sounded ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But knowing his life was still on the line, he only let out a small sigh. Getting ready to speak up about the reality Wen Zhang faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you really wanted to know what your wife is exactly, I think I might just know what kind of... living being she is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s... She’s a mutant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A mutant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Wen Zhang’s face looking all confused, Major Lan took a step back before pointing his finger towards the thing blocking the wind next to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you mind telling your wife to reveal herself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wen Zhang snapped his finger, a pale woman appeared right out of thin air, standing fully naked with extremely sharp fingernails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, sorry about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly ran in front of her, taking off his shirt before putting it over her body as she stood still, looking back at the two with her head slightly tilted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yep, I can definitely confirm she’s a zombie... She reminds me of those invisible zombies—Ahem, I mean invisible mutants that we had encountered in the past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the difference between a zombie and a mutant?\" Wen Zhang curiously asked, not minding Major Lan’s mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A zombie can infect someone and has no special ability. A mutant can’t infect humans, but they usually have special abilities and...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They usually are bloodthirsty in killing humans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She hasn’t killed a single soul ever since she was with me. She’s clearly not a zombie or a mutant then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Wen Zhang already drawing his own conclusion, Major Lan shook his head, signalling him to calm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said usually... It’s not always true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Major Lan paused for a second, looking over the balcony before turning back over to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t confirm this exactly, but there had been rumors in the military that our commander found some mutants who can even talk to humans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Talk to a human?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhang looked completely shocked as he couldn’t believe his ears, but he quickly recovered his cool as he got a little curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who’s this commander you’re talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The commander in chief... He’s probably the only person I know who can help you with this realistically.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can I meet him?\" Wen Zhang asked, his face filled with a hint of impatience as his voice got a little louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meet him? I haven’t even seen him since April... I can try my best to help you and your wife get in a call with the General instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will he help me get in contact with the commander in chief?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he can’t do it. Then no one else can do it... But I have one condition that I need you to fulfill for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" Wen Zhang asked, his face looking much more willing to accept anything from him as the tension eased from his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened to my missing soldier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1557,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","31f3001b72c249eea1e6566c0f5ce58d14fa37c098450e23ba9a8509fd308602","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-692","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-690",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]