[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-694":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},1887500,2510,"Chapter 694: The Unseen Danger","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-694",694,"\u003Cp>The rest of the weekend quickly flew by as Xiaoyun finally left his land of warmth and tenderness called home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking to the logistics office’s gate early in the morning, he was a little surprised to see a group of exhausted workers with dark circles around their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them even waved back at him as they headed out, leaving him a little confused as he continued to walk towards the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once inside, he sees a group of much more energetic workers in one of the rooms, their faces full of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morning, boss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun waved back and continued down the hall, he soon arrived at the doorstep of Houqin’s office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a gentle knock, he soon heard a quiet voice from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the door, Houqin was sitting in her usual office chair, with the monitor and keyboard in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, what brought you to come so early today?\" Houqin curiously asked as her hands continued to be on the keyboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just wanted to check if everything is fine... Is Yezi’s situation all sorted out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yezi hasn’t sent any messages back yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... Ahem, Houqin, did you assign some people to the night shift or something? I walked into a group of workers earlier that barely looked awake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were just there in case of an emergency that needs urgent supplies... Oh, I almost forgot, Commander, your friends sent a letter to my parents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My friend? Your parents? What?\" Xiaoyun asked in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Pinli learnt my parent were traveling over here, so they let my parent carry it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin explained as she finally stopped typing for a second, going over her personal bag before handing an entire envelope over to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pinli... What could the letter be about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun looked around the envelope, he immediately felt something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name on the letter was written way too neatly. It didn’t add up to Pinli’s messy handwriting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the letter had a weird touch to it as he rubbed his finger around the envelope’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said Pinli sent this to your parent? Did he personally hand it to them?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, I think my parent said a man who claimed to be a guard for Pinli... Is there something wrong with the letter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The handwriting on the cover doesn’t match. It has a weird smell and a weird powdery touch inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it that serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin couldn’t understand Xiaoyun’s concern as she couldn’t imagine what could be inside the envelope that made him look this worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Better safe than sorry... You probably also might want to throw your bag away. I’ll be back later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun arrived in the pawn shop, the front desk worker quickly brought him inside, walking through the long hallways before stopping at the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he opened the door, he saw Tianci sitting in a meeting room with twenty different people, all wearing lab coats and papers in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry. Did I interrupt you guys?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there something wrong?\" Tianci asked, signalling Xiaoyun to follow her as the two of them headed back into the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something is off about this letter that someone allegedly sent to me. Can you check if anything is dangerous inside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking out the envelope in a zip-lock bag, Tianci was immediately intrigued as she looked around the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What makes you think this letter is not normal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has a weird smell and a powdery texture inside... I feel like it might be some sort of bioweapon or something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? Bioweapon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tianci rubbed her finger on the envelope, she couldn’t feel anything off about it. The only thing she could feel was the plastic touch from the ziplock bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just have a weird instinct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun answered, not wanting to elaborate any further as he looked determined to have the envelope open in a safer environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, fine. I’ll open it later... Just give me five minutes or so. I need to finish this meeting before I can open this letter for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few minutes had gone by, people began coming out of the room as they waved good morning to Xiaoyun before walking off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianci was the last one out as she held a small stack of paper in her hand, all gathered up neatly on a clipboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun began following Tianci further down the hall, he soon found himself in a room with a bunch of gears he couldn’t even name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing he could name was the protective gear, which looked almost exactly the same as the one he used in Shenzhen’s death zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take the envelope out of the ziplock bag and put it in this one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly put the letter inside some sort of toxic waste bag, taking a step back as she put the waste bag into the machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a few presses of a button, the machine started running super loud in front of them as the noise blasted into their ear before it quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An autoclave. Think about it like a pressure chamber that has a lot of hot steam inside to kill viruses and bacteria.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the machine continued to run for a while, Xiaoyun soon noticed the timer on the side that said fifteen minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After this thing is done, the mail is going to be safe now, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This machine should be able to kill most things... Xiaoyun, why do you think someone sent you a letter with a bioweapon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianci asked the question again as she herself couldn’t understand why he thought the inside of the envelope could be dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Better safe than sorry... I remember seeing a headline that happened a few years back when I was traveling overseas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A few years back... You mean back in the 2000s?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... Back in the 2000s.\" Xiaoyun quietly murmured, his mind suddenly feeling a little old hearing her say the year out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s when you’re still Songming, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm. I had to fly back the next day after that headline... It was a little scary to think anyone could just die in a random attack the next day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianci didn’t say anything back as the two waited patiently in front of the machine. After a short moment, the machine was finally done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Careful. It might be very hot inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tianci pressed a few buttons and took a step back, the lid began to open on its own as steam flew straight out into the air duct above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now you can open the envelope... Wait, actually put on a pair of gloves and a mask. Then stand right here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly followed her direction, putting all the equipment on before standing right below the air duct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you making it sound like the things inside aren’t dead?\" Xiaoyun nervously asked as he started to regret taking out the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said it yourself. Better safe than sorry... Actually, wait. Let me put this thing through more decontamination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianci quickly snatched the bag away from Xiaoyun as she threw it straight into a whole separate machine just a few steps away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only took a few seconds this time as she instantly took out the bag, putting on the glove herself before opening the bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-Wait, you just open it like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That thing was an irradiation machine. No bacteria or viruses can survive at its highest setting unless it’s a straight-up alien organism.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she opens the envelope, the inside only contains a letter and a small bit of white powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, you certainly are right. Something fishy is about this powder... Now let’s see what’s inside the actual letter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she saw what was written on the letter, she was frozen in place. Her eyes began to change color as she suddenly leaned forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only seconds to react, Xiaoyun immediately rushed forward, supporting her up by the shoulder as she stood back up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tianci? Tianci? You okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s gone... You should have just opened the letter yourself. The powder here is just basic baking soda.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tianci’s alternate voice appeared, Xiaoyun quickly grabbed the letter for himself before realizing what had caused her to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun, you think your prank was funny, didn’t you? You think we had forgotten about how you tried to scam us?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small tricks have big prices to pay. Enjoy your break while it lasts, or else you’ll be met with a bad fever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, wait, you’re probably having it right now. Or maybe someone else has a bad fever if they had opened the letter for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, make sure you stay awake next week. You wouldn’t want to miss out on a great show coming your way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re still alive reading this, tell Tianci that I said hello. Such a shame, all her potential being wasted in some tiny little lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Signed, doctor Tian.\u003C\u002Fp>",1503,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","79baf98be9142bc22e9ac717528905bdf98016d3eb091024ec48600d6b1796d6","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-695","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-693",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]