[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-713":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},1887290,2510,"Chapter 713: Managing the Aftermath","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-713",713,"\u003Cp>\"Lin, you left me a big surprise, you know that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yezi questioned the lone officer in front of him, all of the soldiers nearby watching the questioning unfold could see the tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General, I only did what I needed to do.\" The officer answered back as he looked him right in the eyes with no fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did that include launching a probing attack into Wuzhou?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You taught me, sir! Preemptive strike is better than being sitting ducks. The best defense is offense——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough bullshit, Major. Do you know how lucky you are that the backup Division happened to be a few miles away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer fell into silence, standing there as he waited for Yezi to finish scolding him for his mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know how bad you make us look? Using missiles that we can never make up for? All because of your impatience?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General I——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did I let you talk, Major Lan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then shut up and let me fucking talk. I’m tired of your low-entry officer thinking they have the best ideas in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What makes you all think you can override superior command? Why didn’t a single one of your soldiers in your regiment report your stupid ass mistake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the continuous insult from Yezi, all of the soldiers let out a sigh of disappointment as it became clear that the officer wasn’t going to face real punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time I catch anyone disobeying the original plan, I’ll let them learn the goddamn true meaning of act first and report later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yezi pulled out his pistol and pointed it right at his head, Major Lan didn’t look scared a single bit as he stared right back at the dark barrel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you hear me? I don’t want this to happen again. Answer me if you understand what order means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Say it louder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you all looking at? Go back to your duty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crowds of soldier quickly dispersed from the two as they headed back to their camps, leaving the two to stand across from each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lan Xianlin, you really left me in a pickle, you know that?\" Yezi murmured as all the anger instantly disappeared from his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, Commander... I didn’t intend to waste the missiles like that.\" Major Lan replied as he bowed in apology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t waste the missiles. Next time, just send a radio call to me at the very least... I don’t like surprises.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Major Lan followed Yezi into an HQ tent, several high-ranking officers were already inside, waiting with a sandbox map in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Colonel Mingxu, sorry for the trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mingxu didn’t respond to Lan’s apology. Instead, he looked over to Yezi as he raised his question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Yezi, is the punishment over?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is as over as it could be. Unless you want to teach all those low-rank officers a lesson yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yezi walking back all the way to the middle, all of them looked over to him with respect as they waited for him to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Colonel Ningjing and Colonel Tan Pi, have your soldiers finish scouting out the forests?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them shook their head, with Ningjing being the one pointing over to a large forest right next to the city of Zhaoqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are just too many areas that the other mutant could be at... We can’t really check every single possible route that’s off the main road.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just keep scouting it. I don’t want to hear the news report of a giant mutant sneaking past us and making it to Foshan by next week.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both nodded their head, accepting Yezi’s order as he turned over to the other two colonels who hadn’t been called yet in the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tan Pi and Bai Bing, can you two make sure no zombies sneak through the southern flank? I want Yanfu’s direction to be safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have already set up several checkpoints in that area. We can even resume the mission in Yanfu——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bing’s suggestion was instantly shut down as Yezi shook his head, rejecting her argument as he looked back at the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to concentrate our resources on holding Zhaoqing for now. We’re not going to expand until this mutant threat is taken care of.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Bai Bing and Tan Pi looked a little disappointed, but neither of them spoke up about it as Yezi turned over to the person right across from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now... Major Lan, do you mind explaining to all of us how the battle went down?\" Yezi asked as all the colonels looked a little intrigued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... I’ll try my best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still late at night when the first scouting team reported something was a little off in one of the scouting missions in the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I led a small team to check it out, we were a little shocked to see a giant footprint in the middle of the concrete road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More concerningly, we were able to see a massive number of trees on the side of the road that were crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them seem to be coming from Wuzhou’s direction. To investigate this a little further, another scouting team was sent to check it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What came back shocked me. It was a report of even more footsteps. The same sizes of footstep were put in a way that indicated more than one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I instantly thought of reporting it. But remembering the general was still on his way to Yanfu, I decided to hold on to the news for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t any concrete evidence yet. It was just footprints, and that’s it. We didn’t even know where they were exactly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until a day later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We found a giant mutant hanging around the outskirts of Wuzhou. It was just a one-minute drive from the entrance of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was destroying all the buildings near it. Concrete walls made no difference as they all collasped onto the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of it destroying all of our progress flashes in our heads. We thought we needed to do something before it moved on to another city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when we develop a plan—an idea to lure the zombie near a chokehold between Fengkai and Wuzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chokehold was a short road with small hills on one side and a river on the other. It was a perfect road with only two directions: forward and backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guns were set. Bombs were set. We had everything prepared to kill the zombie in a single evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know the plan was a little risky. But waiting longer could mean that the mutant goes somewhere else that we would lose sight of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We didn’t want to let this chance slip away. It was the only chance we were given to pick the fight on our own turf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan was underway. A few car was sent, honking their horns to the max to lure out the mutant from Wuzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was dumb enough to follow, which made us even more confident. It wasn’t one of those zombies who had learn smart enough to avoid baits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the giant mutant chased further and further, it soon entered our set plan. All of the soldiers who had been waiting on the hills fired their guns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bombs on the road were all detonated. All of the RPGs were fired. Grenades were thrown, and artillery was fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We wanted to make sure it was fully dead. We wanted to concentrate all of our firepower to make sure it penetrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, it didn’t. The mutant held strong despite all the firepower that we unloaded at the zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minor damage. No, barely any damage was done. The mutant only had a few scratches that made it leak a very small amount of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, we knew we had fucked up. Fortunately, we already had a backup plan in case this did happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone immediately dispersed and hid themsleve, leaving the giant mutant with no direction to chase other than to head either forward or backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were really hoping it would head back to Wuzhou... But it chose to head forward towards the town of Fengkai County that we were holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two choices in front of me. I was either to run away, or I was to continue hiding and let it destroy the small town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I chose the latter. There was no way for us to fight back when none of our conventional weapons worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, at the very end. As the mutants approached closer and closer to the town, the reinforcement we called came in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The missiles landed right on its head, causing one of the biggest explosions all of us had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the giant mutant was still able to run away, albeit with a massive wound as it ran back towards where it came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We initially thought to give chase, but Colonel Mingxu had finally caught up to our shenanigans as our operation was put on hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after giving him an explanation did he resume letting us chase after it. By then, it was too late as we lost track of the mutant.\u003C\u002Fp>",1538,"2026-06-10T06:59:54.595Z",1,"novelbin.me","d0df14f86038920bdb33c75e3004958cba22a417dfb6334bec43a11472b0c50d","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-714","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-712",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]