[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-716":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},1887293,2510,"Chapter 716: An Experiment Gone Wrong","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-716",716,"\u003Cp>\"Yeah, it’s over... Anyway, if there’s nothing else to report on, I’m going to head back to the administrative office to work on some document.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, Commander, should we also begin to alleviate the supply back to a more even distribution? Or should we continue to focus on the Western flank?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question caught Xiaoyun a little off guard as he didn’t have a good answer right off the top of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a decision that he needed to manage carefully—especially considering the risk of those giant mutants coming back one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, focusing on the southern flank was going to give more tangible value that would help his settlement as a whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go back to an even distribution. But make sure to ready the air force at a moment’s notice if Yezi’s army asks for help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun was about to head back to the adminstrative office to resume working on his cabinet reform, he was stopped right at the gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A car had blocked his way with a woman driver who looked a little shocked at seeing him. But what really confused him was the two men exiting their car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both were wearing soldier uniforms, blocking his car from leaving as they waved their hands at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, wait, Commander, I need to talk to you for a second. It’s a very important matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the men yelled out loud as the guards from the entrance started approaching them with their rifles raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of important matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a matter of national security.\" The other man answered, his face seemingly a little surprised to see how young Xiaoyun looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really... Then let’s go somewhere else to talk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly signalled the guards to go back to their posts, then reversed his car to allow the other car to continue heading inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you so much!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both men yelled as the other car drove by them, with the driver’s face looking a little genuinely frightened by what they had done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is that woman?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a logistic officer who happened to give us a ride... Commander, where do you want to talk?\" The soldier asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can go inside one of the meeting rooms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes of walking later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two of them followed Xiaoyun all the way to a private room, he closed the door behind him before signalling to them to take a seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two better have something important to report to me, Lieutenant Colonel Lan Xianlin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name drop caught Xianlin a little off guard, but he quickly recovered as he saluted right at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander! This is the most valuable thing I have recovered from my trip in Zhaoqing that could bring concern to our national security!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is it then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun looked back at the two of them, he was a little confused. They were both sitting there with nothing in their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen Zhang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, Mister Commander, do you mind closing your eyes for a few seconds?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden request from the man with no rank confused Xiaoyun a little, but he didn’t question it as he closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting for a whole minute, the man finally told him to open his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the... hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman was standing behind the two of them, wearing a jacket that was originally on the man with no rank earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could swear there were only three people in the room. There were no sounds of the door being opened or anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, this is the... woman that I found. She’s from one of those secret society labs that the army had taught about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he mentioned the word secret society, Xiaoyun’s eyes immediately widened a little with concern all over his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did you find this woman?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Wen Zhang can explain it best to you. He’s the person who rescued her from those labs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the accomplishment about the man wearing a soldier uniform with no rank, Xiaoyun was a little surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his head, he couldn’t imagine someone who looked so flimsy rescuing someone from a place that, in his experience, was heavily guarded to the teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xianlin is exaggerating it.. Mister Commander, I actually have a request if I’m allowed to make one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you... cure my wife?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cure?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun looked back at the woman behind the two men, he started to notice flaws that he hadn’t seen earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman had been standing still the whole time, with no emotion. There wasn’t even movement, let alone breathing sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, the woman managed to be inside the room when she wasn’t there earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to need you to explain the full story. I don’t want to hear any make-up bullshit and half-baked story.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty minutes later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re telling me, this woman over here is a zombie——I mean a mutant?\" Xiaoyun questioned as he looked back at the woman behind them again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. She’s a mutant. But she doesn’t bite or hurt anyone. She only listens to me, and that’s it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connecting back to all the background story that Wen Zhang had told earlier, he could only come up with a single conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t think your wife is exactly a mutant... Or a zombie for that matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Xianlin and Wen Zhang were fully confused by Xiaoyun’s statement, as it goes against all their common knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All zombies want to infect humans. And even mutants are bloodthirsty for human flesh, regardless of whether they actually can infect humans or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what could she be?\" Xianlin curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She sounds more like a... failed human experiment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A failed human experiment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them both froze for a second, then quickly realized what Xiaoyun was trying to suggest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How so?\" Wen Zhang curiously asked next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had personally seen some of the failed human experiments. They looked very similar to your wife, having some traits from zombies and mutants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they are still mostly human, at least that’s what my top scientist had once told me. It’s just a little weird to see them out like this, though.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun paused for a second, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When they are done with the experiment, they are usually disposed of. You either just got extremely lucky, or maybe it’s intentional.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it possible to fix... her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhang’s voice started to get weaker and weaker as he heard the word ’disposed’, which almost made all of his hope disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know. But I can ask my scientist to try... It’s going to be a long process and might not even work at the end, though.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun’s answer made Wen Zhang fall into silence, he turned over to Xianlin, who had been silent during the whole storytelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xianlin, don’t you have a wedding to attend to?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wedding? Oh. Um, Commander, y-you wouldn’t mind if I made up an excuse to bring this information to you, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face began to look more and more nervous as he didn’t expect Xiaoyun to know about the lie he had made up for Yezi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I... don’t mind it. I’m happy you brought this issue to my attention. My choice in promoting you is the best decision I have ever made.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the praise from Xiaoyun, Xianlin awkwardly scratched his head as he didn’t know what to say back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, anyway, Wen Zhang, have you made up your mind? Do you want to bring your wife to treatment? Or do you just want to continue living with her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You let me go free?\" Wen Zhang questioned, looking a little surprised by Xiaoyun’s second-choice offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not? You said she doesn’t hurt humans and she only listens to you... She probably has some special ability I don’t know of, but I couldn’t care less about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the casualness on his face, Wen Zhang looked back at her emotionless wife one last time before turning over to Xiaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want you to help me fix my wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well then... Unfortunately, you’ll need to wait until Monday, though.\" Xiaoyun answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The top scientist just happened to be heading to Zhaoqing to collect samples from the giant’s corpse. You guys came in at the wrong time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Zhang thought about it for a second before suddenly getting up from his seat and bowing down in gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you so much! I’ll patiently wait until Monday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need to thank me. I’m not the doctor. You should be thanking the scientist if they’re willing to take up your wife’s case.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Xiaoyun pushed all the credits away from him, Wen Zhang’s face was still full of gratitude towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xianlin, you can introduce and settle Wen Zhang into the town, right? I don’t need someone else to manage it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem, sir. I’m more than happy to help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great. Then looks like everything is sorted... You guys should probably put some more clothes on her, though.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun looked away to the side, both of them were a little confused until they noticed the jacket was starting to slip too far down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1543,"2026-06-10T06:59:54.595Z",1,"novelbin.me","8f64c3135da486fcebfad2d091a84d98a70cf64de95713cd26c31d8f7f42457f","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-717","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-715",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]