[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-717":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},1887294,2510,"Chapter 717: Cabinet Reforms","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-717",717,"\u003Cp>\"Why do you look so relaxed all of a sudden?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi curiously asked as Xiaoyun walked into her office, sitting right across from her with the most relaxed face since the start of the emergency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because we don’t have to worry about needing to run away anymore,\" Xiaoyun answered as he leaned back onto the chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The emergency is over? Those giants are gone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They aren’t returning any time soon, that’s for sure... You don’t have to worry about needing to raise more money anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You sure? I’m going to call Shen Wen to cancel the press release for the emergency fund, then?\" Yuqi questioned as she took out her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi started dialing on her phone and getting into a call with the other side, Xiaoyun suddenly got a little curious about the paper on her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading the first few lines, he soon realized it was the printed script for the cancelled press release they were supposed to do later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You done with the call?\" Xiaoyun asked as Yuqi already put her phone back into her pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... Shame I spent half a week on this for nothing.\" Yuqi grumpily murmured as she threw the paper straight into the trash bin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa, no need to throw it into the bin. Who knows if we might face another emergency in the future?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly picked it up, going over to the file cabinet behind her before noticing all of them looked awfully emptier than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuqi, what happened to all the documents you had in the file cabinet?\" Xiaoyun asked, knowing how much she likes to keep records of things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I moved it into the archive on the 7th floor... You need something from it or something?\" Yuqi asked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nope, I was just curious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After putting the paper into one of the empty files, Xiaoyun quickly went back to his seat before watching her work in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crap.\" Xiaoyun suddenly murmured as he sat up in his seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I almost forgot. I haven’t finished writing the cabinet reform yet... Call me if you need me for anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like I ever need your input——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Yuqi could finish talking, Xiaoyun had already left her office, with the door slamming shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Asshole.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun went back downstairs to his own private office, he quickly took out all of the progress he had left since he had last left off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? Did someone write in my notebook... Oh, right, I left this part for Yuqi to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading just the first page of the positions that Yuqi chose to consolidate, he was a little surprised, as she was genuine in creating a new cabinet system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no attempt at foul play. A complete 180 from the old Yuqi, who had always kept the majority of the planning power to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She really took my advice seriously this time, huh?\" Xiaoyun murmured to himself as he started flipping to the next page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After going through the entire thing until the end, he soon realized Yuqi herself had completed the entire document for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn’t she tell me it’s already finished?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to think of a reason behind it, Xiaoyun didn’t waste any more time trying to figure it out as he started proofreading it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sun set on the horizon, Xiaoyun’s neck was beyond exhausted as he had been looking back and forth between the notebook and the computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was new information he needed to double-check, and new adjustments he needed to make for some of the cabinet positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically, he was being the more conservative one, dividing and adding new positions rather than consolidating them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun just couldn’t believe how much power she was really giving up to the department head, to the point that it made him a little scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, now fifteenth department out of the way... Just the last one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he started reading the last few pages of the notebook, he froze for a second as he saw the power listed for the Secretary of State Security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yueyue was in charge of the secret service branch, the head of the police department, and most importantly, the new head of military security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first role was what she already has, just renamed from the Department of Intelligence, both foreign and interior, into a single secret service.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second role of being above the police wasn’t that big of a deal, as Yueyue already acts as de facto above the police department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third role, however, was what made him concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was supposed role was to act as oversight to the military, checking the soldiers’ loyalty and ideology, and to assist the military when needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite all these connections, it was still a part of the civilian government. In other words, Yuqi was creating a civilian commissioner in the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is she thinking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun was about to write this part off, he stopped right at the very last second as he thought back to all the previous changes in the document.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is she really focusing her attention on wresting the military into her hands?\" Xiaoyun murmured to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he read the roles again, the more he felt disjointed and even a little scared by her blatant attempt to grab power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just didn’t make sense to him when he was already the military’s commander-in-chief and the head of the civilian government as the governor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, can I come in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the door opened, Yuqi quickly walked over beside him, grabbing his arm as she pointed at the clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s already past work time. I didn’t bring my car today.\" Yuqi complained as she tried to get him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, I’m almost done reading this... Yuqi, I need to ask you something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the seriousness in Xiaoyun’s voice, she finally stopped hurrying him as she let his arm go before taking a seat next to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want to ask about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wrote in my notebook, right?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. You told me to work on it while you’re busy making up the logistics department missing Houqin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So everything that I didn’t write is written by you, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... Unless someone else has a key to your room. What’s wrong?\" Yuqi asked in confusion, noticing the concerned look on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you write the role for the Secretary of State Security?\" Xiaoyun asked, not answering her question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. What about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean by why? Did I do something wrong?\" Yuqi questioned as she looked even more confused than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wrote Yuqi’s role as the military security. To ’oversee the military loyalty and ideology teaching’ as the civilian branch?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi picked up the notebook and read it for herself, she looked a little stunned, as if it were her first time seeing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I never wrote this. I-I only wrote the first two parts. S-Someone must have come into this room and written it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun couldn’t tell anything about her story as he stared at her dead in the eyes. But he still felt something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then who else could have written it? Ghosts? The janitor?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know. But I never wrote that section. Whoever wrote it is clearly trying to frame me against you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoever wrote it isn’t wrong, though, aren’t they? Why does the military need to be separate from the military in the first place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi started siding with the alleged writer, Xiaoyun’s suspicion immediately grew tenfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I don’t want outsiders directing what the military needs to do. The logistics department already has a safeguard against the officers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, but the logistics department isn’t a part of the civilian government... Xiaoyun, why can’t the civilian government just be supreme?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question caught Xiaoyun a little off guard, but he quickly came up with a response for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The civilian government is already above the military. I don’t know what makes you think the military is above the civilian government.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? Then how come I can’t direct any of the soldiers? Or refuse Houqin’s request when she sends her officers to take our supplies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You aren’t the commander in chief.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the civilian government is equal to the military. Not above as you’re trying to suggest.\" Yuqi immediately argued back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s... That’s only a case-by-case scenario. You can’t argue to stop a military’s need when it’s urgently needed on the front line——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like packs of cigarettes and stockpiling more than enough medicine from the hospital despite the shortages patients face?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi pinpointed her argument, Xiaoyun once again ran out of words. He didn’t want to admit it, but he had always viewed the military as more important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s still a zombie apocalypse. The military must come first before the civilian government.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There, you said it yourself. We, as civilian government, will always be enslaved to the military’s endless demand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you have to put it like that? Why do you always have a feud with the military? Do they make you that insecure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1531,"2026-06-10T06:59:54.595Z",1,"novelbin.me","0cf6d8f0c5f1b1461ae7b5aede1b335a839877c201c0268eb510517c35dfd1b5","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-718","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-716",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]