[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-719":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},1887296,2510,"Chapter 719: Hunan in trouble","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-719",719,"\u003Cp>\"Welcome back, honey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dada!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan quickly opens the door for the three of them, Xuanhua had already reached her hand over to hop into Xiaoyun’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey Xuanhua... Leyan, where’s everyone?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he carefully held onto the baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably still at work. They should be home soon though... You hungry? I already finished cooking dinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can wait——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m hungry already!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two baby mothers tried to walk past their own babies, they were instantly stopped as both Lianrong and Qiaolan stopped them in their tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mommy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey Lianrong\u002FQiaolan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lily, have you been home all day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun curiously asked as both of the mothers picked up their baby and sat down on the sofa, leaving Lily cleaning up the toy from the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... Um, how was work today?\" Lily asked, her face blushing red for some mysterious reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s pretty great. The next few days I should be much freer than last week——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before he could finish responding, his phone suddenly started ringing. He gently hands Xuanhua over to Leyan before getting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Freer, he said...\" Leyan grumpily murmured as the two of them watched Xiaoyun walk over to the kitchen with his phone out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking out the phone, it was an unknown number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello? Who’s this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, can you hear me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scuffed female voice made it a little hard to tell. He could feel it sounded familiar, but he just couldn’t pinpoint who it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can hear you. Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone call cuts out as static voices filled up the sound until it slowly disappeared into a dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello? You there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m here. Hello? Can you hear me?\" The other side asked as the voice sounded much clearer than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I can hear you. Can you repeat who you are? I couldn’t hear it exactly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m Houqin. Can you hear me now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a voice from the other side yelled out loud, it made Xiaoyun drop his phone for a second, if it wasn’t for his fast reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hear you loud and clear... Is the deal going all right? Or do you still need more time?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need reinforcement. All of us are in trouble right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In trouble? What? Did they force you guys to stay?\" Xiaoyun asked in confusion as his brain still lagged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re trapped because Yiming chose to extend the stay when I already told him——Hey! This is my phone——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the abrupt gunshot interrupted the phone call, Xiaoyun felt extremely concerned as hundreds of different scenarios started playing out in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, I can’t explain to you what happened right now. But can you just send some soldiers to Yizhang County to save us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin replied as her voice started to sound more and more nervous, almost as if someone was directing her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many do you need?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... J-Just a few hundred.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, I’ll send some troops over... Houqin, can you put Yiming on the phone? Or is he preoccupied with something else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s busy directing the soldiers right now. A-And can you come too? Mr.Zhongxiong wants a meeting with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhongxiong wants a meeting with me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the other side fell into radio silence, Xiaoyun’s brain started to realize something must have changed on the other side of the phone call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost as if she were being held at gunpoint, forced to say things in an attempt to lure him into a trap of some sort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’ll be great. I’m more than happy to see him... You know what, I’ll bring the 5th Army Corps to help you guys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no, the 5th army corps is... too expensive. He just wants a small meeting. There’s no need for such a big army to come over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then should I come over by myself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, yeah—no! That isn’t good. You should at least bring several soldiers with you in case of a zombie horde.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. I’ll come with just a small team. Is that all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the other side hung up first, Xiaoyun’s face turned dark as it became more than apparent someone was holding Houqin hostage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something big must have changed in Changsha, something that made them willing to take the risk of arresting his two diplomats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck happened in two weeks of Changsha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting the phone back into his pocket, Xiaoyun’s brain still couldn’t think of a reason that could change their alliance with Zhongxiong’s troop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe it isn’t Zhongxiong’s troop?\" Xiaoyun murmured to himself as he began to develop ideas that might just explain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, is everything all right?\" Leyan asked as she started walking over to the kitchen by herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything is fine. I just need to pick up Houqin and Yiming from Changsha. I’ll be back by tomorrow morning or so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could say anything, Xiaoyun had already walked right past her. He went past both of his wives in the living room into the garage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, what happened?\" Yuqi curiously asked as she got a little concerned seeing him rushing out like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know... Yueyue, did something happen in Changsha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Changsha? I don’t think so. None of my agents had sent anything back for the past few days... Wait a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yueyue froze as if her brain realized something was off. She immediately handed Qiaolan over to Lily as she rushed straight towards the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong in Changsha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi urgently asked as she quickly rushed ahead and pulled her back, preventing her from leaving the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know either. But something is seriously wrong in Changsha. Let me go now. I need to send more agents to find out what’s happening there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi finally lets Yueyue go, she quickly rushes out of the house as Yuqi looks back over to Leyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom... Why does everything always have to go wrong?\" Yuqi grumpily asked as she closed the door and walked back over to the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be happy that at least he stayed in town over the two-week emergency already... We married a busy man, can’t expect him to be home all the time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun arrived at the gates of the logistics department in his car, his phone was called by a different number this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, I have some news to tell you. I know what happened in Changsha.\" Yueyue’s voice appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhongxiong is dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bombshell made Xiaoyun freeze as he couldn’t believe what he had just heard. He couldn’t even imagine something like this in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of his scenarios ever included Zhongxiong dying. Not a single one, considering how healthy the old man looked when he last met him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just expecting a rogue officer coup or some crazy number of bandits that caught Houqin and Yiming in the middle of their travel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did he die?\" Xiaoyun urgently asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know. But my undercover agent just relayed a radio report like right now. So most likely something big had happened a week ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun thought back to the phone call earlier with the Zhongxiong meeting, his mind began to develop a theory of what might have happened in Changsha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you. Is there any other information you got?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Several of the agents had also reported suspicious movement from Zhongxiong’s troops months ago. But those were just traveling trader accounts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s fine... Next time, try to verify it. If there’s nothing else new, I’m going to hang up the call.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay safe. Bye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Love you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun hung up the call, he let out a small sigh. It wasn’t feeling pressured. Rather, he felt a little relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least now he knew what he was going into—a rescue mission. Or even a military operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either one, he was going to need some troops. More than enough to act as a backup plan in case it escalates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good evening, sir!\" The guards saluted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Evening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driving the car into the parking lot, Xiaoyun quickly exited before walking straight towards Houqin’s office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Commander. Is there something wrong?\" The temporary department head asked, noticing the look on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need you to gather as many troops as possible. Call up all reserves and any troops that aren’t in the front line currently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The department head froze for a second, but quickly snapped back to reality as she didn’t question Xiaoyun’s order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll send out the memo to all of them now... But it might take a while for the reservist to gather in Luoping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t just gather them in Luoping. I want them all in Shaoguan... And call Shen Wen. I want everyone to know we’re gathering troops up north.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The order confused the department head a little, but she didn’t question it as she nodded her head and started dialing the loudspeaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want all available logistic workers to return to the office in twenty minutes. I repeat, call all of your coworkers who are off duty to report to the office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the department head issued the order, Xiaoyun quickly noticed something as he looked over to the sandbox map on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>",1531,"2026-06-10T06:59:54.595Z",1,"novelbin.me","06a270d3546e98c6c88cc2333e8fd5b93ff2c60aafcd574a43ff2f09e2a3becc","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-720","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-718",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]