[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-742":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},1887319,2510,"Chapter 742: I’m a Billionare?","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-742",742,"\u003Cp>\"Half a billion! How the hell did you manage to draw this conclusion?\" Xiaoyun questioned in disbelief as he saw the number at the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The labor cost is like a million alone, and to get the top-notch material, it needed to be salvaged from all over the place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know that, but that still doesn’t add up to half a billion. What kind of miscellaneous costs make up half of the budget?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun puts the notebook back down onto the desk, Leyan shyly scratches her head before looking out at the bright city in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, the bunker can’t just be a safehouse, and that’s it... I also planned this more for an underground settlement for a hundred people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyan, you have to be out of your mind if you think we can afford this. I’m not going to take public money for this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to head out of the room to take a shower, Leyan whispered something that made him freeze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But we can afford it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean by ’we’? I’m not a crook. There’s no way we have a billion dollars lying around to pay for this construction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But we actually do. I mean it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring her right in the eyes, Xiaoyun soon realized she wasn’t just joking around. But his mind still couldn’t wrap around that idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did we manage to get a billion dollars in our bank account? Don’t tell me we siphoned money straight out of the government treasury.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? No. We never took a single dime from the government. I mean, not illegally. All of this money is your guy’s paycheck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he didn’t instantly question her. Instead, his mind was doing some serious internal calculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After standing there for a short thirty seconds, a single conclusion came up as the past few news headlines popped up in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re telling me there’s half a billion lying in the joint bank account that we can use right now to build this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan nodded her head, Xiaoyun quickly grabbed her phone out of her pocket before being hit with a password.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the password?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your birthday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting it in and unlocking it, Xiaoyun immediately opens the bank app that he never bothered installing on his own phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before his eyes was one billion on the screen. Not just 8 zeros near half a billion, but a full 9 zeros back to back to back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you. All of you guys have such a high salary combined. It’s only a matter of time before it balloons to a trillion at this point.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun’s face was still in disbelief as Leyan took her phone back, putting it into her pocket before grabbing the notebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, what do you think? We’re more than capable of building this bunker. Just a backup in case there’s some crazy chaos in the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait a moment. You never asked any of them... There’s no way you’re going to spend their money without asking for their opinion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They all thought this was a genius idea, especially Wuli and Yuqi... They even designed a part of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun thought back to the various sections of the bunker layout, he soon realized why it had so many different hobby rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They actually agreed to it?\" Xiaoyun questioned again, wanting to hear her confirm it word for word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course they did. I asked every single one of them, and they told me they want to build a shelter for our kids and us in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because you know, what if a country loses control of its nukes? What if someone just wanted to watch the world burn?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun fell into silence. But not because of Leyan’s reasoning. Rather, he was thinking back to the whole giant mutant attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had nowhere to run. His family had no way to run. Any large, surprise attack could ruin everything he had built.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting a boat was out of the question, especially when he had no up-to-date information on the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We actually have a billion dollars to spend on this?\" Xiaoyun questioned one last time as he started to be persuaded by the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm. And it’s not like we’re going to spend the whole budget at once. It’s going to be a multi-year process over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you stretch it out over like... three years, then you get a much smaller payment chunk per month that our money can go towards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a whole minute of consideration, Xiaoyun finally nodded his head in agreement to the plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine. If everyone agrees to it, then I’m fine with it as well. But where is this going to be built exactly?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right underneath the hill at the old Luoping entrance. It’s still an undeveloped grassland that no one wants to buy for months at this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time she told me she was about to turn the place into a park. I was thinking of keeping the top as a national park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But below the park will be our bunker. No one in the world will ever expect this. It’s like the perfect hiding spot...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Leyan lay out her plan filled with excitement, Xiaoyun began to realize she really had put a lot of effort into this project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What took you two so long taking a shower? Did Mom have a secret little snack with our dare husband?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami curiously asked as the two of them finally entered the kitchen after forty minutes since they had headed upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? No. We just took a shower, and that’s it. She didn’t come near me at all during the shower.\" Xiaoyun instantly answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Leyan nodding her head as well, all of them didn’t bother trying to dig deeper as they turned their attention back to the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys already started eating?\" Leyan grumpily questioned as half of the dishes she had cooked up were now empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s almost seven o’clock. We ain’t gonna wait for you two’s extra-long shower.\" Yuqi answered this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two of them headed over to the rice cooker and grabbed a bowl of rice, a sudden doorbell echoed from the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll open the door!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily instantly jumped out of her seat, running straight to the front entrance before taking a look at the nearby window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey Tianci!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey Lily... Is everyone already eating?\" Tianci quietly asked, looking a little tired as Lily closed the door behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We just started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What took you so long today?\" Kate curiously asked as the two of them entered the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All thanks to this idi——S-Some of the lab experiment went much longer than we had imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite Tianci changing her answer at the last second, everyone could tell she was calling a certain individual an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here’s your bowl of rice,\" Leyan murmured as she gave her a bowl before sitting down next to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who’s that idiot? Did—Ouch—Ahem, ahem!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch your language.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shuli angrily hits Xiaoyun in the back, he starts choking on the rice. She quickly realized the mistake as she dropped her chopstick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I’m fine... I forgot I can’t curse in front of the kid. My bad. Ahem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone let out a sigh of relief as he resumed eating. Just as everyone resumed eating as well, Leyan suddenly got up from her seat again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, everyone. I have an announcement to make.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes instantly turned towards her, waiting for her to continue as she took a short glance at every person in their seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun agreed to my idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no shot he agreed to your crazy idea.\" Wuli instantly interrupted, seemingly to object to the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What idea?\" Nami questioned, looking a little confused as if she had forgotten about something important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The underground city. The one that I asked you guys about for your opinion over the weekend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in their seat instantly turned towards Xiaoyun, seemingly to question him about his acceptance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you all looking at me for? You guys didn’t agree to it? Why should I reject her genius idea?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Genius idea to burn half a billion dollars.\" Wuli quietly murmured, and Shuli nodded her head in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyan, did they really agree to you spending that money?\" Xiaoyun questioned as he began to doubt her claims from earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-You all agreed to it over the weekend! Why are you all now saying no to it?\" Leyan questioned in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom... We didn’t expect you to actually take it seriously. I thought you were just playing around with that idea.\" Nami murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no way you’re taking my paycheck for this,\" Kate answered next, rejecting the idea on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As if you have a paycheck...\" Anna quietly murmured as Kate’s face instantly started to blush for some mysterious reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom... Maybe this is not the best idea to put our money towards.\" Yueyue quietly murmured as she switched sides.\u003C\u002Fp>",1513,"2026-06-10T06:59:54.595Z",1,"novelbin.me","b2a119a01b7930551821a6368a97ea03935f266cbd9ab6fdbc0043c45be2ef64","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-743","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-741",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]