[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-759":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},1887574,2510,"Chapter 759: Setting up the Caravan","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-759",759,"\u003Cp>\"Not Encrypted? That’s a big security concern. You should definitely talk about it with her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s what I’m trying to do if you weren’t standing in the way,\" Yueyue murmured as she held a toolbox in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oops.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly moved over to the side, letting Yueyue open the door and enter inside before he followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm... Just have them be at the field in twenty minutes or so... Okay, Commander Xiaoyun and I will be at the training field, see you there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Houqin hangs up the phone, she is a little confused by Yueyue, who stands right next to her commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yueyue, is there something I can help you with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An advisor of mine told me your phone call doesn’t have end-to-end encryption. I’m here to help you install it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With zero hesitation, Houqin handed the desktop phone over. As Yueyue examined the phone for a bit, she soon turned over to her toolbox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did you know how to work with this kind of stuff?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he watched her unscrew the desktop phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One of my agents is an expert in telecommunication... She’s busy doing something else, so I’ve come here instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few minutes of unboxing and putting in a mysterious chip into the desktop phone case, Yueyue puts everything back together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It should be all good now. Try to make a phone call, and I’ll see if I can listen in to your calls now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Houqin dialed a phone number, the mysterious-looking tool in Yueyue’s hand started making more and more static noises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, called the wrong number... Did it work, Yueyue?\" Houqin curiously asked as she hung up the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Worked perfectly. Now it’s only static noise. Just make sure no one else tamper with the phone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yueyue quickly packed up her toolbox and left the office, leaving the two of them scratching their head as they looked towards the desktop phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think she encrypted your phone?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think so? I don’t see what else she could be doing... Are you trying to suggest something, Commander?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing. Ahem, let’s get back to the plan for now. What do we need to do again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wuli is calling up a Regiment to lead this operation to the training field right now. We should probably start heading over there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me drive you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After driving to the training field, the two of them could already gather at the open field, with several officers waiting in the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing them not in military uniform made Xiaoyun feel a little weird, but he didn’t think too much about it as he shook hands with each of the officers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander! The 20th, 21st Division is awaiting your order.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wuli yelled out loud and saluted in front of Xiaoyun, he saluted back before looking over to the rows of soldiers behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The other half of the 4th army corps is over in Zhongshan, right?\" Xiaoyun asked as he counted the number roughly in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. They’re currently under General Han Bang’s command... But rest assured, we’re more than capable of fighting at a moment’s notice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun didn’t say anything back as he watched more and more soldiers enter through the training field entrance before joining the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These soldiers are technically on break, right?\" Xiaoyun asked as he looked over to Houqin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, the majority of them are on their week-long rotation break... But we can just defer it to a later date.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. We don’t need this many people. Wuli, ask around a thousand or so of them to stay here for the test mission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuli and her officer didn’t hesitate a single bit as they turned around and started giving out the memo to the soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a ten-minute wait, only a single regiment remained. All of the other soldiers were dismissed as they all exited through the training camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are the volunteers who are willing to give up their break?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re willing to serve the country, sir!\" Wuli responded as all of the soldiers behind her held their chins high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well... Ahem, you all might be wondering why I didn’t require you all to come here in your uniforms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the soldiers’ faces filled with curiosity as they were never allowed to wear casual clothes in the training field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll all be going on a vacation to Changsha. I know this might come out of nowhere, but the mission we’ll be doing is not a confrontation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The curiosity soon turned into confusion, as all of them knew what had happened in Changsha through the newspaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of us will be acting as traders, going over to Changsha to trade and to help evacuate civilians out of Changsha city and Hunan province as a whole.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, why doesn’t a civil servant just do this if it doesn’t require any combat?\" Wuli asked the question on everyone’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because it’s too risky. It is still hostile territory that we’ll be entering. Ideally, there won’t be any combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there’s still a risk that we’ll be forced to fight along the way... Which is why I called you all here today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun looked around the soldiers’ faces for a reaction, most of them looked surprisingly calm and collected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them were asking to leave or speaking up against the idea. Still, he wasn’t about to just roll with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If anyone wants to leave right now, you won’t be punished. This mission still has a chance of death in case gunfire does break out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After standing on the podium for a whole minute, not a single soldier spoke up. They all remained still as they stared right into his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to assume everyone who’s staying is willing to go on this mission—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, will you be going with us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an officer next to Wuli interrupted Xiaoyun’s speech, he thought about it for a second before nodding his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll be going with you guys all the way until Shaoguan. Afterward, Lieutenant Wuli will be taking over as the head commander.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun could see the disappointment in the soldier’s face, but he couldn’t break the promise he had already made with Yuqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry. I’ll be carefully monitoring your guy’s movement. Rest assured, I’ll personally lead the army into Hunan if anything goes wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers looked much more cheerful, knowing they weren’t just being put into a suicide mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Houqin looked over to Xiaoyun with questions written all over her face as she waited for him to salute the soldier and give a farewell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, where are we going to get a whole army to enter Hunan?\" Houqin asked as soon as he stepped off the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yiming is already stationed there with his troop. We can just use them to enter right back at Hunan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But they aren’t fully trained yet. And we still haven’t fully equipped them up to standards—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine. Hopefully it doesn’t get to that point... Don’t add this to the projected budget. I don’t want to see a mobilization cost for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin hesitated for a second. But she eventually nodded her head as Xiaoyun didn’t give her any room to negotiate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, you’re actually letting me go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuli asked, walking over in complete shock as she still couldn’t believe her husband was letting her out of the reserves for once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not? You’re still a soldier, and you had enjoyed your paternity leave long enough... Don’t mess it up, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she nodded her head, Houqin quickly handed her a document that she and Xiaoyun had written earlier for the mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Inside should be everything that you need to know. I already told the staff to bring the supplies here. What’s taking them so—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Houqin! Where do we drop this off?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud voice interrupted Houqin’s comment as ten white minivans all pulled up at the training field’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just stop it at the entrance. You all can head back to the logistics office now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them, along with the soldiers, watch hundreds of workers in white uniforms hop out of the vehicles before exiting on foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you waiting for, Wuli?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wanqing, Siyan, Qingge, and Xinglan, come here. I need you all to read this and go tell each soldier what their roles are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As all four officers walked up to Wuli and took a copy of the plan, Xiaoyun couldn’t help but feel a little weirded out by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After watching the officer give out the commands to the soldiers, he finally realizes what was making him feel weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Houqin, don’t you think there are way too many women in this regiment? Those soldiers in Jiangxi are going to get suspicious of this trade caravan, no?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... I don’t think so. I think this is actually a good idea. At least better than a bunch of men.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? What makes you think that?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you’re a soldier from Jiangxi, you probably won’t expect a bunch of women to be professionally trained soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ll probably think of them as a bunch of women who had banded together to survive in the apocalypse as wandering traders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin paused for a second, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they were strong, muscular men from Guangzhou, they would probably be extremely alert and monitor everything they do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess you’re right...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1579,"2026-06-10T06:59:54.885Z",1,"novelbin.me","7cc89d4e41990e22e17180b6e163f486c92e85d83243fa8ba3a432aca3fb0dbd","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-510","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-509",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]