[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-768":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},1887593,2510,"Chapter 768: An Early Morning","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-768",768,"\u003Cp>As the crowd sat there with a blank reaction, Xiaoyun awkwardly cleared his throat before giving his final words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope everyone has a good night’s sleep today... And for those who were a part of Wuli’s mission, your work won’t be forgotten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bow towards the crowd, Xiaoyun quickly jumped back down the stage before leaving the cafeteria, letting them process the information themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whew, that was a little scary...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping back into the parking lot, the car was still there. The driver was filled with curiosity, yet he didn’t ask a single bit about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are we going now, commander?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you drive me back to the house earlier? You’re free to go afterward... Thank you for driving me for the past few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s been an honor, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome back, Honey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan opened the door and gave Xiaoyun a warm hug, he barely reacted to it as he put his belt over to the hanger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are Wuli and Houqin asleep?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I brought them to the guest room for now... You hungry? I can go heat some food right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already ate... Is everyone else asleep already?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They still have work tomorrow—but they had been waiting for you to come back for the past two days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan quickly added the last part as she didn’t want to make it sound as if she were the only one who cared about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell them just to sleep early next time... I’m going back to bed, sorry, babe. I’m too tired to talk anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing a loud yawn from Xiaoyun, Leyan didn’t speak any further as she watched him head upstairs before disappearing to the 2nd floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should probably sleep soon as well...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the next day arrived, Xiaoyun woke up extra early as his body felt surprisingly more energetic than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The bed at home is so much better... Wait, it’s only six-thirty right now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to sleep any longer, he quickly got out of bed and headed over to the bathroom to take a shower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strong stench instantly hit his nose as he took off his clothes. An even worse smell came when he took off his underwear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh, why does it smell so bad?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing both of them into the laundry basket, he walked straight into the shower area before closing the glass door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water began splashing over Xiaoyun’s toned body as he turned the lever. One hand reached for the hair shampoo as the other adjusted the showerhead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short five-minute shower, he headed back to his bedroom. Picking a new pair of soldier uniforms before heading downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honey, you’re up early today,\" Leyan said. \"You sure you don’t want to sleep in a little longer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun was startled slightly—she somehow knew it was him walking into the kitchen despite not turning around a single time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you know I was the one who woke up early today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your slipper is a little louder than everyone else’s... Breakfast isn’t ready yet, you’ll need to wait for like an hour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you cooking up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the counter, Xiaoyun could see a bunch of powder and a cup of water, seemingly being prepared for dough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Making Tangyuan since you and Wuli came home today. And it’s almost mid-autumn festival, so I thought I should prepare for it today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me help—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go sit at the dining table and wait. I can do this myself... This is the least I can do for how hard you have been working outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun wanted to argue back for a second, but he chose to head over to the dining table in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s going to take a long time for one person to roll enough for eleven, no twelve people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s why I got up extra early today to do this. Just wait and have your bellies ready to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he idly watched Leyan mix the water and the powder into a dough, he was starting to get a little bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the most standard kind of tangyuan he had done before. Just break the dough into smaller bits before rolling it up into a ball with your palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No extra ingredients inside it or anything. Plain old tangyuan that Xiaoyun had eaten with Leyan multiple times back when he was still Songming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the small balls of dough began to fill up the entire rectangular food board. But Xiaoyun knew it was nowhere near enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me help you. Don’t say no. Do you want them to miss breakfast and go to work with an empty stomach?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun’s argument made Leyan freeze for a second before backing down as she moved aside to give him room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you cut the white radish or the mushroom yet?\" Xiaoyun asked as he started rolling the small dough bits into a ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven’t,\" Leyan answered as she started breaking the big dough into smaller bits for him to roll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You go prep for the other ingredients. I got this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few seconds, Leyan stopped as she let him handle all of the dough, going over to the other side to deal with the other ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you heated the pot of water yet?\" Xiaoyun suddenly asked as he noticed the missing thing on the stovetop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crap. I completely forgot about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan quickly ran over to the cabinet to take out a big stock pot, causing him to realize she hadn’t really prepared all that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you just randomly think of eating Tangyuan last night?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-Maybe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nervous answer made it abundantly clear as he let out a small sigh before putting everything down on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re going to wake up with no breakfast at this point... Move aside. Let me just make all the ingredients at once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan wanted to speak up, but she fell into silence in the end as the timer was rapidly approaching seven o’clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bunch of sweet glutinous rice balls... White radish... dried shiitakes, dried shrimp, dried scallops... and napa cabbage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a bunch of already-made and cut ingredients appeared straight out of thin air, it still managed to shock Leyan a little despite knowing his ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right, almost forgot. Dried shrimp. How could I forget our daughter’s favourite ingredients?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting everything readied up on separate plates, Xiaoyun noticed Leyan was just standing there with the pot in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyan, what are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-Nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she quickly puts the pot onto the stovetop, it slowly starts to heat up the water as Xiaoyun creates more Tangyuan onto the board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is still not enough... Actually, can this much even fit in this pot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Examining the number of rice balls in the pot itself, Xiaoyun soon realized he might have overdone it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Might as well speed it up... Leyan, can you fill this pot with water?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a replica stock pot appearing right in her hand, Leyan didn’t hesitate as she quickly headed over to the sink to fill it up with water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After ten minutes of work, the two of them finally had everything running smoothly as water reaches boiling point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now time to put the radish and put this in and wait for... Leyan, do you remember how long we have to wait again before we put in the tangyuan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three minutes,\" Leyan answered as her face mysteriously flushed for a second before returning to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, three minutes it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all the other ingredients dumped into the two different pots, the two now waited as the counter held mountains of tangyuan waiting to be put in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Man, I can’t wait to eat this... I haven’t eaten tangyuan for so long.\" Xiaoyun murmured as he headed back over to the dining table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can cook this again tomorrow if you want. I-I’ll get everything ready next time.\" Leyan suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. It’s so much work for a food. If I want to eat it, I can just make a bowl of tangyuan for myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun paused for a second as he looked over to Leyan, who was still standing near the stovetop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to make you wake up so early. You woke up at six to make all these tangyuan on your own, didn’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan didn’t answer back, but the silence alone was enough of an answer for him as he slowly got up from his seat again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Babe, I love you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-Why are you being so romantic all of a sudden?\" Leyan questioned as she pushed him away a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, say it back. I want to hear it from you.\" Xiaoyun suddenly requested as he remained standing right next to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I love you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t hear you. Can you say it louder?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I love you! There, you happy?\" Leyan said out loud as her face blushed red like an apple, unable to look back at him in the eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Happy as a clam on the high sea. Muah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kiss on the cheek caught Leyan a little offguard, but her brain quickly came back to her senses as she stared him in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you looking at me like that for?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing... You’re behaving a little weird.\" Leyan answered as she inched a little away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was about to say that—Oh snap, time’s up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1576,"2026-06-10T06:59:54.885Z",1,"novelbin.me","40bc64dc5e8000935e979d9829193ee8ce39048edb709d6db2d5bd7ec1f9c160","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-520","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-519",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]