[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-790":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},1887642,2510,"Chapter 790: New Wonder-Weapons","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-790",790,"\u003Cp>Before Yuqi could make a move, Xiaoyun’s phone suddenly started ringing nonstop in his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn it off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It might be something important. Let me just answer it first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a grumpy face, she had no choice but to move back to her chair as Xiaoyun started talking on the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. I finish the date with Houqin already... I’m at Yuqi’s office right now... Mhm. Okay. I’ll be there in a few.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is it? Was it Mom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi curiously asked as she watched Xiaoyun hang up the phone before putting it back into his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anna. She wanted me to go to her factory for something important... Sorry—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shush. Just go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun arrived at Anna’s factory by himself, there was a massive object at the front entrance that no one could ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two massive objects, to be exact. An extremely long-looking artillery and a tank that’s double the size of the Lambo he was sitting in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the stunned look on his face as he stepped out of the car, Anna chuckled as she quickly dragged him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You built this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun questioned as he could feel the fundamental differences between the tank in front of him and the T-34 tanks in his army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt more modern in every sense—the unique shapes in each of the angles, the smoothbore cannon, and its oddly mysterious departments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My engineers built it... Xiaoyun, let me tell you something. Those refugees you brought back are the most talented people I have talked to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, really. You wouldn’t believe how talented they are... This thing is literally made in less than a week.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A week?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun’s jaw dropped in disbelief as it almost sounded absurd to him to hear something seemingly this advanced being built that fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring them to me. I want to meet and talk to them personally.\" Xiaoyun murmured as he touched the tank’s smooth surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s what I was planning to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Anna guided him inside the factory, the two of them soon arrived at a massive warehouse that had well over twenty people in plain clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rui Dian! Come over and meet the governor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with grey hair emerged from the crowd, walking up before stopping right before the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re the governor?\" The grey-haired man questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. I’m Governor Chen. You’re?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m the lead engineer, Rui Dian.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nice to meet you, Rui Dian... You all mind if I ask how you all built that thing in less than a week?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not. We already had the components with us in a semi-truck... All we had to do was assemble it and put it into one piece.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the grey-haired man casually said it out loud, Xiaoyun couldn’t help but get a little suspicious about their background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s still extremely impressive... But may I ask where you all worked before the outbreak?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the grey-haired man fell into silence. The entire crowd of workers fell into silence as none of them said a single word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anna, do you know where they are from?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re from Beijing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From Beijing with all these components the whole time... Did you all work in North Industries?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, the plainclothes men didn’t answer him. They all stood in silence as they looked over to Anna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, I signed a Non-disclosure agreement with them. Can you not ask where they’re from?\" Anna requested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. I was just curious earlier... What’s the name of the tank you guys had come up with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Type 100.\" One of the men within the crowd answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Type 100. That’s a good name... I don’t know why you all chose to pick here to assemble the tank, but I really appreciate it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr.Governor, can we talk in private for a second?\" The grey-haired man questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure. Anna, can you bring us to a private room?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the grey-haired man and Xiaoyun followed Anna in the factory, the two soon arrived at a relatively clean meeting room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To answer your question earlier, half of us worked in the North Vehicle Research Institute before the outbreak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rui Dian’s straightforward answer surprised Xiaoyun a little, but he didn’t dig into their past further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... Mr.Rui, how many type 100s can you produce?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zero. There’s not enough material and equipment to build one here... The tank out there is only a prototype.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what’s your intention of working here? Can you guys build a different tank for the army to use?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Rui Dian didn’t answer. He only looked over to Anna, who, in turn, answered Xiaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hired them to replicate the APFSDS system. The smoothbore cannon on the tank earlier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"APFSDS?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun’s head couldn’t wrap around the English acronym until he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot.\" Rui Dian answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right, that. The other one is HEATS, right? Does it perform worse than ADFSDS?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In theory, yes. Some of the soldiers’ reports had stated how the tank ammo couldn’t go through certain tank mutants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With APFSDS, this problem shouldn’t exist anymore. It’s the most advanced penetration ammo out there.\" Anna answered this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... Wait, Anna, you don’t have any tanks in production. What are you going to do with this new ammo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re also going to make the new tank for me—a different one from the Type 100 in the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it will still certainly beat those old soviet outdated T-34. I’m more than certain we can build something better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, good luck on that. Tell me when you made a prototype of it... Ahem, besides the tank, what’s the other thing in the front?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun questioned, his mind thinking back to the massive artillery piece next to the tank earlier at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s actually the main thing that I had you here for today. I managed to make exactly what you had been looking for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking for what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you remember how you asked me that you needed something extremely explosive to penetrate... something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right, the explosive to go through those giant mutants... You made something for it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yep. I saw the newspaper about those giant mutants and realized the explosive angle you’re looking for is actually extremely inefficient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun didn’t say anything back, his face looking intrigued by Anna’s potential proposal against his idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rather than using explosives to kill the giant mutant, we just needed something strong enough to penetrate the giant mutant’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And while I was reading a book, I noticed how big the Navy’s guns were. That’s when I realize we could just rip them out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re telling me you ripped it out of a ship?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not. We don’t have any ship to rip out of... But I managed to make a replica of a 16-inch naval gun as a literal cannon artillery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the perfect weapon meant for going through steel ships. If this thing can’t penetrate it, then I’m not even sure if the new tank ammo could do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The new tank ammo will go through it. APFSDS is the strongest penetration possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rui Dian’s add-on rested assured Xiaoyun a little, but a question remained in his head. A concern that couldn’t be ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand that. But how are you going to transport that... massive navy cannon out there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just disassemble it and load it into semi-trucks. Then reassemble it when it is needed.\" Anna instantly answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long would that take?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... At least thirty minutes or longer. But with training and the right heavy equipment, it could be done in twenty minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s way too long for the battlefield. The giant mutant would have wrecked the army by then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr.Governor, Ms.Anna intends to use it as a defensive cannon in a city outpost. The new tank would be the one meant for the field.\" Rui Dian pointed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, that,\" Anna added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay then, now that makes more sense... How much would it cost to station three of them in Zhaoqing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One hundred thousand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I beg your pardon? Did I really hear that correctly? One hundred thousand for three artillery is an absolute bonker suggestion—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One hundred thousand each.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun was interrupted by the door suddenly opening, Kate entered the room with a clipboard in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no way this thing is worth one hundred thousand each. What the hell is being built to take in that much cost?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s adding the research cost and the material cost. You can’t expect us to develop a weapon without cost outside of building it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly turned over to Anna, who only nodded her head in agreement with Kate’s listed price tag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, I’ll talk to Houqin tomorrow about it. But if this thing doesn’t penetrate the giant mutants, you guys would refund half of the contract cost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Kate smiling and Anna looking a little nervous, Xiaoyun couldn’t help but feel as if he had been scammed by the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1519,"2026-06-10T06:59:54.885Z",1,"novelbin.me","c98a0d48afdad0639a1a4e62af83d420434df383a34a5ceee1d902f45c4921c6","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-547","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-546",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]