[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-822":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},1887449,2510,"Chapter 822: False Alarm?","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-822",822,"\u003Cp>\"Li Zhen, what the fuck is that emergency message? Tell me that was testing or some system malfunction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun yelled through the phone, a loud siren was blasting through, coming from far in the direction of Guangzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m afraid nukes had been used, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun couldn’t speak up. His lips ran dry. He couldn’t believe his ears. He couldn’t believe the words that came out of his police chief’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, he noticed something. Li Zhen’s voice sounded way too calm for an actual nuclear strike inbound towards them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re joking, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not joking, sir. A nuclear weapon had been detected... But fortunately, it has not been used towards our direction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank fucking god. You could have said from the beginning. Why are you trying to give me a heart attack?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, Governor. I just learned about this a minute ago as well. One of our police officers had already gone to fix it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emergency message left almost everyone across every settlement under Xiaoyun’s control in full panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was genuinely believing a nuclear strike was inbound and that they were about to die, until the update message finally went through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the initial chaos from it was quickly contained as Xiaoyun deployed the entire police force and the army reservists onto the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the entire night, the streets were dead silent. Tanks and armored trucks were constantly driving by to maintain a set curfew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the morning came did all the police officers and the soldiers disappear from the streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything seemed to have returned to normal, almost as if last night was just a nightmare dream out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early morning of the next day, Xiaoyun was standing in front of the press, explaining what had happened the previous night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good morning, citizens. I’m here to address a big concern that you might have noticed last night if you had a phone with you or a TV on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a loud emergency message broadcast out of nowhere. It stated that a nuclear weapon was inbound and to take shelter immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that I’m able to speak to you here today, the nuclear strike did not happen here. Or anywhere in the country for that matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Xiaoyun finished the first part of his speech, he could feel all of the people in the press letting out a small sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To clarify, the message had come from a detection system. More specifically, it’s a pre-outbreak autonomous satellite system meant to detect nuclear weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on the data we had received, nuclear weapons had been used. We do not know the exact location, but it is nowhere near us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I repeat, the nuclear strike is nowhere near us. Everything is safe, and we’ll give further updates when more information comes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, any questions?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, all of the journalist raised their hands. Xiaoyun picked one of them in the very front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The one form Luoping Daily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Were there any injuries or accidents caused during the chaos? And will this happen again in the same way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There were fortunately no injuries, and there was minimal chaos. We had also switched the automatic system to require manual verification.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun paused for a second, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The manual verification is to avoid causing panic... And I’m going to be real with you for a second, a nuclear strike is the least of our concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We still have zombies on our doorstep and unfriendly neighbors that pose a real threat to our settlements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So please, remain calm. We have a 24\u002F7 team monitoring the situation and will send out the message as needed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, Guangzhou Sunsets\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr.Governor, sorry if I’m misunderstanding this. But if there’s no nuclear weapons used near us, was this detection system giving a false alarm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not exactly. The system originally seemed to be meant to detect any use of nuclear weapons around the globe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it’s not just locating our own country. You could say it was a false alarm to wake people up for nothing, or you could say it did its job to warn people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer confused the reporter a little, but he didn’t question it as Xiaoyun moved on to the next person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, Shenzhen Weekly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr.Governor, will there be any direct or indirect effect from a nuclear weapon used on Earth?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... I’m going to be frank with you, I don’t know the exact effect. We currently have experts estimating the potential harm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, I can say this. We’ll try our best to mitigate any harm that comes from this, and we’ll do our best to prepare our citizens for the worst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the journalist nodded his head as thanks, several journalist immediately raised their hands next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiaoyun took it as a signal to leave as Yuqi’s assistant stepped in to end the press release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun walked inside the administrative building, Yuqi was standing at the main lobby in her work suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank god that was a false alarm.\" Yuqi murmured, her face still looking a little more stressed than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm. But we’re going to have a lot of work to do for the next few days... Ruined our weekend plan for nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should still be thankful. At least we’re still alive... Babe, you know how scared I was waiting in the basement?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once inside the elevator, the nervousness began to ease from Yuqi’s face as it traveled up to the top floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should be the one shitting the bed. You wouldn’t want to hear how loud the air raid sirens went off in the cities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have an air raid siren?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course we do... If it wasn’t for one of the police officers who happened to be a former worker there, we wouldn’t even know where to turn it off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exiting the elevator, the office floor was already filled with workers busy making phone calls with a whole sheet of paper in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morning, Governor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as one of the workers said it out loud, all of the workers turned around to look at the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morning. Sorry for making you all work on the weekend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun didn’t speak up any further as the two of them headed inside Yuqi’s office, closing the door to cut off the noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey Xiaoyun, did the satellite data really not tell us where the nuclear weapon was used?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Zhen is going to send you a report by the evening about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you not just tell me now? You already met him last night, didn’t you?\" Yuqi questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know either. Quite frankly, I’m not even sure the guy who turned the sirens off knows how to read the data either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how would the evening report tell me anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They already requested the IT department and the telecommunications department to analyze it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could have said that at the start.\" Yuqi grumpily murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi turned on her monitor, floods of emails immediately popped up. More than she had ever witnessed at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single one of them was either from city mayors to village elders to department heads, all asking the same question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need me to help you respond to them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m good... Xiaoyun, have you prepared the speech you’re going to give before you leave Luoping?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crap. I mean, do I really need to make a speech when like half the town knows what’s happening?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They might know the upcoming military operation. But they don’t know you’re leaving for the capital afterward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right. That. I’ll go work on that. Call me if you need me to help with something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Xiaoyun out of the room, Yuqi turned her full attention back to the email response as she read through the sender’s concern one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm... How should I respond to this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After staring at the monitor for a whole minute, an idea popped into her head. She began typing on the keyboard as the response slowly took shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deputy Governor, can I come in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, you may.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the door opened, it was her secretary holding a folder. Its cover name was blocked off with a piece of black tape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deputy Governor, I found the project plan you had asked me to look for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great. Put it on the table. I’ll read it later myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the door closed once again, Yuqi glanced over to the folder for a second before looking back over to the monitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe I could incorporate the response with this project idea... But where can I get the money for this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she thought about it, the more her mind conflicted. In the end, Yuqi turned around and grabbed the folder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was a single piece of paper. A project name written in bold font at the very top as the title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bunker in every city and village...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1506,"2026-06-10T06:59:56.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","800a213e461d7be62298eb725863eccafaf05acb7a0b72c7db1a311644a968a9","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-628","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-673",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]