Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

As all of the girls finished showering and had already dried their hair, Kate had finally finished explaining.

"That sounds so unrealistic. How is that even possible?"

Wuli murmured as she couldn\'t imagine that a larger mutated animal could block missiles and even bigger bombs.

"I don\'t know either. But that\'s what they described it to be."

With all of the girls still looking a little shocked, both Kate and Anna quickly dressed back up.

"Well, good night to you all. We\'re going back to our guest room now."

As the two headed out of the bathroom, the girls changed into their pajamas as well before stopping at Leyan\'s bedroom.

"Lily, you are not sleepy yet?" Leyan asked as she noticed her still sitting on the bed next to them.

"Um, goodnight, everyone."

Lily quickly left the room, leaving only Xiaoyun\'s wives in the bedroom as they looked at each other.

"Mom, what should we do to help him?" Nami curiously asked.

"I\'m not sure..."

As the room fell into silence, with no one having any ideas, Yuqi decided to speak up.

"I think we should just do nothing for now. It\'s not like something that happened in Europe is going to affect us."

"Yuqi is right... Also, he doesn\'t seem to worry about it at all either." Yueyue added.

"Then let\'s just do nothing and pretend we didn\'t hear what we heard earlier." Leyan decided.

"Why did we even bother asking then?" Shuli murmured, regretting in pressuring Kate to tell them the truth.

"Too late now."

As Nami got up from the bed, everyone else got up from the bed as well.

After Wuli and Shuli returned to their bedrooms, the four of them went downstairs to get their babies.

After showering and breastfeeding again, they finally all went back to their rooms to sleep for the night.

---

Meanwhile, in the office room.

Xiaoyun was sitting alone, looking down at the initial plan he had created for the upcoming recruits.

It was a simple yet effective list of exercises that his other armies all went through in the past.

But he knew he had to modify it slightly, as many of those newcomers in Guangzhou never had mandatory training for all citizens.

Even in Luoping, mandatory training has rarely been enforced since he cleared Guangzhou.

After sitting there for ten minutes, he scrapped all the modifications and left it the way it was originally.

Next, he began to examine the plan he had set up for those troops to be used.

Once again, it was just a rough setup, with the plan to have two more army corp.

One would be heading north to clear Qingyuan, freeing Lingang to start spearheading down the highway to Shaoguan.

It was a major chokepoint that prevented Jiangxi Province and Hunan Province from heading south.

Meanwhile, the other army corps would act as a reserve, a backup, and a rotating corps for soldiers to have a break.

After being satisfied with the directions, Xiaoyun put them back into his briefcase before heading back to bed.

"They really are that tired from that day..." Xiaoyun murmured as he slept alone for the night.

---

When the next day arrived, Xiaoyun only left a note in the kitchen as he headed out early in the morning.

After attaching his car permit, he drove straight to Guangzhou himself in less than five minutes.

When he arrived at the administrative building, it was already open.

Hundreds of booths were located right outside of the building, feeding porridge to many who looked malnourished.

It was the people who couldn\'t get jobs, but Xiaoyun knew it wasn\'t because they were lazy.

There were simply not enough jobs to go around—a job shortage worsened by an influx of survivors.

As he walked past the crowds and down the booth, he noticed something a little different.

It was a long line full of people, with signs that said \'join the military today\' written all over it.

More importantly, canned food was being passed out to every person who finished signing up.

"Who designed all these?" Xiaoyun wondered as he remembered never incentivizing recruits like this.

"The mayor, obviously. He announced yesterday that all unemployment food is now porridge only."

A middle-aged woman carrying a bowl of porridge, feeding her kid as she answered Xiaoyun\'s question.

"Huh... Do you think this is fair?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.

"I mean, I am a little jealous... But those people are willing to risk their life for it.

I can\'t really blame the mayor for this, especially considering how generous he had been for the past few weeks."

Hearing her answer, Xiaoyun got even more intrigued.

"What do you mean by that?"

"You\'re from Luoping, aren\'t you?" The woman asked back.

"Yeah... I just moved here as a militia instructor. My name is Songming." Xiaoyun quickly answered back.

"No wonder... Anyway, the mayor had already given us canned food for the past few days.

I even heard the mayor himself is in a strict rationing... If it weren\'t for this baby, I would have signed up for the military myself."

"Why don\'t you just put your kid in daycare? Isn\'t it free?\' Xiaoyun suddenly asked as he realized something.

"I tried. But it\'s all full. The only thing they gave me is some formula to compensate."

Seeing the women struggling, Xiaoyun didn\'t say much back besides giving her ten food stamps.

"Thanks for the answer. I\'m going to go to work now."

The woman hesitated, wanting to give the money back to him as it was way too much for her.

But when she looked back up, Xiaoyun was already long gone, disappearing into the crowd.

"What a strange person... Are all people from Luoping like this?" the woman wondered as she held onto the food stamp tightly.

---

Meanwhile, Xiaoyun was already inside the administrative building, taking the elevator up to the highest floor.

When he arrived, the mayor was already working on a recruitment campaign featuring Xiaoyun\'s face.

"Mayor Leifeng, how is it going?" Xiaoyun asked as he took a seat across from him.

"Oh, it\'s going fine, Mr.Mayor... Um, commander, can I suggest something?"

Seeing Leifeng hesitating and even calling him commander, Xiaoyun got a little curious.

"Sure, go for it. Is there something I need to help with?"

"Can I call you governor instead? It just doesn\'t feel right for you to call me mayor when you are higher than me."

Xiaoyun thought for a second, thinking back to the phone call he had a few nights ago.

"You know, you aren\'t the first one who suggested that to me. Does it make you all feel better if I proclaim myself as the governor?"

Seeing Leifeng nodding like crazy, Xiaoyun began to realize how serious it was.

"It\'s just a title. Why does it matter so much——"

"Mr.Xiaoyun, you don\'t understand. Everyone needs someone to look up to.

The military has you as the commander-in-chief, but we in the civilian branch only have the mayor as the highest.

We aren\'t asking you to call yourself the Secretariat or President. We are just asking for at least a governor as the head."

Xiaoyun thought for a second as he considered all the drawbacks and benefits that came with the title claim.

In the end, he nodded in agreement.

"You\'re right... I guess there is no point in stalling it when nobody can stop us at this point.

I\'ll start planning it tomorrow. If you really want, you can just call me Xiaoyun instead."

"Thank you, Mr.Xiaoyun."

Seeing Leifeng still refusing to call him directly, Xiaoyun dragged the topic back to the original question.

"Ahem, Leifeng, how many people have you recruited so far?"

"The last report was an hour ago, and they recruited 10,000 people already signed up."

"That\'s good..."

"Mr.Xiaoyun, how many are you planning to recruit?"

"About 200,000——"

"200,000? Are you sure?" Leifeng interrupted, as he couldn\'t believe Xiaoyun\'s number.

"Yes, 200,000. I\'m not planning to recruit them all at once, so just let them sign up until people stop on their own."

As Xiaoyun finished replying, Leifeng suddenly stood up and bowed down in gratitude.

"Thank you, sir! You truly are the most generous boss I ever had."

"Generous for what?" Xiaoyun asked in confusion.

"Giving them hope... I had worked with many of those people down there, and I had heard of countless people being forced into slave labor.

But you, the governor, are the only ones who are actually trying to re-establish society so that everyone can live in peace.

You are the only boss I ever had who\'s willing to avoid being a layman who directs an expert and actually uses young students like me."

With Leifeng pulling out an idiom and on the verge of crying, Xiaoyun went over to support him back up.

"I don\'t think that\'s really a thing a person should be complimented. But I\'m happy you think that way."