Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

Chapter 185: Chapter 185: The Next Move

When Xiaoyun woke up in the morning, someone knocked at the door.

"Commander, there is an urgent matter that needs your attention."

"Ugh... Okay, give me three minutes."

As Xiaoyun got up and changed into his uniform, Xiaoyun packed his bag and left the room.

All nine majors were standing there by the time he got downstairs.

"What's the urgent matter? Is there something wrong?" Xiaoyun asked as he yawned.

"It's about the toilet issue... um, the outhouse we built has been full," Lingang replied.

"Just build another one. Do I need to teach you how?"

"No, sir, but all the area allocated is already full. It might start causing diseases if we keep making the entire area full of... poop."

Xiaoyun was finally fully awake as he changed his grumpy tone back to normal.

"Isn't there a public outhouse in this town?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.

"Yes, but there is no running water... We can't use it unless we can pour water into the tank."

"Hm... there is no way we can spend the precious water just to flush the toilet. It will take way too much." Xiaoyun started tapping the table as he tried to think of a solution.

"Water water... how about digging a well?"

"We don't have the equipment for that, sir..."

"Just do it outside the town for now. I'll come up with a solution later."

After hearing the command, all eight majors left except Han Bang.

"Han Bang, what you standing here for?"

"Commander, a water tank at the center of the town is connected to the city's water supply. But somebody turned it off." Han Bang mentions.

"Really... You know how we turn it back on?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.

" I saw a small water station down the road while on the mission. If we turned it back on, water won't be a problem here anymore."

"Then what are we waiting for? Han Bang, can you bring your regiment there and turn the water back on?"

"Yes, sir!" Han Bang saluted and then left the room.

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A few hours later...

Everyone was immediately overjoyed as the water started running again, and they could finally shower and use the toilet indoors.

"Any trouble at the water plant?" Xiaoyun asked as Han Bang walked inside the house.

"No, sir, only a few zombies locked inside a room."

"That's good... let me make a call first. It's time to discuss our next plan."

Xiaoyun pulled out the walkie-talkies and called the other eight majors to return to the house.

Five minutes later...

"In three days, all these captives will go toward the town, and we'll need to move on to the next location to continue our plan."

"But I don't want to just sit here for three days to watch over all the captives like this. I assume none of you guys want to do that either."

All nine of the majors nodded in agreement.

"So I'm planning to have three regiments stay here to watch over the captives and the rest to continue with the plan... Who wants to volunteer to stay?"

As the majors looked at each other, the room remained dead silent.

"Nobody wants to volunteer? I'll pick a random one if that's the case."

After a long silence, Han Bang raised his hand to Xiaoyun's surprise.

"I can stay behind and watch over the captives."

"Great, you'll be in charge of everyone in this town... If anyone comes up, you can act first and report it later." Xiaoyun patted Han Bang on the shoulder.

"Yes, sir." Han Bang saluted.

As all the majors left the house and started packing up, Xiaoyun returned to his room to pack up his stuff.

After gathering everything into his bag, he was ready to go.

"Han Bang, your contribution won't be forgotten," Xiaoyun reassured him.

"Thank you, sir."

Xiaoyun got inside his car as the convoys of vehicles in front of him started to leave the town one by one.

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By the time the army arrived at their destination, it was already in the afternoon.

"So many zombies..." Xiaoyun mumbled to himself as gunshots could be heard from the cars in the front.

After another ten minutes, the small abandoned town they had arrived at was finally cleared of zombies.

"So tired..." Xiaoyun complained as he stepped out of the car and stretched his back.

After picking one of the houses as the HQ, all eight regiments went out to their assigned plan, with four regiments staying at the HQ as backup.

"Commander, Regiment One had arrived at their destination... but no one is alive there. Only zombies." The radio operator mentioned.

"That's a shame... tell them to report back for now. No need to clear those zombies out right now."

"Yes, sir." The radio operator starts sending the signals.

The following few regiments all had the same news, almost as if the east side of Guangzhou were in a complete death zone of some sort.

"How's Regiment Eight doing? Have they arrived at their destination yet?" Xiaoyun impatiently asked.

"Yes, they had arrived at their destination... The base that they went to immediately surrendered after seeing them."

"Good. How many people did they capture?" Xiaoyun asked the urgent question in his mind.

"Only one hundred people... Apparently, the east side recently had a zombie attack from inside the city."

"That explains it. Wake me up when the regiments are back."

After saying this, Xiaoyun walked to the other room and napped on the sofa.

Two hours later...

"Commander, the regiments had all returned."

"Okay, I'm getting up."

After washing his face with water, Xiaoyun stepped out and walked downstairs.

"I assume everyone had noticed what's happening to all the bases they went to. The bases these people had formed are fragile.

What we are doing is bringing them to safety. They may not like it, but it's better for them."

"We know that, sir. We don't feel guilty doing this." One of the majors decided to speak up.

"I just wanted to make sure you guys understand our goals. At the end of the day, we are unifying everyone under one banner to recapture the city." Xiaoyun restated his intention.

"You guys can go back now. We'll move onto phase three tomorrow."

Xiaoyun turned around and walked back upstairs.

As the majors walked out of the house, they started chattering with each other.

"Why did the boss suddenly bring that up?" The first majors asked.

"I don't know, to be honest. Maybe it's to reaffirm our righteousness?" A second major threw in their suggestion.

All their attention eventually turned towards Lingang as he has always been the leader among the majors.

"Boss is trying to make sure we understand what we are doing. Our actions might look evil, but they're for the greater good...

I'm sure some of you on this mission had been in those bases and saw how those disgusting pigs at the top abuse people below." Lingang clenched his fist as he said it out loud.

"Do you guys know? One of the bases I was assigned to was a flat-out child trafficking ring. You wouldn't believe the disgusting things I saw inside." The fourth major decided to back up Lingang's claim.

"Yeah, mine had almost the same element. An old-fashioned emperor ruling their base like it's a large empire. It's literally just a small base in the city.

Like how funny is that? Five thousand people worked below him, and none thought of revolting. They just let their daughter be his concubine. It's just insane how they get away with this." The fifth major spoke up.

"Nobody wants to change the status quo when there's still a zombie apocalypse out here. That's what we are for, right, Lingang?" The Major next to Lingang asked.

"Yes, we are to bring justice to this apocalypse... Only Boss can bring us back to order." Lingang's face turned into admiration as he mentioned Xiaoyun.

"You know, doesn't boss have like four wives? or was it six? Isn't that kind of backward thinking?" A third major spoke out.

"So? It's just a minor imperfection. Besides, it's between consensual adults." The first major defended Xiaoyun.

"I mean, is the boss wrong? Like which man would restrict themselves only to one woman when they have that much power? Who wouldn't want all the beauty to themselves?" The fourth major decided to defend Xiaoyun.

"But aren't they related to——"

Before the second major could finish, the major beside him elbowed him in the stomach.

"Everyone knows that... Do you want to keep your job, or do you want to ask stupid questions?" The major next to him reminded him.

"Oh right, sorry." The second major apologized.

"Let's be real for a second. Would you let them go if you were boss? Have you seen how beautiful they are? I wouldn't care what other people think. Maybe that's just me with no sibling." A fifth major chimed in.

"Considering how well the town has been running, Mrs.Yuqi is probably the smartest woman I have seen. Everyone can agree on that, right?"

All the majors nodded in agreement except Lingang, who held a slight person grudge as he wanted to expand the military just like Yezi.

"Not to mention her position. If someone else were married to Mrs.Yuqi, it would be a massive threat considering Mrs.Yuqi's power." The fifth major added to his argument.

"And then you have Mrs.Yueyue. I had personally seen her flat-out arrest an entire apartment head for corruption. She doesn't need to care about the pushback because she is married to Boss. We need someone who won't be corrupted by outside influence, and she's perfect for it, right?"

All the majors nodded in agreement again. Even Lingang nodded in agreement this time.