Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

After driving for an hour and a half, Xiaoyun finally arrived at the very edge of the Guangzhou border.

It was very far from the city proper of Guangzhou, which explains why Xiaoyun’s army never went there to clear it.

In the distance, Xiaoyun could see Longxue Island across the waterway, with the bridge a block away from the bus.

”Damn... This island is way bigger than I thought.” Xiaoyun murmured as he looked out the bus window.

”Of course it is. You checked the map, didn’t you?” Kate asked.

”Yeah... Ahem, everyone, everyone, get ready to clear the zombies behind us.” Xiaoyun commanded as he repeated the same message over the walkie-talkie.

All of the soldiers immediately got out of the bus and moved into combat positions as the zombies approached.

Within minutes, the zombies were eliminated after a single round of firing from the soldier’s rifles.

”What should we do next commander?” One of the majors asked as all the majors stood by next to him.

”For the 39th Regiment to the 50th Regiment, clear the surrounding area and set up a temporary base. Don’t let anyone leave or enter the island. I’ll send further instructions later.

And for the 26th Regiment to the 38th Regiment, get back into the bus and be ready to leave.”

”Yes, sir!”

Just as the majors were about to leave to execute Xiaoyun’s order, he added one last thing to the majors staying.

”One more note. Make sure no soldiers leave their groups. If any of them are reported as MISSING IN ACTION, immediately report them to me. Do you understand?”

”Yes, sir!”

After appointing one of the major to become temporary lieutenant colonels and handing him five envelopes, Xiaoyun headed back inside one of the buses leaving.

”I don’t get it. Why are we surrounding this island?” Kate curiously asked, as she could tell Xiaoyun was clearly planning to head towards the other bridge connecting the island.

”All you need to know is that something bad is on the island and needs to be dealt with.”

Kate looked a little annoyed but didn’t bother Xiaoyun again as he turned his attention to the bus driver, pointing him to the location to head toward.

With Xiaoyun’s bus first to go, the buses behind quickly resumed and began following his.

A few minutes later...

As Xiaoyun arrived at the second bridge, he suddenly noticed a railroad bridge connecting to the island in the distance and another bridge even further down.

”Fuck my life. Why didn’t I think the map is outdated.” Xiaoyun facepalmed himself as there were now four different bridges connected to the island.

With no other choice, Xiaoyun called the temporary lieutenant colonel to hold both the first bridge and the bridges he was on.

Next, he led his army to split in half to control the other two bridges, letting them set up camp as he promoted two other majors to temporary lieutenant colonels.

At the same time, Xiaoyun told the first lieutenant colonels on the other side to give two of the envelopes to the other temporary lieutenant colonels, and he gave two more envelopes to the lieutenant colonels who split from his part of the army.

After clearing all four surrounding areas in the four bridges and having everything set up, it was almost noon.

Fortunately for Xiaoyun, since it was only the beginning of February, it wasn’t hot enough to make everyone stop working.

”Why did you set explosives on all four bridges? Is the thing on the island really that bad?” Kate curiously asked again.

”Yes, it is... Here, let me tell you what’s on the island.”

Xiaoyun suddenly pulled Kate into one of the temporary tents and then leaned over to her right ear.

”The secret society that almost killed me is on the island.”

Kate’s brain froze as soon as she heard Xiaoyun’s words. Only when Xiaoyun snapped his finger before her eyes did she come back to the moment.

”You serious?”

”Do I look like I’m joking? Their base of operation, at least the one in Guangzhou, is located right here.”

Seeing Xiaoyun’s fully serious face, Kate backed down and accepted Xiaoyun’s reasoning. But she still felt a little grumpy that he kept the information to himself until now.

”Don’t say this to anyone else, okay? All the soldiers don’t know any of this.”

Kate immediately nodded in agreement, zipping her mouth shut as the two walked back out of the tent.

”Sir, what should we do next?” One of the major asked as he walked up.

Xiaoyun didn’t answer right away. He walked up and borrowed several phones from the soldiers, then called all three of the lieutenant colonels’ phone numbers.

After calling several times in a row, it finally connects.

”Hello, who’s this?” All three of the phones asked at the same time.

”I’m Commander Xiaoyun, password 2ax94igw3. I want you all to turn on the speaker and connect it to your walkie-talkie to let all the soldiers hear it. Say yes when you did it.”

After a moment of silence, he finally gets three yeses from the lieutenant colonels.

”Ahem, Hello, everyone. This is your commander Xiaoyun speaking.”

Xiaoyun waited for a few seconds and then continued.

”I know you might be confused as to why we are all the way here next to an island instead of clearing Foshan City proper.

Setting explosives and clearing the surrounding area might not make sense to you all, but I have a very important announcement to make.

A group of scientists on this island are conducting human experiments... With zombie mutations.”

Xiaoyun paused for a whole minute to let the soldier process it as he could hear rowdy chattering coming from the other side.

But it quickly ended when the majors yelled silence to them, allowing Xiaoyun to continue.

”Some of you might know what happened to the last groups of scientists who were conducting human experiments... I hope you all are with me in putting a stop to this.”

As Xiaoyun looked down at the crowds of soldiers around him, all of them were readying up to leave with him.

Over the phone, he could also hear the soldiers chanting in support, only ending when the majors yelled silence again.

”Very well, everyone! Get ready to move! We’re clearing this island until no remnant is left! And for lieutenant colonels, open the red envelope that’s in your hand.

It will include a detailed explanation of what to do and the plan for this operation. Do you have any questions?”

”No, sir!”

”Good. Call me if you have any questions or face any issues.”

After Xiaoyun hung up the call, he assigned two regiments to stay behind to watch the bridge entrance, with the rest of the army heading straight onto the island.

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As the buses drove past the bridge, all the soldiers, including Xiaoyun, were stunned by the greenery on the island.

”What the hell are those plants?” Xiaoyun murmured as all of the buildings were surrounded by vines and grasses.

”Almost look like those movies where humans abandon the city for thousands of years...” Kate added her thoughts as the bus continued driving forward.

Soon, the bus in front stopped, as the vegetation had somehow erupted the driving lane upward, and there was no way around it.

”Everyone get off. We’re traveling on foot.”

As the soldiers began to get off the buses, Xiaoyun himself stepped out of the buses and started examining his surroundings.

It was a minute’s walk from all of Longxue’s buildings, and the grasses on the side of the road were almost an entire person’s height.

”Good thing I didn’t bring Lingang’s armor units over here,” Xiaoyun thought to himself as the road began to become more and more narrow.

But as Xiaoyun stepped foot onto the city proper, he was stunned by the sheer amount of vegetation on the building up close.

”What the fuck... What did they do to all these plants to have it grow like this?”

Kate murmured as she touched one of the vines on the wall, only to find it to be normal vines that were extra long as it covered the entire building.

All of the soldiers started to look a little confused as well, as they had never seen anything like it besides the ones in the movies.

”Everyone, full alert! Don’t get distracted. We’re still in enemy territory.”

The soldiers immediately stopped looking at the buildings and shifted their attention back to the road and their surrounding environment.

As they continued walking down the road, Xiaoyun started to have a bad feeling.

The road was dead, with no zombies in sight. The only sound was the wind blowing over the vegetation and stepping sounds from the soldiers.

”Why are there no zombies?” Kate murmured as they almost arrived at their destination on the map.

”I don’t know... Maybe the zombies are in a different part of the island?” Xiaoyun gave his only explanation as the army continued walking forward.