Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

"Who are you talking to?" Anna curiously asked, sitting on the side alongside the other girls for a little break.

"Never mind. Maybe I'm hearing things... Let's just wrap it up. I'm getting a little hungry."

Just as Xiaoyun thought he was being oversensitive, he suddenly heard the sound of the door being closed.

"Shit."

---

When the ten of them finally arrived downstairs, it was already almost noon.

All of the girls acted as if they had just woken up, heading down to the kitchen to heat the breakfast again before eating it.

None of them knew the bathroom door had been opened, except for Xiaoyun, who noticed the slight awkwardness on Lily's face.

Still, he didn't bring it up, letting the awkwardness disappear on its own as they all ate the breakfast as lunch.

"Ahem, what do you guys want to do for the weekend?" Anna curiously asked.

"Stay home." Yuqi instantly replied.

"Same," Nami added.

With both Wuli and Shuli agreeing to it, she turned over to Leyan for support.

However, much to her disappointment, she shook her head as well.

"I'm kind of tired as well... We can go out tomorrow instead, though." Leyan compromised.

"I'm going to stay home. It's been so hot the past few weeks." Nami complained as she rejected the idea.

With most of the girls on Nami's side, Anna could only get Kate and Leyan to go shopping with her. Discover hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire

After breakfast, which was more of a lunch, they all headed back to the living room.

They all felt a little bored because there wasn't much entertainment. All of the shows on Nami's laptop had become repetitive.

But with Lily and the babies in the house, none of them were brave enough to ask Xiaoyun just to keep having sex to burn through the weekend.

Besides, their bodies and legs were already a little tired, and they did not want to move a single bit as they leaned back onto the sofa.

"Xiaoyun, do something entertaining," Yuqi complained as she threw her phone aside.

"What do you want me to do? I can't just pull some magic trick to entertain you on the spot." Xiaoyun answered back.

"I'm going to the gym. See you guys."

As Yueyue walked out of the living room, Wuli and Shuli both decided to follow her to the gym.

"Time to go water some plant... Tianci, can you come help me with it?"

"Sure."

With another two out of the living room, Nami suddenly rolled over to Xiaoyun's lap.

"Xiaoyun, do you want just to do a BBQ or something?" Nami asked.

"We just ate breakfast. And no, I'm not going to do a BBQ. I literally just did it a few weeks ago."

With another rejection, both Yuqi and Nami rolled to the side in defeat as they turned their attention to Kate and Anna.

"What are you two typing?" Yuqi curiously asked after noticing them typing on the computer nonstop.

"Just some work," Anna answered.

After looking at it for a while, both of them got bored and once again rolled over to Xiaoyun.

"Xiaoyun... How about we just have sex in my room?" Yuqi quietly whispered.

"No, in my room." Nami counter-offered.

"Go away. You two need to clear your dirty mind. If you're that bored, just pick up a book or something."

Xiaoyun's answer crushed their last hope as they went over to the TV shelf and actually picked up a book.

Just as Xiaoyun thought everything was calm and that he could enjoy the afternoon in peace, his phone suddenly rang.

"For fuck sake..."

Looking at his phone, the name Hou Qin was right at the top.

"Hello? Is this an emergency?"

"No, Commander. But Lingang had sent back an interesting report you might want to check out."

"I'll be there in a minute."

As he hung up the phone, he quickly created a pair of suits to change right in the living room.

"Tell Leyan that I'm going to be back later for dinner."

"Okay..."

---

When Xiaoyun arrived in the logistics office, a few workers were on weekend duty, typing on some spreadsheets.

As he walked towards Hou Qin's office, she was already waiting for him with the paper in hand.

"How's the situation there?" Xiaoyun asked as he sat down and accepted her paper.

"It's pretty stable in Changsha. He had only requested a few engineers to repair some of the vehicles and even sent some back."

"That's good..."

When reading the paper, Xiaoyun was a bit surprised to see the progress being made by Lingang and the Zhongxiong defense force.

They had managed to clear half of the city, which was much faster than anyone would have anticipated.

Even though it had only been less than two months, they had even cleared the countryside and surrounded the city.

The fact that there were zero losses was even more impressive, considering Lingang's willingness to take risks.

More surprising was that, near the end of the report, he requested a withdrawal despite the fact that they were clearly on track to finish clearing the city by the end of June.

The only reason he gave was superstition. Lingang just feels that a disaster-level event similar to Qingyuan could happen in Changsha.

"Hou Qin, what do you think?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.

"I think we should continue supplying Lingang——"

"Not that. I'm asking about the withdrawal. Do you think Lingang should withdraw?"

The question made her fall into silence for a second until she shook her head.

"I don't know much about combat, Commander. All I know is how to manage supplies."

"Never mind."

As Xiaoyun thought about it more and more, he eventually came up with two reasons inside his head against withdrawal.

The first reason was that withdrawing could hurt his relationship with Zhongxiong's forces, especially when they had almost finished the job.

The second reason was just out of moral obligation, considering they had already paid Luoping and the troop's food.

However, if a disaster similar to that of Qingyuan were to happen again, it would create immense pressure on his government.

After a long debate inside his head, he came up with a compromise as he quickly took out a blanket paper.

He was going to give Lingang the choice to withdraw, but only signs of unmistakable disaster had appeared or happened.

"Send this letter to Lingang the next time the supply trucks go there," Xiaoyun ordered as he handed the letter over to Hou Qin.

"Yes, sir."

With the report out of the way, Xiaoyun now had nothing much to do in the office.

"Hou Qin, you always work on the weekend?"

"I don't have anything else to do, sir. And the staff are the ones who are working hard over the weekend to have this delivered."

Xiaoyun nodded slightly in acknowledgment as he walked around to check what Hou Qin was working on.

"Hou Qin, can you tell me how your job works? I'm just a little curious."

"We'll usually get a radio request from each of the army's logistic departments. They will provide us with a code to match up our codebook to make sure they are the right person.

If the requested item is in our inventory, we will send it within five days, along with other equipment requests nearby."

Hou Qin paused for a second, then continued.

"If it is an emergency and we have no supply truck, then I'll authorize a temporary seizure, usually from the construction crew.

But this is usually avoided since they usually have supplies up for two weeks and get resupplied every week..."

A few minutes later...

As she finally finished explaining it in detail, Xiaoyun could only nod in agreement the whole time.

"Damn, this is a lot of work."

"It really isn't. The staff members are the ones who work the hardest. They are constantly heading out of town to coordinate all the movement.

I'm only making sure everything is in order. If we were to consider the total contribution, I should take the least credit."

"Don't lower yourself like that. Do you want anything as a reward for this? I'll fulfill it the best I could."

After a short silence, Hou Qin shook her head.

"I'm only doing what's a part of my job, sir."

"You sure? I can try to help you get anything you want. Like a... um."

Xiaoyun's brain couldn't come up with an answer as he didn't know what Hou Qin's interest was at all.

The only things that came to mind were clothes or makeup, but those clearly didn't fit her role as a military officer.

Not to mention how sexist or misleading it could be for him to offer that kind of stuff as a gift to his female subordinate.

"It's fine, Commander. I don't need anything... Just raise the salary for all the staff, and I would be happy."

"Ahem, that was already on the agenda regardless... Just tell me in the future if you come up with something in mind.

I'm going to head back home now. Call me when Yezi or Yiming sends back their report for the month."

Just as Xiaoyun got up from his seat, Hou Qin suddenly made a request that made him freeze in place.

"Commander... Can you show me your ability?"