Zombie Apocalypse: Creation-Chapter 505: Yueyue and Renqin’s Debate

As Xiaoyun changed his face slightly, he quickly blended with the crowd and crossed the streets.

Not a single person seems to have noticed who he was as he continued following the crowd into the building.

Only when he took out his ID card at the entrance to scan did one of the security guards notice the name that popped up.

The security guard didn't say anything, letting him pass as Xiaoyun made a mouth gesture to keep him quiet.

After getting past the entrance, Xiaoyun quickly went over to one of the lines to get some food.

"What a handsome young man, I haven't seen you before."

As the lunchlady put a spoonful of food onto his tray, Xiaoyun smiled back with a slight nod.

"First day working here."

"That's nice..."

With different food on the tray, Xiaoyun quickly left the line before arriving at the different tables.

Almost all of them were full, with various bubbles and groups that had already formed.

"So many more people than before..." Xiaoyun murmured as he thought back to the last time he went to the work cafeteria.

After finding an empty table in the corner, Xiaoyun quickly took a seat and waited for Yueyue to arrive.

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Just as Xiaoyun was about to finish with his food, he suddenly felt a light tap on his shoulder.

Turning around, Yueyue and Renqin were right there with a tray full of food.

"Good day, boss."

"Good day, Renqin."

"Xiaoyun, how would you know we're going to be here? I was just about to call you."

"Where else would you be during lunchtime?"

"Hehe."

As Yueyue shyly sat down next to Xiaoyun, Renqin quickly moved over to sit across from them.

"Anyway, is the work going well between the two of you?" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he put his chopsticks down.

The two of them put their chopsticks down onto the table in unison, causing a loud clank as they hit against it.

With all the nearby people turning their heads to look over, the two of them immediately picked their chopsticks back up.

"Ahem, everything is going great."

"Yeah, everything is going great."

The answers from the two of them made Xiaoyun a little suspicious, but he didn't question them as he waited for them to finish their food first.

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After the short break, the three of them headed straight to a nearby security room within the cafeteria.

As Yueyue dismissed the guard with her badges, the three of them entered the room before Xiaoyun locked the door.

"So, what's up between the two of you?"

Renqin and Yueyue looked at each other for a second, then looked away as they remained silent.

"Speak up. Don't just stand here in silence. Is there some conflict between you two?"

After standing there for a whole minute, Yueyue finally cracked under pressure.

"I don't like Renqin's method."

"Methods?"

As Xiaoyun looked over to Renqin, his face looked a little nervous for the first time since they had met.

"Half of his budgets are mysteriously gone, all in the name of spy activity that straight up made no sense——"

"It's not mysteriously gone. They are all necessary costs to get info in this wasteland."

Seeing Renqin's sudden outburst against Yueyue made Xiaoyun a little surprised.

"What info was it for?"

Despite not answering Xiaoyun's question, Renqin's silence was enough of an answer for him to realize what was wrong with it.

"Renqin, you there?"

"Yes, boss..."

"I want you to tell me what the info was. I'm not going to cry over spilled milk. Just tell me."

After a short silence, Renqin finally gave in.

"One of the agents requested funding for a project to put recording devices on the zombies."

"And?"

"They just make a bunch of groaning and howling sounds with no particular meaning."

"Xiaoyun, tell me this isn't just burning money. Anyone with some common sense would have realized that zombies don't communicate at all."

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"That's not true. The boss had stated that there had been zombie mutants that were able to talk——"

"Ahem, Renqin, how would you know that? I don't recall telling you this."

Xiaoyun's interruption immediately made Renqin fall into silence as sweat fell from his forehead.

"Xiaoyun, this is the second problem I have. Would you believe that Renqin had been spying on us?"

Yueyue's comment finally made Xiaoyun flinch a little. His eyes stared right into Renqin's eyes as if he was trying to read something out of him.

However, after looking at it for a short moment, Xiaoyun finally looked away before sighing a little.

"Renqin, how did you spy on me?"

"Boss, I would never spy on you... I only got this information when Miss Kate and Miss Anna shared it over the phone."

"He's wiretapping us! He was never given the authority to do this at all." Yueyue argued out loud.

"There were no rules against wiretapping. It's necessary to prevent foreign threats from collaborating with insiders."

"You two, calm down... Renqin, did you stop the wiretapping?"

"No, sir... But I did add Miss Kate and Miss Anna to the whitelist after they married you."

"Xiaoyun, are we really going to invade our own citizens' privacy? Just for the sake of security?"

"What is privacy in the apocalypse? Why do we need to care about privacy when stability needs to be extended to its maximum extent?

As the internal investigation department, you should know how difficult it is to obtain information to prevent another tragedy from happening."

Seeing the argument between the two heating up again, Xiaoyun quickly broke them apart before shutting both of them up.

"Enough. Renqin has a point. Security should be the number one priority..."

Just as Yueyue was about to speak up again, Xiaoyun quickly followed up with an answer that ended any debate.

"Besides, phone services are free in our city. It's a cost that citizens signed up for when they chose to communicate through the phone.

They could very well meet in person if they want privacy. In times of circumstances, we need to be flexible with policy."

"Thank you, boss."

"Don't thank me yet. You need to provide me with a list of people you are wiretapping by tomorrow."

"Yes, boss. I'll get the list right now."

"Wait, you aren't wiretapping the entire town, are you?" Xiaoyun asked.

"No, boss. I'm only wiretapping the foreign traders and people of interest who use our phone services."

"Look. Yueyue, you tell me. Is this really over the line?"

As Xiaoyun questioned her, it was clear he had made his stance. Yueyue had no other choice but to accept it.

"No, sir. It's fully within the line."

"I don't want any information from this conversation leaked to the public, do you two understand?"

"Yes, sir."

"Yes, boss."

With the two of them finally coming to an understanding, Xiaoyun looked back at the two before him.

"Now, is there any other argument you two want to bring up to me?"

"No, sir," Yueyue replied first.

Seeing Renqin remaining silent, Xiaoyun took it as an agreement as he finally turned around toward the door.

"Renqin, continue transferring your work over to Yueyue, you understand?"

"Yes, boss."

"And Yueyue, try to be more open-minded and listen to your mentor, okay?"

"Yes... Sir."

After opening up the door, Xiaoyun quickly waved his hand at the security guard who had been smoking at the entrance.

"You can have the room back."

"No problem, sir."

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As Xiaoyun walked out of the cafeteria, he was a little surprised to see people running in and out of the administrative building with boxes.

The moment he entered, he was surprised to see most of the stuff being packed away.

Even the ID scanner that used to be required to check in was now gone, allowing anyone to enter inside.

"Hey, what's happening?"

Xiaoyun curiously asked as he stopped one of the office workers holding a box of paper.

"We're moving. Couldn't you tell... M-Mr.Governor?"

The surprised office worker stood still as Xiaoyun headed straight to the second floor before arriving at Yuqi's office.

After knocking on the door and getting no response from the inside, he opened the door himself.

To his surprise, there was no one inside.

"Hey, Mr.Governor!"

As a woman walked over to Xiaoyun from the outside, he quickly recognized her as Yuqi's secretary.

"Hello. Miss, do you know where Yuqi is?"

"She's in the bank right now... Mr.Governor, did Mrs.Yuqi not tell you about it?"

"Huh? Can you tell me what's happening?"

"The building is going to be renovated. It's going to take a month or two before it finishes."

"What? How did she not tell me this earlier?"

"Um... Maybe because the governor had been very busy."

"She has to plan this a long time in advance. How could she not tell me this until now?"

"I have to call her."

Seeing Xiaoyun's face with a hint of anger, the secretary said nothing further as she went back to carrying her boxes.