My Perfect Apocalyptic Life

“Hello, I’m Zhang Lunping. This is my wife, Zhou Yanni, and that’s my daughter, Zhang Wenqi…”

“Hello, Brother Zhang, Sister Zhou. I’m Shen Zhaozhao. I used to work on the floor above at Tianyu Planning. Thanks to Chairman Meng, I was saved. How about you two?”

“……”

Due to his experience as an HR manager, Zhang Lunping was adept at social interactions and quickly became acquainted with Shen Zhaozhao. Their interaction was quite pleasant.

Zhou Yanni quietly stayed in a corner, holding a ballpoint pen and writing something, but her full attention was on her daughter, Zhang Wenqi.

The child’s illness wasn’t improving. Although she was deeply worried, there was little she could do. Despite giving cold and fever medicine, her daughter’s condition had only slightly improved. Zhang Wenqi remained in a state of drowsiness, occasionally clear and sometimes confused, making Zhou Yanni anxious about potential side effects.

However, in this apocalyptic world, finding a doctor was nearly impossible.

“Sister Zhou, are you worried about your child?” Shen Zhaozhao seemed to notice Zhou Yanni’s concern and immediately approached her, whispering, “We still have some medicine in the office. Just let us know if you need any. There’s a clinic nearby, but I don’t know if the doctor is still around.”

“If we’re caught whispering by Chairman Meng, will we be…”

Zhou Yanni glanced nervously at Meng Xu outside, who was currently lecturing the zombie employees, her body trembling slightly with fear.

Yes.

She had never seen a human who could reason with zombies!

Moreover, this boss seemed a bit unstable… terrifying, utterly terrifying!

Seeing Zhou Yanni’s reaction, Shen Zhaozhao also glanced at Meng Xu outside, then smiled gently.

“Sister Zhou, don’t be fooled by the boss’s… mental state. He’s actually very kind. At least he hasn’t chopped us to pieces with his axe. He provided us with a safe area, and we don’t lack food or water.”

“The reason he gives us seemingly meaningless tasks… maybe it’s to prevent us from being idle and constantly anxious. I think it’s understandable. After all, if the boss isn’t around, we’d be prone to overthinking and fear. Since being saved by the boss, I feel much better now.”

Shen Zhaozhao’s voice was quiet, but with only three people in the office, her words reached everyone’s ears.

Zhang Lunping deeply agreed with Shen Zhaozhao’s assessment.

Meng Xu might seem eccentric, but he was genuinely kind-hearted. Under Meng Xu’s protection, there was a comforting warmth. Without Meng Xu, Zhang Lunping might have been disemboweled by zombies on the day he left his home, dying a gruesome death.

“Actually…”

Shen Zhaozhao sighed deeply, looking out at Meng Xu with eyes that sparkled like little stars. “Chairman Meng probably has immense pressure, so he has to let himself go a bit. Venting is the best way to release pent-up emotions. He carries so much on his shoulders, emerging from dire situations and killing countless zombies. He’s truly remarkable!”

“Our Chairman Meng is great, no need for further words!”

“……”

Zhang Lunping nodded in agreement.

Hearing Shen Zhaozhao and Zhang Lunping’s words, Zhou Yanni also paused and looked toward Meng Xu.

After listening to their conversation, Zhou Yanni felt somewhat reassured. She glanced at Meng Xu, who was outside reprimanding the zombies, and suddenly thought that this seemingly crazy chairman might not be so scary after all.

The light of greatness and the beautiful virtues of humanity were radiating brightly.

…

“I told you two to clean up the bodies, and you decided to bite them instead?! Eating them clean counts as cleaning to you?!”

Meng Xu, radiating that great light, was now holding a fire axe, scolding Zhang Tao, whose head was already bent, with clear dissatisfaction.

Just moments ago, after understanding the desires of Chi Wei and Zhang Tao, Meng Xu had painted them a vision, promising them good food if they worked hard and cleared the nearby bodies.

But unexpectedly, after Meng Xu’s directive, the former manager Zhang Tao immediately started chomping on the two zombie corpses in the adjacent office.

This scene left Meng Xu speechless. He quickly shouted to stop and began to scold them severely.

Even though they had become zombies lying on the ground, Meng Xu couldn’t tolerate his zombie employees eating raw meat and behaving like savages.

He was a normal person, and he couldn’t stand such things!

Faced with Meng Xu’s reprimands, the two zombies remained silent and focused on their work, staring intently at Meng Xu as if something about him were extremely attractive to them.

Not even a growl.

Seeing this, Meng Xu was intrigued.

What’s up with these two zombies?

They’re so quiet and efficient!

Chi Wei even moved faster, and more actively than Zhang Tao.

As Meng Xu pondered this, he noticed a new message appearing in the desire boxes of both Chi Wei and Zhang Tao

【Desire: Evolution Crystal.】

Meng Xu was momentarily stunned.

Quickly realizing something, he took out the red gemstone he had retrieved from the mutant zombie’s head during his journey. He held it and weighed it in his hand.

Upon seeing the gemstone in Meng Xu’s hand, Zhang Tao and Chi Wei became agitated, clearly drawn to it.

“So, it’s this they want.”

Meng Xu had an epiphany. He tied the gemstone to a string, much like a bait on a fishing rod, and draped it over his back.

Walking ahead, Chi Wei and Zhang Tao, drawn by the gemstone, forgot about their -100 affection level and began dragging bodies, following Meng Xu downstairs.

Meng Xu, pleased with the outcome, knocked on the office door and said, “You three in there, once you finish the contracts, clean up the office on the right. Improve it a bit. Don’t touch the half-zombie in the left office yet.”

Without waiting for a response from Shen Zhaozhao and the others, Meng Xu continued escorting the two zombies to begin the cleanup.

His goal was to thoroughly clean the fourth floor within three days and transform this space into his company’s territory. Meng Xu was filled with ambition.

Only after tidying up the entire building could he move on to the next phase.

Survival wasn’t about sitting back and depleting resources; it was about self-sustainability.

Food was a necessity—zombies could starve, but humans couldn’t.

He couldn’t always rely on the lottery for food; those rewards were for emergencies.

Self-reliance was key, involving gathering seeds for planting and collecting water resources.

Of course, Meng Xu wouldn’t handle these tasks himself.

That’s what employees are for.

What kind of chairman does the tedious work?

His primary focus at the moment was…

The red gemstone.

What exactly is this thing?

He lightly squeezed the gemstone, finding it not too hard, almost like a piece of candy. If dropped, it might shatter.

Such a lightweight and mysterious item indeed.

But Meng Xu was the type to get to the bottom of things.