A Survival Guide to Zombie Towns

A hard-edged zombie story with no superpowers: how would real grassroots organizations respond to a zombie outbreak? (A parallel world, not reality)

Chen Yunhao had been plagued by bad luck since childhood, but after graduating from college, he made it into the civil service! He passed the exam for a township government job!

Though being single and posted to a remote township meant he was a nuclear-powered pack mule, Chen Yunhao was still happy to go to this lovely little town nestled among mountains and water!

A month later, on a night of torrential rain and a red flood-warning alert, while he was on flood-duty, the village reported that residents at a centralized evacuation shelter had suddenly developed rabies.

It was the village assigned to Chen Yunhao.

Together with colleagues from the township clinic and police station, Chen Yunhao headed to the shelter through the storm and lightning...

Chen Yunhao: ...Help, this feels like a zombie outbreak! Aaaaaah!!!

A zombie-infested town, a desperate fight to survive!

This story began with a wild discussion during flood-season duty. Our friends, including but not limited to nurses at the township clinic, auxiliary police officers, and demobilized veterans working as township officials, all pitched in enthusiastically. In the end, we decided to write an old-school zombie novel with a touch of realism!

Content warning: Lots of propaganda and patriotic messaging, with a strong emphasis on praising truth, goodness, and beauty. If this style isn't for you, please approach with caution. Don't force yourself to read it.

Next novel in the same genre: Grassroots Officials Transmigrate Together to Revitalize the Wasteland in the Apocalypse

Over the New Year holiday, after the township and village officials finished their annual work-summary meeting, they gathered for a meal and happily discussed the results of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization. Suddenly, a spatial rift opened, and the entire township government headquarters, along with all the township and village officials, was transported together!

They transmigrated to a post-apocalyptic wasteland eight hundred years in the future. The ecosystem had collapsed, civilization had been severed, and the species were strange...

Wu Shiyou had finally made it through five years of grueling day-and-night service, passed the provincial selection exam, and still hadn't reported for her new post. "Heavens above!!!!"

Township Party Secretary: "...Since things have come to this, let's hold a Party committee meeting first. Yes, to work out the first Five-Year Plan for revitalizing the wasteland..."

(They tackled poverty alleviation one day, and wasteland reconstruction the next. The first time is hard, but the second time is easier. Grassroots officials never give up!)

(I was a little down at first, but I don't know why I'm suddenly fired up.)

(Whatever, there's work to do wherever we are! Let's get to it! Charge! Rebuild civilization!)

P.S. The higher-level authorities suddenly discovered that they had lost contact with a certain township. When they reached the scene, all that remained of the township government headquarters was a huge pit.

Higher-level authorities: !!!! (piercing screams)

Theme: Be strong and brave, and survive against the odds