My Perfect Apocalyptic Life

Meng Xu’s snack cart business was booming.

Wherever he went, there was a continuous stream of customers.

These customers, upon seeing Meng Xu’s mobile snack cart, went wild, rushing towards him like madmen, truly hysterical and desperate.

Facing such enthusiastic customers, Meng Xu naturally wouldn’t disappoint them.

Thus, besides serving delicious half-cooked fried chicken cutlets, Meng Xu also gifted them with the sleep of a baby, letting them fall into a blissful slumber.

Meng Xu continued to sell as he moved, eventually pushing the snack cart to the bottom of the building where he rented an apartment. Just then, a limping zombie suddenly crawled out of a flowerbed, roaring at Meng Xu.

“Roar!”

After roaring, it grimly crawled towards Meng Xu.

Its limbs were broken, but it still struggled to crawl towards him. Its neck was severely torn, leaving a long trail of blood as it moved.

Seeing this, Meng Xu felt a bit emotional.

“Touching. Even in this state, it’s still supporting my fried chicken cutlet business.”

Meng Xu sighed. If every zombie were like this, his task would have been completed long ago.

So, Meng Xu immediately picked up a piece of fried chicken cutlet and took a closer look, then laughed.

Aunt Zhao.

Meng Xu looked up and saw the window on the third floor wide open. It seemed Aunt Zhao had jumped from there.

“You’ve gone through so much.”

Meng Xu sighed, but the necessary procedures had to be followed. He approached to welcome the new customer.

As Aunt Zhao crawled, it seemed she recognized Meng Xu. She instantly stopped crawling, turned around, and started crawling back in the direction she came from.

She appeared to be full of resentment and hatred towards Meng Xu.

Indeed, Aunt Zhao’s affection score was -100.

Since she had come all this way, how could Meng Xu let her leave?

So, Meng Xu pulled out his wrench and put Aunt Zhao to rest, then began checking her pockets.

Nothing, no money.

Meng Xu’s expression instantly turned cold.

What did you come for if you don’t have any money?!

Useless waste!

Meng Xu snorted coldly, but soon he seemed to come up with an idea. He quickly pulled out a five-yuan bill from his pocket, stuffed it into Aunt Zhao’s pocket, and then casually whistled while taking the money back.

Then, Meng Xu carefully placed the fried chicken cutlet nearby, and said, “Money for goods—I’ve given you the money.”

【Wealth increase not detected. This transaction is invalid. Current progress: 275/300.】

Seeing this, Meng Xu sighed, retrieved the chicken cutlet he had placed aside, and looked at Aunt Zhao, who had her arms broken again by him. He was furious.

“You want to buy chicken cutlets without money? Just drop dead!”

With that, Meng Xu kicked Aunt Zhao into the bushes without caring whether she lived or died, and then turned to Li Xiang, planning to place him in a good spot to avoid attracting any survivors who might tip over his snack cart.

【A beautiful life requires a good attitude. As a chairman, one must treat others kindly and win their hearts. We hope the host will remember the Chairman’s Code. A mature chairman always wins people over with virtue and treats others amicably.】

【Triggered Task: Learn How to Be a Chairman.】
【Task Evaluation: According to the host’s understanding of what it means to be a chairman.】
【Task Rewards: Massive Chairman Career Experience, Massive Points, Massive Cash.】

Meng Xu: ?

Massive?

Got it, that means it’s not much.

Meng Xu sneered. He was well aware of these tricks! Back when he was a coder at Jianglin Tech, he was responsible for developing event rewards.

Anything labeled as ‘massive’ never amounted to much real reward.

Trying to fool me? Impossible!

However, there should still be some small rewards to gain.

Meng Xu felt a strong sense of urgency. The impression left by that Gene Enhancer individual was deeply unsettling.

He felt that this was not just an ordinary superhuman.

Thinking of this, Meng Xu took a deep breath, gave Li Xiang a warm and friendly smile, and said, “Ah Xiang, among the zombies in our company, I think you’re the most promising! Although you haven’t met your two colleagues yet.”

“One is Old Zhang, bald and weak, with no hope for promotion or a pay raise. Then there’s Chi Wei, who might be your competitor, but she’s a bit slow in thinking, and not very sharp. Among these zombies, you stand out!”

With that, Meng Xu stepped forward, and patted Li Xiang on the shoulder, smearing blood all over his hand.

Meng Xu forced himself to endure the sticky discomfort and earnestly said to Li Xiang, “Keep up the good work. I think you have the potential to be the Director of the First Business Group too.”

“Alright, now look after this snack cart. Don’t let anyone steal my chicken cutlets. I’m going upstairs to change my clothes. Later, we’ll head to the Citizen Service Center.”

With that, Meng Xu walked upstairs.

He felt very confident in the motivational talk he had just given, believing it was exactly what a qualified chairman should say.

When he returned to the Tech Innovation Building, he planned to tell Zhang Tao, Chi Wei, and Shen Zhao the same things, encouraging them to work diligently instead of slacking off all the time.

Oh, right.

Speaking of slacking off, Meng Xu suddenly remembered something. He took out his phone and opened the local forum.

The internet speed was so slow that it was almost unbearable.

After struggling for a while, he saw it was still offline.

Finally, after overcoming numerous hurdles, he managed to access the forum and saw that Shen Zhao had posted a second ‘checking in for work’ message.

Seeing this, Meng Xu nodded in satisfaction.

Good.

So, Meng Xu picked up his phone and typed rapidly: “Xiao Shen, you’re a fantastic employee. I’m very impressed with you. Among all our company’s personnel, you are the one I have the highest hopes for. Outstanding! Keep up the good work. I believe you have a high chance of becoming the Director of the First Business Group!”

After several tries, he finally managed to send the message, feeling a great sense of relief.

He then quickly returned to his apartment to change his clothes.

Meanwhile, as Meng Xu was changing, the few remaining survivors in the nearby buildings were secretly watching, utterly perplexed.

One of them, an elderly woman in her seventies, sat on the sofa and looked at her high school-aged grandson, whose eyes were red from stress and nerves, trembling with anxiety.

She sighed, “Zhuang Zhuang, you must stay strong and keep it together. Look at Little Meng from the next unit—he’s already gone mad. Ah, the apocalypse is really tormenting people. Little Meng has started fantasizing about being a boss. You mustn’t lose your mind; our family is counting on you now…”

The high school boy named ‘Zhuang Zhuang’ nodded heavily, despite feeling uneasy.
He also felt a bit sympathetic.

Workers really are pitiful. Even when they go insane, they fantasize about getting promotions and becoming leaders.

Sigh.

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