My Perfect Apocalyptic Life

This is clearly daylight robbery!

Meng Xu was furious.

Hell is empty, and zombies roam the earth!

He had just received 300,000 yuan, and now someone was demanding a base salary of 100,000, if not 200,000, per month. Where’s the justice in that?

Out of respect for Jiang Xiaoqiu, Meng Xu decided to grant her a dignified death.

He would throw her off the top floor; if she survived, then she had incredible luck.

【System Reminder: Jiang Xiaoqiu is associated with Runjiang Group. She is currently the fourth in line for inheritance. The first and second heirs are no longer living. If the third heir, Jiang Dongliu, also dies unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaoqiu can inherit Runjiang Group’s assets worth 32 billion yuan, facilitating cooperation.】

Meng Xu: !!!

What does this mean? An employee inherits family property—does that mean as the boss, I can get a share of it?

Is this for real? Is there a law about this?

Meng Xu was momentarily tempted.

“Fine, let her be a consultant then.”

After much deliberation, Meng Xu decided to recruit Jiang Xiaoqiu as his company’s financial consultant.

First, it wasn’t about the 32 billion yuan; he just felt that the company needed a financial consultant.

Second, it definitely wasn’t about the 32 billion yuan…

It’s just not, hmph!

【No intent to refuse detected from ‘Jiang Xiaoqiu.’ You have successfully recruited ‘Jiang Xiaoqiu’!】

Seeing the golden line of text appear, Meng Xu sighed but quickly regained his composure.

After all, what’s the big deal about 100,000 yuan? It’s a small matter.

Just do a couple of tasks, and he’d have it. When he got back, he’d just work a bit harder.

It’s the apocalypse; finding ten cans isn’t easy, but getting 100,000 yuan is simple, right?

But it was a pity.

Meng Xu looked at Jiang Xiaoqiu. Her face, which had been somewhat clean, now bore a conspicuous wound from his earlier ‘light’ hits.

“Not bad. The scars make her look more intimidating and fierce! Zombies should be wild and free; otherwise, people might mistake her for a normal person.”

Meng Xu nodded in satisfaction, quite pleased with the scar.

Only ferocious zombies are good zombies; all the rest are trash!

After successfully recruiting Jiang Xiaoqiu, Meng Xu stopped using force against her. Jiang Xiaoqiu shakily stood up, her expression somewhat abnormal as she looked at Meng Xu, but overall, she didn’t react much.

To Meng Xu, it seemed like—despite any inner conflict—she maintained an outward appearance of compliance.

“How do I activate ‘Making Promises’?”

Meng Xu pondered this while gazing at Jiang Xiaoqiu, rubbing his chin in thought.

Suddenly, Meng Xu noticed that Jiang Xiaoqiu’s information seemed different.

【Name: Jiang Xiaoqiu】
【Occupation: Financial Consultant at ‘Peace and Order,’ Zombie】
【Highest Senior Position Level: 1】
【Inner Desires: Prove herself, avoid marriage】

Seeing this last ‘desire,’ Meng Xu was taken aback. He rubbed his eyes and double-checked.

The desire line was still there.

This situation made Meng Xu quite excited. After all, this feature hadn’t existed before.

It seemed that unlocking the ‘Making Promises’ skill automatically granted this insight!

With this realization, Meng Xu looked earnestly at Jiang Xiaoqiu. After organizing his thoughts, he patted her on the shoulder and said, “Xiaoqiu, I know you came to Heqing City to prove yourself, but you’ve always lacked a channel to do so. But I believe, with hard work, you can achieve the value of your ‘life’!”

“Working in our ‘Peace and Order’ Group, if you work diligently and rise to the position of K16 President, wouldn’t that be a great honor? You could make your grandfather proud! I have a small task for you now, which is your first step towards proving yourself and achieving greatness!”

After finishing, Meng Xu noticed that Jiang Xiaoqiu seemed motivated, though there was still a strange feeling. However, he was almost sure that the ‘Making Promises’ skill had worked.

He was astonished.

Could this really work?

Even though she had turned into a zombie, she still fell for the ‘Making Promises’ trick?

Meng Xu felt a mix of novelty and amusement and came up with a new idea.

Taking a deep breath, he said to Jiang Xiaoqiu, “Now, the company needs you to find your way back on your own! Recently, the company has been very frugal, so there’s no special car service. Please understand…”

【Task Command Issued.】

Suddenly, a line of golden text appeared in front of Meng Xu.

In the next moment, Jiang Xiaoqiu turned abruptly and began walking downstairs, leaving a long trail of blood, which looked particularly ghastly and terrifying.

Seeing this, Meng Xu was stunned, then overjoyed.

“This ‘Making Promises’ skill is really something! Doesn’t this mean I can get employees to do all sorts of things?”

With this thought, Meng Xu couldn’t help but have some ideas.

Of course, they were all legal activities.

For example, making employees work overtime 24/7 without extra pay.

【Note: The optimal usage for ‘Making Promises’ is once every three days. Using it multiple times in a short duration may trigger employee rebellion, leading to demands for promotion and salary raises.】

Seeing this new line of golden text, Meng Xu nodded.

Indeed, it seemed that ‘Making Promises’ should be used sparingly.

But that was fine.

However…

Meng Xu suddenly thought of a crucial issue: Did Jiang Xiaoqiu know where the company was?

Thinking of this, Meng Xu didn’t hesitate. Using his Agility (12.5), he sprinted, shouting, “Tech Innovation Building! The company is in the Tech Innovation Building! Once you get to the building, wait in the stairwell on the first floor; don’t go up!”

Hearing Meng Xu’s voice, the zombie Jiang Xiaoqiu, who was descending the stairs, seemed to receive the command. She paused momentarily before continuing.

Feeling uneasy, Meng Xu followed behind Jiang Xiaoqiu to see how she would carry out her task.

Reaching the first-floor lobby, Meng Xu saw Jiang Xiaoqiu heading toward the revolving door.

One zombie, seeing Jiang Xiaoqiu, didn’t react; but upon seeing Meng Xu, it began growling and struggling violently.

The zombie was stuck in the revolving door’s gap and couldn’t move.

Jiang Xiaoqiu approached the revolving door, stretched out her pale hand, and with a great push, the zombie trapped in the gap was instantly torn apart by the tremendous pressure, splitting into two pieces.

The revolving door resumed normal operation.

“Excellent, high work efficiency.”

Meng Xu nodded in satisfaction from behind, watching Jiang Xiaoqiu pass through the revolving door. After thinking for a moment, he decided not to follow.
He chose to return first, fetching a fire axe and holding a small funeral for his baseball bat.

“This was an outstanding bat, killing countless enemies, deserving of respect.”

Meng Xu penned an ‘epitaph’ and then jumped out the same window he had entered through.

It seemed Jiang Xiaoqiu knew the way, so he decided to let her find her way back alone.

The path she took was swarming with zombies, and as a dignified chairman, Meng Xu didn’t fancy another marathon with his dear zombie brothers.

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Hell is empty, and zombies roam the earth – conveys a sense of apocalyptic horror, where the world is overrun by danger and malevolent forces.