My Perfect Apocalyptic Life

【First ride rewards: Yuan+3000, current company deposit is 167,000 Yuan.】

【Please note that the minimum monthly salary expenditure for your three employees is 10,000 Yuan each, totaling 40,000 Yuan per month. The details are as follows: Chi Wei’s salary is 10,000 Yuan, Zhang Tao’s salary is 10,000 Yuan, and Shen Zhaozhao’s salary is 20,000 Yuan.】
【A perfect life requires being a harmonious and friendly boss, providing employees with sufficient economic conditions. Be generous! With a salary over 10,000 Yuan, your employees won’t leave you. Of course, you can manually lower the salary, although it may lead to negative effects such as employee wage claims or job-hopping. Please be aware.】

“……”

Looking at the dazzling golden text before him, Meng Xu couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh.

Flippant words do come back to bite.

I casually made a joke, and it turns out I actually have to give Shen Zhao Zhao 20,000 Yuan.

If he wanted to change the salary, he couldn’t do it until next month… And why on earth did the two zombies also have a salary of 10,000 Yuan each?!

Meng Xu was dumbfounded; even his own monthly salary was never over 10,000 Yuan when he was working!

“I really feel like killing off those high-paid zombies.”

Meng Xu sighed profoundly.

But honestly, it wasn’t that expensive.

Considering the system’s tendency, checking in could easily rake in millions.

If he could use cash to win over zombies, it actually wasn’t too bad.

The thought flickered through his mind, and Meng Xu glanced at the rearview mirror. Through it, he looked at the disconcerted middle-aged man in the back seat and, recalling the tone of a taxi driver, spoke enthusiastically: “Uncle, what do you do for work, and where are you heading?”

Most taxi drivers are warm-hearted people who like to chat. Now that he is playing this role, he must fully embrace it.

Hearing Meng Xu’s words, Zhang Lunping instinctively responded: “I work as a human resources manager at a beer factory. My child is sick, so I’m heading into the city to get some medicine.”

He was very confused and needed a moment to process.

If he remembered correctly, wasn’t it the apocalypse now?

Why was there still a taxi?

“Your child is sick? That’s serious, it really can’t be delayed.” Meng Xu nodded and then asked, “Why didn’t you drive your own car? Didn’t you buy one?”

Zhang Lunping, still on high alert and observing his surroundings, whispered, “The economy was bad recently, so I sold it… Besides, driving makes too much noise. I live in a residential area, and running to my car might attract those things!”

Meng Xu sighed deeply, ignoring the latter part of Zhang Lunping’s explanation and resonating with the former: “Indeed, the economy is tough. Even a company boss like me has to drive a taxi to make ends meet; otherwise, I can’t even pay salaries.”

“Huh?”

Zhang Lunping didn’t quite understand what Meng Xu meant.

“Well, since you asked, I won’t hide it. Yes, I’m the chairman of Peace and Order. Are you interested in working for my company? I can offer you thr-…”

Meng Xu smiled slightly and then shifted his tone: “Three… three thousand in salary, plus free meals and accommodation!”

Zhang Lunping remained silent for a moment.

He didn’t know what Meng Xu was talking about.

“We are a legitimate company. I’m heading to the Bureau of Commerce to handle some paperwork… Which pharmacy are you going to? I checked the offline map, and there’s one near the Bureau of Commerce. You’re in a ride-share, so why not get off there?”

Meng Xu showed Zhang Lunping the offline navigation with a carefree demeanor, “There’s so much paperwork to start a company. I have to go to the Bureau of Commerce and many other departments… It’s so annoying. Why can’t they streamline the process a bit, solving everything in one go?”

Zhang Lunping still didn’t respond.

Something felt off.

The driver’s mental state seemed unstable.

Had the pressure of the apocalypse driven him mad?

Even though Zhang Lunping stopped replying, Meng Xu continued, “So where does your child go to school? How are their grades?”

The noise of the moving vehicle immediately caught the attention of the zombies on the roadside. They let out a series of roars and started chasing after the Mercedes, their grotesque, bloodied faces twisted in feral fury.

Zhang Lunping was frightened, but Meng Xu drove with casual ease, complaining to Zhang Lunping as they went, “People these days are too restless! Look at them, all wanting to catch a ride. Can’t they see the car is full?”

With that, Meng Xu rolled down the window and shouted at the zombies running behind, “Stop following! The car is full. Wait for the next one! I can’t pick you all up; this is a ride-share, no ride-pooling!”

Then he rolled the window back up.

Zhang Lunping remained silent.

Had the stress of surviving for just three days outside driven him to this point?

Damn it!

Would things ever get better in this world?!

“Bang.”

Suddenly, Meng Xu slammed on the brakes. Unprepared, Zhang Lunping was thrown forward into the seat in front of him, feeling momentarily dizzy. His nerves remained taut, and he clutched his bag tightly, asking tensely.

“What happened? Is the car broken? We need to move, there are lots of zombies around.”

“No.”

Meng Xu casually lit a cigarette and handed one to Zhang Lunping, saying naturally, “I’m waiting for the red light.”

Zhang Lunping: ?

He widened his eyes and looked ahead, seeing that there was indeed a functioning traffic light at the intersection ahead.

Not far in front of them, an overturned ambulance lay on its side. Seeing the Mercedes E300 stop there, the surrounding zombies began to frenzy, surging towards it. One zombie had even reached the car, pounding madly on the rear window.

The horrifying features of the zombie were clearly visible to Zhang Lunping!

“Roar!”

The zombie’s growl reached Zhang Lunping’s ears, and the nauseating stench seemed to seep into the car.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

The sound of pounding on the glass filled the air.

Zombies were pounding on the car doors, like someone trying to open a tin can to get at the meat inside. Meng Xu frowned and said, “These people really lack manners.”

Zhang Lunping was already terrified. He turned to Meng Xu and asked urgently, “Let’s just go, shall we? What if these zombies break in?! It’s the end of the world; we can ignore traffic lights for now and worry about it later.”

Meng Xu looked at Zhang Lunping with surprise and responded, “Can’t you obey the law a bit? Don’t you know running a red light will deduct 6 points and incur a fine of 200 yuan?”

Is the world not going to get better if we mistake waiting for traffic lights as a fault?

Zhang Lunping: ?

Zhang Lunping felt dizzy, almost sick to his stomach, from Meng Xu’s behavior.

Clutching his backpack amid the pounding and growling of zombies, the green light finally came on. Meng Xu accelerated, launching the car forward. The zombies that were surrounding them were left behind in an instant; some were dragged a few meters by the car.

Seeing this, Zhang Lunping finally relaxed and said, “Great driving!”

“Of course.”

Meng Xu beamed with pride: “I’ve been playing QQ Speed for ten years. Ever heard of nitrous acceleration?”

Zhang Lunping: ?

I shouldn’t have said anything.

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