Afterlife Department

Chapter 461 - Xi Ke

Two days later, capital.

"Damn it! Until now, they still haven't found anything on how the zombies came to be?!" someone screamed in frustration.

"Is it really not because of a virus?" somebody asked.

"If it is, those scientists would have already found something." Someone spoke. "They are the best scientists. We even 'borrowed' some of them after we received a report about sighting a zombie, right?" he asked.

"Then, this really isn't because of a virus?" someone asked and frowned in displeasure.

"As I have said, if it was because of a virus, those scientists would have already found it!" another one said.

Xi Ke just rolled his eyes at this senseless banter of the politicians. He already received a message from his son that he is on his way towards the Capital. He also called his wife earlier, telling her to meet their son if he arrives since it seems that this meeting won't be ending soon.

"If this can't be proven by science, then don't you think this is the work of supernatural?" he asked.

The noise finally ended and they all turned to him with their eyes wide in shock. "Senior Xi, you believe in supernatural?" someone asked.

"Heh. This is surprising. Senior Xi is actually superstitious?" someone from their enemy factions said. It was followed by snickers.

Xi Ke ignored them. "Then, did your science thingy prove anything?" he asked.

They all immediately shut up.

"Even the abilities can't be explained by science. Mutations? How did they mutate? What is the source of mutation?" Xi Ke asked before he grinned. "If you found an evidence, then you are free to slap it to me on my face." He told them and rose from his seat.

They were all stunned.

"I am leaving." Xi Ke added before he left them with ugly expressions.

"Xi Ke, that bastard!" the enemy faction cursed and slapped the table.

The remaining politicians looked at each other before they silently left. They don't want to see any more ugliness of the humans. They already know that these people kidnapped those scientists from the other countries and withhold the information of the existence of zombies for their own selfish intentions – power, for example.

Now, the apocalypse started. But, until now, there still has no result about the zombies. This is a slap to their faces.

Xi Kai heaved a sigh and loosened his necktie when he came out of the building. How can he not know those people's intentions? He thought as he entered his car and left. Those people wanted to be the one to discover first the virus that caused the people to become zombies and monopolize the market by collaborating with some famous businessmen. But, what they didn't expect is for their plan to fail after the research was fruitless.

It isn't a virus. If it isn't, then, what is it? Xi Ke blew out a sigh and looked outside, at the tall walls surrounding the whole city. What once a bright and vast blue sky became an iron wall that blocked their sight of what's beyond them. But, this iron wall is now what's protecting them all.

Was it really the cause of supernatural? He thought as he got out of the car when they reached his home. Contrary to what his enemy said earlier, he is not a superstitious person. But, he isn't a science person, either. He believes only on something he sees. Since there is no evidence that the zombies are caused by a virus, then it must be the cause of the opposite of science – supernatural.

Suddenly, he can't help but think of those xianxia stories that he once read when he was a youth. "Heh." He smiled and entered the door that a servant opened, only to see a group of people sitting in the living room together with his wife and son, Xi Kai, who finally returned.

"Son. So, you left to create your harem?" he asked, surprised, as he approached them.

Xi Kai frowned in displeasure. "Don't jest." He told him before he drinks his coffee. There are dark circles under his eyes because he drove non-stop just to reach the Capital earlier after they were withheld by the zombies in the A City.

"Hello, old master." Jenny greeted.

"Ah. Jenny. Glad you are still here." Xi Ke smiled before he kissed his wife. "What's for dinner?" he asked her.

"I'll make some beef stew." She answered and winked at Xi Kai before she went to the kitchen.

"So?" Xi Ke asked and looked at the three women and three men. "Let me introduce myself first. I am Xi Ke, Xi Kai's father. And you all are…?" he asked.

"Yi Bing." Yi Bing answered.

"Huo Ling." Huo Ling spoke.

"I – I am Qi Ying." Qi Ying said, feeling nervous. He already heard that Xi Kai's father is a politician while his mother is a famous singer-actress. "I came here to find my relatives…" he explained.

"Good boy." Xi Ke smiled and patted his back.

"Chichi." Chichi spoke.

"Lan." Lan said and yawned, feeling tired.

"I am Rei, an exchange student." Rei said.

Xi Ke nodded. "Must be hard to be alone in this country." He told Rei.

"Fortunately, I studied Chinese." Rei answered.

"So, you are my son's girlfriends?" Xi Ke asked as he looked at the three women. "And you are his gang?" he turned to Yi Bing, Huo Ling and Qi Ying.

"N – no! We are not!" Qi Ying answered.

"We are not…" Rei forced a smile. She remembered that Xi Kai is… she looked at him.

"I already told you to stop joking!" Xi Kai told his father, feeling pissed.

Xi Ke grinned. How can he not know that his son is pansexual? This gives him and his wife a headache, though. Although they do not require him to give them grandchildren, but they do not want him to end up alone, too. It is not like he and his wife didn't think of having another child. It is just that his wife's figure will be ruined if she will give birth to another, as they had Xi Kai when they were already past in their thirties.

"Father. I have something to ask you about." Xi Kai spoke after his brows finally loosened.

"What is it?" Xi Ke asked.

"We are planning to go back to the Northern Military Base after Qi Ying finds his relatives." Xi Kai spoke.

A long silence fell. The group has already talked about this before they entered the Capital.

"… did you find something?" Xi Ke asked.

"No." Xi Kai shook his head. "It is just that there are too many power plays in the Capital. Sooner than later, you will suffer the most, as well as mom. I don't want to see it." He explained. "So, I want you to go with me back to the Northern Military Base." He told him.

Xi Ke fell silent. In fact, he already knows that his son is an ability user, and have dual abilities at that. He can use his son to rule the Capital, but he didn't do that. Because he knows how dirty politics is. He only called him back here for his son to see which base is better to live in.

Also, this is the apocalypse. Jobs like his and his wife's don't matter anymore. What matters if they are able to survive in the apocalypse, since life matters the most. That is why he isn't reluctant to leave the Capital. He only wanted for his family to live in comfort and peace, and as much as possible during this apocalypse.

"I'll ask our people if they are willing to leave with us. I'll also help the little guy find his family and see if they are still alive." Xi Ke answered and left.

They all watched him leave and Xi Kai secretly sighed in relief. He knows that his father became a politician of his own volition because he wanted to help the people. But, he also knows that his power is limited, and that not everyone is deserving to be helped. So, he will give them a choice. This the extent that he can help them.

"Your father is good, and so is your mother." Huo Ling spoke. "You have a good family." He told him.

"How about you?" Xi Kai asked.

"I am an orphan." Huo Ling answered. "They already died before the apocalypse." He added.

"Oh. Sorry." Xi Kai apologized.

"Huo-ge… do you think that my relatives are still alive?" Qi Ying asked.

Huo Ling turned to him. "Based from what you said that they didn't contact you or your siblings, it is highly likely that they are dead." He told him.

Qi Ying's face paled. He felt sad and hurt, but he knows that Huo Ling has always been blunt with his words.

"But, there might also be a possibility that they lost their contact with you… because they were robbed." Huo Ling continued. "As for their life status, it depends on the extent of the intention of the ones who robbed them." He told him.