[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un":3,"chapter-after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-109":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},146473,236,"Chapter 109: Trading Supplies","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>Finding supplies around the shelter was nearly impossible now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compressed biscuits could be lifesavers in a critical moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One Fire Element Crystal Core for a pack,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or forty regular Crystal Cores for a pack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs hesitated for a moment before answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She noticed no unusual reactions from the crowd in front of her and breathed an inward sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like my price is reasonable,’ she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her \"Heart of Strange Fire\" often needed Fire Element Crystal Cores for replenishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Superpower Energy Stone\" also needed to absorb Crystal Cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, the system from her past life had a hidden title-triggering mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mission required her to trade the supplies in her storage grid to complete it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compressed biscuits were supplies she had absolutely no use for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Wayne Warner found this kind of food a bit disgusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she knew they were also one of the most useful supplies in the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was better to use them for trading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forty Crystal Cores, I have them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll give you 120 for three packs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone immediately took out a handful of regular Crystal Cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs briskly handed the man three packs of compressed biscuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd watched him with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"York, you’re not a Superpower User. Where’d you get Crystal Cores?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>York, having successfully traded for the biscuits, chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who says you can’t have Crystal Cores if you’re not a Superpower User?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are tons of zombie corpses outside with their Crystal Cores still inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s your own fault for being too scared to go out and take a risk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the apocalypse, York had made a living by scavenging scrap. His intuition told him that these Crystal Cores would definitely be useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So whenever he had the chance, he would wander outside the checkpoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he came across a zombie corpse, he’d crack open its skull to take a look. He’d actually gotten quite a few lucky finds that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire Element Crystal Cores, I have a few here,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and these regular Crystal Cores. I’ll trade them all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, another man pushed his way through the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked strong and well-built. Nina Jacobs noticed that among the cores he took out were Mutated Crystal Cores of other elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, here are nine packs of compressed biscuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please take them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took the Crystal Cores from him, and the system sent another notification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected that the host has completed a supply trade. \"The Doomsday Supplier\" title has been triggered. 18 System Experience Points awarded!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earlier trade with York had yielded 6 Experience Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It seems I get 2 Experience Points for every pack of compressed biscuits I trade.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system defined different Experience Point rewards for each type of supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she also acquired more Crystal Cores. It was like killing two birds with one stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have any medicine for sale?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the man asked after taking the compressed biscuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Medicine? What kind?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough medicine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the man said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wayne Abbott, buying medicine for your wife again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a good husband, HAHAHA.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laughter from the crowd was tinged with gloating and ridicule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man named Wayne Abbott ignored them and asked again, \"Do you have any?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do, but this medicine requires Mutated Crystal Cores in exchange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took out a small brown bottle with no label.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a Healing Potion she had diluted to one-fifth of its original concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had prepared it back when she was killing zombies with Leo Hale and Chelsea Walsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, how many do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Abbott didn’t question it at all, taking out his Crystal Cores and preparing to count them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs thought for a moment before replying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That bottle doesn’t even have a label. Are you some kind of scammer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>someone in the crowd questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it doesn’t work, come find me for a full refund.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs wasn’t worried about someone with ill intentions buying the medicine to analyze it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, Healing Potions were incredibly scarce for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had once tried to have someone analyze the components of a Healing Potion, wondering if it could be replicated, but even with the most advanced equipment, no special ingredients could be identified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her understanding, Healing Potions were perhaps not a product of this world, which was why their composition couldn’t be analyzed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, this Healing Potion, diluted to one-fifth strength, would only have a slow healing effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing what Nina Jacobs said, Wayne Abbott directly took out four Mutated Crystal Cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were also the last Mutated Crystal Cores he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected that the host has completed a supply trade. \"The Doomsday Supplier\" title has been triggered. 10 System Experience Points awarded!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’One-fifth of a Healing Potion gives 10 Experience Points... doesn’t that mean a full bottle would be worth 50 Experience Points?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was shocked by this discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, until she found a suitable way to sell medicine, she planned to stick mainly to trading supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Business at Nina Jacobs’s stall was booming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people who heard about it rushed over with their Crystal Cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just over half an hour, Nina Jacobs sold more than 100 packs of compressed biscuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although her \"Facial Adjustment\" Skill was still active and she had plenty of compressed biscuits, Nina Jacobs decided to pack up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was her first day trading; selling this much was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess you really have to fight for the good stuff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people who had rushed over saw Nina Jacobs’s empty stall and were extremely disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the crowd gradually dispersed, Nina Jacobs packed up her picnic blanket and deflated backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to leave the trading area, she saw a dejected Wyatt Jacobs anxiously asking about something at every stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have any beer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is anyone selling beer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can no one be selling beer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wyatt Jacobs went from stall to stall, asking the same question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beer’s a good commodity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, people only sell it after Superpower Users return from a run outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could you possibly find any to buy right now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one stall owner kindly explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Wyatt Jacobs was undeterred and kept asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It must be because I didn’t drink any beer. That has to be it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to drink some beer today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wyatt Jacobs muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Nina Jacobs’s stall was empty, Wyatt Jacobs walked right past it without a second glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even if he had looked, he wouldn’t have recognized Nina Jacobs, who currently had a different face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Beer?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs remembered something, and realization dawned on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the day Wyatt Jacobs had awakened his Superpower in her past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day before, in her past life, not only had they managed to escape the zombies by the skin of their teeth, but they had also found a safe place to stay with supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To celebrate, they had drunk until the early hours of the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they had only had some beer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Wyatt Jacobs discovered he had awakened a Gold Element Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it was already afternoon, and he still felt nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was normal for him to be anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Wyatt Jacobs continue his search for beer, Nina Jacobs picked up her things and left the second-floor trading area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had gained 15 Fire Element Zombie Crystal Cores today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these early days, when mutated zombies weren’t yet that numerous and there were few Superpower Users hunting them, she was already very satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gunfire outside the shelter didn’t begin to thin out until the afternoon, eventually falling silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The great omen of misfortune has finally passed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner lay sprawled on the table, randomly spinning her Compass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, it seems that even though your Compass is broken, it still works.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs hadn’t expected Sherry Renner’s prediction to be right again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was a fluke. I know my own limitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, I never foresaw what would happen to the Superpower User Alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner had once tried to divine the future for the Superpower User Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how she divined it, the future looked prosperous and thriving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why she had made a fuss about escaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never expected it to be completely wiped out just a few days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I had known it would turn out like that, I wouldn’t have gone through all the trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could have just leisurely waited for Cole Dempsey to be captured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1424,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","af3361b452e55688d781818b35a5931c10b41a010c153015f527bcb6f86f6457","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-110","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-108",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]