[{"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-112":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},146476,236,"Chapter 112: Obtaining Map Fragments","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-112",112,"\u003Cp>Dinner was usually served early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One reason was the large and disorderly crowd, and the other was that the shelter had an early lights-out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Nina Jacobs came down, she happened to see a few food servers with a cart, knocking on doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood silently beside a doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second the knock sounded, Mrs. Grant, Susan Warner, eagerly threw open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is it this stuff again today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the food on the server’s cart, Susan Warner asked with disgust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all just watery porridge and pickled vegetables. My son is injured, and you won’t even give him a speck of meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You people upstairs are so damn stingy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must be keeping all the good stuff for yourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Susan Warner was making passive-aggressive comments in front of the cart, Nina Jacobs quickly slipped inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ma’am, this is what all the injured fighters are eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, is what happened with your son really something to be proud of?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The food server rolled his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of attitude is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s not to be proud of? My son is a hero.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susan Warner pointed at the server and snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still calling him a hero after he got fired?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take it or leave it. If you don’t want it, then don’t eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wanting to argue with the old woman any longer, the server immediately started to push the cart away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go after him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jed Grant urged from behind the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s free food; it would be a waste not to take it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if we had our own food, we couldn’t let the shelter save on supplies.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The server pushed the cart away quickly, and Susan Warner scurried after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Nina Jacobs had already used the opportunity to sneak into Simon Abbott’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the day Simon Abbott, Liam Grant, and their team had gone out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Liam Grant’s injuries hadn’t fully healed, he still insisted on going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Renee Strong and Wyatt Jacobs were with them as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs searched the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon Abbott’s room was spotless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it was suspiciously clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The desk surface was completely bare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even stranger, the drawers were nearly empty too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like I’ll be leaving empty-handed,’ she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Nina Jacobs was about to make a quick exit, she noticed the trash can behind the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was a pile of shredded paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or more precisely, a shredded map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked out a few fragments and discovered several pin-sized holes on one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would be hard to spot if you weren’t looking for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’These must be pinholes from map pins.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs placed the fragments with the pinholes into her storage grid, then prepared to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. and Mrs. Grant were still busy with something in the other room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...So stingy, sending just this little bit every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s not a drop of oil in it. It’s worse than the pig slop back home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, something is better than nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we don’t eat it, can’t we just feed it to the chickens and ducks?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Feed it to chickens and ducks?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No wonder that room’s door was shut so tight.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she listened closely, she could actually hear the clucking and quacking of chickens and ducks coming from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs shook her head, gently opened a crack in the door, and slipped out...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening, Simon Abbott and his team still hadn’t returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This worried the old couple sick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. and Mrs. Grant even went to Dawn Donovan, hoping she would send people to look for Liam Grant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Dawn Donovan refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Daniel Hale got back, Mr. and Mrs. Grant were still blocking the road, clamoring to see Justin Lawson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one paid them any mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The three teams that went out for supplies today also came back empty-handed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale took a bite of a coarse grain bun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since becoming a Superpower User, he’d noticed his appetite had increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coarse grain buns weren’t sweet or fragrant, but once you got used to them, they had a unique flavor of their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No supplies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs felt something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The shelter’s supply points are all scouted in advance.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Logically, it shouldn’t have been a wasted trip.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What’s more, the three teams went to three different locations.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And none of them found anything?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. After we went through all the trouble of clearing out the surrounding zombies, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale paused mid-bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dad, and what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale asked, noticing his father’s unusual expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m worried our weapon supply might not be as sufficient as we thought,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Artillery shells and weapons were all consumables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no way to manufacture more, the day would come when they ran out of ammunition and supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amount of weaponry consumed in the last battle had been far too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this battle really took a heavy toll on us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner worried about where she would find refuge if the shelter fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It won’t come to that. We’ll find a way,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The City D shelter isn’t that fragile. She was more worried about the new variables that hadn’t existed in her past life.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day before, Nina Jacobs had already completed Freebie Tasks 15 and 16.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of these system quests were One-Star Tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amount of supplies wasn’t large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The location for Task 16 was a small minivan parked on the side of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Freebie Task 17 had yet to appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Nina Jacobs summoned the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to know if the refresh mechanism for the Freebie Tasks was the same as in her past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Freebie Task content is determined by the Host’s current location. If suitable task locations are available in the Host’s vicinity, high-star tasks will be prioritized for refresh based on the Host’s actual circumstances.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the system’s reply, Nina Jacobs had her confirmation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanism was the same as in her past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren’t many supply points left for her to claim around the shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was to be expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even building materials and furniture in the area had been gathered by the rescue teams to construct the new base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs pulled out a storage container and began taking various supplies out of her storage grid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was preparing to set up a market stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to various brands of compressed biscuits, there were also clothes, shoes, and other assorted daily necessities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after packing up her stall the next afternoon, Nina Jacobs was targeted by a few men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s your name? Are you a Space Element Superpower User?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with a greasy face blocked Nina Jacobs as she was about to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is... Claire Warner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sold out for today. Please come back another day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs really couldn’t think of a good name on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the guise of Claire Warner, she planned to present herself as having a Space Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sold out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must have plenty of good stuff left in your space, right? Take it out and let us have a look!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin Holden and his men had been watching this stall for several days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stall sold a wide variety of supplies every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He figured this woman, Claire Warner, was probably just being cautious, which was why she only sold a small amount of her goods each day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She definitely had a lot more good stuff in her space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s nothing left. I don’t have anything else here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire Warner took two steps back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the more she backed down, the more excited Kevin Holden and his men became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop! What do you think you’re doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A somewhat familiar voice called out, and the expressions on Kevin Holden and his men soured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holden, it’s Wayne Abbott and his group. They’re not to be messed with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs heard the man behind Kevin Holden mutter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin Holden nodded, shot Nina Jacobs a vicious glare, and then turned to face the newcomers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, if it isn’t Abbott. Me and the boys were just looking to buy some supplies,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin Holden said with a sycophantic smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you’re just buying supplies, that’s fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watch yourself in the future. Don’t go scaring the young lady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise... we regulars won’t let it slide.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Abbott shot Kevin Holden a dismissive look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was followed by seven or eight men and women, all of whom looked quite formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kevin Holden led his men away, and only then did Wayne Abbott step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he noticed that the woman, Claire Warner, didn’t seem frightened in the slightest. On the contrary, she looked completely composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May I have a word in private?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1472,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","7d6e6601eb444725d6fb4f8a4160d787ce35631fc41f5b9c5ee4255315b4044f","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-113","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-111",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]