[{"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-120":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},146484,236,"Chapter 120: No One Can Find Claire Warner","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-120",120,"\u003Cp>As if worried Claire Warner might leave, Lewis quickly brought out a pen and paper and placed them in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before coming, Nina Jacobs had already decided on the quantities and prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had traded supplies with the base in her previous life, so she wasn’t entirely without experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when Henry Dixon received the price list handwritten by Claire Warner, he couldn’t help but give her a second look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you go any lower?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, it’s a bit expensive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon tried to haggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, this is already the wholesale price.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for the System Experience Points she could claim, there was no way she would sell at this price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then can you throw in something extra?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, like a freebie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon asked, not giving up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A freebie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs thought she had misheard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s perfectly normal for a buyer to ask for a freebie, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, you could throw in a few extra bags, or some other small supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything like that would be fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine. I can throw in an additional 50 barrels of cooking oil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs felt that made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this was a transaction involving thousands of pounds of grain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... is there any cashback for a good review?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or maybe some other gifts would work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would make it easier for us to work together next time, you know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Henry Dixon finished speaking, Marshall and Lewis, who were standing behind him, were already starting to feel embarrassed for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t get me wrong, I would never line my own pockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m just engaging in the normal haggling that happens between a buyer and a seller.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Claire Warner frown, Henry Dixon quickly explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just the 50 barrels of cooking oil. Nothing else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs finally understood why Daniel Hale had called this man stingy and calculating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just think about it some more...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, fine, we’ll go with this price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll take you to make the transaction right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Henry Dixon saw Claire Warner get up as if to leave, he realized she wasn’t going to be a pushover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs knew that Henry Dixon was trying to test her limits, step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Dixon, if you want to trade long-term,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it would be better to get straight to the point in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Long-term trade?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp glint flashed in Henry Dixon’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could it be that this Claire Warner has some powerful backing?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But the price she offered is indeed a great deal.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I just don’t know about the quality of the goods yet.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Claire Warner started pulling out the grain, bag by bag, directly from her space, everyone around her looked pleasantly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director, there’s no problem with these goods. They’re in excellent condition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean Hawthorne from the warehouse said after inspecting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grain was as clean as new, much cleaner than the supplies the rescue teams had brought back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are the Crystal Cores, Miss Warner...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon was a bit shocked. Claire Warner had stored the box of Crystal Cores in her space without even counting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I trust in Director Dixon’s character.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second after she stored the Crystal Cores, the system sent a notification:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected that the host has completed a supply transaction. \"The Doomsday Supplier\" title has been triggered. 4050 System Experience Points awarded.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reliable, very reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Warner, if you have any more supplies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>we can continue our transaction today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Henry Dixon had gone to get Justin Lawson’s approval just now, Justin had already put him in charge of the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Claire Warner took out the cooking oil from her space earlier, it was obvious she had more left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can, but I’m just a Space Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This transaction today...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Claire Warner could finish, Henry Dixon immediately gave his assurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, Miss Warner, we understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We won’t leak anything about you to outsiders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Henry Dixon finished, Sean Hawthorne and the other warehouse staff also voiced their agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire Warner nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, she wasn’t worried about her identity being exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because no one could find Claire Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the transaction was done, Claire Warner would simply disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying it this way just made things seem more logical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean Hawthorne led Claire Warner to an open area, and she slowly began to unload the supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She deliberately slowed her pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A normal Space Superpower User would consume their Superpower not only when storing items, but also when taking them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Warner, why don’t you take a break? We’re not in a hurry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs wanted to free up more space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grain from before was really just a drop in the bucket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t even fill up a single storage slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to take out items with shorter shelf lives first, such as corn flour, cooking oil, coarse grain flour, various types of beans, instant noodles, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon personally tallied the supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While having Marshall record the quantities on the side, he said with a beaming smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The shelter’s supply consumption has been too high recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These will help alleviate the pressure a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re starting to build the base in two days, and I was originally worried...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, not many new supplies had come into the warehouse recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the amount of supplies Claire Warner was trading wasn’t massive, it was enough to ease his anxiety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, that’s about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Claire Warner’s pace of unloading supplies slowed, Henry Dixon was also close to finishing his count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected that the host has completed a supply transaction. \"The Doomsday Supplier\" title has been triggered. 3598 System Experience Points awarded.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had gained nearly 8,000 System Experience Points from a single trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was very satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does Miss Warner have a permanent room?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry Dixon asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have my own team and place to stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to trouble yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing he was trying to pry into her situation, Nina Jacobs refused him directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Every word and action of this Henry Dixon is like a sly old fox.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I’m not careful, he’ll lead me by the nose.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs didn’t remember a character like him at the base in her previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She left the logistics department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs then did a lap around every floor of the shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did she turn off her \"Facial Adjustment\" Skill in a place where no one could see her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She decided not to set up her stall for the next couple of days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she had just implied that her space was now empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Still, a lot of Superpower Users have signed up for the Superpower User Alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone with a discerning eye can tell there’s something wrong with that place. Otherwise, why would the people they recruited before refuse to go back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, even someone like Kevin Holden isn’t willing to go back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There must be something fishy going on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t be helped. There are always people willing to take a gamble. After all, free food and lodging, who wouldn’t be tempted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs overheard the surrounding survivors discussing this amongst themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed in relief internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It seems the people from the Superpower User Alliance are about to leave.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, she suddenly heard a cry of alarm. It was clearly Sherry Renner’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Nina Jacobs remember that she hadn’t turned off her \"Five Senses Enhancement\" Skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Something happened to Sherry Renner?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly ran in the direction of the interrogation rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were screams from the crowd; it seemed someone had zombified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs paid them no mind. Just as she burst into the hallway of the interrogation rooms, she ran head-on into someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina Jacobs, stop him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Sherry Renner’s voice, Nina Jacobs decisively threw a punch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was wearing a black face mask and a baseball cap, his features obscured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several bullet-sized flames shot towards the man, but he quickly backflipped to narrowly dodge them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cap, however, was hit and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, hey, I heard you’re not supposed to use Superpowers inside the shelter, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man said with a helpless expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But dense, thread-like bolts of lightning were already surging from his hand toward Nina Jacobs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, when faced with his Thunder Element Superpower attack, Nina Jacobs didn’t flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she charged straight at him!\u003C\u002Fp>",1435,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","050aa89e402c493f4a1668b5d9734ee5b6a829612bc5a13c06fbb73265903066","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-121","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-119",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]