[{"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-121":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},146485,236,"Chapter 121: Anxious","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-121",121,"\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had never awakened a Thunder Element Superpower herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in her past life, Liam Grant’s use of his Thunder Element Superpower could only be described as masterful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her knowledge of the Thunder Element was more than just superficial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder Element attacks had extremely strong piercing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they were incredibly precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more you retreated, the more of a disadvantage you were at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, there wasn’t enough room in this hallway to back up anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’m better off closing the distance and attacking him head-on.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs dodged the attack, her Fire Element Superpower rapidly spreading along the ground toward his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a flaming dagger materialized behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shot straight for the man’s face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clash between the Fire Element and Thunder Element Superpowers erupted in a dazzling flash of light in the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d really love to continue this fight with you,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man had already spotted several squads of fully armed personnel in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retreated toward the exit, raising one arm as he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trying to run?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs also saw the rescue teams rushing over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she also caught the smile in the corner of his eye as he turned his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He seems to have come prepared!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was fast, but the man had already dashed out the exit in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A Speed Element Superpower User!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He’s actually a Dual Element User?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that same moment, a blinding Thunder Superpower suddenly shot upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fluorescent lights on the ceiling of the shelter were instantly struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams erupted all around, and the crowd descended into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Nina Jacobs rushed out of the hallway exit, the man had already vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina Jacobs, what happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson found only Nina Jacobs there when he arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That man from before infiltrated the interrogation room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs pointed in the direction the man had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, there was no sign of him in the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Right, Sherry Renner!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs spun around and ran toward the interrogation room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner seemed to only have external injuries, though she was soaked to the bone and looked miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cole Dempsey, his target was Cole Dempsey,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hurry and check on him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner was numb all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had forgotten that water conducts electricity, and using her Water Element Superpower to attack the man had only put her at a disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others had all been electrocuted into unconsciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s dead,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said as she walked out of one of the interrogation rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s only target was Cole Dempsey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He must be from the Alliance,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you get a clear look at his face?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I suspect it was Tyson Hughes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible. I saw Tyson Hughes get into a car with my own eyes just now,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson refuted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can you be so sure the man you saw was Tyson Hughes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was someone else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs’s words took Chester Pearson a moment to process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The man who was in the meeting with you guys—I ran into him on the road earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s an Earth Element Superpower User.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And last time, Cole Dempsey had said that Tyson Hughes was a Thunder Element Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Nina Jacobs suspected the man in the meeting wasn’t actually Tyson Hughes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what’s their purpose in swapping identities like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson asked with a frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could it really just be to kill Cole Dempsey?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That, I don’t know,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"and I have no proof that the man just now was Tyson Hughes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s all just a guess on my part,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said truthfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Identifying someone based solely on their Superpower wasn’t always accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the man from before was clearly a Dual Element Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson cursed under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people from the Superpower User Alliance had already left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had actually let those people assassinate a key witness right under their noses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Cole Dempsey wasn’t much use anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe they were worried Cole Dempsey would tell us something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs mused aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There must have been something Cole Dempsey knew that we never got to ask him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I’d known those people were up to no good,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never would have let them leave so quickly,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, they had taken dozens of Superpower Users with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shelter had no mandatory jurisdiction over the survivors. Where they went was their own choice, so there was no way to stop those people from leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the outcome was good or bad was for them to bear on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already three in the afternoon by the time Nina Jacobs took Sherry Renner to the infirmary and gave her statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she returned to her quarters, however, there was no sign of Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was instantly filled with a bad feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wayne Warner is missing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he have remembered something and just left?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first time Daniel Hale had ever seen such an anxious look on Nina Jacobs’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All his things are still here. He probably didn’t leave on his own,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The show on the tablet was still playing, and there were unfinished snacks lying around...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything indicated that Wayne Warner had not intended to leave on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had even gone to Vera Coleman’s workplace, the infirmary, and Chelsea Walsh’s place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one had seen Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina Jacobs, did you find him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a lead, but...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale ran over, looking anxious and pulling a strange girl along behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What lead?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Bianca White. She knocked on the door looking for me, and Wayne Warner answered it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then a few men came over and took Wayne Warner away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale looked guilt-ridden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did this happen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was... it was several hours ago...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t do it on purpose, I just wanted to ask him where Leo Hale was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but he wouldn’t answer me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bianca White was a little scared, which was why she hadn’t said anything right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who were those men?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had actually already guessed one possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It was the same group that blocked their path before.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by their clothes, they looked like the people who were handing out flyers yesterday,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bianca White answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"People from the Superpower User Alliance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they already left...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t tell me they kidnapped Wayne Warner?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realization finally dawned on Leo Hale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner had been kidnapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would they kidnap Wayne Warner?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale found it baffling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner seemed harmless and had never caused any trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a long story.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I should have thought of this sooner.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Quinn Group must be a joint venture between the Quinns and other parties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That man must be connected to Seth Quinn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what do we do now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will Wayne Warner be okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale was also worried about Wayne Warner’s safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Maybe if it wasn’t for Bianca White, Wayne Warner wouldn’t have been taken.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was only a matter of time,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"and this is something that needs to be dealt with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Bianca White hadn’t knocked on the door, those people wouldn’t have let go of a lead like Wayne Warner so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, she had only thought of avoiding the issue as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since the other party was so intent on pursuing it, she couldn’t just sit back and wait for the worst to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina, you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Nina Jacobs like this, Daniel Hale suddenly realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Nina isn’t planning to go rescue Wayne Warner, is she?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Quinn Group was incredibly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quinn is in the North Suburbs. I’ll go with you to rescue Wayne Warner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale felt it was his inescapable duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. He’s one of mine, so I’ll be the one to save him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that she didn’t want to bring Leo Hale, but it would be more convenient for her to go alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take this. Protect everyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took out the two \"Flowing Light Daggers\" gifted by the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flowing Light Daggers were inherently of the Gold Attribute, which would likely make them a better fit for Leo Hale, a Gold Element Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, I won’t do anything reckless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Hale, I need you to come with me to find Myra Lawson,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Find Myra Lawson?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of shock appeared in Daniel Hale’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrival of the Superpower User Alliance this time could be said to have put the shelter in a delicate, passive position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even brazenly barged into an interrogation room and killed someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was nothing less than a blatant provocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, they had absolutely no evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could it be that Nina Jacobs is thinking of...’\u003C\u002Fp>",1494,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","31528d73ffe7d0567f1758cd5a90f24eec8c3c990a82ccc4be59a7dc904bb79f","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-122","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-120",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]