[{"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-123":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},146487,236,"Chapter 123: Smooth Infiltration","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-123",123,"\u003Cp>「Inside a dilapidated building.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan Quinn was stretching his sore arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s enough, Dylan Quinn. He’s bled so much,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you’ll attract zombies if you’re not careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman said from the side, pinching her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man on the ground was covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wrists and ankles had been pierced by Stone Spikes, pinning him firmly to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Mr. Quinn,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t think he’s right in the head. He can’t even talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We should take him back to the Alliance for a proper interrogation. If he dies here, we’ll really have no leads.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male assistant beside him added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay out of this. I won’t let him die that easily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan Quinn sneered as he walked over to the bloody man on the ground. He pressed his foot onto the man’s head and looked down at him, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wayne Warner, even if you really can’t talk,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have my ways of making you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’d better start confessing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who killed my brother? What the hell happened that day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Wayne Warner, beneath his foot, only glanced up at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the faint glimmer of light remaining in his pupils, he would have been no different from a dead man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still not talking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan Quinn’s mouth twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He refused to believe that Wayne Warner knew nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stone, heated until it glowed red, was pressed hard against Wayne Warner’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercing sizzle filled the air as white smoke billowed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other two couldn’t bear to watch any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not out of sympathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just looked too painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the man on the ground remained completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as the muscles around the wound began to spasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dylan Quinn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opened, and Dylan Quinn finally looked up at the sound of the voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring him back for interrogation. Don’t cause any more trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood, Mr. Hughes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dylan Quinn nodded and handed a barbed metal whip to his assistant. \"Don’t let him die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assistant nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman yawned languidly, linking her arm through Dylan Quinn’s as she walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should have gone to bed. I’ve already run your bath...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they left, the assistant looked at the man on the ground and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you have to be so stubborn?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wouldn’t it be better to just talk and end your suffering?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Early the next morning.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white van was driving down the road. Felix Flynn opened his window and couldn’t help but curse at the men behind him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you all stop fucking smoking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give us a break, Flynn. The supervisor just gave us this half-cigarette as a reward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’d be a shame to waste it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the men in the back took a deep drag, and before he could finish, another man snatched the cigarette, now only a third of its original size, from his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at you pathetic losers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recruit a few more Superpower Users, find some more supplies, and you’ll have all the points you need, won’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felix Flynn sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the supervisor of today’s team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had just set out from the Alliance, preparing to head to more distant areas to see if there were any supplies they could scavenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or any Superpower Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What Superpower Users are left to find at this point?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoever was going to die is probably dead already,\" the driver said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not necessarily. Seven or eight new Superpower Users registered just yesterday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard they all escaped from City J.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder when Mr. Hughes and his group will be back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t think they got held up by the shelter, do you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Hughes has powerful people watching his back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, with his skills, do you really think that crew at the shelter could detain him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Felix Flynn spoke, the other men in the van all voiced their agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, they heard an explosion in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men in the van were instantly on alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A mutated zombie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Abbott, drive over there. Let’s check it out,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felix Flynn said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver, Abbott, nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t driven far before they saw a wrecked van stopped in the middle of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The van was surrounded by a handful of zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The zombies were desperately trying to pry open the van’s doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s someone in the van!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abbott could clearly see a figure sitting inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be a Superpower User?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of the other men in the back lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There aren’t many zombies. Let’s go take a look,\" Felix Flynn said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew that if they could just bring back one Superpower User, their mission for the day would be complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one objected. They each grabbed their weapons and started hacking at the zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They finally finished off the dozen or so zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The van door finally opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A disheveled woman wearing a face mask staggered out of the van.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did you come from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felix Flynn and his men asked eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, are you a Superpower User?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I escaped from City J,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m a Superpower User, but I’ve exhausted my Superpower.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for saving me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, an extremely faint flame flickered to life in her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Fire Element Superpower User! This is great!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felix Flynn and his men were overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t mention it,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can take you somewhere safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clay Howard immediately offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A shelter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you from a shelter? That would be wonderful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mask couldn’t hide the woman’s joyful expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men looked a bit awkward, and Felix Flynn replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re from the Superpower User Alliance. Our place is much better than any shelter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you’re a Superpower User, you’ll get food, housing, and protection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s very safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A place like that really exists?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the woman was tempted, the men pressed their case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I’ll have to trouble you to take me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not feeling very well. Could we go as soon as possible?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman said, lowering her head bashfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. We’ll take you back to get registered right now,\" Clay Howard said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, what’s your name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can fill out the forms in our van on the way,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felix Flynn said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m Summer Warner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs hadn’t expected to get into the Quinn Group so smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be more precise, this was the headquarters of the Superpower User Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was different from the campus that Cole Dempsey was in charge of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The headquarters consisted of several mid-to-high-rise buildings and a cluster of surrounding factories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presumably because it had been a pharmaceutical factory with its own employee dormitories before the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Superpower Users here all seemed to live in the ten-story dormitory building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have single and shared dorm rooms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It just depends on which you’d prefer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Nina Jacobs finished filling out all her information, a middle-aged woman led her to the dorm assignments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman’s name was Julia Spencer. She carried a key ring with what looked like a hundred keys, and her face was a mask of impatience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ms. Spencer, I’d like a single room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs pulled Julia Spencer aside as they reached a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a small package out of her backpack and pressed it into the other woman’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julia Spencer’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced around before opening the package.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were several packs of compressed biscuits and a can of luncheon meat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These things sold for a fortune in the Alliance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, you certainly know how to get on someone’s good side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you worry. The room I pick for you, I guarantee you’ll be happy with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of Julia Spencer’s previous impatience had vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Ms. Spencer. I’m a light sleeper, and I have a bit of a fear of heights.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was hoping for a room that’s relatively quiet...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs followed Julia Spencer upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A single room would be much more convenient for me, too.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julia Spencer led Nina Jacobs to a room with a window on the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was at the end of the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs glanced down and saw a very narrow flower bed below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flower bed itself, however, had long been neglected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry. Hardly anyone ever comes by this window.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’ll definitely be quiet,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julia Spencer said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>",1394,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","0fc2f30387765a6fefe7ec60c4b83ae4bf0a0adfcf9b73f08bb9486b7183ea01","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-124","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-122",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]