[{"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-134":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},146498,236,"Chapter 134: Converted to Crystal Cores","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-134",134,"\u003Cp>\"I heard Crystal Cores can be used to buy things,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"so just pay me in Crystal Cores.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs phrased it as tactfully as she could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s definitely not a problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas resolved that when he got back, he would definitely help Nina Jacobs get more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One more thing,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"if Simon Abbott goes back, remember to be careful of him,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon Abbott would eventually return to Liam Grant and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was still Tyson Hughes’s man, so they had to be on their guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Simon Abbott?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas had almost forgotten about the man, but since Nina Jacobs brought him up, it meant he definitely needed to be watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas’s space was quite large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But stuffing all these weapons and supplies inside still used up every last inch of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, their vehicle was large enough to hold a dozen or so extra boxes of ammunition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be extra careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll see you around,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Summer~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas waved to Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still used to calling her Summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See you around.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two vehicles drove off in different directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs’s next destination was the neighboring City J.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yvette Lowe from the Superpower User Alliance had once told her that there were no longer any shelters in City J.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The survivors there could only fend for themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, they had been hoping for a rescue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a few days ago, the official Drakonian Government app had posted an important notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rescue command headquarters advised that before a safe shelter could be established in City J, the best option for survivors was to head to the neighboring City D and City F to find refuge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The implication was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was very likely that City J would not be getting a shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after that notice was posted did many survivors from City J begin flooding into City D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Nina Jacobs wanted to go to City J,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>besides going on looting missions for supplies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was that she also wanted to try her luck and find the Mystic Ice Core that had appeared in her past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mystic Ice Core was said to be a fragment of a meteorite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just by carrying it, one could block the tracking of Spiritual Element Superpower Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the third year of the apocalypse, a Water Element Superpower User had accidentally absorbed that Ice Core, and their Water Element Superpower had mutated into an Ice Element Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, the Drakonian Government thought it was an isolated case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they later learned that many powerful Superpower Users from other countries had also used this type of Ice Core to evolve mutated Superpowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the Water Element mutating into the Ice Element,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>other mutated Superpowers, even if they didn’t change fundamentally, would become stronger than their original versions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason Superpower Users from other countries were flocking to Drakonia was the speculation that Drakonia was the region where the most meteorite fragments had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her previous life, the first place the Ice Core was discovered was within the City J region—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the very place that would soon become a city of zombies, with no survivors left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>GRUMBLE GRUMBLE.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That familiar sound came from the back of the vehicle again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you hungry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past few days, she had been deliberately following a principle of smaller, more frequent meals, only letting Wayne Warner eat until he was about three-quarters full each time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was that his three meals a day had turned into five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner sat up from the bed in the back and looked at Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat this to tide you over for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll find a place to rest up ahead and stay there for the night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took a container of dumplings from a storage compartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her spare time over the last two days, she had used an electric pot with a portable power station to cook a lot of frozen dumplings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she portioned them out into many food containers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner had a special fondness for both buns and dumplings, so this kind of nutritious, easy-to-carry food was perfect for him to snack on while on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the dumplings, Wayne Warner bit the lid open directly, as his new fingernails hadn’t grown in yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had already driven out of City D by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between City D and City J, they still had to pass through several villages and farmlands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all the farmland along the road had turned into a wasteland of black, rotting earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The high temperatures over many days had baked dry cracks into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls of the villages along the way were spattered with varying amounts of bloodstains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked particularly eerie in the dim evening light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After running over a few zombies, Nina Jacobs got out of the car to dig out their Crystal Cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then she heard the sound of someone coughing not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the otherwise silent village, the coughing sound was unavoidably creepy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound gave Nina Jacobs goosebumps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you hear anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked after getting back in the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t let him get out of the car, so it was normal that he hadn’t heard it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she continued driving forward along the only village road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw a fence made of wire and wood in the distance, she actually became less worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There must be survivors here.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This fence is meant to keep out zombies.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So the sound I just heard must have been from a survivor.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had originally been a staunch materialist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ever since her rebirth, that belief was no longer so firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t afraid of zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was a little afraid of... uncertain things...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs kept driving, only to find the road ahead was also blocked by a fence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young lady, how did you get here from that direction?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old voice called out from behind a withered tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Nina Jacobs notice a short, stooped figure under the tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a hunchbacked old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he coughed heavily twice more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs then realized that the sound she had heard earlier came from this old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m looking for someone. I need to pass through on this road,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s too dangerous. It’s about to get dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should wait until tomorrow to leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man pointed to one side with the cane in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re the only family left in the village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a grandson, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t mind, you can stay here for a night before you go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs glanced at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was indeed about to get dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this village, the next one was just a little further ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed about the same whether she stayed here or there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me, is there a doctor here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If possible, she wanted to find a doctor to ask about Wayne Warner’s condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A doctor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you hurt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the old man asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s my friend in the car. He’s a little injured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, that’s perfect! My son-in-law is a doctor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He used to run a clinic in the city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man’s enthusiasm made Nina Jacobs glance around warily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I’ll have to trouble you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, to Nina Jacobs’s exasperation, she discovered the doctor who \"ran a clinic\" was actually a veterinarian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, I did use to run an exotic pet clinic,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"but I don’t have any experience treating people,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>said the old man’s son-in-law, Wesley Hawthorne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t it all the same? Just take a look at him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man seemed unconvinced, pointing his cane at the tall and sturdy Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, that’s alright. My friend only has a minor injury,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs quickly refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t so desperate as to have an exotic pet doctor treat Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry about that,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"but since your friend is injured,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"you’re welcome to stay at our house for a few more days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hostess was also very enthusiastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Nina Jacobs noticed a little boy peeking curiously into her car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his parents made no move to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs wasn’t worried about him looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her car only contained a few packs of compressed biscuits that Wayne Warner didn’t like, plus a few bottles of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no other supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our yard is large. You and your friend can stay in those two rooms tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hostess had short hair, wore an apron, and her skin looked very fair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy, however, had dark skin and eyes full of suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How come you don’t have any food?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be you’re a Space Superpower User?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the little boy asked directly.\u003C\u002Fp>",1481,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","e8f8b45ec85c4e9474523e554509e034941f2abd6c29f1de445b9dac04b18571","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-135","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-133",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]