[{"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-135":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},146499,236,"Chapter 135: They’re Here So Soon","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-135",135,"\u003Cp>The woman quickly apologized to Nina Jacobs, but still asked tentatively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s just a country kid, doesn’t know any better. Please don’t mind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Space Superpower User stole our grain before,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so now he has to ask everyone he meets...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... you aren’t actually a Space Superpower User, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small flame appeared in Nina Jacobs’s hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not, and neither is my friend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good, that’s good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple exchanged a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll just stay in the house across from here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said, pointing at the open-gated house across the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This village is strange.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There isn’t even a single zombie.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And this family... there’s something off about them, something I can’t quite put my finger on.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’d better be careful.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Across the way?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, dear. It’s filthy over there, not a suitable place to stay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man from before coughed twice and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had already seen it when she arrived; no one was living in the house across the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, Dad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it’s safer for us all to stay together, I’m sure they’re not afraid of the Zombie Rats.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The son-in-law, Wesley Hawthorne, said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are Zombie Rats here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle two days ago had shown her the power of the Little Zombie Rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that she lost a few of them that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Little Zombie Rats didn’t take up any space in her storage, making them a perfect natural backup weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she could acquire some more here, that would be for the best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... You know about Zombie Rats too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wesley Hawthorne asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why would someone get so excited after hearing about Zombie Rats?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I must have seen it wrong.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, we won’t disturb you any further.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs drove the car directly into the courtyard across the way and prepared to close the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The family of four from across the street was staring at her in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young lady, the rats in the village are huge,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>be careful at night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the old man said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs nodded and closed the gate without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, she activated \"Five Senses Enhancement\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There seemed to be nothing unusual in the courtyard, and there were no sounds coming from inside the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took out a fully charged floor lamp and placed it in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was instantly illuminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t get out yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said to Wayne Warner, who was about to get out of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombie Rats were active here, and Wayne Warner could only walk slowly right now, unable to make any large movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner obediently pulled the leg he had stuck out back into the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room had a concrete floor, with some unknown stains on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furniture inside was strewn about haphazardly, and there were blood spatters in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further in was a staircase leading to the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t much clutter upstairs; it looked relatively cleaner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs decided to set up her safe house upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombie Rats could appear from any corner, including but not limited to sewers and various vents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sleeping in the safe house was the only way to be truly safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After locking the downstairs door from the inside, Nina Jacobs released a Little Zombie Rat in a corner at the entrance to the staircase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was so she would immediately notice if someone suddenly broke in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under \"Five Senses Enhancement\", there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary in the vicinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to listen in on the family of four across the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found that they were discussing something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...She looked so clean, I thought for sure she was a Space Superpower User.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re just two broke-asses. Nothing in the car,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but I don’t know if there’s anything in the trunk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one speaking was the little boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you really get a clear look?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wesley Hawthorne asked in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you ask me, that guy must be the Space Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why is he too scared to even get out of the car?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They say he’s injured, but he looked fine to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the woman said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"COUGH COUGH...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind all that. We’ll find out once we capture them and ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they have supplies, we’ll make them hand them over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they don’t, we’ll just lock them up with the others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the old man’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took a bite of a pork rib, listening to their conversation with great interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That old man and the kid are definitely trouble, just as I thought.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The old man acts as the lookout at the village entrance. The kid looks for supplies.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’As for that man and woman, they don’t resemble the little boy at all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But since they said \"lock them up with the others\"...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...that means there must be other people in this village.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs continued to scan her surroundings while eating with Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did indeed hear other sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were more like sobs and painful groans...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t just one or two people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she heard a series of muffled thuds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed to be coming from underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sound of something hitting metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Open the door! Open the door!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone’s about to die in here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still have medicine in my medical kit! He needs his medication!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They don’t care if we live or die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They killed the ones who tried to escape before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...It’s all my fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shouldn’t have trusted that little boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shouldn’t have eaten the food they gave us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, a woman cried for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was followed by a long silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs withdrew her focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It sounds like these people were locked up by that family of four.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And it seems like they’re being held in more than one place.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, Nina Jacobs heard voices coming from several other locations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The closest is even right next door?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No, that’s Wesley Hawthorne’s voice.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was accompanied by the sound of a club striking flesh and crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a dim cellar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman was crying and pleading loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s really nothing left in my space!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m begging you, let him go! I’ve taken everything out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wesley Hawthorne threw down the bloody wooden club in his hand and grabbed the woman’s hair:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are sixteen people in your group, and you’re the only Space Superpower User,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could you only have this little? I think you’re just trying to hide things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s fine. I’ll make you watch as I torture them all to death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Wesley Hawthorne finished speaking, another round of a man’s miserable screams and wails followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So it’s all for supplies?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs understood now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These four were posted here probably to intercept passersby and loot them for any and all available supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of thing wasn’t uncommon in the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for so many people to have been captured, these four must not be easy to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, Nina Jacobs soon heard a knock from downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re here already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like it’s going to be another sleepless night.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person at the door was none other than the little boy from across the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My mom made some rice porridge,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for you and your friend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little boy was holding two bowls of steaming hot rice porridge, looking a bit more innocent than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nina Jacobs knew it was all an act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took the two bowls of porridge and closed the door again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t even say thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just wait, I’ll turn you into a pincushion later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the little boy muttered after walking back to his own yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little did he know that Nina Jacobs, across the way, had heard every word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you deliver it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on the others, it should only take about ten minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman was squatting by the door, cracking melon seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should have Wesley Hawthorne come back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You two can go over together in a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the old man said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, he felt a strange sense of panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The drug Wesley Hawthorne has is meant for livestock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knocking those two out will be a piece of cake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s just one Fire Element Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hugh and I will be enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the woman said with a look of indifference.\u003C\u002Fp>",1416,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","b4d80e35a60f6faff0cf606fd50d9f2640ebe8e51ae78cdb15a166cae18b04bb","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-136","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-134",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]