[{"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-138":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},146502,236,"Chapter 138: Loss of Supplies","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-138",138,"\u003Cp>\"We still have a lot of food here,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so we decided to make some ready-to-eat food for the road.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two young men followed the woman who had brought the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were carrying several large bags of food, all for Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were locked in the cellar for days and couldn’t sleep at all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so we all made some food that’s easy to carry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, please take it,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the two young men added, their voices full of gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you. This is more than enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs only took the items in the basket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Heart of Gratitude\" had been triggered, and the system awarded her 400 Experience Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard you were looking for a doctor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there’s any way I can help, it would be my honor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easton Lynch walked over, carrying his medical kit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had been planning to look for him anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner was already waiting in the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my friend. He suffered a very serious injury before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easton Lynch nodded and began to examine Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression shifted between surprise and anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, he removed his stethoscope and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He must have suffered comminuted fractures before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All over his body, including his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even without any equipment to run tests, I can confirm he’s now on a positive path to recovery.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easton Lynch was still in a state of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know how Wayne Warner had recovered, but he could tell that his body must have suffered immense trauma previously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m just worried he might have some lingering side effects,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or what the best way for him to recover would be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs felt much more relieved after hearing that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Healing Potion was very effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But bone recovery wasn’t that fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, bones needed to grow, and Wayne Warner’s fingernails still hadn’t grown back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could prescribe some medicine to aid his recovery,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easton Lynch sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding medicine was too difficult these days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay. Just write the prescription.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it was medicine she didn’t have in her system inventory, she could always look for it elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easton Lynch nodded and wrote the details down on a piece of paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These two things are very helpful for bone recovery,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but if you can’t find them, don’t push yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the injuries he sustained, his recovery so far is already a miracle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two items used to be available in any regular pharmacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, many pharmacies in the suburbs had been looted clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she found a pharmacy, there was no guarantee it would have any medicine inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Easton Lynch was worried that Nina Jacobs would put herself in danger just to find the medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be a loss that outweighed any gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. Thank you, Doctor Lynch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understanding the concern in his words, Nina Jacobs put the prescription away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had only planned to stay for one night, and it was now time to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll leave Wesley Hawthorne for you to deal with,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said to Tina Rhodes and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry. We won’t let him off the hook.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever Tina Rhodes recalled how Wesley Hawthorne had tortured her and her teammates, she wanted nothing more than to give him a death by a thousand cuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard you’re going to City J to find someone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We marked some places on the map where you can rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope it’s some help to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan Langdon brought over a map with annotations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would be arriving in City D soon, so the map of City J was no longer useful to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks. I’ve already told Doctor Lynch the location of the shelter,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but if you run into an organization called the ’Superpower User Alliance,’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>remember to be extra careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will. You take care, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tina Rhodes and the others didn’t know where Nina Jacobs was going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she believed they would surely meet again one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Nina Jacobs left, almost everyone came out to see her off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the long, winding village road,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the SUV kicked up a cloud of rust-colored dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had switched back to the SUV after entering City J.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City J had many mountain roads, and the SUV had better shock absorption and safety performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After passing a grove of dead poplar trees, Nina Jacobs saw a plaque at the entrance to the village ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out the village she had arrived at yesterday was called \"Hawthorne Village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There seemed to be other villages further ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she followed the route displayed on the system map and turned onto an asphalt road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she got onto this stretch of asphalt road in City J, Nina Jacobs received a notification that her system quest had refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Apocalyptic Survival Quest Activated: Zero-Cost Acquisition Quest 17\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quest Details: The supplies at Verdant Supermarket will be lost in 0 days. Please clear out 80% of the supplies before then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quest Reward: 1 System Inventory Slot, +120 Experience Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quest Difficulty: ★★★★]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a Four Stars task right from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was only the very edge of City J.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From her past life’s experience,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs knew that the phrase \"supplies will be lost\" usually meant one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the supplies were taken by another Space Superpower User, but that Superpower User unfortunately died,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that situation was called \"supply loss.\" Once a Space Superpower User died, the supplies in their space would disappear along with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 0 days...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed a Space Superpower User was going to discover that supermarket today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs entered \"Verdant Supermarket\" into her system map and found it was only a two-hour drive away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she could get there early, she might be able to complete the quest before anyone else found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even though she sped up, a crowd had already gathered outside Verdant Supermarket by the time she arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long before reaching Verdant Supermarket, she had already noticed something was wrong in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only two roads leading to the supermarket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roadsides were piled with zombie corpses, and their Crystal Cores hadn’t even been dug out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was obvious that the zombies in the vicinity had been cleared out by someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guessing there were others ahead, she had parked her car in a hidden spot well in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worried about getting into a fight, she had originally planned to leave Wayne Warner in the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wayne Warner was clearly against the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Nina Jacobs let him follow her, but only after repeatedly warning him not to act rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them were now hiding behind a pile of abandoned vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large group of people was gathered in front of the supermarket not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like it’s just getting started,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said with some excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a classic dog-eat-dog scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner glanced at her, then tilted his head to look into the distance, and finally began to watch intently alongside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Abbott, we discovered the supplies here first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do you think you’re doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a bald man shouted at the group opposite him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what if you discovered it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First come, first served. We got here before you,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so these supplies should be ours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man on the other side, Ethan Abbott, was clearly more imposing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had forty to fifty people standing behind him alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, the bald man only had a little over twenty people with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outcome was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no one could resist the temptation of supplies, and with neither side willing to back down, the two groups quickly began to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames and gravel flew through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just Superpower Users; the bald man’s side even brought out pistols and a rocket launcher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder they’re so confident.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So they have weapons as a fallback.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle ahead was exceptionally fierce. Nina Jacobs led Wayne Warner to continue observing from the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by waves of blood-curdling screams, not only did neither side show any intention of stopping, but they had all started to see red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s split the supplies fifty-fifty! If we keep fighting like this, we’ll attract zombies sooner or later!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan Abbott shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the bald man showed no signs of stopping when he heard this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t buy your bullshit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since you’re asking for it, you can all just go to hell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1413,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","4ec9919b497b7e4c52b614d2760b3914b67e0b86a05f93f138ca5781adadc057","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-139","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-137",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]