[{"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-140":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},146504,236,"Chapter 140: All the Supplies Were Taken Away","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-140",140,"\u003Cp>It was a short, mutated zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the other zombies, it was sniffing and roaring incessantly at the bloodstains on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would also occasionally manifest its Superpower to attack the surrounding vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs clearly saw it form an icicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could it be the Mystic Ice Core?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This discovery immediately piqued Nina Jacobs’s interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren’t too many zombies outside. She planned to go out and take a look after she finished collecting the supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Verdant Supermarket had three floors in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Nina Jacobs finished clearing out the second floor, the system sent the reward for completing \"Free Shopping Spree Mission 17.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was directly awarded a Level 2 Storage Box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the details for Mission 18 appeared on the panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deadline for Mission 18 was two days away, and Nina Jacobs accepted it without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So the third floor here is a food court.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The food piled up in the supermarket’s third-floor food court was already moldy and rotten, emitting a foul stench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like there are no more supplies here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m going outside to kill zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You stay here for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Wayne Warner didn’t seem to agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be good. Your injuries are still healing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took out a few bags of snacks and placed them in Wayne Warner’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she walked out of the Verdant Supermarket, all the zombies outside roared in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Serpent once again spread across the ground in several directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the impact of the Fireballs, several zombies fell into the flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The number of mutated zombies has increased again.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While three mutated zombies were caught in her quicksand trap, Nina Jacobs swiftly used her Fire Roaring Blade to chop off the head of a Wood Element zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also noticed the short zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A less powerful Fireball shot straight at that zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ROAR!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing Nina Jacobs’s approach, the mutated zombie dodged and finally manifested its Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the blinding sunlight, a small icicle pierced the charred corpse behind Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It really is Ice Element!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could there be a Mystic Ice Core nearby?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Nina Jacobs killed all the surrounding zombies, only this Ice Element mutated zombie remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the zombie’s clothes were tattered and torn, offering no useful information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had no choice but to kill it and dig out the Crystal Core from its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s a Water Element Crystal Core, no doubt about it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it could manifest the Ice Element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So where exactly did this mutated zombie come into contact with the Mystic Ice Core?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no leads, she had to drop the matter for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After digging out all the Crystal Cores with Wayne Warner, the two of them left the Verdant Supermarket and drove down another road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Nina Jacobs didn’t know was that no sooner had they left...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...than several cars arrived outside the Verdant Supermarket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! We’re a step too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supplies have all been taken!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman in a tight-fitting tracksuit said, exasperated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the man in the car asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. We estimate they have at least ten Space Superpower Users.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another woman also walked out of the supermarket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’ve got a huge appetite. Was it Ethan Abbott’s group?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart asked from inside the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t think so. You’ll know if you come take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her say that, Finn Hart finally got out of the car, enduring his discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suspect Ethan Abbott is already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those cars over there are his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this charred body... I’ve only ever seen Ethan Abbott wear this watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman led Finn Hart to a charred corpse lying face down on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who on earth did this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To burn so many people to death... that’s too ruthless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>someone at the side commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They weren’t burned to death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart covered his nose with a clean handkerchief and concluded after observing the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were probably afraid of attracting zombies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so they burned all the dead bodies. That would buy time for the Space Superpower Users to collect the supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, I agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And their strength shouldn’t be underestimated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These zombies were probably lured here later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are over a dozen mutated zombies alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman who had led Finn Hart out was named Phoebe Vance. She had already surveyed the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she found incredible was that the other party seemed to have suffered no casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be some new, emerging group we don’t know about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the woman in the tracksuit said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart could no longer stand the smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, he deduced that the other party might not have gone far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if we find them, I’m afraid there’s not much we can do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoebe Vance said with some regret as she got into the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we’ll just kill them all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart wiped his hands over and over with a disinfecting wipe, a hint of anger in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Hart gave his word to Elder Shaw\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that he would monopolize City J’s supplies within a month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the woman in the tracksuit reminded him in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her name was Jane Dixon, and like Finn Hart’s group, she was from City A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t think it was just his word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also that bet between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But we really do need to speed things up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoebe Vance also said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, they had all come with Finn Hart to complete the mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City J was a lawless territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had also been marked as a prize to be claimed by several major powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was their third day here, and the Verdant Supermarket was likely the largest supply point they had encountered in those three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think it had been cleared out so quickly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely unaware of this, Nina Jacobs had already completed \"Free Shopping Spree Mission 18.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission 18 turned out to be a cold storage warehouse that hadn’t lost power yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City J had a unique geographical location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to its higher elevation, many areas had not been soaked by the acid rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this cold storage was located beneath a building, the acid rain hadn’t flowed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, there was an emergency solar power system supplying it with electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Nina Jacobs arrived, she found that most of the supplies in the cold storage were perfectly intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the ice cream was still frozen solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the system’s prompt, the power to this warehouse would be completely cut off tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs collected large quantities of frozen meat, fried chicken, crispy pork, and frozen pre-cooked meals from the warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All sorts of bagged buns, dumplings, sweet rice balls, and frozen desserts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Wayne Warner came out with her, his sharp eyebrows were coated in a layer of frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had already collected six popsicle sticks in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can’t eat any more. What if you get a stomachache?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her system’s storage box didn’t have food like ice cream stocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this must have been Wayne Warner’s first time eating a popsicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after just one, he was hooked, and he kept asking Nina Jacobs for a second, then a third...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Mmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what seemed like a difficult internal struggle, Wayne Warner finally agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We had a good haul today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll make you hot pot tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said, taking off her down jacket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her storage box also had plenty of hot pot balls and meat rolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after seeing those beef balls and beef rolls just now, she found herself craving the taste of hot pot too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already afternoon. She took out the map of City J that Alan Langdon had given her back in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She planned to pick a nearby place on it to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs decided, pointing to an abandoned construction site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Places like that usually had the fewest zombies and were the least dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>",1330,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","d4e5a9895a413744bfb228aed412c09fad196eb63c33015556ff1c259af7cc74","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-141","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-139",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]