[{"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-148":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},146512,236,"Chapter 148: Pretense","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-148",148,"\u003Cp>After the two of them left, Phoebe Vance and the others entered the pharmacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw the floor littered with empty medicine boxes, Shiloh couldn’t help but curse out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Phoebe Vance saw that the only things left on the shelves were birth control products, her face immediately turned red with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just take them,\" Finn Hart said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t you see? This is a blatant insult.\" Jane Dixon finally understood the meaning behind the knowing smile Nina Jacobs gave before she left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Phoebe Vance could only swallow her anger and collect the items from the shelves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Nina Jacobs had already sped away from the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her targets for the day were missions 24 and 25.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two missions were located close to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, she didn’t want to run into Finn Hart’s group again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission 24 was a Three Stars mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission 25 was Four Stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission 25 was at a supermarket on the basement level of a shopping mall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After using the Little Zombie Rat to lure the zombies out of the supermarket, Nina Jacobs quickly cleared the place out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were preparing to leave the supermarket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her Five Senses Enhancement active, Nina Jacobs suddenly heard the sounds of fighting outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Someone’s here?’ Nina Jacobs had a bad feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like quite a few people had arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Damn, there are so many zombies here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holden Shaw just led some of them away, but I can’t believe there are still this many.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if there are no supplies here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible. Even if the supplies on the upper floors have been taken, there’s still a big supermarket down here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the conversation from outside the mall, Nina Jacobs couldn’t help but think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system said the supplies in this underground supermarket would be depleted within two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Does that mean these people are the ones who will take them?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter what, she had to find a way to get out of the underground supermarket first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs led Wayne Warner back to the underground parking garage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seemed there were people outside the garage as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Holden... you’re back? How did you get hurt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t tell me you were bitten by a zombie!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s injured! Everyone, stay away from him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t it normal for me to get injured? This is just from being hit by an icicle from a mutated zombie,\" a man said in a sarcastic tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can a zombie use ice? You must be lying...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s there to lie about? This is the second time I’ve seen a zombie form an icicle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop talking! Zombies, lots of zombies!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds of fighting erupted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nina Jacobs knew he wasn’t lying about the mutated zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So where did he see it the first time?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombies were now flooding into the parking garage as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Wayne Warner was about to charge forward and kill the zombies, Nina Jacobs stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s hide first,\" Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner tilted his head, seemingly confused, but he still followed Nina Jacobs into a car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the underground supermarket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher was cursing up a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had finally cleared the zombies outside and rushed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To their surprise, the place had been completely cleaned out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serena Singer, a Space Superpower User standing to the side, rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve told you before, don’t call me over until you’ve actually found supplies. If something happens to us Space Superpower Users, who can afford to take responsibility?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, looks like another wasted trip. Let’s just head back early,\" another Space Superpower User said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are still some supplies upstairs, just not very much. And we lost a few people getting them,\" said Wilder Stone, who was in charge of communications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thatcher, someone’s been found in the underground parking garage!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man came running over and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone? Who is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher immediately became alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could it be the people who took the supplies?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the group rushed over, they only found a severely damaged sedan parked there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man and a woman were talking with Holden Shaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\" Jonathan Thatcher asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thatcher, they were also chased in here by zombies. They’re Fire Element and Strength Element,\" Holden Shaw immediately explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chased in here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher opened the sedan’s trunk and found a lot of medicine inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the medicines had been removed from their boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to be a way to save space in the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like they’re really not Space Element.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s with all this medicine?\" Jonathan Thatcher asked, directing his question to Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Wayne Warner seemed to ignore him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We found a pharmacy on Qianjin Road this morning. We don’t have a space ability, so we put everything in the car,\" Nina Jacobs explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already put her SUV into her storage space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This car was one she had found in the garage and was using temporarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re a Fire Element Superpower User?\" Jonathan Thatcher asked with a nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" A flicker of flame appeared in Nina Jacobs’s palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Wayne Warner lifted a nearby junked sedan with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not all there in the head, but he’s got some real strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher slapped the muscles on Wayne Warner’s arm and laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since our guy saved you, you should come with us. It’ll be safer that way. What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher looked at the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone left no room for argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if his people would execute them on the spot if Nina Jacobs refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright. He did save us,\" Nina Jacobs said, pointing at Holden Shaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She agreed to join because she wanted a chance to ask about the Ice Element Zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That settles it, then. Singer, come take all this medicine. The brothers get injured every day, so this will come in handy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher pointed at the medicine in the trunk and called over to Serena Singer as if it was the most natural thing in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well then, it would be rude to refuse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serena Singer walked over to the trunk of the junked sedan with a smile, and with a wave of her hand, slowly stored the medicine in her space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs’s expression didn’t change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already stored away the useful antibiotics and nutritional supplements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That included Wayne Warner’s medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before you came here, did you see anyone else?\" Jonathan Thatcher asked, having remembered something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs pretended to think back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We did see a group of people coming from the west this morning, but not on this road. It was over on Qianjin Road,\" Nina Jacobs replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expressions on Jonathan Thatcher and his people changed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It must have been them!\" someone shouted indignantly from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many people did it look like?\" Jonathan Thatcher asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs shook her head. \"I’m not sure, but there were definitely over two hundred. Maybe more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That many? Could it be those people from the so-called Superpower User Alliance again?\" someone asked from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So The Alliance really has come to City J?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dammit, everyone wants to come to our territory and get a piece of the pie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Jonathan Thatcher finished speaking, someone ran down from the garage entrance shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thatcher, more people are here! A lot of them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place really is a honeypot, attracting so many people. I’d like to see who it is this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher led his group and headed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about I take you to a car to rest?\" Holden Shaw asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was a young woman with a mentally unstable brother by her side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had just escaped from the jaws of zombies, only to have their supplies taken by Jonathan Thatcher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This world is just too harsh for a woman...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, thank you for the trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs, however, had no idea what Holden Shaw was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t interested in the conflict outside; she only wanted to find out from Holden Shaw where he had seen the Ice Element Zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>",1367,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","2483da5edfe0af9283d5c24c5eacd6d8b9d12f3acb542bfd5e8c1a833a808d42","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-149","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-147",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]