[{"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-151":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},146315,236,"Chapter 151: Making Inquiries","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-151",151,"\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs and Wayne Warner were led into the abandoned hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thatcher, she...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can I be the one to... take her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She heard Holden Shaw asking Jonathan Thatcher for permission in a low voice not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve finally come to your senses, kid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher glanced at Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes revealed a hint of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl was indeed a looker; he had planned on keeping her for himself tonight as a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seeing as you’ve been so diligent and responsible these past few days,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll let you have her for tonight,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but I’m taking her back when you’re done playing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jonathan Thatcher chuckled sleazily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks, Thatcher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of barely perceptible disgust crossed Holden Shaw’s eyes as he turned and walked toward Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll take you to where you’ll be staying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, Holden Shaw’s expression had returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs looked at him but ultimately said nothing, simply following along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had heard every word of their conversation just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I just hadn’t expected this kid, Shaw, to be so devious.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Oh well. I had already planned to leave this place after finding out about the Ice Element Zombie anyway.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging from the situation on the way here,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs felt this place wasn’t safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with how hastily Finn Hart and his group had left, she felt more and more that something was wrong here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw led Nina Jacobs to a room on the second floor of the hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Holden Shaw about to close the door,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner immediately blocked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait for me outside the door,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said to Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner nodded. The moment the door closed, Holden Shaw began to explain himself impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is my room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With me looking after you, no one will dare lay a hand on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lay a hand on me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t know what kind of person Jonathan Thatcher is. As long as a woman comes here,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no matter how young, he will...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though you’re a Superpower User, you’re no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why I brought you here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re not like him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs looked at the blushing Holden Shaw, wondering why his face was so red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you stay here, I’ll protect you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll never let anyone make you do anything you don’t want to do!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw seemed to have summoned a great deal of courage to say this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then that makes things simple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like I won’t have to use force after all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Simple?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw didn’t understand why Nina Jacobs said that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m here looking for a mutated Ice Element Zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you seen one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked him point-blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An Ice Element... mutated zombie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw took a moment to process this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he nodded frantically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve seen one! The kind that can shoot out chunks of ice!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s the one. Can you tell me where you saw it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me think...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw recalled for a moment, then said with great certainty:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just at the foot of the mountain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the foot of Rexton Mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and a few other Speed Element Superpower Users in the team had the daily task of luring zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides luring zombies away when the team was out scavenging for supplies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they also had to lead away any zombies that appeared around the camp every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was to prevent zombies from attacking the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had encountered that type of zombie on the road to Rexton Mountain that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he quickly grabbed his nearby backpack and pulled something out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was curious, so I killed it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but what I found in its head was a Water Element Crystal Core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought it was strange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw had mentioned this to others after he got back,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but no one believed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’At the foot of Rexton Mountain...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It seems my previous plan to go to Rexton Mountain was correct.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rexton Mountain was the highest point in City J.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, she had heard that Mystic Ice Cores mostly dropped in high-altitude areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw’s words confirmed her suspicions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you looking for it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he asked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, what’s the deal with those women they mentioned are being kept here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she arrived at the camp, she had activated her \"Five Senses Enhancement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While waiting outside, she had heard the voices of some women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Those women must be imprisoned here.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she also heard a name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pascal Paige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pascal Paige she knew in her past life was an outstanding Healer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was also Renee Strong’s arch-nemesis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had no beef with Pascal Paige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even remembered that in a healing competition held at the base, Pascal Paige had come very close to defeating Renee Strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone at the time thought it was a pity, because Pascal Paige only had one arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d heard the other arm had been lost while she was fleeing for her life...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That name isn’t very common.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she had heard that very name among the women’s voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Holden Shaw fell silent for a moment after hearing Nina Jacobs’ question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed and answered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like I just said, Jonathan Thatcher is a complete bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He locks up women who have no Superpowers or who defy him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and uses them as... as rewards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many are there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things like this weren’t uncommon in the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More than ten, I guess...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There used to be more, but most of the ones without Superpowers are dead now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw sounded dejected as he spoke of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the reasons the others in the team treated him like an outcast was that he refused to accept these \"rewards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why Jonathan Thatcher had agreed when he offered to take Nina Jacobs back to his room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he didn’t want any \"rewards,\" Jonathan Thatcher was always worried he would leave the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see. Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Now that I have the answers I want, there’s no need for me to stay here any longer.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are you going?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Nina Jacobs walk toward the door, Holden Shaw stood up in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m just stepping out for a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs knew she had to leave this place tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I have to leave this place tonight.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, once morning came, it would be much harder to get away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw stared blankly at the now-closed door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But outside, Nina Jacobs had already taken Wayne Warner and was long gone...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the sounds she heard with her \"Five Senses Enhancement,\" Nina Jacobs arrived at the end of the first-floor hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mirror at the end was covered in a thick layer of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old wooden floorboards gave off a sour, rancid smell in the high heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because it was still dinnertime, there was no one else in the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman with pink-dyed hair was trying to persuade the others in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eat. How are you going to survive if you don’t eat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pascal Paige, don’t treat my injuries this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a long-haired woman squatting on the ground said, staring at the filthy floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression was distant, as if she had already grown accustomed to her current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, don’t get treated then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess no good deed goes unpunished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she said this, there wasn’t the slightest hint of anger in Pascal Paige’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard that guy surnamed Zhang is coming again tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s the one who killed Winona Lynn last time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another woman broke a cracker and soaked it in a thin, watery gruel, her hand trembling nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Pascal Paige was about to say something, there was a knock on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the eyes of the women in the room filled with despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pascal Paige muttered a foul curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, she still opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what appeared outside the door was a cold, clean face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could react, the woman from outside pulled the man behind her and quickly slipped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she shut the door tightly behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1389,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","70d28bade8843c0d54780fc8b613eec059896d0f47350b37e2f4097fbb72384a","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-152","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-100",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]