[{"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-164":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},146328,236,"Chapter 164: Three Days","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-164",164,"\u003Cp>The moment Julian Dempsey saw who it was, his face lit up as he began making introductions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my girlfriend, Yara Garcia,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and she’s our team’s Space Superpower User.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yara Garcia, you know a lot about the Superpower User Alliance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone looked up and retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know much about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the fact that they’re willing to take on that bunch of freeloaders,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that alone makes me admire them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara Garcia’s tone was sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the \"freeloaders\" she was talking about were the people outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Yara Garcia finished, Julian Dempsey looked a little embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Chase Gallagher and his group were still present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yara’s philosophy is just a bit different, she doesn’t mean any harm,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julian Dempsey explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eric, don’t be angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s discuss this matter among ourselves again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know what you mean, otherwise you wouldn’t have brought them back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone sounded weary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher also knew that some things were not for them to interfere with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after Pascal Paige finished her treatment, he led everyone out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one noticed a small brown rat curled up in a dark corner of the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unique lighting of the underground nightclub made it easy for it to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body almost blended into the dimness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was about to Control the rat to leave when she noticed someone else nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That person must have been standing outside the door for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rat couldn’t see the person, so Nina could only have it hide there for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Molly Ulrich’s voice came from the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Walsh? What are you doing here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had just asked Walsh to deliver the first-aid kit and didn’t expect him to still be outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... Ms. Ulrich, the first-aid kit is here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man called Walsh handed the kit to Molly Ulrich, then quickly ran off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina could only tell that this Walsh was probably a young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed they were still arguing about something inside the room. Molly Ulrich pushed the door open and went in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The remaining supplies might not last more than three days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Molly Ulrich’s words pressed pause on the argument inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can that be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t we have plenty before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With so many people freeloading every day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and only a few of you leading scavenging parties,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how long did you expect the supplies to last?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara Garcia countered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those few people Chase Gallagher brought today\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>did say they wouldn’t use our supplies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the Superpower User Alliance... they have over a hundred people, and they all need supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Molly Ulrich replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course. They can take us to City D,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so now that they’re here, how can we let them go hungry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara Garcia nudged Julian Dempsey, who immediately nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We did find some things today,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they’re in the car. Molly, have someone get them later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julian Dempsey said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But they took all the supplies from that place today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aren’t they planning to share with us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Kurt Garrison spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out they had found a small shop with supplies today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because zombies suddenly appeared, they could only focus on fending them off first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, James Fletcher arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After symbolically killing a few zombies with his people and chatting with them for a bit, he had his Space Superpower User collect all the store’s supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, he had said he would take them out after they got here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this, Molly Ulrich shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one from their group has mentioned this to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vaughn, I think Eric Stone is right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those people seem a bit unreliable,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison said then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara Garcia snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course you’d side with Eric Stone. Who doesn’t know you two are a couple?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe Mr. Fletcher just forgot about it for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worst case, Vaughn and I can go ask him for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Eric Stone’s grim expression, Molly Ulrich quickly chimed in,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right. It’s so late today,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you should focus on recovering. We can deal with the rest tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe they’ll remember by then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rat outside the door twitched, then scurried back the way it came, returning to the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the room, it was still just Nina Jacobs and Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the Little Zombie Rat return, Wayne Warner bent down and picked it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently placed it in her pocket...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs now began to calmly focus on her advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It seems the three leaders of the Lockwood Squad aren’t exactly a united front.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But it sounds like there won’t be any major problems for at least the next couple of days.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless droplets of water continued to gather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small puddle in her consciousness had already grown much larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, she had never been able to see any of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted more droplets, and her consciousness gradually became bathed in their gentle flow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unknown amount of time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs discovered the puddle had now collected into a pool the size of a pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a small number of droplets still continued to gather and drip from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How much time has passed?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs extended a sliver of her consciousness outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She guessed her advancement was about to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still couldn’t wake up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could sense that Wayne Warner was still in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the door was hurriedly pushed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hasn’t Nina Jacobs woken up yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Pascal Paige’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner looked at her, her face expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, it’s probably nothing serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that a fight has broken out outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pascal Paige knew Wayne Warner didn’t speak but could understand, so she explained the reason for the commotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s James Fletcher. He found the group that double-crossed them last time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the same group from the hospital entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they’ve started fighting upstairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’James Fletcher found Finn Hart?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling how Finn Hart had tried to make James Fletcher lure away the zombie baby at the hospital entrance, Nina Jacobs understood instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’James Fletcher is probably looking for revenge.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’However...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pascal Paige checked on Nina Jacobs’s condition, saw that her breathing was steady, and left the room again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「On the street.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two groups were in a standoff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This included Eric Stone and his team, who were guarding the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julian Dempsey wanted to mediate, but he found that neither side was willing to back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And James Fletcher was being particularly nasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...The people from the Lockwood Squad are all planning to leave with us,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which means this place is now the Superpower User Alliance’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You want to come in?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ll have to ask me first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James Fletcher completely ignored the ugly look on Julian Dempsey’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they must not know what your Superpower User Alliance really does, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart said with a cold laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You Lockwood Family folks, if your people really go with him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m afraid they’ll never be able to leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What nonsense are you spouting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t believe him, Vaughn! He’s just trying to sow discord,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James Fletcher snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough with the bullshit. If you want a fight, let’s fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who’s afraid of who?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan Vaughn seemed eager for a fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the entrance not far away, Holden Shaw poked Chase Gallagher, who had been hiding in the shadows, and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your boss is here. Aren’t you going to go out and see him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he knew you were still alive,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his jaw would probably hit the floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw really admired Chase Gallagher’s ability to stay so calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were him, he would have paraded around out there a couple of times at the very least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chase Gallagher didn’t respond, instead turning and walking into the underground entrance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you ask me, that Fletcher guy is no good either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard from Molly that they’ve been refusing to hand over that batch of supplies to the Lockwood Squad,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yvonne Willow said indignantly while watching the drama unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days had passed since Nina Jacobs fell into her deep sleep, and the Lockwood Squad’s supplies were already stretched thin.\u003C\u002Fp>",1370,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","bd30daf8c1a916e541c6c5003b05a37905e6fe85cce2603485a85523388534c5","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-165","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-163",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]