[{"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-168":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},146332,236,"Chapter 168: Defending Together","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-168",168,"\u003Cp>One person looked utterly mortified,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while the other broke into a wide grin, showing off a mouthful of pearly whites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You hear that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now you know who I am, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chase Gallagher, what is the meaning of this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aren’t you coming back to City A with us?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to think I was worried about you all this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jane Dixon asked, her brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What’s going on? How could Chase have joined Nina Jacobs’s side?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Worried about him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you were so worried, how could you just leave him behind all alone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you were that worried, you should have jumped out of the car to stay with him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you phony.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw felt even more emboldened now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you were the ones nearby that day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart understood now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Otherwise, how would these people know so clearly what happened in front of the hospital?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We had no choice that day! Chase, you’re a Speed Element Superpower User,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so we knew you could find a way to escape. That’s why we...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You led that zombie away, didn’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jane Dixon scrambled to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher just shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That zombie is already dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you kill it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoebe Vance asked immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’To deal with a Speed Element zombie, you’d probably need a Speed Element Superpower User.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina Jacobs killed it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher looked over at the still-sleeping Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She killed that zombie?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jane Dixon couldn’t possibly imagine how Nina Jacobs, a Fire Element Superpower User, had managed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Folks, you should be done with your questions by now, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of standing around asking about this and that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>why don’t you go deal with the zombies you led here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the confrontation, Eric Stone, Kurt Garrison, and a few others walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pascal Paige was still doing everything he could to stop Walsh’s bleeding, never expecting that Chase Gallagher and the others would get tangled up with this group again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Eric Stone spoke, everyone present turned to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those are the menaces from City A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They don’t give a damn if anyone else lives or dies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For people like them, death would be getting off easy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re the ones who got Walsh and the others hurt like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey! You just promised\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that you’d do your best to kill zombies after we let you in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can you still have the nerve to just stand here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were still two or three hundred people present, and every one of them was staring at the group with reproachful eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even James Fletcher was watching the spectacle from a distance, enjoying the show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart had never been looked down on like this before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve already scouted this building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it stands, these are the only places where we can fight the zombies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison led the crowd toward a platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the apocalypse, this building above the nightclub had been a commercial street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each floor had several platforms that jutted out from the building’s exterior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison suggested that the remaining survivors use these platforms to fend off the zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you kidding me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we stand out there, won’t we become a target for all the zombies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoebe Vance said, looking at the balcony-sized platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was blocked off by stainless steel railings, it was still incredibly dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the ground below them was swarming with zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Killing zombies is supposed to be dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What, did you expect to do it safely?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>someone from the crowd said with a hostile tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Garrison, will they be participating as well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart signaled for Phoebe Vance to stop talking and pointed toward James Fletcher and his group in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they don’t contribute at a time like this, are they planning to drag everyone down with them to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison’s words carried a heavy, threatening weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Finn Hart and James Fletcher understood the implication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they didn’t take the lead in the fight now, they would become everyone else’s enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the survivors could throw them out of the building at a moment’s notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But down there, it’s just too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phoebe Vance didn’t even have the courage to look down a second time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let alone stand out there and kill zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they didn’t kill the zombies, they were probably doomed this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Kurt Garrison had just said that they couldn’t use any more large-scale explosive weapons for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doing so would only attract more zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So much for the people from City A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looks to me like all they know how to do is embarrass themselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James Fletcher led his group toward one of the platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the door connecting to the platform was opened, everyone present heard the tremendous roars of the zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Hart, if you please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart, his face pale, nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked all his teammates except for their Space Superpower User and went with them to another platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He has a Space Superpower User and doesn’t even use them. What a fucking idiot.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although James Fletcher’s legs were shaking with fear, he still stood behind a dozen or so people and directed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Space Superpower Users then threw all the heavy objects from their pocket spaces down below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They actually managed to crush quite a few zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finn Hart only glanced over once before continuing to fire his suppressed pistol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was always able to accurately spot the mutated zombies and prioritize shooting them down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s get started, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison said to Eric Stone with a wry smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They all knew that in this situation, death was almost certain.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But what if there was a sliver of hope?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone was also prepared to die, as were Julian Dempsey and the others who had fought alongside them in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go. Every one we kill is one more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we’re going to die sooner or later, let’s take a few more of these zombies down with us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julian Dempsey boomed with laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Yara Garcia wiped away her tears, her face etched with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t care! You all have to stay alive for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one is allowed to die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara Garcia said as she pulled some bulletproof vests out of her space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might not be useful, but she still forced the others to put them on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder, if Nina Jacobs wakes up,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>will she blame us for bringing her to such a dangerous place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yvonne Willow murmured, squatting beside Nina Jacobs and watching over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’These past few days, Nina had always managed to find the safest hiding spots for them.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They were the ones who had let Nina down.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was my idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Chase Gallagher didn’t say much else, the others could see he was blaming himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not to blame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That place was supposed to be safe. Who could’ve known something like that would happen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wayne Warner, protect Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outside... leave it to us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wendy Marshall said with a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She planned to go support Eric Stone.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Combining a Water Element Superpower with a Thunder Element Superpower seemed to have an unexpectedly good effect.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, we should use up our Superpowers before we die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jessica Vance stood up as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the gloomy afternoon, the constant screams of the injured and dying only made the zombies more and more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wendy Marshall used her Water Element Superpower, sending a torrent of water rushing toward a large group of zombies below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, Eric Stone used his Thunder Element Superpower to channel electricity through the water, instantly electrocuting a huge swath of zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, only a few of them had their brains destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the remaining zombies were incapacitated, and Kurt Garrison picked them off one by one with his crossbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jessica Vance remarked as she coordinated with a Fire Element Superpower User to kill a few zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, but it’s a shame we can’t kill them all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wendy Marshall sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick! Gather up everything in this building that can be thrown down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and after we crush them, we’ll set it all on fire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>James Fletcher ordered his Space Superpower Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy furniture could crush some of the zombies, and setting it on fire afterward could burn even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method was a bit crude, but its effect wasn’t half bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a Little Zombie Rat scurried up the side of the wall and onto the rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>",1451,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","7ce568f46ccb99c6853a9e8eeb39fdb7149d104246420c3c1c3cd4a247678e9c","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-169","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-167",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]