[{"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-172":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},146336,236,"Chapter 172: Sheila Rhodes","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-172",172,"\u003Cp>\"Join you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison didn’t agree right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a veteran, and in the apocalypse, he would always lend a helping hand to survivors in distress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with these people before him, he couldn’t help but hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her name is Zoe Morgan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and Mason Morgan is her dad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Kurt Garrison hesitate, the girl shot a look at her companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other girl saw the signal and quickly spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who’s Mason Morgan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t even know who Mason Morgan is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s expression immediately turned awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mason Morgan, the former deputy mayor of City J?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher asked as he walked over to check on the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mason Morgan is my dad. You know my father?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan asked excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dude, you even know that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leave it to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw said as he followed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Chase Gallagher wasn’t even from City J.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet he, a City J native, had no idea who Mason Morgan was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Chase and Holden approach, Kurt Garrison, Eric Stone, and the others quickly got out of their vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also took the opportunity to get the gist of the situation with this group of young men and women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that Zoe Morgan’s group had seen what happened here last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky had been filled with flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They figured there had to be many powerful Superpower Users here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they had decided to seek refuge with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to follow us to City D?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone asked after hearing them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are so many of you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking us along wouldn’t be a big deal, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zoe Morgan’s eyes redden, a tall boy quickly retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it not a big deal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we really take you with us, you aren’t planning on eating our supplies, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara Garcia also got out of her vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what happened with James Fletcher, they were no longer willing to help just anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they had just paid a terrible price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We really don’t have many supplies left,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but once I get to City D and find my dad,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll have him pay you back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That won’t be necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We don’t even have enough supplies for our own people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara Garcia said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone knew they had some empty seats in their vehicles, but he didn’t speak up either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can you be like this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl who had spoken up for Zoe Morgan earlier seemed to find it hard to believe that Eric Stone’s group would refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, we won’t take your supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can at least ride in your vehicles, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to ride in that one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan pointed to a vehicle right in the middle of several large buses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara Garcia immediately shot her an \"Are you serious?\" look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the vehicle they had specially prepared for Nina Jacobs to show their gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a brand-new armored vehicle, both safe and comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was spacious, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl certainly had good taste, just not a lot of sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to follow us, fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you’re not getting a ride or any supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone’s expression turned cold as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go. Time to get back on the road.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kurt Garrison said to Chase Gallagher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher nodded, then turned and walked back to the vehicle with Holden Shaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing everyone get back in their vehicles without paying them any more attention, the group had no choice but to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just drive, geez.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan opened the car door and got in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was the driver, a girl with glasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the others got out earlier, she was the only one left in the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slap landed on the back of the girl’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you happy seeing us like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re just like them, so infuriating!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furious, Zoe Morgan habitually vented her anger on the girl with glasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl didn’t say a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just silently pulled the car over to the side of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least they’re heading to City D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe, you’re still amazing. These people all look like they can kill zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s just follow them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When we run into zombies, we’ll just let them take the lead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifi Stone’s words made Zoe Morgan feel much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sneered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There was such a huge commotion last night, yet so many of them survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There must be a lot of experts in that group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s normal for them to be wary of us, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once we slowly gain their trust on the road,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sooner or later, they’ll have to take us in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Totally. That vehicle looks amazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If everyone inside it died, wouldn’t the vehicle be ours?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another girl said this, everyone in the car laughed, except for the driver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Chase Gallagher got out of the car, Nina Jacobs had activated \"Five Senses Enhancement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that moment, their vehicle happened to be passing right by the car waiting on the roadside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just close enough for her to overhear their conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just hadn’t expected to overhear someone cursing everyone in her vehicle to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But does Sheila Rhodes even know how to drive that kind of vehicle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looks pretty big.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Sheila Rhodes, I’m talking to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can you drive that thing or not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another slap landed as Zoe Morgan asked rudely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl answered in a small voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren’t you from some village out of town?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve probably never driven a vehicle like that, have you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, you’ve probably never even seen one before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My dad used to ride in and drive cars like that all the time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be sad, Zoe. Once we get to City D,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>we’ll definitely find your dad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy said comfortingly, pulling her into his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Sheila Rhodes?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs glanced back at their car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re all kids from J High.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t believe such a good school could produce people like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw said mockingly, seeing Nina Jacobs look at the car behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that school really good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it is! It’s one of the top-ranked schools in the country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot of wealthy businesspeople from other cities specifically send their kids there to study.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pascal Paige answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the students who could get into that school were the children of privilege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs also noticed that the car was indeed following behind their convoy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Sheila Rhodes.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This name isn’t familiar to me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ve never even met this person.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Not even in my past life.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And yet, the name still rang a bell.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Because in my past life, someone asked me to protect this person if I ever found her.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs didn’t make such promises lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the person who asked was Warren Rhodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander-in-chief who was willing to sacrifice everything for the greater good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was also the only person she had tried to contact before the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warren Rhodes had told her that his granddaughter, who was attending high school out of town, was named Sheila Rhodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d said she bore some resemblance to Nina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even given her a photo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, in her second life, her memory of the photo was hazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the name itself still held a spark of memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could it be her?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs tried to keep using \"Five Senses Enhancement\" to listen to the conversation in the car behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was mostly just the meaningless chatter of Zoe Morgan and her friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs decided to observe for a while longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that really was Warren Rhodes’s granddaughter, then no matter what kind of person she was, Nina had to save her for his sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lockwood Squad was very familiar with the surrounding routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs didn’t need to use the system map again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clearing a few waves of zombies on the road,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone ordered everyone to stop and rest in a patch of wasteland for half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs noticed that someone from the other car finally got out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t seem to be the driver, Sheila Rhodes.\u003C\u002Fp>",1383,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","7297f7e0eb19b974530852d97894e5d1752fda12a8f7cff2323aa476aef33046","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-173","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-171",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]