[{"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-174":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},146338,236,"Chapter 174: Trying My Luck","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-174",174,"\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher frowned upon hearing Zoe Morgan’s demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all looked like students, so it was understandable that they couldn’t drive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Do I really have to find them a driver?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just let her choose for herself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Nina Jacobs spoke to Sheila Rhodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Nina Jacobs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>are you willing to come back to City D with us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was their first time meeting, and they had only exchanged a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was actually a little worried that Sheila Rhodes wouldn’t go with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she never talked back when yelled at, nor did she fight back when hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed far too submissive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sheila Rhodes, you idiot,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they’re definitely just using you as cannon fodder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is there even anything to think about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haven’t you been doing just fine with us all this time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan said quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right, Sheila. Come back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We promise we won’t be so hard on you anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boys standing by her side also tried to persuade her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now they were starting to get genuinely panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes was the only one in their group who knew how to drive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eric Stone, Kurt Garrison, and the others also noticed the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they wisely chose not to get involved in Nina Jacobs’s affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that no one was willing to step in and help them, Zoe Morgan decided to go forward and grab Sheila Rhodes herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sheila Rhodes dodged out of the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll do whatever you ask.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a moment’s hesitation, Sheila Rhodes grabbed the hem of Nina Jacobs’s shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright. We’ll take you back to the shelter in City D.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d like to say a few words to my classmates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting Nina Jacobs’s approval, Sheila Rhodes walked over to the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sheila Rhodes, you’d better think this through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these people abandon you and you try to come back,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>we won’t take you back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry, Classmate Morgan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes stepped forward and bowed to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-You, what do you mean by this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off about Sheila Rhodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t have a Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without you, I wouldn’t have survived this long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you for getting me this far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes straightened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I won’t be going any further with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very beginning, she had only one goal: survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by surviving could she be reunited with her family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were using me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan suddenly realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Classmate Morgan, you were so good to me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>abandoning so many others, but never me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes said with a smile, the red imprint of a hand still on her cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you trying to say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoe Morgan asked, her eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s nothing. Don’t overthink it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some things are better left unknown.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Sheila Rhodes turned and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She left the others standing there, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about them...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher was still unsure what to do with Zoe Morgan and her friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don’t need to worry about them,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said. If they managed to survive in City J, they must have some skills of their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, she wasn’t interested in whether they lived or died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But for an ordinary person like Sheila Rhodes to have survived this long... being obedient and submissive alone definitely wouldn’t have been enough.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She’s a smart one.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Host’s action has been detected to save one human in two days. Triggering \"Selfless Savior\" title. Reward: one bottle of \"Healing Potion\".]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the system’s notification, Nina Jacobs understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, Sheila Rhodes must have died two days from now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this life, she had been saved by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher glanced over at Zoe Morgan and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because he had just made a move against them, they no longer dared to approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need me to drive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the first thing Sheila Rhodes asked as soon as she got in the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, you can just relax for the ride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you need anything, just let us know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had overheard the conversation between Sheila Rhodes and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until she got a better sense of who Sheila was, she decided to be responsible only for her physical safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes seemed a little surprised, but she did as Nina said and took a seat to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「On the road ahead.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombies appeared from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the members of the Lockwood Squad took the lead and dealt with them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By evening, they decided to stop for the night in an abandoned factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve been driving all day and have barely made any progress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, my old commute to work was longer than this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t be helped. The roads in City J are just rough. I hear once we get to City D, we’ll hardly have to clear any more roadblocks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group chattered amongst themselves inside the abandoned factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs and her group found a few vacant offices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ensured everyone could have their own room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wayne Warner went to bed this early?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw noticed that the door to Wayne Warner’s room was already closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like he didn’t plan on coming out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, he’s a bit tired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs’s gaze flickered away for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Wayne Warner was currently in his room, stuffing his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the food he’d eaten in the car during the day was barely enough to tide him over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina, I’ve already taken some food to Sheila Rhodes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but can you guess what she asked me for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yvonne Willow offered Nina Jacobs a pack of crackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did she ask for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs politely refused the crackers. She remembered that Yvonne Willow didn’t have many supplies left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll have to find an opportunity to replenish her supplies in the next day or two.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She asked for books. Textbooks, things like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, I don’t have any.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yvonne Willow shook her head. That request had really stumped her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s the apocalypse. Who reads books anymore?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see. I’ll go check on her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs knocked on the door to Sheila Rhodes’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Sheila Rhodes opened the door, her eyes were a little red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed a little surprised to see Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Were you looking for this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs happened to have quite a few books in her storage space, and she pulled out a volume of poetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did you save me today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes looked at the poetry book as if it were a priceless treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still had to ask her question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A friend of mine mentioned that your grandfather is Warren Rhodes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and that he’s looking for his granddaughter, Sheila Rhodes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs stated the reason plainly, without hiding anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes fell silent upon hearing Nina Jacobs’s explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just had a dream. I dreamt that they pushed me out of the car,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and I was eaten by zombies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that was the reason Sheila Rhodes wanted a book to read—because of that nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt the dream was so vivid, as if it was something that was supposed to have happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the pain felt real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why she wanted to read a book, to calm her nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever she had felt overwhelmed by everything that had happened recently, she had relied on a literature textbook to calm herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zoe Morgan also mentioned her family connections,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but you didn’t save her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes had a feeling that Nina Jacobs hadn’t saved her just because of what Chase Gallagher had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then just think of it as fate,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fate decreed that I would save you,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and it decreed that you still have things you need to do. Don’t overthink it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fate...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes stared at the book of poetry in her hands, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t even notice when Nina Jacobs left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs decided that as soon as they reached the City D shelter, she would find a way to contact Warren Rhodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way, she could reunite Warren Rhodes with his granddaughter sooner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed Justin Lawson and Samson Thorne would take the matter seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, Nina Jacobs checked the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the abandoned factory was a \"free-for-all\" supply location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission difficulty: Four Stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She planned to wait until late at night to go and try her luck.\u003C\u002Fp>",1419,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","bdf0db420cbebcd30979f79842c440d96a5aee59cc59013da1688ef9a19190d6","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-175","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-173",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]