[{"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-183":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},146347,236,"Chapter 183: City J’s Specialty","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-183",183,"\u003Cp>Ever since Nina Jacobs left, on top of killing zombies, he had started running 100 laps around the base with weights every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just gotten back from his run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong, Leo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another woman, drenched in sweat, appeared behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was also carrying a burlap sack, though she was a bit on the smaller side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re back?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner dropped her small burlap sack and ran straight for Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was unceremoniously blocked by Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, you two go take a shower first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I brought back some souvenirs for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s get inside first. We can talk once we’re in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale already sensed that someone was home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman was taking her usual stroll around the room, listening to music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw the group push the door open and enter, she froze on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I brought Nina back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So? Didn’t I tell you I’d do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale boasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d expected a loving hug and some praise from Vera Coleman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Vera Coleman didn’t even spare him a glance, walking straight to Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve gotten thinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wayne Warner is thinner too. Did you two have a hard time out there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Vera Coleman pulled her toward the sofa, Nina Jacobs felt a prickle in her nose at her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We didn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the hardness in her heart had been smoothed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her underlying anxiety and restlessness gradually faded, and Nina Jacobs felt like her old self again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stubborn person she used to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Thinking back,’ she mused, ’Vera always seemed to accept me for who I am.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you say you didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could you possibly eat and rest well out there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I actually got word a few days ago that you were coming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman started to get up as she spoke, and Nina Jacobs noticed that her belly had gotten even bigger, making her movements a little less nimble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Vera Coleman about to get things to start cooking, Nina Jacobs quickly intervened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve been sitting in a car all day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me stretch my legs. You go and talk with Nina.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale simply pushed the two of them aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, Nina Jacobs had no choice but to give in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s so good to see you’re okay, Wayne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, have some of these.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman took out a tray of dried fruits and nuts she had prepared earlier and placed it in front of Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Warner’s eyes glinted as he grabbed a handful of peanuts, crushing the shells in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, how much longer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was referring to Vera Coleman’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The doctor said I might need surgery in a little over a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given my condition, they’re all recommending a C-section.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s gone by so fast. It’s already been over seven months,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman said with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A little over a month?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like they’ll be born here in the City D Base.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are the babies healthy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs gently touched Vera Coleman’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of the two little lives in there made Nina Jacobs feel a mix of strangeness and curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re perfectly healthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson has even come to visit me a few times. She offered to find me a nanny,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but I turned her down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A nanny?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Sherry is with me every day, helping out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo is here too, so I didn’t think it was necessary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She, however, thought it was quite necessary. The babies would need someone to look after them once they were born.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She made a mental note of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Leo Hale curiously asked about the \"souvenirs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t actually go to City J on vacation, did you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t need any souvenirs. I’m just glad you’re back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner had performed a divination for Nina Jacobs before she left, and the reading had been dire—a slim chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been worried sick but hadn’t dared to tell anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really don’t want any?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took out two Mystic Ice Cores and placed them on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rocks?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how Leo Hale looked at them, they just looked like rocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why would Nina bring back rocks?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You silly boy,\" Daniel Hale said. \"If Nina’s willing to give them to you, you should just be grateful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale had already bolted the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absorb them?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Leo Hale understood what they were, he and Sherry Renner eagerly began to try absorbing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, your situation is special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll hold onto yours for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs planned to have Vera Coleman absorb the Mystic Ice Core only after she gave birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was pregnant, after all, and Nina worried about potential side effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including the ones she had gotten from Honey Summers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she now had over sixty Mystic Ice Cores in her storage space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect of the Mystic Ice Core was most pronounced on Sherry Renner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Water Element Superpower User herself, Sherry Renner almost cried out in surprise as she stared at the block of ice solidifying in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she knew better than to say anything about it to outsiders for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’d be great if I could evolve a second Superpower, like Ian Chandler.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale was also pleasantly surprised after absorbing his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, it took him some time to form a solid metal object, but now a Gold Blade appeared in his hand in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Gold Blade could freely morph into any shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process was incredibly fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon hearing that Ian Chandler was now a Dual Element Superpower User, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s good enough to master one Superpower,\" Nina Jacobs said. She had originally planned to visit Pascal Paige and the others next door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Myra Lawson made an unexpected visit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry to bother you this late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Myra Lawson’s urgent expression, Nina Jacobs already had a good idea why she was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the private meeting room, there were only two people: Myra Lawson and Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson seemed a bit unsure of where to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It seemed that every time she sought out Nina, it was to ask for a favor.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, you don’t need to worry about the Superpower User Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ll handle it and make sure they don’t cause you any more trouble in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson had been heartbroken when she heard Nina Jacobs went to City J to lie low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had thought Nina Jacobs trusted the City D Base enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never expected Nina would rather leave the base than stay and ride out the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My trip to City J wasn’t just because of the Superpower User Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also wanted to get some training.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson finally felt a little better after hearing Nina Jacobs’s explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First of all, congratulations on becoming an Intermediate Superpower User. I heard all about it from Ian Chandler.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson was still thrilled just thinking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had once thought that having an Intermediate Superpower User was an unattainable dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind of thing you’d only see in a place like City A.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never imagined that their own City D would have one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secondly, thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For helping Ian Chandler become a Dual Element Superpower User.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was his own talent,\" Nina Jacobs said. \"Not everyone who uses a Mystic Ice Core can awaken a new Superpower.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are some special... Crystal Cores I found this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took fifteen Mystic Ice Cores right out of her backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The existence of Mystic Ice Cores hadn’t been made public yet, so she generally referred to them simply as Crystal Cores in front of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson shot to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her eyes burned with desire, she still said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jacobs, these are your own things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How you handle them is ultimately your decision.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she desperately wanted them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve decided... to sell them to our base.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were barely out of Nina Jacobs’s mouth when Myra Lawson eagerly asked, \"What’s your price?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crystal Cores, plus two buildings,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and permanent residency in the City D Base.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, and the two buildings need to be next to our house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The standalone houses in the City D Base weren’t cheap, and they weren’t sold, only rented out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had originally planned to use Gold to pay the rent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that she had a bargaining chip, she intended to cash it in.\u003C\u002Fp>",1443,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","49c12f3314a6b580ba9958b5315e11d57f7d4b2e61952bb71e0cef53dbbc3cc9","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-184","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-182",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]