[{"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-184":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},146348,236,"Chapter 184: The Goal He Strives For","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-184",184,"\u003Cp>Myra Lawson agreed without a second thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That batch of weapons and supplies you had Shirley Lucas bring back last time,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shirley was clamoring to pick out the best house for you guys,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, Justin Lawson had already set aside a house for Nina Jacobs’s family long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The location was, naturally, the best as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding two more wouldn’t be difficult at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you have any other requests, just let me know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s fine even if you can’t think of anything right now,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson offered generously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs shook her head. \"Really, this is just a gesture from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keeping them is useless to me, so it’s better to give them to people who need them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, I also want City D Base to get better and better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs felt a little like she was fishing for compliments after getting a good deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Myra Lawson was especially moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, about this type of Crystal Core, I still don’t know what it’s specifically called,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked indirectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Aegis Conclave must already know about the existence of the Mystic Ice Cores.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But judging from Myra Lawson’s expression, she probably doesn’t know yet.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll have to report this, but it will be in the name of the City D Base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We will do everything in our power to protect you. You can rest assured on that point,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson promised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the main reason she had asked to see Nina Jacobs today was actually to ask about these special Crystal Cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could there be other places that also have these Crystal Cores?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That Ice Element mutated zombie found near Verdant Supermarket probably didn’t come from Rexton Mountain.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’After all, the two locations are very far apart.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And that bag of Mystic Ice Cores Honey Summers had could have been found in City J.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re right. Besides City J, other places might have them too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson said, pulling out a map of City J and falling into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Nina Jacobs came out of the private meeting room, Ian Chandler was waiting outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you get everything stored away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew that after Ian returned, he would need to go to the warehouse to empty the supplies from his space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. Most of it was supplies for the new base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m keeping the more important remaining supplies with me for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have tomorrow off and won’t be going on a mission until the day after,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shelter would be transferring supplies to the new base soon, especially general goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t expect the base to be finished so quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had just asked Myra Lawson about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new base was being completed faster than expected. In five days at the latest, they could start transferring survivors over in waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, it’s incredibly convenient to have Earth Element Superpower Users participating in the construction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, there were already a lot of new, pre-apocalypse buildings within the area the base cordoned off,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler said as they walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a long time since he’d been able to just walk and chat with Nina Jacobs like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until a voice came from the corner up ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t need to apologize. I don’t need this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And please, don’t come looking for me again in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice sounded rather familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nina Jacobs didn’t stop walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, two figures emerged from around the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman trailing behind seemed anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to explain herself but noticed the two approaching them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ian? You’re back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian Shaw felt a sense of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the woman beside Ian Chandler and saw she was an unfamiliar face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I’m back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler had no choice but to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll wait for you up ahead,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said to Ian, her eyes fixed straight ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs walked straight to a spot where the others were out of sight before she stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Adrian Shaw.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’One of Justin Lawson’s most capable subordinates.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In her past life, she had merely guided him once by chance, helping him escape a road swarming with zombies.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’After that, Adrian Shaw began to pursue her relentlessly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even though she clearly rejected him, the man had an obsessive personality and would even frequently go looking for trouble with Liam Grant.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Liam Grant was both afraid of him and hated him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Because Adrian Shaw had a certain amount of influence in the base.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And Justin Lawson trusted him a great deal.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Later on, he was part of the reason they left City D Base.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why she had avoided him outright just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In this life, she hadn’t run into Adrian Shaw outside the base.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That soap-opera-like incident from her previous life shouldn’t happen.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But the woman behind Adrian Shaw just now... was that Liam Grant’s sister, Hannah Grant?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the corner of the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler was about to leave when he heard Adrian Shaw ask casually, as if it were an afterthought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who was that with you just now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler glanced in the direction Nina Jacobs had gone and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She just got back. You wouldn’t know her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m heading out first, Shaw.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian Shaw nodded, not pressing the matter further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go, Nina.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Ian Chandler saw Nina Jacobs leaning against the railing, waiting for him, he beamed and walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, where are you going for your mission the day after tomorrow? Is it difficult?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A place called Beldane Island.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The mission shouldn’t be too hard. We’re just going to meet up with a group of people,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and bring back some of their military supplies. Have you ever been to Beldane Island, Nina?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the apocalypse, Beldane Island was a tourist attraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t very famous because the island wasn’t large, and since a military unit was stationed on its mountain, it was never fully developed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. Why did you take this mission?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs tried her best to keep her emotions in check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Beldane Island is located on the outskirts of City D.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In her past life, the shelter had also sent a team to meet them, but they were completely wiped out on the way back.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No one knew what happened.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had long forgotten about it, so she was surprised to hear Ian Chandler mention it now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve already advanced to an Intermediate Superpower User, Nina. I have to work harder, too,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was the goal he was striving for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To reach that goal, he had to train his Superpower diligently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... can I go with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If it’s a classified mission, she’d have to find another way to stop him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If it isn’t, she could at least go and save Ian.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler blinked. \"Of course, you can! I can even apply for points for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could earn points for participating in missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just anyone could join a mission, but Nina Jacobs was an exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, I’ll be waiting for you then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have any materials or intel on Beldane Island, let me see them too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs decided to use the time she had to research the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before returning to her residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs went to check on Pascal Paige and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes was still quietly reading her book of poetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I found these for you. I’ll take you to meet some people tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs gave Sheila a few sets of clean clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already told Myra Lawson about Sheila’s situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Warren Rhodes had once been Myra Lawson’s superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Myra took the matter very seriously and planned to contact City A as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for the trouble, Nina.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheila Rhodes accepted the bundle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina, did you know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We just saw those people in the shelter,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pascal Paige piped up, sidling closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those people who were with Sheila.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, wait, I think it was just Zoe Morgan and that girl Chase Gallagher sent flying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pascal Paige hadn’t expected them to come to the City D shelter too.\u003C\u002Fp>",1392,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","8aed4bdc3fa11d9b661cad69fdbaf685bbb8a8482d8e2da632b9dc0c205f981f","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-185","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-183",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]