[{"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-201":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},146515,236,"Chapter 201: That Would Be Very Wise","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-201",201,"\u003Cp>\"If I believe it, I’ll look like a fool,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but if I don’t, I could become a sinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold sweat had already broken out on Adrian Shaw’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he did nothing and something serious happened, he would regret it for the rest of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I find it mind-boggling too,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"but why would they want to kill you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs took out a small bottle of styptic spray and tossed it to Adrian Shaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you came to save me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian Shaw looked at the transparent, unlabeled spray bottle. Though his eyes showed a hint of suspicion, he used it anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fine mist settled onto the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wound, which had been stinging intensely, slowly began to feel much better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was just a coincidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I brought Treasure here today to get him familiar with the place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Treasure? The dog you brought back from Beldane Island?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian Shaw suddenly felt he ought to thank that dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he would have been dead for sure just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, what are you going to do next?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had, in fact, been secretly protecting Adrian Shaw for the past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was waiting for him to notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Report it to the base and make preparations,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian Shaw replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t mean that. I’m talking about Hannah Grant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If what she said is proven to be true, what will you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Nina had indeed considered how to warn Myra Lawson about that particular matter before.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Her bottom line was not to expose herself.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She never expected Hannah Grant to come in with such a clutch assist at this critical moment.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Exposing herself would be foolish.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But exposing Liam Grant? Now that would be brilliant.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Besides, she remembered that Adrian Shaw’s background wasn’t simple.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seem very concerned about this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian Shaw turned to look at Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this, he’d felt that Nina Jacobs was keeping him at more than arm’s length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never stayed long whenever he was around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had made him curious, prompting him to learn a few things about her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She wasn’t particularly helpful, willing at most to do things that required little effort.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She pursued her own interests and would never get involved in anything without a benefit.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And she was extremely protective of her own.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He never imagined that she would one day save his life.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Let alone show concern for how he would handle this situation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because it’s amusing,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Liam Grant really your ex-boyfriend?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you trying to get him back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Adrian Shaw remember that detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No wonder Nina Jacobs overheard Liam Grant talking while she was out walking her dog.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What the...?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs felt like she couldn’t follow his train of thought at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, I get it now. You’re a Scorpio.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That sign can’t stand betrayal. After a breakup, they act indifferent on the surface, but secretly they’re keeping tabs on their ex, hoping they’re miserable. They have an extremely strong desire for revenge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They might even wish for them to die without a proper burial.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, am I right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the phrase \"Case closed\" was written all over Adrian Shaw’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you’re right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs thought he was joking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was obvious he wasn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be angry. I won’t act rashly in this matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If everything she said are things that might happen in the future,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t let this lead go cold,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian Shaw said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope so. But before any of that, you’d better make sure you stay alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Nina Jacobs took Wayne Warner and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If they kept talking, she wasn’t sure what other ridiculous conclusions Adrian Shaw might jump to.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’See? I hit the nail on the head.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Nina Jacobs’s departing figure, Adrian Shaw became even more certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She must have left because I struck a nerve.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Did my words remind her of something painful?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian Shaw looked down, holding the bottle of styptic spray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Inside the shelter.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam Grant hadn’t gone out for several days straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere in the room had become exceptionally strange. Even the usually preachy Mr. and Mrs. Grant had been quiet for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother, Susan Warner, only dared to frown silently from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart ached unbearably whenever she thought about the massive amount of supplies her son had stockpiled being completely looted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the supplies from the chemical plant—that was millions of dollars’ worth of goods!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Liam, your sister knows she was wrong. Just let her come out and have something to eat,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Grant said with a sigh, trying to persuade him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have been better if he hadn’t brought it up. The moment the trouble Hannah Grant had caused was mentioned, Liam Grant’s expression turned even uglier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Wyatt Jacobs pushed the door open from outside and walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Liam Grant and shook his head helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We couldn’t get a clean shot. Mr. Abbott finally found an opening, but someone rescued him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you get a clear look at who saved him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam Grant frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He had ordered Wyatt Jacobs to kill Adrian Shaw.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But Adrian Shaw was a Thunder Element Superpower User, and a powerful one at that.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He always had members of the rescue team with him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In a frontal assault, he wasn’t confident he could kill him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And it would expose him immediately.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Abbott took his shot and ran. He didn’t get a good look at who it was.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, that Shaw guy didn’t believe her anyway. If worse comes to worst, we’ll just say Hannah Grant is mentally unstable and deny everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wyatt Jacobs had always thought of Hannah Grant as a troublemaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment the words left his mouth, Susan Warner, who was standing to the side, unleashed a torrent of curses on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who the hell do you think you are, saying my daughter is mentally unstable? My son and daughter are both Superpower Users. I bet you’ll never awaken a Superpower in your whole life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, stop it. This was Hannah’s fault in the first place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam Grant was just annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t notice the murderous glint in the silent Wyatt Jacobs’s eyes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s wait for Simon to get back and ask him. He’s been working hard leading the team these past few days,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Grant said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is killing someone really that hard? Just dump some rat poison into that Shaw guy’s food, and the job’s done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susan Warner simply thought Wyatt Jacobs was too stupid to handle such a small matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you dare!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t let you kill him! He hasn’t done anything wrong!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hannah Grant, having heard the voices outside, rushed out with a weak expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just look at the state of you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam Grant was filled with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He never should have let Hannah Grant get involved with Adrian Shaw.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Now look. Adrian Shaw hadn’t taken a liking to her, but she had gotten herself completely caught up in it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’To be precise, she had gambled away all of their lives.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, do you really think I’m doing all this for myself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why can’t you just think for a second? You can’t keep going on like this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you know his position will be extraordinary in the future, why didn’t you just pledge your loyalty earlier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Hannah Grant didn’t understand why Liam Grant wouldn’t display his special nature in front of those important people.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She had her own ideas.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If the people at the base believed in Liam Grant’s precognitive dreams, wouldn’t they treat their family like royalty from then on?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Adrian Shaw would surely look at her with new respect, too.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Liam, your sister has a point.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susan Warner had had similar thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t say another word. I won’t let something like that happen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam Grant had long since regretted telling his family any of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, when Simon Abbott found out, he hadn’t complained at all, and had just silently taken on the responsibility of leading the team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since the word is out, there’s nothing to be done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Liam, you should still prepare yourself,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon Abbott said when he returned that night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there really no other way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liam Grant lit another cigarette. The floor was already littered with cigarette butts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hannah has a point. Now that even the Superpower User Alliance is merging with the base,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"if you gain Adrian Shaw’s trust, you’re guaranteed a place in the base’s future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Liam Grant sink into deep thought, a flicker of scorn flashed in Simon Abbott’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>",1437,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","16cdad39a558fab98e84cb88845216bb2e484069c29fc8174bee589f2c3230aa","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-202","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-150",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]