[{"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-207":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},146521,236,"Chapter 207: Investigation Report","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-207",207,"\u003Cp>Before Walsh left, Nina Jacobs gave him a few cookbooks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as she knew, postpartum recovery meals weren’t difficult to make. For a professional chef like Walsh, it should be a piece of cake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She planned to pay Walsh a salary based on the standards of the base’s cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d heard that salaries at the base could be paid in Points, or even Crystal Cores and Gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Gold was quite valuable. Typically, only those willing to receive an annual salary could have it paid in Gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a good thing Nina reminded us to bring all the family’s Gold,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now Gold has become hard currency. We can exchange it for Points at the base’s financial office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale said, feeling very fortunate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you didn’t want to exchange it for Points, you could also go to the financial office to have it minted into an equivalent amount of Gold Coins or Gold Bars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Gold Coins and Gold Bars could be used as cash on the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were even more valuable than Crystal Cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really never would have thought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman heard that Gold could even be used to rent housing on the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all thanks to her daughter’s good judgment before; they had lucked out and bought an extra case of Gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the family’s future expenses, that Gold would be their safety net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s not worry about these things for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, your due date is getting closer. We need to be extra careful these days,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs reminded her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m planning to take leave in a few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area around the new base was still relatively safe, and Daniel Hale had already spoken to Justin Lawson and the others about taking leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know what Lawson has been busy with these past few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially Adrian Shaw. He’s been getting quite close with that Liam Grant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’ve already had many private meetings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale didn’t understand it. He only knew that Sheldon Holden and Dawn Donovan, who had previously supported Liam Grant, had become much more active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn’t that guy kicked off the rescue team?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale was taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheldon Holden was an old rival of Daniel Hale’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Daniel Hale hadn’t awakened his Spiritual Element Superpower, Sheldon Holden would have likely spared no effort to bring him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some things might seem unusual, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We just need to mind our own business and do our parts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs listened to their conversation, her expression unchanging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina... do you know something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Nina Jacobs nod slightly, Daniel Hale understood perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It must be something that can’t be made public.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he couldn’t shake the feeling that Nina Jacobs seemed to be faintly looking forward to something...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re right. No matter what happens,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"people have to do their part.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was telling him to handle a shifting situation by staying the course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why isn’t Sherry Renner back yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was around eight o’clock at night. Sherry Renner’s shift should have ended at the same time as Daniel Hale’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s busy hunting a murderer. The base’s Enforcement Bureau was just officially established, and they’re already facing a major case.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plus, the number of victims keeps increasing. She’s probably tearing her hair out right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale knew a little about the affairs of the various departments on base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it that case about the person killing female Superpower Users and digging out their Crystal Cores?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs hadn’t expected Sherry Renner to be in charge of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because Renner is always the first to arrive at the crime scene.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s basically the one who discovers every victim.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale was also aware of Sherry Renner’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for this ability of hers, the people at the Enforcement Bureau would have considered her the prime suspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that’s how it is. Are there any leads?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was also very concerned about this case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had originally suspected The Aegis Conclave, but on second thought, if people from The Aegis Conclave were really behind it, they wouldn’t let themselves be discovered so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, it was still too early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Aegis Conclave should still be in its nascent stage.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the killer is probably a Gold Element Superpower User.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale had heard this from Sherry Renner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A Gold Element Superpower User?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are they so sure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Was there a witness?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because we found this at the scene.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner had just returned and happened to overhear Nina Jacobs and the others discussing the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs looked at the Gold Spike in Sherry Renner’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was indeed the size of a Gold Spike that a Gold Element Superpower User could create.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And we find one of these at almost every scene.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did someone else get killed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked, seeing the indignation on Sherry Renner’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. I thought it would stop once we got to the new base,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"but another woman was just murdered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had never seen Sherry Renner like this. Sherry was usually the most outwardly carefree one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worried about scaring Vera Coleman, Daniel Hale helped her upstairs to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Sherry Renner say:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...The back of her head was smashed in. She had only been reunited with her family for a few days, thinking she’d have a better life at the new base.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The attacker only targeted her head?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs found that strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Homicides targeting women often involved other forms of assault, but this assailant seemed only interested in the Crystal Core inside the Superpower User’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can only deduce that he wants to absorb the Crystal Cores of Superpower Users to increase his own strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He might not be that powerful, or maybe he doesn’t dare go out to kill mutated zombies,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"so he’s targeting the Mutated Crystal Cores of other Superpower Users instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Enforcement Bureau had a few veteran criminal investigators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were their deductions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flow of people in the shelter and the base was too great, and with no surveillance network in place, the investigation was extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs nodded. What Sherry Renner said did make a certain amount of sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still felt something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was planning to come back early today to study the investigation reports,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"but the Compass showed another sign of great misfortune. The whole base is about to know about this case by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner flipped through the report in her hands. The photos on each page were horrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Go get something to eat first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had Leo Hale bring out the meal they had saved for Sherry Renner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting Sherry Renner’s permission, she started flipping through the investigation reports on the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is the food so good today? Am I just that hungry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner’s gloomy mood instantly lifted a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Food really could cure most sorrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina found a great chef today. From now on, we’ll have a professional cook making our meals every day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard he’s someone Nina knew back in City J, right, Nina?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how engrossed Nina Jacobs was in the reports, Leo Hale decided not to disturb her further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to go out to the yard to walk off his meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, he found Wayne Warner squatting in front of Treasure’s doghouse, intently watching the dog scarf down its food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large basin was placed in front of Treasure, the dog food inside already more than half-gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Treasure is really something else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale found it amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It figures they’re both close to Nina. The man and the dog even have the same traits.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen a Golden Retriever that could eat so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had seen Treasure’s true size before, so he understood the dog’s current appetite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the living room, Sherry Renner let out a loud burp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll pay the chef’s salary from now on,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she grandly declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had a salary, after all. Since she was living at Nina Jacobs’s house, she felt she should contribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said the case is now common knowledge on the base?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was focused on what Sherry Renner had just said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, it’s already causing a panic, so the higher-ups are pushing York and his team to solve it quickly. I’m just anxious on their behalf.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>York was Sherry Renner’s current superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something like this happening right after the new base was established... everyone’s talking about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Everyone’s talking about it?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>",1444,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","2a300e76652ac40c36e590c80d2b0a9f2ae41006d2dd63311988a0afea97c342","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-208","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-206",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]