[{"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-226":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},146540,236,"Chapter 226: Cleaner Than a Face","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-226",226,"\u003Cp>\"That’s right, Captain Miller. Why don’t you head over to the solar panel factory first?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can clear out the zombies over there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man behind Irene Palmer suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man had brown hair and light-colored eyes. His fair skin was dotted with freckles, and his deep-set eyes gave him a hint of foreign mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think Icarus is right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Space Superpower User Captain Miller brought is here to collect the solar panels,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer said with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller frowned and looked at his team members behind him, who were on the verge of heatstroke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone’s exhausted. We need to rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you can rest here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, Irene Palmer turned and led her group into the cannery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs also quickened her pace upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was another warehouse upstairs. The system required her to collect 90% of the supplies to complete the mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Luckily, it sounds like they’re heading to the meat cannery warehouse first.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already told Kael that the fruit cocktail from this food factory has been my favorite since I was a kid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kael has already agreed to give me all the supplies here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So don’t you worry,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Canned fruit... just thinking about it makes my mouth water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, canned goods are so valuable now. We’ve hit the jackpot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A student-like boy chimed in happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Captain Miller and his team didn’t look too happy. What a shame,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icarus Golding said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Irene Palmer was completely unconcerned. \"He lost a lot of his people on the way here, so of course he’s not happy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once I ’reward’ them with a few cases of canned meat, he’ll probably end up thanking me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a good thing the people from City D can’t get here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the City D Base rescue teams leave practically no supplies behind wherever they go,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the student-like Darian Coleman said with immense relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even though this cannery is technically within City D’s territory, the roads are blocked for dozens of kilometers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could they possibly make it over here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our Falken Base doesn’t lack solar equipment. We’re only collecting the solar panels from that factory so we can sell them to City D at a high price later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The ’biggest base in eastern Drakonia’... they’ll still have to obediently buy Kael’s stuff, won’t they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs overheard every single word of Irene Palmer’s group’s conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned on the balcony railing, watching with great interest as the group walked below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freebie Mission 42 was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>minutes remaining on the Invisibility Potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s time for me to go.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn’t help but look forward to the expressions on their faces when they saw the empty warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Forget it. This is no time to be a spectator.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Nina Jacobs climbed back over the wall and left the cannery the same way she came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, Falken Base wasn’t an official Drakonian base. Although it received some military support, the one in charge was a Dual Element Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also remembered that Falken Base had suffered a major blow during the great freeze, with tens of thousands of deaths inside the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to Falken Base becoming a base in name only in less than a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They want to sell solar panels to City D Base at a high price?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs didn’t remember if this had happened in her past life, but this time, she wouldn’t let it happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, several figures excitedly threw open the doors to the cannery warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to find the entire warehouse was completely empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can this be?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer stared in disbelief at the warehouse, which was cleaner than their own faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Who on earth took all the supplies?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The cannery has more than one warehouse. Let’s go check the others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe everything’s in that building further inside,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icarus Golding said reassuringly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, the employees must have stored the cans somewhere else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go check, quick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group quickly ran toward the innermost warehouse in the cannery complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the scene before them sent a chill deep into their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three whole floors... all gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer leaned against the wall, her strength gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? The supplies are gone?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the group walk out, Percival Miller and the others couldn’t believe it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way. The zombies were all still here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It took us so long to kill them all. How could someone have taken the supplies before we got here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deputy Captain Wyatt Vance eyed them with suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not suspecting us, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only then that Irene Palmer realized they were suspecting her group of taking the supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not unless Miss Palmer can give us a reasonable explanation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, plenty of us saw what happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re not fools,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wyatt Vance was right. The zombies had all been there, and there were no signs of any being killed before their arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how could the supplies just disappear moments after Irene Palmer went inside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Irene is telling the truth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We all saw it with our own eyes! The warehouses inside were picked clean!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl in her group said frantically, defending Irene Palmer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In any case, we will report this matter to the base commander exactly as it happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no need to get so worked up, Miss Palmer. If you have something to say, you can say it to the commander back at the base!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller snorted coldly and led his team away from the cannery entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「A few kilometers away, at the solar panel factory.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Nina Jacobs returned, she found Wayne Warner sitting in a shady spot in the courtyard, munching on potato chips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rescue team members waiting nearby each had a Coke or Sprite in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe, there’s a small shop inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It didn’t have much, but I figured I’d treat everyone first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson had been inspired lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If you want your soldiers to obey, you have to give them a little something sweet.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Levi Stone was so popular with the team...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...was because he was always giving them little perks now and then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs did it, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just yesterday, she had handed out some beer and beef jerky and earned everyone’s unanimous praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson felt he had been too rigid in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, but be careful not to eat anything contaminated,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were a lot of zombie animals around here. It would be trouble if the food was contaminated and they ate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, we disinfected everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale was also drinking a Coke. ’If only Sherry Renner were here,’ he thought, ’she could chill these for us.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, did you find anything when you were out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler was still upstairs with a group of Space Superpower Users, collecting the equipment. Chester had already left a team to protect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I did. A group of people in uniforms like yours is heading this way from the direction of City F,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson nearly did a spit-take with his soda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What are the Falken Base rescue teams doing here?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just saw them from a distance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs wasn’t too worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the people from Falken Base wanted to take the supplies by force, she had ways to deal with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, pack it up. Get ready,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson said quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain, what are people from Falken Base doing in our territory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holt Tate asked as he packed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was still City D’s territory, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else? To collect supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this area was only recently developed. There aren’t many places worth looting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson had his people stand guard at the main gate of the industrial park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the other party was sensible, they could even become friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they made any other demands, he absolutely would not back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the commander of Falken Base is a businessman,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Gallagher said.\u003C\u002Fp>",1349,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","74010f296efbecfb270a627f1c88b5bdae36ad775223ab32332a158146ef7923","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-227","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-225",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]