[{"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-228":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},146542,236,"Chapter 228: Is That It?","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-228",228,"\u003Cp>\"Everyone on alert! It could be zombie animals!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller commanded loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only danger Wyatt Vance couldn’t detect would be small zombie animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things like Zombie Rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were what the teams feared most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs also activated \"Five Senses Enhancement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds from the ground in the distance gradually grew louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should we go into the factory building?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson asked as he walked over to Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them wanted to encounter zombie animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. The factory has too many vents. We’d just be cornering ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sensed there were more zombie animals than she had thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave it to me,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said. It wasn’t that she was trying to be a hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing such agile zombie animals was no time for the others to practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slightest mistake could be fatal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, we’ll do as you say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson agreed without a second thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller was slightly taken aback. He noticed that the moment Nina Jacobs gave the order, everyone from City D immediately sprang into action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Miller, Captain Vance, this is Nina Jacobs, the overall commander of this operation,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By herself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing what Nina Jacobs said, the two captains couldn’t help but be surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She actually intended to face the approaching zombie animals all by herself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t know the strength of the City D team, let alone the extent of Nina Jacobs’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they knew their own team members were not in peak condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since Miss Jacobs has a plan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>we will cooperate fully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wyatt Vance shot Percival Miller a meaningful look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were three people at the scene who were outside the range of his Spiritual Element Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She’s definitely not an ordinary person,’ he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs didn’t hesitate any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She led everyone to an open area outside the industrial park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She marked out a safe zone in the open space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she had everyone stand inside it while the Earth and Gold Element Superpower Users worked together to create a defensive wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your only task is to defend,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone said that encountering zombie animals was the beginning of the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, she wanted to achieve zero casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, ma’am!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the rescue team members replied in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A van appeared in the distance, coming into everyone’s view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s Zombie Rats! So many of them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller stared in shock at the scene behind the vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust billowed up, and countless black-and-gray things were tumbling across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A closer look revealed they weren’t tumbling, but were being pushed forward as the massive swarm in the rear scrambled over the ones in front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Pearson, is this really going to work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re worried...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wyatt Vance’s expression was conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already starting to regret entrusting everyone’s lives to this Female Superpower User he had just met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the half-man-high defensive wall was already complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zombie Rats had already noticed them exposed out in the open, and a large portion of the swarm began to break off, swarming toward them from the ridges of the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear there was no chance to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Full defense!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller had no choice but to command. They had no other options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Inside the van.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer frowned as she looked at the group of people standing in the open field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What on earth are they doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Shouldn’t they be hiding inside the industrial park?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s someone standing out there alone. Is she a Fire Element Superpower User?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icarus Golding stared at Nina Jacobs, who stood alone at the very front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground around her looked strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do we do now? Keep driving straight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darian Coleman, who was driving, asked anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t dare let up on the accelerator for even a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he slowed down even a little, the van would be swallowed by the Zombie Rats behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turn. Drive into the industrial park,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew full well that doing so would only lead all the Zombie Rats straight to that group of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now, she couldn’t afford to care about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It looks like they’re already prepared to deal with the Zombie Rats.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icarus Golding kept his eyes fixed on the Fire Element Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer they got, the more shocked he became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my God, what is she doing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quick, look at the ground!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icarus Golding shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, the area all around Nina Jacobs and the people behind her was covered in liquid fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orange-yellow liquid flames had spread out over a three-hundred-meter radius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nina Jacobs wasn’t finished. The liquid fire continued to spread slowly outward in a circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SCREECH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred meters out, the first few Zombie Rats stepped into the trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant they touched the ground, their bodies were burned to charcoal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"’It’s been a while since I’ve expended this much Superpower,’ Nina Jacobs muttered to herself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After becoming an Intermediate Superpower User, her Superpower Energy was rarely ever depleted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This trap, spanning several hundred meters in radius, had consumed about seventy percent of her Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raging fires ignited one after another all around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tumbling Zombie Rats swarmed in from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hordes of Zombie Rats appeared on the ridges of the fields, on the road, in the old drainage ditches, and even from beneath the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, not a single Zombie Rat could survive in this area for more than three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the tumbling swarms of Zombie Rats only served to create bigger sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs even yawned while standing in front of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know where so many Zombie Rats came from,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, it’s a terrifying sight,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caius Stone added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yvonne, do you have a parasol?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs reached a hand back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yvonne Willow immediately took out a parasol and placed it in Nina Jacobs’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the parasol, Nina Jacobs finally felt a bit more comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The midday sun was too harsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Want some water?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yvonne Willow took out a bottle of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller and the others, who had just been thinking they were doomed, were now at a loss for words as they watched Nina Jacobs leisurely sipping water under her parasol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Fire Element Superpower... it can be this powerful?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wyatt Vance couldn’t help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single Fire Element Superpower User was a match for an entire army!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm, Nina Jacobs is an Intermediate Superpower User.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson’s tone was filled with pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No wonder she’s the commander of the operation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs also saw the van that had rushed into the industrial park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Zombie Rats following the van were drawn to the people standing in the open field and turned to attack them instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the entire area was already filled with Nina Jacobs’s traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zombie Rat assault only began to die down more than half an hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that... it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Percival Miller asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the lingering smell of smoke and burnt things in the air, there wasn’t a trace of the Zombie Rats left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no immediate danger for now, but we should still be careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nina Jacobs spoke, she raised her hand. The remaining liquid fire on the ground suddenly flared up and spread out in all directions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a final BOOM, everything around them fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lady, that was a truly spectacular performance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a man with brown hair walked out from the industrial park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer and the others were behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene Palmer’s expression, however, was not pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Icarus Golding. Might I be so bold as to ask your name, miss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you a foreigner?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs didn’t really want to respond to such a cliché pick-up line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the name Icarus Golding sounded rather familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she wasn’t mistaken, this Icarus Golding was probably from Aeridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I’m from the distant nation of Aeridor, but I’ve been in Drakonia for over ten years. Shall we be friends?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icarus Golding said enthusiastically.\u003C\u002Fp>",1359,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","9a0e35fce007e48a8e8c0f48ffe79884ff1acd7f388380f0eb9aa38c824ee084","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-229","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-227",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]