[{"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-243":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},146557,236,"Chapter 243: Overestimated Them","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-243",243,"\u003Cp>And with that, the cars set off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Eliana Golding leave just like that, who would dare to stay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Men and women came pouring out of the neighboring houses one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the men hadn’t even finished pulling up their pants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard there are Zombie Rats. Is that true?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifth Mr. Stone asked, hastily fastening his belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s true, it’s true! Ms. Golding saw them herself!\" shouted a man who was scrambling to move a pile of supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the camp’s vehicles drive away one after another, Fifth Mr. Stone couldn’t sit still any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stone, take me with you, won’t you?\" a woman cooed, linking her arm with his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering the woman’s tenderness from the night before, Fifth Mr. Stone grit his teeth. \"Get in! Let’s go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like there are still a few people in there,\" the driver pointed to a courtyard and said, after a few more men and women had piled in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re the disobedient ones. Just leave them,\" a junior manager in the passenger seat urged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just over half an hour, the alleyways fell silent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs emerged from a house, closing the courtyard gate from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t expected her old family home would be occupied after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thankfully, it seemed only Eliana Golding and her bodyguards had been staying here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The house hadn’t been trashed too badly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the scent of a stranger’s perfume inside the house inexplicably angered her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’With Zombie Rats on the loose, they probably won’t dare to come back.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs moved through the courtyard and the house, creating marks that looked like they were made by gnawing Zombie Rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she went upstairs and, with a flick of her hand, stored the solar panel array in her storage space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before she was about to leave, Nina Jacobs noticed a message sent back by the Little Zombie Rat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camp’s main building was completely empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there seemed to be a few living people in one of the alleyway houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sounded like they were imprisoned there, and she could hear both male and female voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs hesitated for a moment before putting on a mask and walking over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is... is someone out there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs heard someone call out cautiously from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were probably afraid she was a zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the figure outside didn’t move, Shirley mustered her courage and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were all tricked into coming here to work off debts. We’re just ordinary people with no Superpowers. Can you save us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, Ms. Golding has already killed so many people! Please, save us! We’ll do anything you ask!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone inside began to plead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person outside seemed to have no intention of rescuing them after hearing their pleas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were sinking into despair, they saw the person write a single word on the windowpane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that she was worried about exposing herself; Nina Jacobs just believed there was a better way to rescue these people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In hopes of being saved,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley and the others stopped shouting and waited patiently and quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, a noise finally came from outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go in and search. Don’t miss a single room,\" Patrick Phelps ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They happened to be passing through the area when a few people stopped them, claiming there were survivors being held captive here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they had come to investigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t believed it at first, but after entering the alleys, he realized there was more to this place than met the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like someone had set up a base here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Phelps! There really are people here!\" a rescue team member shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patrick Phelps followed him inside and was shocked to find more than a dozen young men and women tied up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that their rescuers were an official team, Shirley and the others finally realized they were truly saved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, but Patrick Phelps also found two living people who had been drugged in a nearby old community center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like we need to report this place as soon as possible,\" Patrick Phelps said with a frown, surveying the chaotic scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Claire Warner had driven to an abandoned, empty warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their appointed meeting place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fern Spencer was standing in the hallway smoking, her face stained with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Claire Warner approach, she smiled. \"If you hadn’t shown up soon, I was going to come looking for you. That guy has already been out to ask about you several times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you take care of your business?\" Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the look of relief on her face, it was clear she had avenged Sharon Thorne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s done, but it won’t bring Thorne back.\" Fern Spencer looked up. She had killed those people in the same way they had killed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it brought her no joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rescue team just went there and saved more than a dozen people. I heard they were being used to work off debts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had given a case of instant noodles to a few survivors to get them to flag down Patrick Phelps’s team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With witnesses and physical evidence, the base would definitely conduct a thorough investigation of the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re really something. Looks like I overestimated them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fern Spencer had thought everyone there was a volunteer; she never imagined some were there against their will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Caleb Carter came out, having heard the noise outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was holding several long metal needles. Noticing Claire Warner looking at them, Caleb Carter put them away with a wave of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you get anything out of her?\" Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t expected that just having a Little Zombie Rat scurry in front of Ms. Golding would have such a dramatic effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even scared off everyone in the entire camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the driver of the car Ms. Golding got into was none other than Caleb Carter in disguise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had thought getting a Space Superpower User to willingly give up her things would be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, supplies were life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to her surprise, Caleb Carter said it was already over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like she didn’t have anything good.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs hadn’t held out much hope to begin with. Since Caleb Carter finished so quickly, she figured Ms. Golding probably didn’t have much in her space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Caleb Carter just grinned and led the two of them inside without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Fern Spencer saw the scene before them, she was too stunned to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the warehouse was a massive pile of supplies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the side, Ms. Golding lay with a cloth over her eyes, apparently unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs could faintly see a few silver needles still stuck in her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your personal vault.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caleb Carter knocked on a safe on the floor that was about half a person tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He possessed a Gold Element Superpower, so after he used it to open the safe, they saw it was indeed filled with Gold Coins, Gold Bars, gold foil, and gold jewelry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still wearing Claire Warner’s face, Nina Jacobs directly stored the entire safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations, Host! You have successfully collected 834 lbs of Gold, triggering the \"Doomsday Gold Digger\" title and earning 3 Level 3 storage slots!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the safe, there was also a wooden chest the size of a large suitcase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were some firearms and ammunition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Claire Warner only glanced at it with no intention of taking it, Caleb Carter felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What method did you use to scare them all out?\" he couldn’t help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, Claire Warner had Fern Spencer and her team rush out with the people they had captured from Elder Stone’s group, deliberately drawing everyone’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This move also prompted Graham Sterling to take most of his people and give chase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, in turn, disguised himself as the driver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard Ms. Golding wanted to return to the base, he immediately drove up to meet her. He never expected Ms. Golding would get in the car without even a second glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all of this had been part of Claire Warner’s plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought it would take more effort. I didn’t expect that just tossing out the corpse of a Zombie Rat would scare them so badly,\" Nina Jacobs said, half-truthfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see. So, what about her?\" Caleb Carter asked, pointing at Ms. Golding on the floor, whose mouth was twisted and eyes were askew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only used a bit of his Acupuncture Skill, and the pain had made Ms. Golding empty out all the supplies from her space.\u003C\u002Fp>",1441,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","b893c28ddf03c4c0027ff7f18716f79df35ab86acdd7f920e0e6735173305d12","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-244","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-242",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]