[{"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-249":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},146563,236,"Chapter 249: The Last Straw","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-249",249,"\u003Cp>The group on the rooftop grew frantic at the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombies were swarming all around, leaving them completely exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those people safe inside their vehicles, the zombies wouldn’t be drawn away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, if the two vehicles sped up, they could easily break through the side where the zombie horde was thinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, a pack of zombies was trailing the two vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now they were all surging toward the rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is bad. We have to think of something. We can’t just sit here and wait to die,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rafferty Miller said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to die. If they missed this opportunity, their deaths were certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as we’re alive, there’s hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we can just get them to stop for a moment, we’ll have a chance to escape!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rafferty Miller said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to use the supplies to make them stay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wystan Vance asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That truck was filled to the brim with edible supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could see that and remain indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They can stay for them, but they’ll need to be alive to take them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You still have weapons. When the time comes, we can just divert this disaster onto them...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rafferty Miller’s expression was grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused his Superpower, sending a Wind Blade slashing toward the truck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lock on the back of the truck, along with the door itself, was blasted off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several crates of supplies tumbled to the ground, exposing the truck’s full cargo to everyone’s view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group on the roof stared nervously at the two approaching vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, the lead SUV stopped a short distance away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s working!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wystan Vance quickly pulled a pen and paper from his spatial storage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly scrawled the letters \"SOS\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the sight of a truck full of supplies, they believed the people in the vehicles would understand their meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, they’ll come down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one can turn down this many supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of mockery crossed Rafferty Miller’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the SUV’s sunroof opened, and a young man with a megaphone shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can help rescue you,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but we’ll need all of your supplies, including what your Space Superpower User is holding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rafferty Miller and the others were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’All their supplies?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’These people are absolutely shameless!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s just give it all to them, Mr. Miller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supplies will be gone if I die anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Rafferty Miller still hesitating, Wystan Vance said urgently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last thirty seconds alone, one of their companions on the edge had been dragged down and devoured by the zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t agree, we’re leaving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale continued shouting, following Nina Jacobs’s instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombies were already closing in on the two vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rafferty Miller had wanted to stall for time, but the two vehicles had already started their engines, ready to leave without a second thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Miller, we don’t want to die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone finally shows up to help, and you’re trying to get us all killed, Rafferty Miller?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wystan Vance, get all the supplies out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Give it all to them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others around them yelled, their will to live flaring intensely now that they were still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two vehicles were their last hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Rafferty Miller could even speak, Wystan Vance had already stuck out his hand and started tossing supplies down to the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? So they agreed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holden Shaw glanced out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just as Nina Jacobs had said. In a critical situation like this, a little bluff was all it took to rake in more supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he didn’t know, however, was that Nina Jacobs wasn’t just bluffing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very beginning, she had used her Five Senses Enhancement to overhear Rafferty Miller and his group’s conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This included their plan to divert the disaster onto her team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For people with such intentions, there was no need to show mercy and leave them any supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s get out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the group of people on the rooftop, who were tremblingly giving an \"OK\" sign, a smile touched the corner of Nina Jacobs’s lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted that truck of supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she wanted the Crawford Army’s supplies, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wayne Abbott, you all don’t need to get out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just stay safe in the vehicle,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After six straight hours of high-intensity training, Wayne Abbott and the others probably didn’t even have the strength to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That included Wendy Marshall and Yvonne Willow; she didn’t advise them to get out of the car either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, we’ll listen to you,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wendy Marshall said with a nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given her current physical condition and skill level, it really wasn’t a good idea for her to get out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By staying in the car, she could also protect Yvonne Willow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Jacobs, maybe we should just forget it,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Abbott said, looking worriedly at the zombies outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would take at least a full rescue team to handle this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t worth risking their lives like this, even for a truckload of supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Abbott didn’t want any of them to get hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Nina Jacobs had already gotten out of the vehicle, so she couldn’t hear his voice over the intercom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, why aren’t the people in the vehicle behind them getting out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wystan Vance said from the rooftop, a look of disbelief on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can the few people who got out of the SUV possibly handle this many zombies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re probably cannon fodder sent here to die,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>just like us. Who cares about them? When the time is right, you and I will make a run for it first,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rafferty Miller said with a sneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was soon stunned by what happened next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting out, the group of six retreated to a nearby wall, but two of the male Superpower Users stood silently on opposite sides of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if they were waiting for the zombies to come to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Shaw and the other guy... what are they doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the vehicle, Alaric Fletcher asked nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne Abbott didn’t know their intentions either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, just as an increasing number of zombies lunged for the two men, they split up, each running down a different road to the left and right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re luring the zombies! They’re using a Speed Element Superpower to draw them away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warren Ramsey exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would temporarily relieve the pressure on Nina Jacobs and the others!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What good will that do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are still so many left. Besides, there’s no one else around here. The zombies they lured away will probably just come back soon,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Althea Coleman said sarcastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How... utterly delusional.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, more zombies were now converging on Nina Jacobs and her group by the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Nina Jacobs lifted the hand she had placed on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t a trace of panic in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast sheet of what looked like molten lava began to flow slowly across the ground toward the opposite side of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The zombies, however, didn’t notice a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment one zombie stepped onto it with its left foot, it was instantly engulfed in flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, more and more zombies walked right into the trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale used his Gold Element Superpower to lift abandoned vehicles from the sides of the road and hurl them at the zombies in the fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicles fell into the flames and, moments later, erupted in a massive explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people on the rooftop were completely stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What in the world... is that Superpower?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Who is that woman?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s Crawford’s arch-nemesis! The one named Hale... no, wait, Jacobs something!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wystan Vance said, his expression complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while now, there had been rumors at the base about the Crawford Army having an arch-nemesis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story was that the whole thing started because of Hugo Crawford.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This rival was a powerful Fire Element Superpower User, and one of their family members was the only Spiritual Element Superpower User at the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected they’d run into Hugo Crawford’s arch-nemesis today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that truck of supplies fell into their hands, and Hugo Crawford found out about it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the hot afternoon, Wystan Vance couldn’t help but shiver.\u003C\u002Fp>",1378,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","4a5177f483a993b5618b81057bd72b7179d873b917f290d8942c236124a07fc5","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-250","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-248",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]