[{"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-269":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},146433,236,"Chapter 269: The Celestial’s Prayer Stone","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-269",269,"\u003Cp>’I could kill all the zombies down there myself if I had enough time.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But those people... they probably can’t hold out much longer.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After encircling the group within a ring of fire, Nina Jacobs took off in another direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Chelsea Walsh, the Liaoyuan Crystal was supposed to be incredibly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She planned to find a wide-open area with the highest concentration of zombies to test it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is she gone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lana watched the figure speeding away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, she’s still killing zombies! Killing them on the run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man beside her shouted excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even from three stories up, her Superpower showed no signs of weakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless Fire Blades shot down, following her movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stopped above a cluster of zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of Fireballs rained down as before, but this time a sudden heatwave surged from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was followed by a flash of light that shot toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A searing wave of heat rolled out like a tidal wave as flames instantly spread in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs stared at the street below, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was glad she’d chosen to use it from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I can’t believe just one Liaoyuan Crystal combined with a Fire Element Superpower could create such an effect.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the cross street below, hundreds of zombies within the blast radius were instantly incinerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No wonder Chelsea Walsh said this thing was difficult to make.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If a weapon this destructive was made available to all Superpower Users, it would probably be a disaster.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Liaoyuan Crystal had certainly relieved some of the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were still plenty of zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the group was at the end of its rope, Nina Jacobs conjured two Fire Serpents that slithered along the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Serpents charged into the horde, breaking up their formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Find a way to get up here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing a glimmer of hope, Lana gritted her teeth and summoned every ounce of strength to conjure barriers from her spatial reserve, lining both sides of the pathway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick, listen to her, everyone get in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lana shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trevor had already snapped into action. He ran to the car and pulled a little girl from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as a zombie lunged out from under the car, a Fireball struck it squarely in the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trevor glanced up at the woman standing above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked down upon them, as if everything was under her Control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Fire Serpent shot toward the several zombies on the staircase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Serpent coiled around the group like a guardian spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But disaster struck anyway. Shawn, who was covering their retreat up the stairs, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lana then noticed a Gold Spike protruding from his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys go first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scent of blood on Shawn agitated the surrounding zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that even if he forced himself to follow, he would only draw more zombies to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the Fire Serpent coiled around him as if it understood his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two words, formed from flames, appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shawn’s eyes widened. As if compelled by a command, he gritted his teeth and grabbed Trevor’s outstretched hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Serpent guarded their rear, instantly killing two zombies that lunged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lana and the others finally saw the person standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs wasn’t looking at them, her focus entirely on controlling her Fire Element Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Molten flames crept along the walls before dripping onto the ground below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombies that had broken through the railing on the left were about to swarm the stairs, only to be completely engulfed by the molten fire on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you. Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greg Unger asked, looking at her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t answer him right away. After waving a hand to unleash another volley of arrows, she replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s Blood Stopping Spray and medical supplies in the bag on the floor. You can use them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was using the zombies below to practice the precision of her Flaming Arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ensuring every arrow was a precision kill required diligent practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Lana and the others were worried about the zombies below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they soon realized they were the only ones who were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She, on the other hand, seemed to be observing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Observing if her Skill landed, observing how to defeat more zombies...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Skill she used was an area-of-effect attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, the single Fire Serpent hovering over the horde had become two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour had passed, but she showed no signs of exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This person... she’s incredibly powerful!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Powerful enough to protect every last one of us.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Like The Celestial.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Celestial...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Trevor realized this, the grief and resentment in his heart vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trevor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Trevor collapse, everyone became extremely worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fires below continued to burn as Nina Jacobs turned and walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had already used the Blood Stopping Spray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But the reason this man, Trevor, passed out is likely from overusing his Superpower and absorbing too many Crystal Cores.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a bottle of water from her backpack and poured it into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You came to City D Base to buy supplies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lana froze. ’How does she know we came to trade for supplies?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she nodded anyway. \"Our clan is running out of food.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"City D Base should have supplies, so we were hoping to trade Crystal Cores for some, even just a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also Drakonians, part of an ancient clan of Drakonia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following their ancient traditions, they were unwilling to abandon their ancestral lands, so they established their own base there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now their supplies were exhausted. If they couldn’t restock, the entire clan would starve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you from the Bishop Clan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, she had indeed heard about the Bishop Clan at the City D Base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was in the second year of the apocalypse, by which time the Bishop Clan had been wiped out due to a lack of supplies and attacks from zombified animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neighboring City D Base had supposedly given them supplies multiple times and even suggested they merge with the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Bishop Clan Members refused to leave their ancestral home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But distant water can’t quench a nearby fire, and so the Bishop Clan vanished from Drakonian history...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve heard of the Bishop Clan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Greg Unger saw a flash of pity in the woman’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll take you back to the base to heal first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t finished killing all the zombies below, but it was getting late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lana and the others noticed that wherever they went, the molten fire on the ground below followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This continued until Nina Jacobs had led them all safely to a vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before getting in, she casually used her system’s \"Automatic Pickup\" Skill, sucking all the Crystal Cores they’d left behind into her inventory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is your fire like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bishop Clan Members were always direct. Greg Unger was curious, so he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why can he use an Ice Element Superpower?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs answered with a question of her own, and Lana and the others looked stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t tell me you also received The Celestial’s Prayer Stone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greg Unger’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lana produced a large, heavy sack from her spatial storage. Nina Jacobs nearly lost her grip on the steering wheel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found a zombie-free area and slammed on the brakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that an entire sack of Mystic Ice Cores?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These fell from the sky one night after the disaster started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lana explained while holding the little girl in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why they call them \"The Celestial’s Prayer Stones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, all the Bishop Clan Members who had awakened Superpowers had absorbed these stones, but only Trevor awakened a Dual Element Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, Trevor’s Superpower was already the strongest in the clan to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why they had chosen Trevor to lead their warriors to the City D Base to trade for supplies...\u003C\u002Fp>",1358,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.637Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","985f6c409aba8f1e3a5c8a0f98d5575b2a858dfd37ac06336479b867cc983bc8","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-270","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-268",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]