[{"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-45":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},146409,236,"Chapter 45: The Rescue Team is Here?","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-45",45,"\u003Cp>\"Kill zombies? Do you know how?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one more person joined them to kill zombies, their lives might actually get a little easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can learn. I’m a fast learner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shannon Renner said eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leo Hale, there’s no more room in the house,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler reminded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about you stay in the house next door to us?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ve already cleared out all the zombies inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale still felt a bit sorry for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Granny Warner’s house next door was relatively clean, and if she lived right there, they could look out for each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shannon Renner bit her lip but finally nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several consecutive days of facing zombies head-on had made Leo Hale and the other two much calmer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when they saw zombies, the three of them weren’t as nervous or scared as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of zombies each of them killed per day had risen from just a few to ten or eleven. Although Nina Jacobs alone far surpassed them, at least they were no longer holding the group back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they were getting more and more proficient with their Superpowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Leo Hale noticed that Nina Jacobs hadn’t been paying him much mind for the past two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How did I offend her this time?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale stared at Nina Jacobs’s cold, retreating back, unable to figure it out for the life of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe reflect on your actions? You bleeding heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chelsea Walsh patted him sympathetically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman named Shannon Renner, whom they had rescued the day before yesterday, had already moved into the neighbor’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever they came out to clear the zombies from outside their door, she would insist on tagging along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be said, the woman was a very fast learner. From her first move, she was already stronger than the three of them, but Nina Jacobs always treated her like a complete stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Shannon Renner had once again suggested moving into the old house with them. Thankfully, Ian Chandler had refused in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me, a bleeding heart?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale felt the need to defend himself, but just then, they heard a strange sound coming from not too far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly gunfire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on? Is someone here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the sounds seemed to be getting closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The gunfire is dense. I think it might be a rescue team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler’s words got everyone excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had been listening to the radio broadcasts for intel every day, hoping a rescue team would take them to a safe base camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could they really be here so soon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it’s a rescue team, my brother might be with them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chelsea Walsh was even more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to rush out right now and see what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if they’re making such a huge ruckus, aren’t they afraid of attracting zombies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Daniel Hale felt that things weren’t that simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren’t that many zombies in their alley, but the streets were crawling with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right. Going out now would most likely be a death sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We should stay put.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had no intention of going out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In my past life, the rescue team didn’t get here this quickly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale asked out of habit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs glanced at him. She didn’t want to answer, but seeing that everyone was looking at her, she slowly put down the apple Vera Coleman had peeled for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s only one reason they’d risk opening fire and making such a huge noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re already past the point of caring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re saying they’re in danger?\" Daniel Hale thought what Nina Jacobs said was very likely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’ll be fine as long as they don’t come this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they flee into the alley in a panic, we could easily get dragged into it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was a little frustrated by the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were just hiding here, which put them in a fairly passive position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also hoped that group of people wouldn’t notice these old alleys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what do we do...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing what Nina Jacobs said, Chelsea Walsh was at a complete loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, she desperately hoped Forrest Walsh wasn’t out there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But sometimes, your worst fears come true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was the first to sense that something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her Five Senses Enhancement...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of gunfire, accompanied by the rumble of wheels, grew closer, mixed with the shuffling footsteps of at least several hundred zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Hale, take my mom upstairs first,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina, don’t tell me they’re really coming here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman asked, extremely worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just in case. Keep all the doors and windows shut tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t open them no matter what happens outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs frowned, listening intently to the situation outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Damn it. Those people are actually leading the zombies this way.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the mouth of the alley, three military trucks were parked horizontally, blocking the entrances to three separate alleys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The length of the trucks perfectly barricaded the alley entrances, so even when the surrounding zombies swarmed them, they couldn’t get in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Keaton Sloan knew this was just a temporary solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only a matter of time before the zombies poured in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All vehicles, listen up! Get out of the trucks, now! Move, move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Covering fire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the sides of the three trucks, the people who had endured a bumpy ride ran deeper into the alley under the cover of the rescue team members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holt Tate and his men led more than twenty survivors in search of a place to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, they had lost hope, because this kind of place was a deathtrap, easily surrounded by zombies from both front and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Holt Tate was thrilled to discover that there were almost no zombies in this alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there were any, it was just a scattered few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are no zombies in here! Everyone, get inside, quick!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holt Tate pushed open a gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he thought it was just good luck, but he soon realized it might have been deliberate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The proof was the few unburnt zombie corpses in the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had already killed the zombies here ahead of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they couldn’t worry about that right now; the zombies blocked at the alley entrance could pour in at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go get Captain Sloan and the others. Warner, you stand guard here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holt Tate hadn’t forgotten about Keaton Sloan and the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, after just a short while, zombies at the alley entrance had started climbing onto the roofs of the trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few gunshots, the zombies on the truck roofs were shot down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re dead, we’re so dead. There are so many of them,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drone flew silently up to the eaves above the old house’s main gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Nina Jacobs and the others could see the general situation at the alley entrance through the drone’s feed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A green truck was blocking it, but it clearly wouldn’t hold for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They only blocked the front entrance to the alley,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, a few days ago, she had Leo Hale block the other end of the alley with some scrap steel plates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they could do now was pray for good luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It really is the rescue team... but there are just too many zombies. Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel Hale saw the uniforms those people were wearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of his earlier anticipation had already fizzled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they left with the rescue team, would they really be any safer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people looked like they could barely save themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no such thing as a perfectly safe place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accidents can happen at any time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs told the others to get ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If things went south, they would have no choice but to fight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the alley entrance, all the survivors had been evacuated from the trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, more and more zombies were climbing onto the truck roofs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Sloan, this way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holt Tate yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fall back! Fall back, now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the first group to get down seemed to be okay, Keaton Sloan immediately started running toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching one of the men sprinting down the alley, Nina Jacobs raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Keaton Sloan?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In her past life, he was extremely close with Liam Grant, practically like a brother to him.’\u003C\u002Fp>",1405,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","0769a223cc00b6a9d29ed2b1dbcbff09dd249c954560662683218f6b4239e0c3","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-46","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-44",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]