[{"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-53":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},146267,236,"Chapter 53: The Role of Weapons","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-53",53,"\u003Cp>\"If they have a supply warehouse in the Western Suburbs, it’s most likely here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs drove directly into the park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon Abbott’s group didn’t have a Space Superpower User, so they’d stockpiled a massive amount of supplies before the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs knew they had multiple warehouse locations, but she couldn’t guess where they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But having been reborn, she knew they would definitely hide their supply warehouses in sparsely populated, inconspicuous places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like that abandoned garage last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After driving a lap around the park, Nina Jacobs still couldn’t find any location suitable for storing supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That included the unopened cafes and tea houses inside the park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no supplies inside any of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when she thought she had misjudged, she noticed a pile of construction materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the piles of sand and bricks were several transport trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked like cargo trucks for hauling construction materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were nine such trucks, and each had a sealed cargo container.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming no one was around, Nina Jacobs violently pried open the door of one of the trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were two neat rows of wooden crates, stacked high and low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she expected, the wooden crates were filled with food supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re really good at hiding things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Hiding supplies in construction vehicles... even if people came to this abandoned park, they wouldn’t notice.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs simply stored all the remaining wooden crates directly into her system’s storage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including the contents of the other eight trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time she finished and returned home, it was already afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She drove her car straight into the courtyard and handed Leo Hale several large bags of supplies she’d brought down from the vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supplies were her excuse for going out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You went out looking for supplies all by yourself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve got some serious nerve.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the second-floor balcony of the neighboring courtyard, Chester Pearson was standing there, watching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I took a detour, so I got back a little late,\" Nina Jacobs replied, not batting an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her car’s front windshield was splattered with zombie blood, and its sides were covered in conspicuous scratch marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you’re back. You’re not hurt, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Nina Jacobs didn’t have a single stain on her, Daniel Hale relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you not to, but you wouldn’t listen. You just had to go out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t we still have supplies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vera Coleman nagged, but still used her Water Element Superpower to wash the filth off Nina Jacobs’s car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since she’d awakened her Superpower, she no longer felt nauseous seeing such disgusting things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her physical fitness had also improved considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This might be the only good thing to come out of the apocalypse.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re leaving tomorrow. It’s always good to have more supplies,\" Nina Jacobs said, her mood excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she went inside, she found that Vera Coleman and the others had already cleaned the old house from top to bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder if we’ll ever come back here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve actually grown to like this place,\" Chelsea Walsh said with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was an old house, life here was very convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, they had fought for their lives together here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will if we get the chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was also a bit reluctant to leave. Before the base was built, she might come back here again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The next morning, the weather was surprisingly cooler than the past few days.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was originally planning to invite you all to take the helicopter, but Man Lawson wouldn’t agree to his own grandson riding in one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson said, his expression regretful as he looked at the heavy armored vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs guessed that the \"Man Lawson\" he mentioned was likely Myra Lawson’s father and Ian Chandler’s maternal grandfather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she planned to drive her own car for the trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if I come back, it’s more convenient to have my own car.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Besides, I still have system missions to complete.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re really not afraid of dying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson walked over and tossed her a walkie-talkie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The road’s not safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if you get into trouble, you can use this to beg me to save you,\" Chester Pearson said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of the heavy armored vehicles was equipped with advanced weaponry and combat personnel, yet Nina Jacobs insisted on driving her own car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, Nina Jacobs actually accepted the walkie-talkie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought you’d be stubborn to the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chester Pearson suddenly found it boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Once I’ve paid back this favor, I’m never taking another escort job like this again.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs watched Chester Pearson’s retreating back without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The route to the shelter was being decided by Chester Pearson, not her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her system map showed real-time traffic congestion on the roads. With a walkie-talkie, she might be able to warn the vehicles ahead in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Ian Chandler and Vera Coleman were in the armored vehicles up front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Chelsea Walsh didn’t get along with Chester Pearson, she and Leo Hale chose to ride in Nina Jacobs’s car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? Why haven’t I seen Shannon Renner?\" Leo Hale asked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past few days, Shannon Renner had been practically attached to them. Whenever they opened the door to clear out zombies, she would stick right behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She especially liked following Nina Jacobs, even though Nina paid her no mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s gone,\" Nina Jacobs said as she got in the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had noticed Shannon Renner’s disappearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And no one knew that a cold corpse was lying in a certain room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gone just like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good riddance. At least she won’t be causing trouble every day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale assumed that when Nina Jacobs said \"gone,\" she meant that Shannon Renner had left with Dawn Donovan’s group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs didn’t explain. This was just how it was in the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Show your hand too early, and you die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Be mediocre and too weak, and you die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have no background or status, and you die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people disappeared without a sound, and no one cared where they went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surviving in the apocalypse wasn’t easy, even for a reincarnator like Shannon Renner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The convoy slowly started moving. Nina Jacobs opened her system map and followed the vehicles ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving the old house, Leo Hale had specifically used his Superpower to reinforce the main gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zombie corpses were piled up on both sides of the alley and at its entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast majority of these zombies were the result of Chester Pearson’s team gunning them down yesterday, while a few were zombies that had appeared early this morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess wherever there are living people, there will be zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just wonder, with so many living people in the shelter, will it really be safe?\" Leo Hale said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Safe in a sense, but you’ll still have to stay vigilant at all times,\" Nina Jacobs replied after a moment of thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’At least there will be patrols at night, and if zombies come, the military will be on the front lines.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does that mean we won’t have to kill zombies anymore?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale sounded a bit hopeful, but on second thought, killing zombies with Nina Jacobs these past few days hadn’t been so bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it had only been a little over ten days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His 2XL frame had already slimmed down to an XL.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicles up ahead stopped after driving for only a short while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that several utility poles had fallen, completely blocking the intersection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To continue, they would have to clear away the concrete poles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment they stopped, zombies from the surrounding area began to converge on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs didn’t get out of the car. She watched as Chester Pearson and a few of his team members used heavy machine guns to make short work of the zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole process took less than five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Weapons are king.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, and you don’t have to worry about getting scratched or bitten by zombies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Leo Hale and Chelsea Walsh found the scene incredibly satisfying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even started to think their own primitive methods of killing zombies were a bit pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about that? A total sense of security, right?\" Chester Pearson’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just protect them,\" Nina Jacobs replied, referring to Vera Coleman and the other two in the middle vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>",1401,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.304Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","defd92b47ddbbc4be911ef813d43acbe2461ea8ce50d9ca58faa62bf07daad1e","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-54","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-52",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]