[{"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-75":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},146289,236,"Chapter 75: Bloodshed After All","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>\"Then just say it already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale urged impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All this commotion was bound to attract zombies any minute now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our headquarters is... it’s over at Breslin Park!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the shirt answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you recruiting so many Superpower Users?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can’t just be to kill zombies, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don’t know either! We were just sent out to recruit people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We just do whatever the boss tells us to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, what he said is all true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our boss is Cole Dempsey,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but we rarely ever see him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the shirt and his companion both scrambled to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cole Dempsey?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs searched her memory for the name. It was the first time she’d ever heard it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, she’d almost thought the boss was Liam Grant and his group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The park the man mentioned was the same one where she had collected a large stash of supplies a few days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the place Renee Strong had mentioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Could it be that the supplies there didn’t belong to Liam Grant’s group, but to the headquarters of this Superpower User Alliance?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s even weirder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recruiting Superpower Users and not using them, just keeping them around...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are they some kind of charity organization?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s ridiculous. With food so scarce right now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who would...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Chelsea Walsh could finish, she heard Ian Chandler shout, \"Watch out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the car that had crashed into the wall ahead, the dark muzzle of a gun emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had also spotted the gun. Just as she was about to use her Speed Element Superpower to dodge, a figure jumped in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can all go to hell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman climbed out of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to fire at the group again, a dagger pierced through her temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale’s eyes widened as he stared at the woman he had just killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I just killed someone...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs checked Wayne Warner’s wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Wayne had already activated his Strength Enhancement. Although the bullet hit him in the back, it had only penetrated halfway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It still drew blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs sighed. She hadn’t expected Wayne Warner to take a bullet for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Myra Lawson had already raised her gun, aiming it at the car and checking if anyone else was inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The car’s clear. It was just her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sh-she has nothing to do with us!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We didn’t tell her to do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the shirt and his companion frantically waved their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You had ulterior motives. You were just waiting for your companion to turn the tables on us, weren’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler’s face was cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gun appeared in his hand out of thin air, and he pulled the trigger without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson was stunned by this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s my son, all right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Myra Lawson said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her job was unusual. Even before the apocalypse, having blood on her hands was a common occurrence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every time she went home to see Ian, she had to put on the facade of a good mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was worried about scaring Ian, who was still just a student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it seemed she no longer had to worry about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had also been worried that Myra Lawson would be frightened by Ian’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to her surprise, Myra just smiled as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several gunshots echoed in the distance, followed by a few armored vehicles rolling in one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like they’re here. You don’t have to worry anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that as soon as Vaughn Rowan returned to the shelter, he had immediately gathered a team and rushed back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, to support Myra Lawson and the others, and second, to search for the third squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the state of the scene, Vaughn Rowan couldn’t help but ask worriedly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you alright, ma’am?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine. What could happen to me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had protection this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson smiled as she looked at Nina Jacobs and her group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Myra, what should we do with these people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man in a white jacket asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tie them up and take them back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t you say you’d let us go if we talked?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shirt-wearing man’s companion asked in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bald man was now charred black from the electricity. Even though Chelsea Walsh had retracted her Superpower, he remained unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs helped Wayne Warner to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I say doesn’t count. What she says does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people had tried to kill them several times; she never intended to let them go from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss, I’m not with them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look, these are the injuries they gave me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They forced me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman who had been silent the whole time pulled open her cuffs and clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was covered in not only bruises from beatings but also burns from cigarettes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina Jacobs, what do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Myra Lawson tossed the question to Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s her business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All I know is that she’s one of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina didn’t know what Myra was getting at, but she answered anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman was pitiful, yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still did everything they asked of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If she wanted to show where she stood, she should have done it before the woman in the car ambushed us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well said. Take them all away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson waved her hand, and Vaughn Rowan’s team immediately understood, tying up the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs clapped Leo Hale on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo had been standing frozen in place ever since he killed the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking shell-shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I’m fine...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale muttered, but his gaze was still vacant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you’re fine, then come help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs pointed at Wayne Warner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted Leo to use his Gold Element Superpower to pull the bullet out of Wayne’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale finally snapped out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw Wayne Warner’s bloody, mangled back, the dazed look in his eyes vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I killed someone, but I wasn’t wrong to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that bullet had hit anyone other than Wayne, their fate would have been uncertain.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a muffled grunt from Wayne Warner, the bullet was indeed pulled out of his back by Leo Hale’s Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We brought a doctor and a Healer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaughn Rowan said, drawn over by the smell of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also on Myra Lawson’s orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they found any surviving team members, they could provide immediate medical treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had already given Wayne Warner a diluted Healing Potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wound would heal slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she hadn’t expected the doctor and the Healer to be the mother-daughter duo, Josie Joyce and Juliana Sinclair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since the bullet’s out, let’s have Josie try to heal him with her Superpower.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Juliana Sinclair said after briefly disinfecting Wayne Warner’s wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry to trouble you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs told Wayne Warner to sit still in the car, and he nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the car, Chelsea Walsh was asking about the rescue operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve dispatched another six helicopters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We just got word confirming there are still survivors inside Ardmore University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But we can’t be sure if it’s Captain Walsh and his team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaughn Rowan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are survivors...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hope was rekindled in Chelsea Walsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They should be back soon. Let’s just wait a little longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson patted Chelsea Walsh’s shoulder, then turned to the rest of her personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vaughn, you stay here. The rest of you go with Owen Lewis to kill zombies. Make sure this area is secure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, ma’am!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leo Hale quietly walked over to Ian Chandler and asked in a low voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who exactly is your mom?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How come so many people listen to her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could mobilize so many people and helicopters at once, and her commanding presence was undeniable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was growing more and more curious.\u003C\u002Fp>",1361,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.304Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","269dbf0324ac9e570bcb1442a08b51ca672dd40ef9f98f2d9f75693ba43ed633","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-76","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-74",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]