[{"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-91":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},146305,236,"Chapter 91: It’s Actually a Man","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-91",91,"\u003Cp>The mention of Scott Stone sent Cole Dempsey into a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re asking to die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Gold Element Superpower User, he sent a Gold Spike shooting toward Nina Jacobs and her companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina tilted her head and dodged it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Cole Dempsey stood three other Superpower Users and two gunmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All six of them attacked at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG! BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two gunmen had just fired off two shots when a flicker of flame pierced one of them right between the eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the two bullets, Wayne Warner had impossibly caught them with his bare hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another sudden Fireball struck, and the second gunman screamed as he fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole Dempsey whipped his head around in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Were the Warner siblings really this strong?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well now, a firefight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You all have terrible timing. The zombies are on their way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a voice drifted down from the hillside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina narrowed her eyes, studying the person who had just arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man before her looked exceptionally familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind him stood several dozen more people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw how the man and the people with him were dressed, Nina was inwardly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re from the sanctuary?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole Dempsey had a bad feeling about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all wearing the uniforms of the sanctuary’s rescue team. They were clearly here to ambush him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Easy, easy. I’m here to save you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I hadn’t shown up, you’d be a dead man by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man turned and smiled at Nina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Summer, do me a favor and spare his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to take him back for questioning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Summer...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re Shirley Lucas?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina stared at the man before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he looked so familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closely, the man bore at least a seventy percent resemblance to Shirley Lucas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Shirley was the only one who would call her that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him smile and nod, she finally understood why she had felt something was off about Shirley Lucas before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The person I knew as Shirley was actually a man.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And I hadn’t seen through the disguise at all...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What can I say? A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do to go undercover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to dress the part, you know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of the female \"Shirley Lucas\" came out of his mouth again, and Nina didn’t know what kind of face to make.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is the current captain of your sixth squad?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because they were in uniform, she couldn’t be certain they were actually from the sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas looked surprised, but there was also a hint of delight in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Summer, you even know about that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you know that insufferably proud Chester Pearson?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can take him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were only trying to save our own skins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she had confirmed his identity was likely real, Nina was eager to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole Dempsey and his men had been captured, so there was nothing left for her to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, everyone heard a series of explosions coming from behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like we don’t have to worry about the zombies anymore,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the proud look on Shirley Lucas’s face, she could tell he had already set up an ambush for the zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not going back to the sanctuary?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once we’ve secured the supplies in there, you can come back with us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas called out to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still have some things to take care of. I’ll be back in a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is my friend; you can ask her if she wants to go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina looked at Lily Lewis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could tell that Lily needed some time to rest and recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just from the few steps she had run earlier, her face had already turned deathly pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sanctuary was the best option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Nina to kill zombies would be too dangerous for her in her current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily Lewis hesitated for a moment before nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll go back too, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. If you can, please do me a favor and let my family know I’m safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My name is Nina Jacobs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily Lewis was taken aback for a moment, then she smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, Nina Jacobs. My name is Sherry Renner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll be waiting for you at the sanctuary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her say the name Sherry Renner with her own ears sent Nina into a momentary daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory of Sherry’s smile from her past life overlapped with the one before her now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina smiled back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She and Wayne Warner waved goodbye to the other two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas had clearly come prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he could lead the sanctuary team to secure the supplies here, she wouldn’t interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving the supplies to the sanctuary wasn’t a waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina left in Cole Dempsey’s van.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing their daily quota of zombie kills along the way, the two of them returned to the old house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does your hand still hurt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina sat on the sofa, examining the wound on Wayne Warner’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wayne had caught the bullets with his bare hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his palm was still injured in the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she had already given him a Healing Potion on the way back, so the wound was now mostly healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strength Element Superpower Users could indeed block bullets with their bare hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wayne Warner had awakened his power less than half a month ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his talent, Wayne would probably need to reach the Intermediate Superpower User level to become truly impervious to blades and bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point in time, Drakonia had not yet established a leveling system for Superpower Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, the power-leveling system for Superpower Users only began to emerge half a year into the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were divided into Basic Level, Intermediate, and Advanced Superpower Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a Basic Level Superpower user’s power reached a certain threshold, their body would undergo an advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This adjustment period varied from person to person; for some it took half a day, while for others it could take two days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a successful advancement, they would become an Intermediate Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A year into the apocalypse, each of these levels was further subdivided into early, mid, and late stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, an early-stage Intermediate Superpower User was no match for a late-stage Intermediate one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, Nina had also heard of other countries having Saint Level Superpower Users, a tier that surpassed the Advanced Superpower Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some even proposed that Saint Level was not the final stage of a Superpower’s evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a Saint Level evolved again, they would be called Divine Level...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these were all just rumors, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, back then, Advanced Superpower Users in Drakonia were few and far between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Nina’s opinion, Wayne’s current level was probably close to the mid-stage of a Basic Level Superpower user from her past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The division between early, mid, and late stages didn’t require the Superpower User to go through another formal advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some bases had tests to determine these stages, but she had never participated in one in her past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because every Superpower User’s abilities developed differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina left some food for Wayne and went upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still had some Superpower left in her system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took out the Fire Element and Earth Element Skill Books and began practicing in her room, trying to adjust her control as she read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time she had used up most of her Superpower, Nina was feeling exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering the Wood Element Skill Book she had received after the rescue a few days ago, she took it out to have a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her past life, Nina hadn’t known much about the Wood Element Superpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan Lawson was a Wood Element Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her eyes, the Wood Element was no different from any other element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a fifty-fifty mix of offense and defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as she began reading the Wood Element Skill Book, she was rendered speechless with astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is the Wood Element Superpower?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina muttered to herself in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from offense and defense, what truly blew her mind were the Wood Element Superpower’s principles of \"Life Continues\" and \"Control.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Sever the thread of life, or nourish it silently, creating a world of its own...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina slowly recited the words in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is this some kind of Puppet Technique?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flipped further through the Skill Book and discovered that the Wood Element Skill Book had the most words out of the three she possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s a shame I don’t know any Wood Element Superpower Users,’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina thought with some regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Otherwise, I’d have to test out the true potential of these skills.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina went downstairs and checked the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already past two in the afternoon, but Wayne’s stomach hadn’t started protesting yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like he’s really full.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, let’s just have a light snack then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t eaten lunch, and Nina was starting to feel hungry herself.\u003C\u002Fp>",1498,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.304Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","620c99f341fcad5dbee5357477dca05fd6bc96d00828c592d1f12e883bc141e5","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-92","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-90",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]