[{"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-95":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},146309,236,"Chapter 95: News from City J","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-95",95,"\u003Cp>’The City J shelter was attacked by zombies this early?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her previous life, Nina Jacobs hadn’t paid much attention to news from City J.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she had heard that the neighboring City J base eventually fell and became a city of zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City J had become a barren wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A major reason City D was able to hold out was the presence of a military garrison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were truly farsighted to have escaped to City D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, there were originally more than thirty of us, but now only the four of us are left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan Crawford sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew the City D shelter was on the edge of the Western Suburbs, not too far from City J, which was why they decided to head for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, most of the people traveling with them had been Superpower Users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just hadn’t expected so many things to happen on the road. People from their group died every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the survivors they met on the way were guarded and could barely look after themselves, let alone help others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Nina Jacobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the first person to offer them help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Maybe today marks the end of this escape.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on the remaining distance, we probably won’t make it today,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t planned on reaching the shelter in one day anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 0-Yuan Purchase Mission 14 had already made her take quite a few detours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay. With Gabriel Leighton here, we should be able to find a relatively safe place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Joy Thompson was disappointed, she still tried to stay positive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is he a Spiritual Element Superpower User?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Spiritual Element Superpower User?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the four of them asked in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Gabriel Leighton himself didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve just heard that this kind of Superpower allows one to perceive their surroundings and sense danger in advance,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder. He always said he was a jinx. I was thinking, how could anyone be such a consistently accurate jinx? So, it turns out you’re a Superpower User, Leighton!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan Crawford was grateful for Gabriel Leighton’s \"jinx.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had saved them many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m... a Superpower User?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gabriel Leighton froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long moment, he suddenly burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in City J, many people had thought he was crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some even called him a harbinger of doom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even started to believe there was something wrong with his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had actually sensed the zombies before they appeared around the relief shelter back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn’t said anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because even if he had, no one would have believed him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, is this kind of Superpower rare?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan Crawford asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It should be. I heard before that once you awaken this Superpower, you receive official protection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs’s words made the others happy for Gabriel Leighton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is practically a golden ticket to survival!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If those people who mocked Gabriel Leighton before knew about this, they’d probably die of envy.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Then again, most of them are probably already dead...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As evening approached, the group arrived at an auto repair shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gabriel Leighton says this place is safe, so it’s safe. You don’t have to worry, miss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan Crawford’s way of addressing Nina Jacobs was gradually becoming more familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, this place is good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the walls and the yard gate were dilapidated from acid rain corrosion, the inside of the auto repair shop was relatively clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs also thought it would be fine to stay for one night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Gabriel Leighton and saw that he had already noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’As I expected, he’s noticed it too.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are people over there,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gabriel Leighton said, pointing to the various vehicles parked in the auto shop’s yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Nina Jacobs told him he was a Superpower User, he had become much more confident in his judgments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could sense that there were still people in those cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For real, Leighton? How could there be people there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan Crawford and the others immediately became vigilant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go see for ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was curious too. She had only noticed that area after hearing a strange noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps realizing he had been discovered, a middle-aged man with glasses emerged cautiously, clutching a backpack in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, I just got here myself to hide from the zombies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the man with glasses spoke, Evan Crawford and the others breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should have come out sooner! You gave us a scare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You scared me too! I thought you were zombies...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the man with glasses explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a false alarm, wasn’t it? Since we’re all here to hide, let’s stick together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan Crawford wasn’t too worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man looked quite scholarly; he probably wasn’t dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs glanced at the backpack the man never stopped hugging to his chest. A flicker of doubt crossed her mind, but she ultimately said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four of them were very cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy Thompson’s boyfriend, Simon Coleman, was also a Gold Element Superpower User.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering the auto repair shop, he immediately used his Superpower to seal the metal yard gate shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the auto shop, there was a small two-story building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground floor was the repair area, and the upper floor was a break room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They decided to spend the night on the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After closing all the doors and windows, Joy Thompson took a roll of sealing tape from her space and sealed all the cracks around the downstairs doors and windows shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This way, our scent won’t leak out, which should attract fewer zombies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Nina Jacobs watch her do all this with interest, Joy Thompson couldn’t help but blush a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs was beginning to understand why Joy Thompson, despite only being a Space Superpower User, had managed to survive until the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She and her boyfriend were both extremely cautious and meticulous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Caution is the parent of safety.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People like that usually survived the longest in the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the arrival of the man with glasses, the group couldn’t help but probe for details about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m from the city’s scientific research institute. Before the virus outbreak, I was studying the acid rain situation with a few colleagues. I never expected something even more terrifying than the acid rain—the zombie virus—to appear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man with glasses was probably telling the truth, as he was carrying his work ID with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rescue teams should have already searched the research institute. Are you sure you were there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’His expression looks like he’s deliberately trying to hide something.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... My colleagues... they got me out. It’s just that they all died later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while explaining, the man kept clutching the backpack in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words, however, resonated with Evan Crawford and his group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a blessing just to be alive. Once we get to the shelter, we should be safe,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan Crawford said with a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still have some food I found on the road. Nina Jacobs, this is for you, and for Wayne Warner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy Thompson took out several cups of instant noodles and handed them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also had tools like a portable cassette stove for boiling water in her space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks. You’ve got a pretty complete set of tools.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had wanted to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing that Wayne Warner seemed very interested in the instant noodles, she accepted with a word of thanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Host has triggered the \"Heart of Gratitude\" title. Bonus reward: 200 System EXP!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This works too?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs had forgotten that accepting things from others could trigger a system title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred system experience points was, frankly, quite a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have to eat well on the road, otherwise where would you get the energy to kill zombies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy Thompson said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aroma of instant noodles soon filled the entire room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy Thompson also took out some ham sausages and spicy strips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how fast Wayne Warner was eating, she generously gave him a large multipack of five instant noodle packets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simon Coleman and the other two said nothing, merely marveling at Wayne Warner’s appetite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m full. Thank you. I-I’m going to go rest now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man with glasses stood up, thanked the group, and went into the next room, still clutching his backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are all researchers this secretive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evan Crawford said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess so,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gabriel Leighton said, wiping his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs noticed that Gabriel Leighton didn’t seem to be sensing anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Was I just overthinking things earlier?’\u003C\u002Fp>",1428,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.304Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","368dfa334637c68621a9ec9c7cd5d79c0571b04b8bbf41ef0535ab27acf46d22","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-96","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-94",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]