[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al":3,"chapter-apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-183":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1713697,2189,"Chapter 183: 183 The Strongest Smog in History","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-183",183,"\u003Cp>Chapter 183: Chapter 183 The Strongest Smog in History\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Bao, who had gained several new vines after upgrading, climbed onto her shoulders as nimbly as a spider in just a few moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The large head, as usual, rested on her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference was the soft vines hanging on her back, which had increased significantly, resembling the Six-tailed Fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, since it had become transparent, it hardly weighed anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nonetheless, Jiang Yan couldn’t help but be amused and exasperated by the oversized ornament:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hua Bao, can’t you shrink into a more delicate little bracelet or something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Bao bared its teeth for a second, then shook its head seriously with a solemn expression, insisting earnestly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jie jie jie!” No way, Mom! As the saying goes, to see further, one must stand on the shoulders of giants!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 1.68 meters tall, with Hua Bao over 7.8 meters, who really was the giant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now was not the time for idle chat. Jiang Yan looked outside the dark cave, furrowing her brows slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on outside? Why is it so dark?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the endless surface of the water, it was pitch-black, and visibility was barely one or two meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was evident that some of the darkness was due to the early, cloudy time of day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another part was the air, which seemed to have been suddenly filled with dense, black particles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concentration was as if several dozen tons of finely ground coal ash had been scattered down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan spread out her hand, and within a few seconds, a small black dot had appeared on her fair palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle press of her thumb and the black particle crumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like black powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan inwardly gasped in shock for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qian observed for a while and said, furrowing his brow, “It’s smog, looks to be the strongest ever recorded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The strongest smog ever recorded?!” Jiang Yan, hearing his words, subconsciously reached into her pocket and took out her protective goggles to put them on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city of Anming, where she had lived before, had hardly experienced smog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, during winter, the city’s sky would look a little hazy for a day or two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had seen plenty in movies and news reports, however.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even the most severe levels of smog she had seen were nothing compared to the present scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What puzzled her, though, was the continuous heavy rain and low temperatures of the past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was expected that fog would form over the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But haze is made up of tiny solid particles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all the rain and surrounded by water, where did these particles come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They surely couldn’t just appear out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t stay like this—my throat and nostrils are starting to feel uncomfortable. I need to put on a mask first; wait for me,” Sun Jingtao said as he covered his face with his sleeve, then leaped off the bank and dashed down to the inflatable boat with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came back quickly with a supermarket shopping bag containing N95 masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were secured at a high price from a hospital friend by Su Dai during the mask crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had stored these N95 masks temporarily when medical masks became widely available at the cost of one or two yuan apiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t know they would become so useful now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here.” Sun Jingtao passed one to Jiang Yan first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks, I don’t need it; mine seems to protect against particles just fine,” Jiang Yan quickly waved it off politely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.” The others accepted and donned their masks in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Dai and Kong Wu had also awakened by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Jingtao distributed the masks to both of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan deliberately fumbled in her backpack for a while and produced a pair of protective goggles for Su Dai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Song Qian and Kong Wu, they had their own gear, though not as effective as Jiang Yan’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once fully equipped, the group gathered around the fire to discuss their strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the potatoes and sweet potatoes they had left in the charcoal fire the night before were now perfect for breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ate them without reheating, simply peeling them and biting in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Song Qian, the smog had appeared about half an hour earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was spreading fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before that, there was only some grey mist over the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily it was not yet as thick inside the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this pace, it wouldn’t be out of the question for the inside of the cave and the outside to reach the same concentration soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what do we do now? Should we stay or go?” Su Dai asked after hearing Song Qian’s words, her voice almost breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had just survived an earthquake, only to face smog now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like these natural disasters were relentless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be afraid, wife.” Sun Jingtao gently patted Su Dai’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As much as he comforted her, the sight of his wife in such a state was also distressing for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Dai had come out of the tent directly after hearing the conversation among Jiang Yan and others, thinking something was amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair hadn’t been properly tidied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now with black coal dust on her lips and hands, she looked like a refugee fleeing disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to imagine that just a few months ago, she was a fitness instructor with impeccable style, an excellent figure, who loved all kinds of beauty and fitness regimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others were also disheveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qing had the longest hair, almost covering his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sports headband with red and white stripes against a black background now showed red and grey stripes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They actually had manual razors in their bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But given the cold, they treated their unshaven beards as an extra layer of warmth and couldn’t be bothered to clean up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it comes to it, we’ll just stay here a few days and see if the smog clears,” Sun Jingtao retracted his gaze and suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For them, whether they were heading to East Mountain or elsewhere, the goal was simply to find a relatively stable sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cave was just for the few of them; without earthquakes, they might temporarily live in peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the mutant scorpions, based on last night’s incident, they posed no threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they even provided an invisible food source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qian didn’t speak, his expression bearing an unprecedented solemnity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced towards Kong Wu: “Is the compass working properly now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Wu, whose hair looked like a bird’s nest, finally caught on and muttered “Oh oh,” pulling the compass out of his pocket and peering at it, then exclaimed joyfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heaven hasn’t abandoned us! The compass is working again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone instinctively leaned in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the needle on the compass had returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the problem we now face isn’t just the lack of the sun for orientation, but also issues with visibility,” said Ye Qing, who had been silent until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both he and Sun Jingtao had protective goggles gifted by Jiang Yan, equipped with night-vision capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those goggles, under normal dense fog, would allow them to see forty or fifty meters without a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the current situation involved highly concentrated particulates, the effect would be significantly reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be akin to them blindly navigating an unknown sea in the dark, with the dangers and risks self-evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qian put down his baked sweet potato, swept a glance at the group, and said: “But we can’t just sit here and wait for death. I suggest we set off immediately, after all—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all looked up sharply at him when he seemed to know something yet hesitated to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s nothing; hopefully, I’m just overthinking it.” Song Qian shook his head, his gaze growing stern.\u003C\u002Fp>",1320,"2026-06-06T15:07:16.289Z",1,"novelbin.me","c313ba874fe17bcf1020abc73b2d6f3391aeee4001b7337dd3396b9b3e385b13","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-184","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-182",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-cover.jpg"]