[{"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-198":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},1713712,2189,"Chapter 198: 198 Maternal Instinct","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>Chapter 198: Chapter 198 Maternal Instinct\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quick! Don’t let it get away again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Circle around from the other side and cut it off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we can’t capture it alive, just shoot it along with its babies!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what if Dr. Xue blames us for killing it? That woman is beautiful, but she’s ruthlessly vicious…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you teaching me how to do things?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Meng, how dare I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gouwa, are you stupid? Which is the greater crime, dead or gone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop the damn chatter!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, Brother Meng…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whispers crept from the darkness nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like the pursuers were hunting someone, and the chased appeared to be in the vicinity of the courtyard where Jiang Yan and her group were staying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jiang Yan remembered correctly, the courtyards in this area were widely spaced from each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the apocalypse, many flowers and trees had likely been planted here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, after enduring high temperatures and torrential rain, all these plants were dead and gone, with even the soil in the flower beds scraped clean by people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a mess it looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the footsteps, those people were getting closer to their courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The haze was thick, the night deep, and there was no starlight outside. Jiang Yan looked through the telescope but saw nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She considered swiftly for two seconds and then, with a thought, retrieved an infrared thermal imager from the Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This device was much better than an infrared night vision scope because it didn’t emit infrared light, so it was not easy for the pursuers to detect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as long as the other party had a temperature above zero and emitted infrared radiation, they could be directly detected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a group of crooked and colorfully glowing figures appeared on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She counted them; there were about seven or eight people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all fully armed, carefully crouching down, flanking the gate of the courtyard they rented from the left and right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone seemingly had a gun that had been fired recently, evidenced by the residual warmth at the muzzle, appearing red in the viewfinder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other people likely had guns too, but they didn’t show up in the image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan’s gaze fixed on the center point where both sides were flanking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the courtyard gate, a mass taller than an adult, with a small head but a huge and bulky body, showed up in red in the viewfinder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan caught her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though its shadow looked heavily distorted, she quickly discerned that it wasn’t human but some kind of animal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was a bipedal creature with a huge belly dragging a long tail, reminiscent of a kangaroo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, this one was not a kangaroo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kangaroo’s legs aren’t that short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without clothes to obstruct, the reflection from its body was much redder than from the humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she thought this, the creature, as if its feet were magnets, tumbled and scrambled into the front yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following a heavy “thump” as it hit the ground, the creature quickly vanished from the imager’s sightline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang bang bang!” A series of urgent and heavy knocks followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is anyone there?!! Open the door!!” A fierce male voice called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thump thump thump!” The person started to kick the door violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan turned to look at Hua Bao on her shoulder and said, “Hua Bao, go down to the yard and see what has broken in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Caw caw caw!” Sure thing, Mama!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Bao had already leapt to the ground, his head and Vine turning paper-thin and “whisking” through the door crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It quickly reverted to its original form and hopped downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Creak—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Creak—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a slight sound, the doors to the second bedroom and the children’s room on the first floor quietly opened one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Tao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Ye.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Jingtao and Ye Qing had come out after hearing strange noises outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dear, you stay inside. Xiao Ye and I will go take a look. If anything’s wrong, hurry upstairs to Jiang Yan,” Sun Jingtao said with furrowed brows, instructing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Dai replied with worry in her eyes, “Okay, dear. You both be careful too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, patience brings calm; it’s only our first day here, try not to clash with them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay.” Sun Jingtao nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Bao, who passed by the three transparently, didn’t pay them much heed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It mimicked what it had seen in those monster movies before, with a few of its Vines like octopus tentacles, sneaking on “tiptoes” past the three, then flipping out the window that Jiang Yan had opened earlier with a “rustling” noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sniffing the air filled with haze, Hua Bao turned its wise little eyes around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing some bloodied footprints on the ground, it grimaced for a second, then quickly made its way to a corner in the backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a gigantic Rat appeared in the corner of the courtyard wall, its lips and paws smeared with blood, body trembling uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rat looked pitiful, with a bowl-sized wound oozing fresh blood on its belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding fur was wet and clumped together, emitting a strong, pungent smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A closer look revealed that its belly was swollen like a balloon about to burst, lying beside it and heaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was most likely a pregnant Mouse Mother about to give birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to its body was a freshly dug hole, beside which was a pile of bloodied dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because the Mouse Mother was dying from a gunshot wound and couldn’t complete the digging, it remained halfway done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a second, the Mouse Mother, tears in her eyes, started to spin in place anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like it was chasing its tail with its mouth open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without much attention, Hua Bao silently watched its bizarre actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a wet, flesh-colored little tail appeared under the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a body of the same damp hue, followed by a head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rat baby was born, its eyes closed, still covered in amniotic fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rat baby was not small; each was as large as an ordinary cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mouse Mother stopped spinning, bearing the intense pain from her belly, and bent down its bulky body to lick the amniotic fluid off the rat baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quickly, it began to spin again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second and third rat babies were born successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As each was born, the Mouse Mother would shake and bear the pain to lick one off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was even struggling to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with more babies still inside, it couldn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rats?” Jiang Yan returned from her astonishment a second later with the feedback from Hua Bao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she quickly came to terms with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rats naturally preferred dark corners and were good swimmers; surviving high temperatures and heavy rains was unsurprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, in many coal mines, for fear of encountering toxic gases, miners often released rats down there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, the harmonious coexistence between miners and rats became the norm in the mines.\u003C\u002Fp>",1159,"2026-06-06T15:07:16.289Z",1,"novelbin.me","1df5009df2e336343c31fb0dfe4f7411f1df4f9d0875c7bd9d8662a6e0697bf9","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-199","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-197",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-cover.jpg"]