[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sickly-cannon-fodder-spoiled-by-the-powerful-apo":3,"chapter-sickly-cannon-fodder-spoiled-by-the-powerful-apo-sickly-cannon-fodder-spoiled-by-the-powerful-apo-chapter-11":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sickly Cannon Fodder: Spoiled by the Powerful Apocalypse Bosses",{"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},562862,814,"Chapter 11","sickly-cannon-fodder-spoiled-by-the-powerful-apo-chapter-11",11,"\u003Cp>\"I won’t be attending,\" Suzy replied without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Derek froze for a moment. \"Why not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy cleared her throat lightly and explained, \"I haven’t been feeling well lately. I’m planning to take a leave of absence for a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy’s poor health was common knowledge. She was beautiful, yet perpetually pale and sickly. At A University, many students privately referred to her asthe frail beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the concern in Derek’s eyes warmed Suzy’s heart. \"Don’t worry,\" she added gently. \"It’s nothing too serious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Derek nodded. \"I understand. If you need help with anything, you can always come to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They arrived at Suzy’s car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Derek lifted the box from his arms and placed it carefully into the trunk. At that moment, a cold, mechanical voice rang out in Suzy’s mind once more—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Handsome Men Collection Codex successfully activated!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Suitable target detected: Derek Martin]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: SSS]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Affinity meets requirements. Binding conditions fulfilled. Proceed with binding?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy’s mind went blank. She didn’t even know what this system actuallydidyet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instinct answered for her before logic could catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy:Bind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target Derek Martin successfully bound.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[New function unlocked: Bound target receives supplies → tenfold rebate upon consumption.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait—what?! Tenfold rebate?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant if she gave Derek supplies, once he used them, she’d receiveten timesthe amount back?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Correct.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s confirmation made Suzy’s fingers tremble with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what was there left to worry about? Give one—get ten back! A walking treasure generator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy’s eyes practically lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Derek turned around, he saw Suzy staring at him with an intensity that made his ears heat up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rare flush rose to his pale face. He didn’t dare meet her gaze, shifting his eyes aside as he asked, \"Senior... is something wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy worked hard to suppress the grin threatening to curve her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for helping me carry the box. Have you eaten yet?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already ate—\" Derek had been about to say he had, but halfway through the sentence, his stomach betrayed him with a loudgrowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He froze, visibly embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t have to be polite,\" Suzy said with a smile. She opened the box and took out a packed meal. \"Take one with you and eat it later. I picked the dishes based on my own taste, though... I don’t know if they’ll suit you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She handed him the boxed meal, and Derek accepted it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not picky at all. I’m sure it’ll be great. Thank you, Senior,\" he said, breaking into a bright smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then, I’ll get going.\" Suzy lifted a hand in farewell. She still had a packed schedule ahead of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting into the car and saying goodbye to Derek, Suzy started the engine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she’d driven away from campus, she stored the boxed meals from the trunk into her space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she headed straight for a luxury resale company she’d contacted earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy still owned plenty of luxury items—bags, jewelry, watches, and more. Those things would be useless in the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was better to convert them into cash now and stockpile supplies while she still could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, Suzy also gained a clearer understanding of the system’s basic rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TheHandsome Men Collection Codex System, in simple terms—was exactly what it sounded like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Collect handsome men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Suzy successfully bound a qualifying target, she would receive rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Affinity of40 points or higherwas required for binding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After binding, different features of the codex would unlock depending on affinity level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every20 points of affinityunlocked a new stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each successful unlock granted arandom reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the higher the level of the bound target, the more generous the rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Suzy wanted to obtain more benefits, she would need to bind more target individuals...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t this basically telling her to become a heartthrob collector?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then again... maybe that wasn’t entirely unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d already confirmed it with the system. Therebate function applied to every bound target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more \"treasure basins\" she had, the more she stood to gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it through seriously, Suzy found herself growing even more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, she arrived at the resale company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She parked the car and took out her phone. Several unread messages were waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy first sent a message to the company manager, then opened the unread messages one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes earlier, Derek Martin had sent her a photo of a boxed meal, saying he’d made it back to the dorm and was about to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy replied with a sticker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Suzy: Is it good?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Derek: It’s delicious!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He replied almost instantly, sending a second photo—half the meal was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Derek: All the dishes you picked suit my taste perfectly!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Derek: happy.jpg]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy couldn’t help but picture Derek’s bright, amber-colored eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, she’d been able to bind him the very first time they met. Which meant his affinity toward her had already exceeded 40 points back then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious, Suzy asked the system to check the exact number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She discovered that Derek’s current affinity toward her was56 points. Once it reached 60, she’d receive another reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Suzy sent him another message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Suzy: The weather’s been a bit strange lately. You might want to stock up on some supplies, just in case.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending it, she exited the chat. The remaining unread message was from Wendy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wendy had sent a photo of the gold pendant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wendy: Suzy, are you sure you didn’t give me the wrong pendant?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy opened the image and immediately noticed a faint trace of blood caught in the pendant’s carved patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised an eyebrow and typed a quick reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Suzy: The wrong one? Sis, isn’t that the pendant you wanted?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If her guess was right, Wendy had already tried using blood to claim ownership. Too bad the pendant was fake—she could bleed herself dry and it still wouldn’t work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What surprised Suzy slightly was that Wendy had come straight to her with the question. That meant she hadn’t yet grown suspicious of Suzy herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, she wouldn’t be asking so openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy let out a quiet breath of relief. Maintaining her usual persona, she added an innocent, confused sticker, and even proactively asked Wendy what kind of pendant she’d been looking for exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending the message, Suzy noticed Manager Williams walking toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a casual wave of her hand, the back seat of her car instantly filled with an array of bags and boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She put her phone away, stepped out of the car, and greeted Manager Williams. He then called over several staff members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, they carried her luxury items—bags, watches, jewelry—into the shop for appraisal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appraisal process took quite some time, so Manager Williams arranged a private lounge for Suzy to wait in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While waiting, Suzy took the opportunity to ask Malcolm Brone for contact information for several large supermarket suppliers in A City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was just about to reach out to them when Manager Williams knocked and entered the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Suzy, all your items have been appraised.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re all authentic—no issues there. However...\" He hesitated slightly.\"The total value is quite large. Our shop doesn’t have enough cash on hand to buy everything at once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy’s heart sank. If they couldn’t complete the transaction in one go, it meant she’d have to make another trip. She’d chosen this place precisely to save time and effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Manager Williams noticed the change in her expression. Unwilling to lose such a major client, he quickly offered a solution he’d already prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t mind, I can help contact another jewelry resale shop to handle part of the purchase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suzy smiled. \"That works. Thank you for the trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1298,"2026-05-30T15:23:36.664Z","2026-06-01T04:31:34.774Z",1,"novelbin.me","f2ac672b09efb5c51bce7af2e0c7be9bdfca8c6cc3047f8d16bf8ce3a6a68e64","sickly-cannon-fodder-spoiled-by-the-powerful-apo-chapter-12","sickly-cannon-fodder-spoiled-by-the-powerful-apo-chapter-10",210,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsickly-cannon-fodder-spoiled-by-the-powerful-apo-cover.jpg"]