[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-472":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Zombie Apocalypse: I Have Safe Zone Superpower",{"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},1241172,1668,"Chapter 472: Dowry","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-472",472,"\u003Cp>She stepped inside, gently pulled Ivy up, and then placed a box into her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy blinked in confusion, staring at the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena inhaled quietly. \"This is something I prepared for you,\" she said softly. \"Your dowry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy froze for a moment before bursting into laughter. \"Dowry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their country, such a thing didn’t exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing how traditional her parents were, she decided not to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened the box, and the moment she saw what lay inside, her smile faded. A black card rested silently within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stiffened, staring at it. Helena laughed lightly at her reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve been preparing this for a long time,\" she said. \"From the moment you were taken away, I started investing money under your name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy’s fingers trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That money was always yours,\" Helena continued, her voice steady but heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m just returning what rightfully belongs to you. So you’re not allowed to reject it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lump formed in Ivy’s throat. Helena took a breath before adding,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s nearly two billion dollars on that card. If you keep it invested, you’ll earn around two hundred and forty million dollars in dividends every year. That’s about twenty-two million per month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy stood there, dazed, her mind blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If the apocalypse hadn’t happened... if my family had found me earlier...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps her life would have been completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a deep breath, forcing down the bitterness rising in her chest. Looking at Helena, she spoke softly, \"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena broke down instantly, wrapping Ivy in a tight embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sometimes,\" she sobbed, \"I really think this is karma.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Ivy’s eyes reddened. She gently patted Helena’s back, holding her close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Karma does exist,’ she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since obtaining the temporal storage, she had come to understand that deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good deeds always returned in unexpected ways, and bad deeds never disappeared without consequence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her parents had conducted experiments on countless people... some likely illegal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how could it be that the daughter they loved so fiercely had been subjected to endless experimentation in her previous life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply arrives in ways no one anticipates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Helena and Victor had been the ones experimented on, they might never have felt remorse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might have accepted it as fate or fought against it, convinced they were not wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it was their own daughter who suffered, they finally understood just how terrifying and heartbreaking such an experience truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, they had begun investigating those organizations that conducted experiments on others. The deeper they dug, the heavier the regret in their hearts became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed it was their own karma that had pushed their daughter into becoming a victim, and so they sought redemption by rescuing others like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of their actions, Ivy had gained several KB points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about KB points, Ivy couldn’t help but smile inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’m truly lucky,’ she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the constant influx of people, her KB points were increasing at a terrifying rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, she had accumulated nearly ten billion KB points, enough to multiply everything she had been receiving over the past few weeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medicines, vegetables, even fruits that had recently reappeared in the world were no longer scarce to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were even oranges, bright and fragrant, something she cherished deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint citrus scent still lingered in her memory, a reminder of a world that once felt normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as these thoughts passed through her mind, Helena hugged her tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her arms were warm, trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the future,\" she murmured softly, \"may God bless you with an even better life. And may you never be haunted by your parents’ karma.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy fell silent. After a moment, she smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have this life because of those experiments,\" she replied quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I said I was grateful, that would be a lie. I’ve blamed you before, and I probably always will.\" Her voice softened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I do hope you find the alien who was experimented on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers clenched unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about the extracted DNA made her chest ache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t even need to imagine how painful it must have been; her mother had already told her everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alien’s body rejected anesthesia completely, leaving it conscious throughout the procedure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only milk could weaken it, yet even then, its pain receptors were amplified. It had felt every moment of its DNA being torn away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I ever meet him,’ Ivy thought, ’I’ll thank and apologize him properly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank him for enduring that pain, for allowing her to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could dwell further, Helena gently cleared her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your father wanted to continue talking about these matters,\" she said, forcing a small smile. \"But I told him you should focus on your wedding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Ivy heard the news about Martha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had cleverly mobilized the refugees, pushing them to fight zombies alongside the soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was immediate, casualties dropped drastically. Ivy felt a quiet sense of satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I made the right choice trusting her,’ she thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ivy prepared for her wedding, the door to her room was suddenly pushed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ember stepped inside, her brows knitted with worry. Ivy noticed instantly. \"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ember sighed, her lips parting as if she wanted to speak, but in the end, she shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she walked forward and hugged Ivy tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s your big day,\" she whispered. \"I’m sorry I don’t have anything grand to give you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy laughed softly, patting her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You already gave me the best gift in my previous life,\" she said warmly. \"And in this life, meeting you again is more than enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ember stayed silent. She thought about the news she had received earlier and swallowed it back. ’I won’t ruin her perfect day,’ she decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Silas was growing increasingly nervous, even though he kept insisting he was confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the day he would finally earn the title of husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he thought about it, the more excited his heart became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the apocalypse, they couldn’t afford a long, elaborate ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, they chose a simple church-style wedding, skipping as many rituals as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>",1029,"2026-06-05T15:12:36.808Z",1,"novelbin.me","afaa4110e894e911e4d837d7e5c28d512cab8da1b7db201a28d08358fff431d8","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-473","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-471",706,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-cover.jpg"]