[{"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-598":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},1241354,1668,"Chapter 598: Plum Mark","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-598",598,"\u003Cp>She pulled back slightly, looking at him. \"But that doesn’t mean I’m saying yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was gentle but firm. \"I need to see your sincerity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze deepened. \"I need to know... that if one day I’m not here ...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You won’t go around supporting someone else just because they resemble me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips pressed together. \"Even if there’s no physical involvement ...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, almost dark humor flickered in her eyes. \"I’d still call you a cheater... even from the afterlife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael blinked, caught off guard. For a moment, he wanted to argue. ’She’s overthinking ...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he ever truly got to be with her... If she ever disappeared from his life...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’... I wouldn’t be able to live anyway ...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had grown too used to her. Too attached. Too dependent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without her, everything would collapse again. But instead of saying all that, he simply spoke calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t need to worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was steady this time. \"I won’t... ever do something like that again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martha stared at him for a second... then suddenly laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You never cheated in the first place,\" she said. \"Why are you being so serious about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael let out a small laugh as well, wiping his tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because now,\" he said lightly, \"you’ll finally eat the breakfast, lunch, and dinner I make.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martha froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then slowly... very slowly... she pulled away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes narrowed slightly. \"Wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pause. \"All the meals you’ve been bringing me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice lowered. \"You made them yourself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael nodded, his expression completely innocent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martha was speechless. ’This guy...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been cooking for her this entire time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even when she ignored the food, when she let it go cold, when he had to give it away...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never complained. Her chest tightened. She felt touched...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He’s really... kind of dumb...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She coughed lightly, trying to mask her emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn’t you tell me earlier?\" she asked. \"Maybe I would’ve eaten it back then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was worried,\" he admitted, \"that you’d think I was trying to blackmail you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martha blinked, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn’t have...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stopped herself, exhaling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael chuckled awkwardly. \"That’s just what I thought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day...for the first time...they ate together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martha took a bite of the food Kael had prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The taste surprised her. It was rich, balanced, comforting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He’s actually... really good...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at him briefly, almost impressed. Kael, on the other hand, couldn’t stop looking at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were filled with quiet joy. ’She’s eating it...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time...she was eating something he made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment felt so precious that he almost wanted to capture it forever, to freeze it into a memory he could revisit again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he held himself back, forcing his expression to remain calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martha noticed his gaze. It was intense, almost piercing. But she didn’t say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Let him look...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>........\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the two of them remained wrapped in their fragile, slowly healing world...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something far more dangerous was unfolding elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy had already begun to notice a pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold...it had started to fade. At first, it was subtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then gradually, it stopped completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now... the water levels were rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy stood near the edge of the base, watching the downpour, her brows tightly furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This isn’t right...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain came too early. It wasn’t supposed to happen like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her previous life...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rain had only arrived after three years of the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...it had come in just one. A deep unease settled in her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Something’s wrong...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her fears only deepened when she realized something horrifying...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water accumulating from the rain...was contaminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It carried the zombie virus. The reason was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bodies...zombies...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were floating within the rising water, their decayed forms drifting silently like a warning of what was to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy’s expression darkened. But that wasn’t all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The mutations...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her previous life, insects and animals had only started mutating after four years...and that too after the rain had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If things are accelerating...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her instincts screamed at her. ’It’s going to happen during the rain itself.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t natural. This wasn’t part of the original timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, she steadied herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic wouldn’t help. She needed to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calmly, she began organizing more rescue operations, issuing instructions, asking people to prepare, to cooperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, the base had already started becoming more organized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And one of the biggest reasons for that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Susan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susan had once been someone Ivy had saved when she first started her base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, she had been endlessly grateful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stayed close, wanting to help Ivy in any way she could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the base had grown too quickly. More people kept arriving. More problems kept piling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy was always busy, constantly moving, constantly handling crises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susan never even got the chance to properly approach her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only watch from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until...a few days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She overheard something. A name. A detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ivy is looking for a woman...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susan’s breath hitched slightly as she recalled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A woman... with a plum-shaped mark on her back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Susan first heard about it, her heart skipped with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is Ivy... looking for me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought bloomed inside her like a fragile flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without wasting another second, she hurried toward Ivy, her steps quick, almost unsteady with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ivy saw her, she paused for a brief moment, then a soft smile appeared on her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I remember her...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t forgotten. Susan was the woman she had once saved... from her own brother-in-law. That memory lingered faintly, like a scar that had not fully faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are you doing now?\" Ivy asked gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susan immediately broke into a bright grin, her eyes shining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m doing better than I ever expected,\" she said, her voice carrying a hint of relief. Then she hesitated slightly before adding, \"Do you... need me for something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy blinked, confused. \"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Susan tilted her head. \"You were looking for me, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1017,"2026-06-05T15:12:48.008Z",1,"novelbin.me","28f3a3d8892e54d3b054c0a2915c8ba17f424f1e234a106b21dd2dd2b331e592","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-599","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-597",706,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-cover.jpg"]