[{"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-602":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},1241408,1668,"Chapter 602: Mutated Fish","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-602",602,"\u003Cp>Each word felt like a nail sealing his fate. When the confession ended, silence filled the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frank knew. He was finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, with what little mercy remained, he was allowed one final meeting with his son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jade entered, Frank looked up, his eyes already brimming with tears, his usual arrogance completely shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know I was wrong...\" he whispered, his voice breaking as tears slid down his cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jade stood still, his chest tightening painfully as he watched his father like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now... even after everything... the man before him was still the one who had raised him, who had once stood proudly behind him since childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frank lowered his head, his voice turning soft, almost pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to stay here...\" he murmured. \"Can you... Do something? Can you get me out of this...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jade’s eyes widened slightly, disbelief flickering across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This... this is what he called me for...?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, he had hoped, foolishly, that his father had changed, that he had called him here to apologize, to accept his fate with dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead... He was asking for help. Asking him to interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jade knew exactly what that meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he went to Ivy... if he asked her for this favor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Everything between us... will be destroyed... beyond repair...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Jade understood something with painful clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if I truly am her soulmate...’ his throat tightened, the thought heavy and suffocating, ’...there is no way I can be with Ivy in this life if I do this.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across from him, Frank avoided his gaze, his eyes shifting away as guilt flickered deep within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew exactly what he was doing; he knew he was destroying his own son’s happiness, and yet, he still chose himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s just this once...’ Frank convinced himself, clinging desperately to justification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’As long as Jade gets me out of here... once everything is under control... once Ivy is beneath me... I would let him marry her anyway...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked back at Jade just in time to see him stand up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jade’s face was strained, his expression tight, as if he was holding back something fragile that threatened to break at any second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll leave first,\" Jade said quietly, his voice low yet firm. \"I heard enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words fell like a final verdict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frank’s expression shifted instantly, panic flashing across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jade!\" he shouted, his voice cracking as desperation clawed its way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you walk out of here now... then don’t ever call me your father again! I won’t accept you as my son!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jade paused for a fraction of a second. Then he chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sound... it was hollow. Empty. Almost lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn’t matter,\" he replied, his voice calm in a way that felt colder than anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You stopped being my father the moment you asked something so absurd of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he turned and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Frank’s voice echoed through the corridor, loud, frantic, breaking apart with every call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jade! Jade, come back! JADE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jade did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply kept walking as the guards dragged Frank back into the depths of the prison, his voice gradually fading into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cell, as the heavy door slammed shut with a dull metallic clang, Frank stood there, frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, doubt truly crept into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How... did I end up like this...?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he had ever wanted was power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power to control. Power to stand above everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I didn’t ask for much... did I...?’ he thought bitterly, his hands trembling slightly. ’Just enough to rule... to dominate... and now... I’m nothing but a prisoner...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Jade stepped out of the prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked a few steps forward before his vision blurred. Tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They welled up quietly, slipping down his cheeks before he even realized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head upward, staring at the sky. The sun hung above, but something felt... wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It no longer radiated the same warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its golden glow had dulled into a faint, lifeless orange, as if even it was being suffocated by the world below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is it just me...?’ Jade wondered, his brows knitting together slightly. ’Or is everything really... fading...?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsewhere, far from the base, Silas and his team had already left the cave, only to be greeted by the terrifying flood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them had expected their luck to be this terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry gripped the edges of the boat tightly, his knuckles turning pale as he watched the rising water and the relentless rain hammering against the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... this is worse than I thought...\" he muttered, his voice tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boat beneath them creaked softly, rocking with every wave. It looked fragile, almost laughably weak, but surprisingly, it had endured everything so far without a single crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was given by Ivy. And that alone made it trustworthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, all of them were cramped together, their bodies pressed close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching the base was proving far more difficult than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Six hours by car...\" Henry muttered under his breath, his jaw tightening. \"And we’re moving at this speed...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realization made his chest sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, reaching the base felt nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for the small glowing spheres Ivy had given them, the ones that protected them from the infected water, they wouldn’t have survived even this long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The zombie-infested flood brushed against them constantly, yet it could not harm them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, that gave them a chance to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that moment didn’t last. Because something else emerged from beneath the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something far worse. The surface rippled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then... A splash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A creature shot out of the water, its body twisted, its mouth lined with jagged, unnatural teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch out!\" Amelia shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mutated fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were nothing like the ones they had known before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They leapt repeatedly, snapping at the air, aiming for skin, for blood, for anything they could tear away.\u003C\u002Fp>",1001,"2026-06-05T15:12:50.241Z",1,"novelbin.me","2e1b80d4a4a18dc3fc0ad24cf084ccb872baad2540ebfc025947f2c0fad24877","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-603","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-601",706,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-cover.jpg"]