After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 224

Chapter 224: Chapter 224: The Day to Lead

Canned goods have a long shelf life.

Although the food in her system storage would never expire, the packaging was still printed with production dates.

That’s why Nina Jacobs had been using her Claire Warner identity to prioritize selling supplies with shorter shelf lives.

This was to avoid diminishing their value.

But canned goods were different. They could be stored for several more years without a problem.

The route to the Paradise Food Factory also completely overlapped with their route for the day, which made things even more convenient.

"We’ve already cleared over 40 kilometers of that road. There are about 23 kilometers left."

Chester Pearson said, referring to the day’s mission.

The further they went, the more time it took, because they had to leave enough time to get back to the base.

"What have the casualties been like these past few days?"

Nina Jacobs asked.

"Thirty-nine dead, seventy-three injured."

Chester Pearson sighed.

Even though they had made extensive preparations, there were too many unexpected incidents on this road.

Especially the Zombie Rats that would pop out of the desolate field ridges from time to time, not to mention other zombie animals.

They were almost impossible to guard against.

’Almost forty people in four days?’

Nina Jacobs knew that this number of casualties wasn’t considered high.

The rescue team was clearly doing everything it could to minimize casualties.

Soon, the vehicle was on their mission route.

It was a highway.

Both sides of the road were mostly barren fields and forests of dead trees.

There weren’t many zombies, true, but the vehicle’s windshield was already a gory mess.

That was from the zombie birds that occasionally dove at them, as well as Zombie Rats and other undead animals.

"These things are far more dangerous than zombies,

so you all need to be extremely careful when you get out."

Chester Pearson warned.

As the vehicle slowed to a stop, Ian Chandler pulled several sets of protective helmets and gloves from his spatial storage.

"These are vital. Everyone must wear them."

Ian Chandler passed them out to everyone in the vehicle.

Nina Jacobs didn’t refuse. She picked up her walkie-talkie and gave an order to the two trucks behind them:

"Everyone stay in your vehicles. Don’t get out until I give the word."

"Nina, what are you going to do?"

Ian Chandler asked, curious.

"The most effective way to deal with zombie animals is with traps," Nina Jacobs said as she opened the car door.

The sunlight outside was blinding.

The scent of hot asphalt rose from the road, mixed with the stench of rot and decay.

Nina Jacobs walked alone toward the blocked road up ahead.

"What is she doing?"

In one of the rear trucks, a team member couldn’t help but ask.

"I don’t know. Have you heard?

She’s the only Intermediate Fire Ability User at our base right now."

"For real? An Intermediate Superpower User?"

Everyone stared outside, their faces full of curiosity.

They saw Nina Jacobs place both her hands on the surface of the road.

Two streams of a bright, liquid-like substance flowed forward along both sides of the road.

"I see."

Chester Pearson understood.

Nina Jacobs was setting up traps along the sides of the road to prevent any sudden attacks from zombie animals.

’But that’s no small feat...’

"Just what you’d expect from an Intermediate Superpower User."

Only when Nina Jacobs gestured to them from a distance did Chester Pearson order the team members to get out and assemble.

"This... Captain, will it really work?"

A rescue team member, Caius Stone, asked.

The liquid fire along the roadside looked like a shimmering, thin line, so distinct from the filthy black asphalt that it looked like it was on a different layer entirely.

’Can this really stop zombie animals?’

"Let’s start clearing the road. Time is tight."

The words had barely left Chester Pearson’s mouth when a gout of flame erupted from the roadside nearby.

With the shriek of a Zombie Rat, one that was about to pounce was instantly burned to a crisp.

The thin line of fire, however, seemed completely unaffected.

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