After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 339

Chapter 339: Chapter 339: Fabrication

Of course, what these people were saying was most likely a lie.

"What’s your base leader’s name?"

Nina Jacobs asked.

"Mordecai Quinn, but not for much longer."

Atticus chuckled.

"Mordecai Quinn?"

This was the first time Nina Jacobs had heard the name.

’In other words, the current leader of Meridia Base isn’t Zachary Ziegler yet.’

"He’s just a nepotism case. His dad, Orson Quinn, died a while back, so he inherited the position.

But he’s completely useless. The people in the base can barely eat under his leadership. Everyone’s suggesting we replace him."

Atticus explained.

"So the base leader you were just talking about is this Mordecai Quinn person?"

Nina Jacobs asked.

"That’s right, that’s right! That’s him!"

Valen Young nodded and replied hurriedly.

"Where is he now?"

Nina Jacobs’s gaze fell on the backpack in the hands of the man called Mr. Coleman. A photo in a clear plastic sleeve had fallen out of it, and the person in the picture was clearly not one of them.

"Dead, of course. He insisted on coming to this place to show off. If he wasn’t going to die, who would?"

Atticus’s tone was filled with contempt, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with the base leader.

"Go down that slope over there, that’s the way down the mountain. You don’t need to follow me."

Nina Jacobs said, pointing.

’These people weren’t telling the truth at all.’

Of course, she wasn’t telling the truth either. She had just pointed in a random direction; she simply didn’t want them following her anymore.

"Really? Thank you, thank you! We were just looking for the way down the mountain."

Atticus was overjoyed.

"Heheheh, time to go down the mountain and collect our reward."

Mr. Coleman stood up and tossed the backpack off his shoulders with a look of disgust.

"Keep it down, you."

Atticus kicked Mr. Coleman, then shot Nina Jacobs an apologetic smile before leaving.

After they left, Nina Jacobs picked up the backpack from the ground.

Inside the backpack, besides the usual daily necessities, there was a blood-soaked sponge tucked into a hidden compartment.

’No wonder they were being targeted by Mutated Animals.’

Nina Jacobs stared at the backpack in her hands, lost in thought.

’It seems the owner of this backpack was set up from the very beginning.’

’His death was likely caused by it too.’

Nina Jacobs shook her head and walked in the opposite direction from where Atticus and his group had gone.

That evening, after Nina Jacobs completed her week-long mission, she and Wayne Warner rested in a cave.

Wayne Warner stayed in the adjacent part of the cave, so he wouldn’t disturb her at all.

Inside the safe house, Nina Jacobs continued to study the book, *A Biography of Drakonia’s Ancient Martial Clans*.

Alistair White’s last words had been bothering her.

However, she also discovered that the surname ’Jacobs’ was nowhere to be found in the registry of Ancient Martial Clans, which put her at ease.

She did, however, find the Ziegler family in the book.

’The Zieglers... Besides Veronica Ziegler, could Zachary Ziegler be one of them too?’

Nina Jacobs recalled a doubt from her past life.

In her past life, the only reason she knew Zachary Ziegler was because of Liam Grant.

Zachary Ziegler and Liam Grant had been good friends who knew each other well before the apocalypse.

Back then, she and Liam Grant had already established their own small base when Zachary Ziegler sought out Liam, wanting to borrow a batch of supplies.

Nina Jacobs had refused him on the spot without a second’s hesitation.

This made Liam Grant feel like he had lost a lot of face, and the incident became one of the reasons a rift formed between them.

At the time, Nina Jacobs felt that his reasoning was completely illogical—Zachary Ziegler was clearly the leader of Meridia Base, yet he had traveled thousands of miles just to borrow supplies from Liam Grant.

Even when Zachary Ziegler claimed Meridia Base was short on resources and desperately needed supplies to save the base, Nina Jacobs didn’t believe him.

Although the matter was dropped and never mentioned again, thinking back on it now, Nina Jacobs still suspected his true motives.

’If this Zachary Ziegler is also one of the Mystic Sect, could it be he had an ulterior motive back then?’

Nina Jacobs decided it was time for her to pay a visit to Meridia Base and investigate.

Ian Nash wanted to invite Nina Jacobs to stay and chat for a bit, but she refused. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

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