After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 341

Chapter 341: Chapter 341: Meridia Base

Nina Jacobs had guessed the man’s identity wasn’t simple, but she never expected it to be *this* complicated.

When the SUV pulled up to a checkpoint, one of the Defense Soldiers saw the man inside and exclaimed in shock:

"Commander Quinn?!"

"Open the gate,"

Mordecai Quinn said.

"Yes, sir!"

Watching the gate slowly rise, Nina Jacobs stepped on the gas and drove through.

Thanks to Mordecai Quinn’s status, Nina Jacobs even got to skip the routine inspection for entering the base. She drove straight into Meridia Base without any obstacles.

Veridia was situated in a basin, while Meridia Base was built on a plateau at its very edge.

The place looked like it had been converted from a resort villa. Most of the buildings still had a vacation-style architecture, but the original beige walls had been corroded to a dark gray by acid rain. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"I didn’t expect you to be the commander of this base."

Nina Jacobs said after parking the car in a designated spot and getting out.

"It’s just a title. The commander in name only," Mordecai Quinn replied.

"It’s getting late. The process for renting a place here is rather tedious. Why don’t you two stay at my place?"

Mordecai Quinn’s next words put Nina Jacobs on guard.

"No, thank you."

Nina Jacobs refused.

"It seems you still don’t recognize me.

Don’t worry, I’m not the type to repay kindness with malice."

’Don’t recognize him? Repay kindness with malice?’

An image of a person suddenly flashed through Nina Jacobs’s mind.

"That’s right. The mutated python, the flatbread, and the water."

Mordecai Quinn saw the astonishment in Nina Jacobs’s eyes, though it was only for a moment.

The reason he had stopped at the checkpoint halfway was to wait for her.

That road only led to one place: Meridia Base.

"So it was you."

It was just that the blood-soaked figure that had rolled out of the snake’s belly had been too hard to recognize.

Only his eyes had left any sort of impression on Nina Jacobs.

"So, I’m not just offering hospitality for no reason," Mordecai Quinn said.

"That’s reasonable."

Although Nina Jacobs still had her doubts, she accepted Mordecai Quinn’s kind offer, thinking of her own reasons for coming here.

Since it was her first time here, Nina Jacobs sized up Meridia Base as she walked.

It was different from what she had imagined. Beggars lined the streets everywhere.

Many people were kneeling and bowing repeatedly before a piece of Talisman Paper.

There were also people returning from outside, but most of them walked in silence.

"What are they praying to?" Nina Jacobs asked.

"Deceased relatives, perhaps. Or ancestors."

Mordecai Quinn’s expression was unperturbed as he looked at them, as if he was already used to the sight.

"Look, isn’t that the Commander? He actually came back alive? Wasn’t he dead?"

"He still has the nerve to come back?"

"So who’s the actual commander of our base now? The Ziegler guy or the Quinn guy?"

"Who cares? It’s the same no matter who it is. We won’t get any food from anyone but the old commander..."

The low murmurs of the surrounding crowd were incessant.

This continued until the two of them arrived in front of a three-story building.

"Looks like someone’s moving out?"

Nina Jacobs watched the people moving in and out, a flicker of interest in her eyes. No matter how she looked at it, it seemed a good show was about to start.

Mordecai Quinn didn’t say a word and walked straight inside.

At the main entrance, a man fiddling with a tea set saw who had walked in, and the tea set fell from his hands with a CLATTER.

"Mordecai Quinn? You’re not dead?"

The man stared at Mordecai Quinn in disbelief.

"What, you wanted me dead too, Tate?"

A flash of disappointment crossed Mordecai Quinn’s eyes.

Just then, a man and a woman heard the commotion and quickly came out.

The young man wore a pair of glasses and looked completely harmless.

The woman looked to be in her fifties. The moment she saw Mordecai Quinn, the smile on her face froze.

"What is it... Mordecai Quinn?"

The woman was clearly flustered.

Nina Jacobs had been enjoying the show, but she hadn’t expected to see Zachary Ziegler here.

"I’ve only been gone for two days, and someone is already trying to steal my nest?"

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