After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Chapter 43: First Time Using the Safe House

City D, outside the walls of the Rondale Food Factory.

No one noticed the new brick house that had appeared here.

A horde of zombies loitered around the brick house before slowly starting to disperse after a while.

Inside, Nina Jacobs could see everything happening outside. Seeing the crisis had passed, she finally let out a sigh of relief.

This brick house was her safe house. As long as she hid inside, the zombies outside couldn’t detect her.

Once the zombies had retreated, Nina Jacobs climbed onto the roof of the brick house and jumped straight over the wall into the food factory.

"System, retrieve the safe house."

Nina Jacobs issued the command to the System while observing the situation inside the factory.

Although this was the first time in this life she had used the safe house, she was already an expert at it.

[Safe house has been securely retrieved. Awaiting Host’s next use.]

The System handled both the retrieval and deployment of the safe house, so Nina Jacobs didn’t have to worry about anyone seeing it.

The System never made mistakes.

Today was also the final day for the "Freebie Haul Mission 12."

The reason she rushed here today was that the System’s mission prompt indicated a fire was about to break out.

The acid rain had ended, and City D had already lost power.

In that case, there was likely only one possible cause for a fire.

A Fire Element zombie.

The head of a Fire Element zombie contained a Fire Element Crystal Core, also known as a Superpower Crystal Core.

These Crystal Cores could be absorbed by Superpower Users to temporarily replenish their Superpower Energy, and they also helped to increase a Superpower User’s strength.

However, absorbing Crystal Cores came with significant side effects.

Absorbing too many could even cause a Superpower User’s Superpower to stagnate.

If a Fire Element zombie appeared here, its brain would definitely contain a Fire Element Crystal Core.

Her "Heart of Strange Fire" needed a Fire Element Crystal Core to eliminate its cooldown time.

’The roads are just too dangerous.’

Nina Jacobs’s car had been blocked by a massive pile of obstacles halfway here.

Without the safe house just now, she would have had to fight hundreds of zombies all by herself.

Fortunately, there weren’t too many zombies inside the food factory.

This was probably because all the employees had left during the acid rain period. Nina Jacobs only spotted two zombies.

Seeing the two zombies running toward her, Nina Jacobs launched two consecutive Fireballs.

She didn’t hold back this time. The two zombies’ heads were quickly burned to a crisp.

Another zombie crawled out from behind a derelict car.

This time, Nina Jacobs tried her Earth Element Superpower, controlling a sharp rock and plunging it into the zombie’s eye socket.

[Host has been detected completing first kill with an Earth Element Superpower. Reward: "Earth Element Skill Book"!]

’An Earth Element Skill Book?’

Nina Jacobs’s eyes lit up. She really didn’t know much about the Earth Element, so perhaps the Skill Book rewarded by the System could teach her some techniques.

But now was clearly not the time.

Rondale was a factory that produced instant meals. In the warehouse, Nina Jacobs collected a large quantity of self-heating hot pots, instant noodles, dried noodles, and hot and sour noodle cups.

In the apocalypse, these items were the most sought-after supplies.

She also took all the rice, flour, and oil from the raw materials warehouse.

Even by the time the System announced the mission was complete, Nina Jacobs hadn’t found any mutated zombies.

’Was my reasoning wrong?’

’Or had the zombie not evolved yet, and I accidentally killed it?’

However, Nina Jacobs was certain the three zombies she had just killed were all ordinary, as no Crystal Cores had formed in their heads yet.

The prerequisite for becoming a mutated zombie was the formation of a transparent Crystal Core in its head.

’I should head back for now.’

’At least the mission is complete.’

Nina Jacobs was about to study the map for the return trip. But as she started to head down the stairs, she suddenly saw a figure standing a short distance ahead.

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