After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Chelsea Walsh’s Discovery

"I thought we would’ve made it to the shelter before noon."

Leo Hale checked the time. They had barely covered a third of the distance, yet most of the day was already gone.

"It can’t be helped. We took the long way around from the start."

Nina Jacobs’s car was now at the head of the convoy.

If they had followed the route Chester Pearson gave them, they definitely wouldn’t have reached the shelter today.

Before long, they arrived at the intersection Nina Jacobs had mentioned.

There weren’t many zombies around because the intersection was obstructed, so no one had noticed the side road even when they passed by earlier.

"So this road really does exist."

Chester Pearson got out of his car. A short way down the road, there was, in fact, a small supermarket.

And it looked like the supermarket hadn’t been contaminated by the acid rain.

"Holt Tate, you all stand guard,"

"I’ll take some people to collect supplies."

Chester Pearson ordered.

"Yes, sir!"

Holt Tate was instantly on high alert.

Watching Chester Pearson lead Ian Chandler and the others into the supermarket, Nina Jacobs activated her Five Senses Enhancement.

After confirming there were no obvious dangers nearby, she used the excuse of needing the restroom and ducked into a shop on the side of the street.

It was a jewelry store, and not a small one.

The shop was a mess. The rows of glass display cases had long since been smashed to pieces, and all the gold and silver jewelry inside had been looted.

’Just as I expected, it’s all gone.’

Nina Jacobs was a little disappointed. This jewelry must have been targeted during the acid rain period.

She headed further inside and, sure enough, found a stockroom.

But the stockroom door was wide open.

Just as she thought the room had been cleared out, she was surprised to find several massive, freestanding metal safes.

Each of these safes weighed thousands of pounds and was secured by a combination lock. The looters couldn’t open them or carry them away, which turned out to be a stroke of luck for her.

Nina Jacobs collected all the safes into her system’s storage slots.

’I just don’t know if there’s any gold inside.’

No sooner had Nina Jacobs spoken than a system notification sounded:

[Congratulations to the host for successfully collecting 1,190 pounds of Gold. You have triggered the "Doomsday Gold Digger" title and have been awarded 5 system storage slots!]

’1,190 pounds of gold?’

’It seems the safes really did contain gold.’

Nina Jacobs remembered this was the second time she had triggered the "Doomsday Gold Digger" title.

’But what’s the trigger for this title?’

[Aside from the first activation, which has no prerequisite, the "Doomsday Gold Digger" title is triggered for every 1,100 pounds of Gold collected.]

The system answered Nina Jacobs’s question.

"So that’s how it works."

Nina Jacobs hadn’t expected such a windfall.

Gold was a currency in the apocalypse. In her past life, as long as you had enough gold, you could rent the best houses in any of the bases.

Gold could even be exchanged for survival supplies.

The old saying about gold being king in times of chaos was certainly true.

Plus, she had unexpectedly received a reward of five storage slots.

Not long after Nina Jacobs returned to her car, Chester Pearson came out with Ian Chandler and three other Space Superpower Users.

The obstacles at the intersection had been cleared, but a group of people were gathered around Leo Hale and Chelsea Walsh, talking animatedly.

"What’s going on?"

Chester Pearson asked.

His own soldiers seemed to be in a heated discussion with Leo Hale and Chelsea Walsh, the very people who had called him crazy that morning.

"Rep... Report!

We’re learning zombie-killing techniques from Mr. Hale and Miss Walsh!"

Holt Tate stood up straight and answered loudly.

"Zombie-killing techniques?"

Chester Pearson found it amusing.

’The soldiers he brought with him were nearly all ex-special forces. After all their training, did they really need to learn how to kill zombies from outsiders?’

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