After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret-Chapter 25: Together?

"Plans?"

Vera Coleman didn’t understand what her daughter meant.

Nina Jacobs pulled up a video she had just been scrolling through.

It wasn’t a video someone had filmed, but a bizarre piece of surveillance footage from overseas.

In a seemingly ordinary little house, a family of three stood motionless in the center of the living room.

The video was over an hour long, and for that entire hour, the three people barely moved.

Even the child, who looked to be only three or four years old, held the same pose.

If you ignored the bloodstains spattered on the floor and walls, and the clock that was still ticking in the video, you might mistake it for a still photograph.

"What’s wrong with these three people?"

Daniel Hale felt a strange sense of familiarity as he watched the scene.

When he zoomed in for a closer look, he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Zombies?"

The expressions on their faces were identical to those of Ben Stone and his mother!

Nina had already searched. There was no news like this in the country yet, but a few videos were starting to circulate abroad.

But they were all being dismissed as prank videos.

"Besides Leo Hale, it seems I’ve also awakened a Special Ability. Maybe this is another sign."

A small flame suddenly appeared on Nina’s fingertip. Vera Coleman, terrified, grabbed Nina’s hand, afraid she would get burned.

"You’re saying this is a Special Ability too? Then why is it different from Leo Hale’s?"

Daniel Hale didn’t know whether he should be shocked or happy.

"Maybe they’re fundamentally the same, just with different manifestations?"

Nina knew Vera and Daniel hadn’t even considered this possibility, so she gave them space to think.

She returned to her room and opened the system’s "Teammate" function. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

To her surprise, Leo Hale’s Friendship with her had risen from 1 to 15.

’Looks like this Friendship level really is a reliable reference.’

Nina then tried adding Ian Chandler as a teammate.

The information that appeared on the panel surprised her even more.

[Name: Ian Chandler

Superpower: Space Element

Physical Strength Value: 0/100

Superpower Value: 10/100

Friendship: 80/100]

’He’s already awakened a Space Superpower? It’s possible Ian doesn’t even know it himself. But isn’t this Friendship level a little too high?’

’An initial Superpower Value of 10... that’s not bad.’

In her past life, Nina had a good understanding of Superpower Values. The vast majority of Superpower Users started with a value of 0.

Even Liam Grant, Renee Strong, and the others were the same.

The higher the Superpower Value, the stronger the Superpower.

Each Superpower upgrade increased the value by 10. Besides that, the only other way was the "Superpower Enhancing Potion" in her system’s store.

In her previous life, she had used the potions to slowly raise the Superpower Values of Liam and the others to a level higher than that of other Superpower Users.

But Leo Hale and Ian Chandler both had a Superpower Value of 10 right from the start.

Nina could also see her own information.

[Name: Nina Jacobs

Superpower: Fire Element

Physical Strength Value: 100/100

Superpower Value: 20/100]

Her initial Superpower Value was 20.

Ever since becoming a Fire Element Superpower User, she had been drinking one Superpower Enhancing Potion every day.

However, she knew this kind of thing couldn’t be rushed. It usually took hundreds of potions to increase her Superpower Value by just 1 point.

And you couldn’t drink too many potions, or it would harm your body.

One bottle a day was the optimal amount she had figured out through research.

With this in mind, she called Leo Hale over and gave him a small, delicate metal lock.

"What are you giving me this for?"

Leo was completely bewildered. ’What could such a small lock be used for?’

"Use your Special Ability. Help me open it. I want to see your skill level."

"Something this small? Won’t that be a piece of cake?"

Leo didn’t take it seriously at all. But after staring intently at the metal lock for a long time, the lock’s head had only slightly deformed.

"You should practice."

Nina said lightly before leaving.

It was normal for people who had just awakened their Superpowers to have poor control.

But she didn’t have much time.

They couldn’t stay here forever.

Meanwhile, over at Villa 32, someone else had also awakened a Superpower.

Only, it wasn’t Liam Grant. It was Ivan Lawson.

Just like in her past life, Ivan Lawson had awakened a Wood Element Superpower.

"Hahaha, I thought I’d get to play with a different Superpower this time around."

Though Ivan said that, he looked at the wooden branch growing from his hand with a satisfied expression.

"Earlier than last time?"

Simon Abbott remembered that in the previous life, Ivan had only awakened his Superpower while being chased by zombies.

"That’s right. Maybe it’s because I’ve been in a good mood and sleeping well these past few days. I just kept thinking about it, and poof, here it is."

"Mm, then practice hard. Maybe you’ll be even stronger than you were in the last life."

"That’s a given."

Ivan glanced casually at Liam Grant, whose expression wasn’t looking too good.

In the last life, Liam had been the first among them to awaken a Superpower, and also the most powerful.

But in the past two days, there had been no change in Liam’s body—not the slightest sign of a Superpower awakening.

Instead, it was Renee Strong who was so worried for him she was running a fever...

Nina didn’t know about any of this.

Because her "Free Shopping Spree Mission 10" was about to expire in one day.

Nina had accepted the mission the day before, but had been interrupted by the situation with Ian Chandler.

[Apocalyptic Survival Mission Activated: Free Shopping Spree Mission 10

Mission Details: In 3 days, the City D Grain Depot will be contaminated. Please clear out 80% of the grain supplies before then.

Mission Reward: 1 System Storage Slot, +120 Experience Points.

Mission Difficulty: ★★★★]

A Four-Star "Free Shopping Spree" mission usually meant a massive amount of supplies.

She had already accepted the mission. If she abandoned it, 100 Experience Points would be deducted.

And today was already the third day of the mission.

The grain might not even last through the night.

In the end, Nina couldn’t bear to let so much grain go to waste.

Just as Nina was preparing to go out, she happened to overhear Leo Hale arguing with Daniel Hale about something.

"I said you can’t go, and that’s final! Do you have any idea how dangerous it is out there right now?"

Daniel was furious, and Nina noticed that Leo was already dressed head-to-toe in a raincoat.

"He’s my best friend! I can’t just abandon him and his sister!"

Leo’s eyes were red; it was clear he was extremely agitated.

"Do you know what will happen if you fall into water filled with acid rain?"

Daniel pointed to a video.

It showed a man who had accidentally fallen into a murky pool of water.

At first, the man struggled a few times and almost swam to a nearby windowsill, but he quickly sank. A few seconds later, his body floated to the surface, completely corroded by the acid rain, a horrifying sight.

"Dad, it’s no use saying anything. I have to go. Uncle Walsh saved my life once, have you forgotten?"

Fear flickered in Leo’s eyes when he saw the video, but he still insisted on going to save them.

Daniel Hale and Vera Coleman were about to say more, but Nina Jacobs interrupted them.

"I was just heading out myself. Want to go together?"

Nina dangled the car keys from her hand, as casual as if she were just going for a drive.