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Chapter 22

Author: The Versatile Gentleman
Even if the government detected the anomalies and tried to minimize the damage, the tsunami would drown cities nonetheless, devastating all cornerstones of modernity.

With humans surviving only by moving to highlands and high-rise buildings, even the government couldn't spare the resources or effort to watch out for more natural disasters.

After collecting the thousands of lunchboxes, Sophie and her mother returned home and washed up.

As Sophie stepped out of the bath, her mother was packing
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    Sophie didn't object to warning as many others as she could. Like Martin, she repeated what she had told Jean. "He's from the military, so there definitely would be some truth to it," he murmured in bemusement, gazing at the torrential rain outside. "But if the government knows, why aren't they warning the public?" Sophie remembered her past life when the apocalypse began with nothing more than repeated drizzles. That gradually grew into ceaseless downpours, soon leading to the Endless Flood and global tsunamis. But in this life, it started with torrential downpours, as if the difficulty in the early game significantly increased. "But how can we warn them?" Tina pointed out. "If we try to announce it publicly, it'll throw the whole country into an uproar. We need to keep things as stable as possible. Our country might be able to keep things under control, but what about overseas? It'll be complete chaos." Jonah thought about it and sighed. Even now, he and his wife still

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    Pausing, Jonah continued, "I didn't have time to check it out myself, so I gave the keys to the broker and had him bring the people over to look around. That said, they are only paying a down payment, and it's a small percentage of the full amount." Sophie calculated the timing but shook her head again. "Look—if it doesn't work out, we should just drop the price and sell it for cash. If we make them go through the loan process, it might take two or three months. It'll be too late even if we get the money." Then, concerned that her parents would be reluctant, she added, "Money doesn't mean a thing in months." In the years after the apocalypse, money wouldn't get them even one grain, let alone actual food—the sooner they spent everything, the better. Jonah nodded. "Alright, I'll call the broker again and lower the asking price." The family then moved on to renting a new warehouse. Jonah said, "I've thought about it for days now, Fi. You were saying the void pocket isn't big e

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    While Yorick went on supply runs, Susan would actually sneak Sophie food, although she also refused to free her.Even after Sophie fled to Jean's apartment, Susan remained with Yorick.She had no idea what had happened, but after eight years, Susan lost both her youth and beauty.She was all skin and bones and looked like she had aged twenty years. Sophie couldn't even claim that she was loyal to Yorick at that point—if anything, she was profoundly afraid of him.That was why Sophie had no reason to lash out at Susan. Those eight years had probably been hell on earth!With the high-speed rail being so quick and needing to change trains only once at the state border, they were back at Jonestown by eight.Jonah was waiting for them at the train station, and Tina quickly asked, "Where's Bibi?"She had really missed her baby after being away for days."Watching TV," Jonah chuckled disappointingly. "It's all he's been doing for days while I worked on renovations.""Should have st

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