LOGINThe medicinal herb fields represented years of everyone's hard work, and now two of them had been destroyed by falling satellites. Mitchell and the others were so stressed that painful sores had broken out all over their mouths.There was no warning at all, and humanity had no way to fight back.Several satellites had already crashed in Westbridge and Grayport alone, never mind everywhere else. It was starting to feel as if this disaster really meant to wipe humanity out.Nicole knew how devastated Mitchell was, but she didn't know how to comfort him. "Dr. Chapman, maybe one day, all of this will finally end."She helped clean up the ruined greenhouse and salvaged as many medicinal herbs as she could. They worked until sunset before she finally drove back to Westbridge.By the time they reached the neighborhood, it was completely dark. Poppy happened to glance up and pointed excitedly at the sky. "Look! A shooting star!"Nicole looked up and watched a streak of light move slo
Jasper's expression changed when he learned the truth.According to official reports, this wasn't the first satellite to fall. A few days earlier, another one crashed in Kingston, setting a building on fire and leaving several people dead or injured.Now Westbridge had been hit as well, and no one knew whether any others had fallen elsewhere.The old district was already in ruins, and the new district didn't have bomb shelters. If tens of thousands of satellites started crashing down, it would be a disaster for all of humanity, and there was no real way to prepare for something like that.The authorities immediately went on high alert and called an emergency meeting.That evening, Nicole still couldn't shake the uneasy feeling when another earthshaking boom rattled the area.She went up to the roof and scanned the surroundings with binoculars, but she couldn't tell where it came down.A sense of unease settled in the pit of her stomach.Nicole didn't dare sleep upstairs anymore
If Wendy hadn't slapped Valerie across the face several times and made Jason's eyes twitch violently, Nicole might've thought he had completely given up on living.Wendy gritted her teeth in fury. "If you want to die that badly, then go ahead! Die and leave your son behind!"If Valerie hadn't thrown a fit and insisted on moving into that part of the house, Jason and Gerry never would've gone with her just to keep her happy.And now, it had all ended in disaster. The building had collapsed, Valerie was dead, her unborn baby was gone, Jason was paralyzed from a spinal injury, and Gerry had lost his mother.Wendy felt like she was losing her mind. If she had known Jason would end up like this, she would've strangled him at birth and spared them all this misery.Marcus wrapped his arms around the hysterical Wendy. "Aunt Wendy, calm down."Wendy broke down sobbing. "He'd be better off dead! At least then it'd all be over!"Orthopedics and neurology weren't Nicole's specialties, so
A lot of the homeowners had come out of their villas. When they saw that an entire wing of the Robinsons' massive villa had collapsed, they could hardly believe their eyes.Who the hell had the nerve to attack the Robinsons? And from the scale of the damage, it looked almost as if someone had fired a rocket launcher at the villa.Once the shock wore off, everyone rushed over to help with the rescue.By the time Nicole arrived, the Robinson residence was in complete chaos. Marcus sat in the living room with the injured Eric in his arms, waiting for her.Eric had hit his head. Blood poured from the wound, soaking Marcus's clothes. Several children stood nearby, crying at the top of their lungs. Already overwhelmed, Marcus snapped at his nieces and nephews, "What are you crying about? Shut up! You're driving me crazy!"The shout scared even his mother Fiona into silence.Nicole walked over. "Get a clean room ready and help Mr. Eric inside."She also told them to bring out all the
Nicole made a special trip to the alternative medicine research institute. Mitchell and the others had been through a rough stretch, but fortunately, the glass greenhouse was still standing.Government crews had built it with a carefully designed support structure, and it held up through wave after wave of acid rain. The medicinal herbs inside stayed well protected.Nicole hadn't seen them in more than six months, so she brought everyone a few gifts. Whiskey for Wesley, sugar for Mitchell, cigarettes for Howard, along with some aged rice, cured meat, and a few other things.She didn't bring too much. Everything stayed within a reasonable amount.Howard seemed much more cheerful now. Nicole had no idea whether he had finally gotten over Valerie, and she had enough sense not to ask.According to Marcus, though, Valerie was apparently pregnant again.Good. Let those two stay tangled up with each other and stop dragging anyone else into their mess.Seeing that everyone was doing a
One of the anchors finally snapped, and the entire rooftop glass enclosure came crashing down. Sheets of glass shattered across the roof.Nicole and Zeph immediately got up and rushed to the backyard to check.Fortunately, the backyard greenhouse used a different support system from the one on the second floor. None of its anchors were exposed, so it was still secure.The greenhouse was fine, but two rabbits had been scared to death.A few days later, Sven's glass enclosure collapsed, too.Luckily, he'd had the sense to move all the vegetables from the rooftop to the backyard ahead of time.One by one, the other glass enclosures around the neighborhood started collapsing as well.Nicole and Sven had built theirs early, back when glass was still relatively affordable. But the homeowners who copied them later paid outrageous prices for theirs, only to watch it all shatter into piles of debris. Some people couldn't take it and burst into tears on the spot."I can't do this anymo
"Ah!"Nicole Floyd jolted upright in bed, gasping. Sweat streamed down her forehead, her eyes unfocused and hollow.The sight in front of her cut through the haze in her mind.This was her old apartment, the one from before the apocalypse.Ding, ding…Text alerts kept chiming. She grabbed her p
Just after midnight, the timer refreshed. One hundred thirty minutes remaining.That meant time could stack.Nicole nearly laughed out loud. Seconds mattered. During crucial moments, even a minute could mean the difference between living and dying.She decided that unless it was absolutely necess
Nicole jolted, then immediately checked with her mind.The storage space was still there. The supplies were still there, too. She tested it; she thought of an item, and a coal briquette appeared in her hand.Sweeping the space again, she noticed the glowing timer had reset to zero.That was when
After paying the deposit, Nicole drove straight to the largest outdoor gear store downtown.The outdoor gear market was fiercely competitive. The store was in full clearance mode, shutting down with brutal discounts. Some items were marked down to 20% of the original price.Perfect timing.Nicole







