All Chapters of The Endgame Chronicles: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

"Ahem!" Hayley cleared her throat and shot the group a look. "Funny you should say that. If I hadn't taken you in, you'd get nothing even if you worked yourselves to death!"Everyone fell silent.Even the most cutthroat landlords from the old days wouldn't be this cold. Was she even human?But no one dared argue. Faced with Hayley's authority, they all shrank back behind their captain.Liam watched his subdued team with some surprise, then turned to Hayley. "I'll compensate you with supplies. Consider it as thanks for saving us.""When?" Hayley asked."After we get back," Liam replied."Not happening." Hayley spread her hands. "I don't trust you to make good on your promise.""But we don't have much on us right now," one of them protested."Then figure it out. If you wanna leave my base, you have to give me a proper departure fee."Their faces went pale.What a shameless hustler!The group was so mad that they could barely hold themselves back from jumping her, but since it

In front of Hayley stretched an eight-lane toll plaza on the elevated highway. A brutal car crash had completely blocked the road, with traffic jammed solid in both directions.Especially up ahead, where the highway rose above the ground, the line of cars seemed endless, with vehicles packed bumper to bumper as far as the eye could see.Hayley scanned the scene and spotted a whole row of delivery trucks stuck up there. By her quick count, there had to be at least 40 of them.Bright red, green, and white cargo trucks filled the lanes, frozen in place. She saw refrigerated trucks, shipping containers, flatbeds loaded with goods, and even a semi hauling luxury cars.It was clear these were shipments meant for Aecraton that never made it into the city the day everything went down.The four delivery trucks Leonard and the others brought back yesterday were only a fraction of what was here. There was still a mountain of supplies waiting.Hayley jumped down from the armored vehicle and

Hayley had left Summer behind to guard the base, but the dogs she brought with her were no less powerful.Every single one of them had been a top-tier military K9. They didn't need Hayley to teach them how to fight zombies—they already knew.Each dog wore custom armor that protected its belly and vital areas, giving it way more defense in close combat.The dogs tore through the undead in seconds. The moment a zombie lunged, it was already down, either bitten, ripped, or crushed.Hayley fought alongside them, swinging and slashing as they moved forward. Her attacks were fast, ruthless, and precise. Wherever she passed, there was nothing left but torn-up corpses and split skulls.Some zombies carried crystal cores in their heads; most didn't.By the time they reached the gas station, Hayley had collected a dozen or so of those crystals, and the area was completely cleared out.She didn't even bother checking the convenience store. Her first priority was fuel.As Leonard drove one

Bang! Boom!Hayley's armored truck tore across the median, smashing through several cars before crashing into the guardrail on the opposite side.A few smaller cars went flying off the overpass as the armored truck's front tires lifted over the barrier, the hood hanging halfway over the edge.For a split second, she and Leonard were staring straight down from the elevated highway, the world tilting around them.Dozens of feet below was open air—it was certain death if they slipped any further.Good thing Hayley was one hell of a driver. A second later, and they would've been toast."Raaahhh!"Another roar echoed through the chaos, followed by two more.The armored truck shook violently, the road trembling beneath them like an earthquake.The massive level-2 mutant zombie was coming at them again, its body of rotting flesh trembling as it charged forward.Hayley caught sight of it on the monitor and narrowed her eyes. She grabbed a second steering handle and started flipping s

"Gifts are mostly divided into the common enhancement types," Hayley explained, "like speed boost, strength boost, and the elemental ones—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. "Then there are the rare variant gifts, like lightning, ice, healing, and mental abilities, plus a few really obscure ones you only hear about when you actually meet someone who has them."Hayley didn't hold anything back when she explained it all to Leonard.Why should she? He was one of her people now, not an outsider. Besides, teaching him this stuff would help him level up faster later on."All gifts start at the beginner level," she went on, "but they grow stronger the more you understand and train them. No matter how they're ranked, there's always a hierarchy. Variant gifts usually have higher potential than elemental or enhanced ones."In her last life, Hayley had been just an ordinary person who never awakened a gift.It wasn't a big deal at first, since gifts didn't make much of a difference early