Semua Bab The Apocalypse Survival Manual: Bab 401 - Bab 410

This was how the apocalypse worked. One moment, people were lining up early to collect holiday supplies, thinking that with a little food and water, they could hold on a bit longer. The next, a natural disaster struck, and bodies dropped where they stood.The Harvest Festival was supposed to be a time for family reunions. Instead, they died on the eve of it.But when staying alive was already this hard, no one had the space to grieve.The more hail you gathered, the more days you might live.When you could barely keep yourself alive, who had the energy to care whether anyone else lived or died?Sometimes, death felt like a release."Help! He's got a gun!" someone in the crowd suddenly shouted. "There's someone here with a gun!"Zeph had just started to leave when the police and security patrol rushed in. "Stop right there."They closed in around the three of them, cutting off every exit. "Possession of a firearm is illegal."Zeph lifted the gun slightly. "What about a toy gu

Zeph turned on the AC and laid Poppy on the bed.Cola paced beside her, whining under his breath, clearly uneasy."Poppy's hurt. Starting today, you're on watch. If anything's wrong, come get us."Cola immediately dragged his dog bed in from the living room and settled down next to her, refusing to leave.Poppy still needed close monitoring. Zeph stayed tense, forcing down a quick meal just to keep going. "Nicole, how bad are you hurt?""I'm fine," Nicole said. "Nothing's broken." She most likely only suffered soft tissue damage. The icing had already helped. A rub with liniment and a patch tomorrow would take care of the rest.Zeph frowned. "Let me see."They were already sharing a bed. Nicole didn't make a big deal out of it and pulled her shirt aside to show her shoulder."It's nothing. If anything, we should be glad we made it through another one."A tsunami, and now hail. What was next?It was late. Fatigue caught up with them. They took quick showers, set the AC to

There were three people in the well. They got all of them out.By then, the sky had gone gray, and the rain was coming down in sheets. People threw jackets over their heads and ran for home.Nicole picked up her bucket, about to lift it over her head, when someone caught her arm.An umbrella opened above her.It was Zeph."Let's go." The weather had turned unpredictable. No one knew if the rain might turn scalding. He pulled her along, angling the umbrella toward her without thinking. "Watch your step."They pushed through the downpour, moving as fast as they could.Poppy was waiting at the building entrance, Cola bouncing around her, tail wagging wildly.Nicole's eyes stung.In her last life, everything had been bleak. She had never imagined that this time, someone would come out into the storm to bring her back, and someone else would be waiting for her at home.Soaked through, she headed upstairs. Zeph grabbed clean clothes from the closet and draped a dry towel over her h

Zeph didn't want Nicole getting covered in dust, and the work itself wasn't heavy. It gave him a chance to get the hang of it.Nicole had no knack for this anyway, so she stayed out of the way, helping where she could, adding water when he mixed the materials.With the storm as an excuse not to go downstairs for water, they stayed in and worked on the place for several days.At first, Zeph was rough with it, but he picked it up quickly. The floors came out smooth, especially after the cement finish. He used a steel trowel to press and polish the surface, going over it three times until it gleamed like glass.It took patience. Nicole knew she didn't have that kind of control or focus. The most she could do was bring out food from storage and reward him.Crab cakes, beef stew, short ribs, steak, and a bottle of red wine."Here. Thanks for all your hard work."She had read somewhere that a good man thrived on praise, so she didn't hold back. In this case, he had earned every bit of

Even after a late night, Zeph still woke early. The fatigue finally caught up to him. The moment he pulled Nicole into his arms, he fell asleep again.They didn't wake until dusk, then headed to the well together.The scalding rain had only lasted a few hours. Two days after the skies cleared, the ground had already cracked dry again, but the storm had replenished the groundwater.There was more water in the well now, so each unit received a larger share. Zeph and Nicole got two buckets.Nicole came down every day, storing the water in her space for irrigation.The entire terrace had been planted with drought-resistant sweet potatoes. Poppy had planted peanuts and greens. She took it seriously, watering and shading them every day until they finally sprouted.But in less than half a day, the shoots were scorched by the heat.It crushed her.Nicole had to comfort her, promising new seeds once the extreme heat passed.After collecting water, Zeph carried both buckets with ease, o