All Chapters of The Apocalypse Survival Manual: Chapter 641 - Chapter 650

After ending the call, Nicole contacted Hughie next.Her nerves tightened as she waited. She could only hope they were all still alive.When Hughie heard Nicole's voice, he went quiet for a long time.Nicole froze. He sounded like he was trying not to cry."Nicole, where did you go?"After so many years of natural disasters, Hughie had almost forgotten what it felt like to cry. But this time, he couldn't hold it back. "We thought...you and Zeph were dead."Nicole fell silent for a moment. "We all got sick, so we went to Grayport. We didn't know if we'd be able to find medicine, and I didn't want you worrying, so I didn't tell you."She only got into the research institute because she knew medicine and because Mitchell pulled some strings for her.Mitchell only let Zeph and the two little ones in because he still remembered how they had saved his life years ago.Outside, the place was packed with people desperate for treatment. Hundreds, even thousands, couldn't get in. Eve

Whether he meant it or not, Dumbo still chose to stay.Nicole didn't really care. If he ever got tired of living there, he could leave on his own. At least this way, he wouldn't start thinking of Villa 50 as some safe haven he could run back to whenever things went wrong.After Sven and the others finished their second course of treatment, the authorities finally announced that they had successfully developed a drug to treat the smog virus.Alex must have pushed hard for them, because Westbridge really did get special treatment and received more medicine than the other cities.The medicine arrived in batches, and there still wasn't enough for everyone. The authorities had no choice but to distribute it by lottery, with one person from each household drawing for a chance to receive a dose.Nicole deliberately switched to Grayport's radio channel and found that the authorities there hadn't announced anything to the general public.That wasn't surprising. Grayport was the regional c

There was no point in the victims crying for help. Every household had already been hit hard by the virus. Nobody still had the strength or energy to get involved.Whatever someone managed to take was theirs. Of course, some homeowners fought desperately to protect what they had, but they often paid with their lives, or ended up with an infected person coughing blood all over them.In short, the villa district had descended into chaos.Still, it was a different kind of chaos from the lawlessness outside. As long as no one openly crossed the line, everyone could still pretend they were decent, respectable people.Some residents resented how many supplies Hughie and Jeremy's group had collected and talked behind their backs, but the four of them had survived the apocalypse and fought their way back from the brink. They couldn't care less about gossip.As long as no one came knocking, they pretended nothing was wrong. If someone did come looking for trouble, they made sure they regre

So many people had died during the smog outbreak that Nicole worried the apartments might be hard to sell, so she went to the trading center to ask about the housing market.She slipped the young woman at the housing desk half a bag of sugar. The woman immediately brightened and became much more willing to talk."Your apartments are in a great location. I'd list them for three times what you paid. If anyone comes in looking to buy, I'll make sure yours are the first ones I recommend."Three times the price? So many people had died in the outbreak. Nicole would've thought housing demand would be lower than before.The woman smiled when she saw her reaction. "You haven't heard? Westbridge has a reputation as a lucky place now. Survivors from other cities are moving here because they think it's safer. Houses are in huge demand."Nicole was genuinely puzzled. She listened to the radio every day. It wasn't like she had been completely cut off from the outside world."The disaster wa

Seeing that the thief had already been tormented half to death, Nicole showed a rare bit of mercy and told him to get lost.If the dogs actually mauled him to death, she wasn't taking responsibility for it.Nicole was genuinely angry and punished both dogs by making them skip dinner.The world had already fallen into chaos after years of natural disasters. If they attacked someone who tried to hurt them, that was one thing. But today, they caught a thief and treated him like a toy. Sure, the guy had it coming, but what if the dogs got used to this and started doing the same thing to innocent people?Those two dogs couldn't be left together for too long. Sooner or later, they were going to cause serious trouble.Nicole had always been fiercely protective of her own, so she immediately called Marcus over the radio and snapped, "Come get Dumbo and take him home."Her Cola was such a good boy. Dumbo was obviously the bad influence here."I can't. He's got four legs. If he wants to