Alle Kapitel von The Apocalypse Survival Manual: Kapitel 791 – Kapitel 800

Nicole had always admired Zeph. He was handsome, a great cook, and in incredible shape. With all his other skills, there didn't seem to be anything he couldn't do.She was his biggest fan, convinced he could do no wrong. Now her idol came tumbling off his pedestal, shattering her rose-colored glasses on the way down.His biggest fan was now his harshest critic. Nicole could only sit there and stew. So much for Mr. Perfect.To be fair, it wasn't really Zeph's fault. There was no wind while he adjusted the drone. Nobody expected a sandstorm to hit the second he got it airborne.Well, not exactly a sandstorm. A freak gust came out of nowhere and whipped up clouds of dust and sand.Between the drone's shaky flight and all that blowing sand, its first mission ended before it even began. They only had one drone left, and Nicole refused to take it out, no matter what.With natural disasters ravaging the world, all their fancy technology was useless. They would have to do things the

Anyone who survived this long must have been through unspeakable things. Nicole fixed the group with a hard stare. "I'll give you one chance to walk away. Now get out of here, and don't come back."The middle-aged man led his shaken group away, and Poppy kept a wary eye on them.Half an hour later, she came inside with a frown. "Zeph, Nicole, they set up camp a little over half a mile away."Nicole wasn't surprised. Getting this far was an achievement in itself, and they didn't exactly have anywhere else to go.Besides, they probably still hoped to get their hands on the supplies. They were scared, sure, but fear only went so far when their survival was on the line.They probably chose to camp nearby for two reasons. Seeing how comfortably Nicole's group lived, they assumed there was water nearby. They also still wanted their supplies, and if they got desperate enough, they could try catching them off guard.Nicole guessed these people came from money. Years in the cutthroat

Zeph knew wilderness survival inside and out. He studied the grass, his expression grim. "Nicole, this place is going under, too."Nicole nodded. "We need to get ready."It was sedge, one of the few plants used for landscaping at high elevations. In places at risk of turning to desert, its roots held the sand in place, kept the soil from washing or blowing away, and helped it retain moisture.Normally, it stayed green year-round. Up here in the basin, though, it only put out new growth in late spring, when warmer temperatures melted the snow and supplied much-needed water.Yet here it was, sprouting in the driest part of the year.There wasn't any recent rain to explain it, but the soil was damp enough for the dormant grass to put out new shoots. Cracks must have opened underground, letting moisture seep up from below.Zeph dug into the ground with a shovel. About a foot down, the soil was noticeably wetter.A few days later, Nicole caught a faint salty smell on the breeze. Th

Nicole made sure to check Cola. He looked dazed and badly shaken, but Zeph kept him safe through the ordeal, stopping him from panicking completely.He sprawled on the floor, panting. After half an hour of rest, he looked much more alert.Nicole checked her storage space with her mind. In her rush to put their lunch away, she didn't think about where to put it. The bowls ended up in the living room, with potato casserole spilled all over the floor.So much for lunch. She would have to find them something else.This time, she brought out sautéed beef. With no reason to hurry, they took their time eating.After lunch and some juice, she sent Poppy and Cola off for a nap.They spent nearly two hours in her storage space before she returned the pod to the ocean, where it rose and fell with the waves.Nicole drew back the curtain, and bright light flooded in.The worst of the tsunami triggered by the sinking land was over. But as far as she could see, there was only open ocean, fier

As long as Mount Evercrest stood, Nicole believed they could still hope there was dry land somewhere.However, disaster after disaster broke the Earth's backbone until nothing could hold it together.Even while preparing for the worst, Nicole clung to a small spark of hope. Now that, too, was gone.She stared at the empty stretch of ocean where the mountain once stood, unable to take it in.-After hours of rocking on the ocean, Poppy started feeling sick again, but she didn't say anything.Then she spotted a survivor clinging to a makeshift raft.He was too far away for her to make out his facial features, but she could see how weak he was. There was no telling how much longer he could hold on.She was lucky to have Zeph and Nicole.The escape pod rocked, but at least she had room to move. It kept her out of the sun and wind, and she never worried about food or water.Poppy stayed quiet. There was nothing she could do to save him. She looked away before it hurt even more.T