All Chapters of The Apocalypse Survival Manual: Chapter 811 - Chapter 820

Zeph was right. Dense clusters of whale barnacles covered the blue whale's body.The ancient virus had made the barnacles grow several times larger, causing the whale even more discomfort.Desperate for relief, the whale found the submarine too convenient to pass up. It kept rubbing against the hull, trying to scrape the barnacles off.With every pass, it pushed the submarine farther backward.The creature's persistence was becoming a nuisance.After more than half an hour of rocking, Nicole felt seasick. She closed the cover over the observation window and brought everyone, along with the submarine, into her storage space.Their time in the storage space was too precious to waste. After about ten minutes, she figured the whale was gone and returned them to the ocean.Less than five minutes later, the submarine started rocking again.The familiar motion left little doubt that the whale was back. It seemed determined to keep using their submarine.Nicole tried the same trick se

No matter how hardened a person became, they still needed other people.Through nine years of disasters, Nicole had killed to survive and fought both people and nature. Staying alive left little time for loneliness.But since leaving the military base, they had barely spoken to anyone else.Day after day, it was just the four of them, eating, sleeping, and sharing the same cramped space, with no end to the disasters in sight.They had plenty of food and water, vessels for every kind of escape, and her storage space to shelter them from even the worst disasters.Compared with most survivors, Nicole had it easy. Yet even that didn't seem to be enough.Perhaps she simply had too much time on her hands.She was grateful for everything they had, but a heaviness had settled over her that she couldn't shake.The days blurred together. She wasn't quite happy or sad. Sometimes, she struggled to see the point of any of it.As a doctor, she recognized the toll those years of relentless d

Sawyer and Levi thought it over, but neither could remember Jeremy or Hughie."What about Beatrice Blair?" Nicole asked, her voice tightening with worry. "Tall, solid build, deep voice? Could lay a grown man out with one punch?"Nicole nodded eagerly. "That's her."There were few women among the submarine crews. Each crew trained separately at sea, only meeting the others for drills on land, so it was harder to remember individual men.The women stood out, especially one who had knocked down several male soldiers in a row. Beatrice had earned quite a reputation among the crews.Nicole felt a flicker of hope. "Do you know where she is?"Sawyer shook his head.The asteroid strike caught them off guard. His group was already training at sea, with all their belongings aboard. They spent their days out on the water and returned to the deepwater dock at night. As soon as the air-raid siren sounded, they took the submarines out.Sawyer and his crewmates still had nightmares about

The sun dipped toward the horizon, and darkness crept across the sea.Nicole called across the water. "What are your plans?"After so long underwater, Sawyer and his crew wanted to make the most of the calm weather. They planned to spend the next few days resting on the surface, getting some sun and recovering their strength.Meeting Nicole and Zeph had given them fresh hope. If they kept looking, they were sure they would find more friends and fellow service members.The southern military base was gone, but the Ark Project would go on. Sooner or later, they would find somewhere to call home.Nicole and Zeph exchanged a glance. Since the crew intended to stay nearby, there was time to get to know them better. Sharing the coordinates could wait a couple of days.They had no particular reason to distrust Sawyer or his crew. Still, the men seemed a little too ready to see the good in others.Given the coordinates, they might share them freely, convinced that humanity's survival d

It took several minutes to kill the last of the attackers.Meanwhile, a fight broke out aboard the fishing boat, with gunshots ringing out over the water.Nicole couldn't see past the obstructions on deck. The fighting went on for nearly 20 minutes before everything fell quiet.Sawyer leaned over the bow, vomiting. Several minutes passed before he managed to wave at them. His face was pale. "It's over."Several of his crewmates were throwing up, too.Something was wrong. Nicole searched the water for the bodies around the submarine. All the attackers had worn masks, but the current had already swept them away.At Sawyer's order, one of his men brought the fishing boat over and stopped between the two submarines.Nicole and Zeph paddled across in their inflatable raft, fighting the wind and waves, then climbed aboard.Blood and bodies covered the deck. One clear look at the dead sent Nicole to the railing, struggling not to throw up. Her stomach heaved, but nothing came up.Z