บททั้งหมดของ The Apocalypse Survival Manual: บทที่ 171 - บทที่ 180

Since Nicole refused to take one, Hughie's group each kept a gun. As for the rest of the items, they agreed to treat them as shared property. They handed everything over to her for safekeeping, planning to trade them later if the chance came."What about the two units downstairs?"Beatrice's temper flared. "Let's go down later, break their doors open, and kick them out! I'm sick just thinking about them."Jeremy thought for a moment. "What about the Goodmans?"The Goodmans were decent enough. It was the other two scheming households that were exhausting to deal with."That's not our problem," Nicole said. "We just need to hold the 18th floor."Want more after getting a foot in the door? Not happening!Still, what happened today was a lesson for everyone. From now on, they had to be careful when going out. Getting targeted once was enough.Beatrice spoke up, her tone firm. "Whether we live or die isn't really up to us. If I ever get caught by them, don't do anything stupid try

Nicole ignored the people on the 16th floor. Her gaze dropped to a round stainless steel piece on the floor. It must have fallen off one of the bodies. It looked like an access token for Liora Estates.Hughie and Jeremy had thought it was useless and hadn't taken it.Nicole crouched and picked it up. It looked like a backpack charm, probably mass produced somewhere and handed out to members.Back upstairs, Beatrice opened the door the second she heard movement. She froze for a moment when she saw the two of them return together. "Why are you so late? Did you find anything?"Since Zeph didn't say anything, Nicole nodded. "I hadn't gone far when I saw a group collecting protection rations. I followed them and watched where they went. They headed into Liora Estates."Beatrice's eyes widened. "You're saying their base is inside that complex?"Liora Estates was huge, with over 20 residential buildings alone. How many people could be inside? Had the group formed from residents, or had

Nicole and Zeph stayed alert the whole way, cutting through side routes until they reached the outskirts of Liora Estates.Zeph didn't move in right away. Instead, he circled the area from a distance, then led Nicole into an office building. He pulled out binoculars and started observing.He wasn't watching the main gate. His focus was on the upper floors of the residential towers."They've got lookout points," he said quietly. "Counter surveillance."Nicole's heart skipped.No wonder it had taken so many lives in her previous life to wipe out the Drakebane Guild. The people leading them weren't ordinary criminals.When it came to reconnaissance, Zeph was clearly in his element. He marked several suspicious lookout positions, then adjusted his angle to avoid them and shifted his focus back to the entrance.After watching him stand there for a long time, Nicole couldn't help asking, "What are you looking at?""Their conversations.""You…read lips?""A little."Nicole covered

Complaining was one thing. After venting, they still had to keep going.Zeph laid out every possible way their defenses could be breached, then followed each one with a clean countermeasure.Nicole couldn't help but feel it again. Surviving well in this world wasn't easy.That evening, Gabrielle called out from downstairs that the relief supplies, originally scheduled for the day after tomorrow, had been moved up to tomorrow.Beatrice and the others were surprised. Why the sudden change?Nicole instinctively glanced at Zeph, just as he looked over at her.Their eyes met for a brief second, then both looked away."Beatrice, I'm heading out early tomorrow to pick up supplies," Nicole said. "I'll take Cola out for a walk in the afternoon."Beatrice didn't think much of it. "Sure. We'll go after you get back."That night, Nicole couldn't fall asleep. She had thought that with her storage space, life would be easier this time around.And yet, even that came with a cost.She just

Zeph looked straight at Nicole. "I'll try."But the attackers were set on taking their heads. An axe slammed down hard, splitting through the wooden door of the inner room.That was it. No one was getting out today. No matter how skilled they were, they couldn't walk away from this kind of firepower unscathed.In that split second, Nicole grabbed Zeph's hand and pulled him into her storage space.The men burst in right after, firing wildly without even checking. The room was torn apart. Glass shattered everywhere.The scene shifted.Zeph froze, stunned by what he saw.Nicole hadn't wanted it to come to this, but there was no other choice. She couldn't leave him behind to get torn apart by gunfire.And that shot to his shoulder… It might've happened when he pulled her earlier.No matter how careful she had been, her secret was exposed.The only saving grace was that even inside the storage space, she stayed on guard.The RV was parked in the second-floor living area. Food and