All Chapters of After the End: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

"Argh!!!"Sophie straightened in her bed as she screamed, her face pale as her memories flooded her mind.After the Great Tremor, any surviving humans were left wandering.To claim the last hardtack, her boyfriend, Yorick Lahm, and her best friend, Susan Zinger, plunged their razor-sharp daggers into her temples, sending her blood gushing…So what was going on? Shouldn't she be dead?Sophie looked around to see that it was an unfamiliar room and searched her mind… And realized it looked like the apartment she had rented in her junior year at college.On the nightstand sat a pink cellphone, the same one she'd used back in college.But she remembered losing it during the Endless Flood…Picking it up and swiping the screen, she was greeted by the home screen that read 11:12 a.m, March 23, 2024.Sophie's eyes widened in shock.Could she have reincarnated?She got out of bed and went to the balcony. She saw children playing downstairs, along with the elderly sitting nearby, pla

Yorick was always generous to himself but stingy to everyone else.He claimed he felt bad about always making Sophie pay for everything, so he cooked some simple dishes at his dorm and brought them over to her place, making sure it was a grand gesture that everyone saw.Being a loving boyfriend who even cooked for his girlfriend naturally earned him all the brownie points he could. Everyone praised him, and the ladies commented about how lucky Sophie was to have found herself such a kind, considerate boyfriend who could cook on top of that.Rolling her eyes at the thought, Sophie checked the time and realized it was already evening.Hiding the coolness swelling in her, she forced a giggle and replied, "It's alright, I'm not hungry. By the way, my parents said they're visiting tomorrow. Shall we have dinner together?"Yorick was a little surprised. "Why are they visiting?""Teehee!" Sophie giggled charmingly. "To see you, of course! You're their future son-in-law, after all!"Yor

After that, Sophie bought dehumidifiers, hair dryers, and desiccants, along with home-use quicklime bricks for the impending flood. She also bought self-heating packs and insulating food boxes for a couple of hundred, to cook eggs and instant noodles with when the gas and power got cut. On top of that, she made sure that they had enough protective clothing, including gloves, boots, and gas masks, for the acid rains, totaling twelve sets for the family, including a small set for Billy. As a precaution, she also included fire extinguishers and fire blankets. Sophie quickly stopped, as she had yet to pick up her priority items: medicine, meat, eggs, milk, fruits, and vegetables. But with the balance left in her account, she had to be careful with her spending tomorrow, while praying that her parents would arrive soon. She filled in the warehouse address for all the orders she had made, and she would head over to receive everything. She was making a mental note of what other su

If the void pocket didn't devour the diamond and store it like everything else, there was just no point in jewelry, especially in the apocalypse, where people pawned them off just for a meal.Nonetheless, once Sophie put in the bracelet, the white balls of the void pocket expanded in an instant.Estimating the area increase, Sophie opened her eyes and grinned. "It did enlarge by some 500 square feet!"Her parents sighed in relief—they were fine with anything as long as the void pocket could be expanded.Tina was also wearing a gold necklace and a pair of gold earrings, and she took both off and handed them to Sophie too. "Try these as well." Sophie put the gold jewelry into the void pocket and nodded after a moment. "It expanded again but not that much, just by a dozen square feet or so. " But that was fine—the jewelry must have barely weighed an ounce and was probably worth a lot less than the diamond bracelet. Jonah then asked Sophie about the specific date and time of the

Today, Tina would pass herself off as a logistics assistant at a large company, ordering takeout from a restaurant. When she was done, she and Sophie would head to the bank together. Sophie disguised herself too, as anyone who knew her would get curious upon seeing the birthmark on her face disappearing, and she had been wearing a mask for the past couple of days. She wore a hoodie that covered her face except for her eyes, which she hid with her sunglasses. She also took her mother's skirt since it looked old-fashioned, checked herself in the mirror, and headed out after finding herself completely unrecognizable. She went straight to an internet cafe in town, a place with lax management and poor hygiene, registered a new account, and directly messaged Hercules. Her account had a male profile picture and was registered under the name 'The Big One'. Hercules must have been online the whole time, as he immediately replied: [Yes, how can I help you, sir?] The Big One: [Paid ma