After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Chapter 27: Traveling Together

"Do you believe in doomsday prophecies?"

Nina Jacobs asked.

For who knows how long, humanity had always loved to predict the arrival of the apocalypse.

Although they never came true, some people never tired of it.

Nina didn’t know what these people based their predictions on, but she didn’t believe them.

"Of course not. Who would believe that kind of stuff?"

Leo Hale replied.

"Then don’t overthink it. You can’t save them anyway."

Nina’s words sobered Leo up considerably.

’Yeah, who can I possibly save?’

The two of them walked for a while longer before realizing the road ahead was gone.

Floodwater blocked their path.

Seeing the cars floating on the water’s surface, Leo thought they should look for another route.

"It’s no use. Everything’s flooded."

Nina walked over to the shelter of some eaves by the side of the road.

Leo watched as she struggled for a long time before finally pulling out a folded, inflatable raft.

"You even have one of these?"

At that moment, Leo was filled with admiration for Nina.

"Mhm, swiped it from a shop we passed a few days ago."

The raft Nina took out was inflatable and came with an electric air pump. In less than five minutes, a brand-new raft was ready.

But to Leo’s confusion, Nina quickly inflated a second raft.

Her explanation was, "Just in case."

Nina tossed both rafts onto the water. Even cars were floating, so they didn’t have to worry about the water’s buoyancy.

Leo and Nina boarded one raft together.

The other one was tied to the back.

The floodwater was filthy. Inside one of the floating cars was a corpse, corroded beyond recognition.

Leo was grateful that before they had set out, Nina had made him add a layer of waterproof clothing under his double-layered raincoat.

He was now sweating buckets from the heat.

But it was still much better than coming into contact with this dirty water.

The two of them paddled the raft, their speed not slow, but they kept running into floating debris that blocked their way.

Things like floating corpses, door frames, baby strollers, and cars.

Nina saw people on both sides of the street opening their windows and shouting at them, but she ignored them all.

Leo couldn’t hear what they were saying. He kept looking back, and their pace slowed considerably.

"Don’t stop. Don’t forget your purpose for today."

Nina’s voice came through the earpiece, and Leo gritted his teeth and resumed paddling forward quickly.

His friends were in an emergency situation; he couldn’t delay any longer.

By now, the water had submerged the three-story buildings along the street. The tallest buildings on this street were only four stories high.

If the rain continued like this, this entire area would be completely submerged before the night was over.

Leo saw someone in a four-story building ahead open a window and wave at them.

’Sorry, we can’t help you.’

Leo thought silently.

But those people clearly weren’t going to give up, and even started throwing things in the raft’s path.

It seemed they wanted to force them to stop.

"Are these people insane?"

Only then did Leo realize how ridiculous his earlier sympathy had been.

To some people, not helping them meant you were an enemy.

"It’s good that you understand."

Nina was willing to associate with Leo not just because of Daniel Hale, but also partly because of Leo’s character.

He had compassion, but it wasn’t excessive.

For now, that was enough.

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