The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 269

Chapter 269

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Nicole forgot to close the door behind her on the way out, and the rabbits barreled straight into Zeph’s apartment. They piled over one another in pursuit of the cockroaches, filling the place with loud crunching sounds as they tore into them.

Even Zeph was stunned.

After clearing out the apartment, the rabbits still had energy to spare. They bounced into the hallway and down the stairs, continuing their hunt for any cockroach they could find.

Nicole didn’t even try to stop them anymore.

They had already spread cockroach poison across both floors, but it clearly had no effect.

Then again, ordinary poison probably meant nothing to these mutated giant roaches.

“Ugh, that smells awful.”

Poppy held up a plate she had washed the night before. A single cockroach dropping sat in the middle of

The second she leaned closer for a sniff, she nearly threw up.

Cockroaches loved dark, hidden spaces, and they became even more active at night. They were unbelievably destructive.

They chewed through clothes, contaminated food, and ruined almost everything they touched.

Zeph immediately started cleaning the apartment from top to bottom. He folded up the winter clothes and packed them away while Nicole moved their food and important supplies into the storage space.

That was when they discovered how well the giant cockroaches could hide.

The moment Nicole stored several boxes inside, a few giant roaches were suddenly forced back out by

the storage space itself.

Neither of them had expected the storage space to repel bugs. 1

Nicole reacted immediately. Before the cockroaches could run, she smashed them flat with her slipper.

No one should underestimate the power of a slipper when it came to killing cockroaches. It was humanity’s most time-tested weapon. People were practically trained for this from childhood. 1

Nicole’s attacks were quick, precise, and merciless. Every hit crushed a cockroach instantly.

After disinfecting the apartment inside and out, they only brought back the supplies they needed for daily

use.

Once Zeph finished cleaning his own apartment, he rolled up his sleeves and headed next door to help Nicole clean hers as well.

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Nicole was nowhere near as organized as Zeph.

On top of that, with both a dog and a group of rabbits living there, a faint animal smell always lingered in the apartment, no matter how often she cleaned.

Someone as neat and sensitive to smells as Zeph would definitely notice.

Nicole felt a little embarrassed. “I can clean it myself.”

“It’s fine. Things are different now.”

Zeph had never been the type to force his standards onto other people. Besides, after smelling the stench drifting up from the lower floors every day, he had stopped caring a long time ago.

Even Poppy came over to help. The three of them shut the doors and gave the apartment a thorough deep clean.

They had only just finished when screaming erupted from next door.

“Help! Where the hell did all these cockroaches come from?”

“They came up through the drains!” 1

Nicole and Zeph rushed over to help and nearly thought they had walked into the wrong apartment.

A bald man stood in the middle of the living room.

No. Two bald men.

Actually…three.

Jeremy and Hughie had both shaved their heads completely.

As for Beatrice…

She wasn’t bald, but she had cut her long black hair down to an extremely short buzz cut that barely

covered her scalp.

Hughie’s group had never properly sealed their balcony. During the typhoon floods, rain had constantly blown inside, so they covered the balcony with metal panels.

Now the apartment had become unbearably hot and stuffy, and without sunlight, the entire place felt. dark and oppressive. In the end, they removed the panels again to let air circulate.

They had spotted a few cockroaches two days earlier, but no one paid much attention. With everyone cooking indoors, seeing a few roaches seemed normal enough.

Then the apartment exploded with them overnight. 1

None of them had ever seen so many cockroaches in their lives, let alone ones this large. The sight

alone was enough to send chills down their skin.

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What made it worse was how aggressive they were. The giant cockroaches spread their wings and flew wildly around the apartment, crashing directly into people. 1

One of them smacked into Hughie’s face several times, and he swore the thing had bitten him.

Just watching the giant cockroaches fly around made Nicole shudder.

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