The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 661

Chapter 661

One of the more timid team members was so frightened she burst into tears. She clung tightly to Mitchell’s arm.” Dr. Chapman…”

The sky grew darker by the minute, and the rain only came down harder.

Nicole put her gun away. “We need to go. Now.”

People held grudges. There was no telling whether some of the injured might come back looking for revenge.

Mitchell nodded and quickly led the group toward the rear entrance.

There were people sheltering from the acid rain there as well. The moment they saw Nicole and the others approaching with bulging backpacks, several of them perked up and exchanged looks.

Nicole knew that look all too well. Without saying a word, she pulled out her gun.

Everyone immediately looked away. A few even quietly backed off, clearly not interested in testing their luck. Mitchell took out one of the oversized protective suits and cautiously held part of it out in the rain.

The material held up. There was no visible damage.

The downpour showed no sign of letting up. When people saw them pull out brand-new protective suits, envy spread through the crowd.

“Where’d you get those? Can I borrow one? I need to get home and make dinner.”

No one was stupid enough to answer.

The suits were one-size-fits-all and loose enough to fit over their backpacks. Nicole had the others put theirs on first while she stood guard with her gun, keeping an eye on anyone who looked like they might try something. Once everyone else was sealed inside the acid-resistant suits, she pulled out her own and put it on.

The group stepped into the acid rain and started making their way back to the research institute with their heavy backpacks.

The rain kept pouring. Plenty of people were huddled beneath storefront awnings and overhangs along the road. Whenever they saw someone walking through the downpour in protective gear, the envy and resentment on their faces were impossible to miss.

The acid rain kept falling for hours and still hadn’t stopped by nightfall.

Nicole listened to it pounding outside, growing more restless by the minute. Sometimes it poured, sometimes it eased to a drizzle, but seven or eight hours later, it was still raining.

As long as it kept falling, almost everything outside had to stop.

Like the disasters before it, the acid rain came early, and even its duration was different from what Zeph remembered.

In Zeph’s previous life, the first acid rain lasted only about two hours. Then came a two-week break before the second storm, and neither one was anywhere near this heavy.

But everything had changed. Disaster after disaster kept tearing into the world without giving anyone a chance to recover.

Nicole couldn’t help wondering how Zeph, Poppy, and Cola were doing.