The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 793

Chapter 793

Anyone who survived this long must have been through unspeakable things.

Nicole fixed the group with a hard stare. “I’ll give you one chance to walk away. Now get out of here, and don’t come back.”

The middle-aged man led his shaken group away, and Poppy kept a wary eye on them.

Half an hour later, she came inside with a frown. “Zeph, Nicole, they set up camp a little over half a mile

away.”

Nicole wasn’t surprised. Getting this far was an achievement in itself, and they didn’t exactly have anywhere else to go.

Besides, they probably still hoped to get their hands on the supplies. They were scared, sure, but fear only went so far when their survival was on the line.

They probably chose to camp nearby for two reasons.

Seeing how comfortably Nicole’s group lived, they assumed there was water nearby. They also still wanted their supplies, and if they got desperate enough, they could try catching them off guard.

Nicole guessed these people came from money. Years in the cutthroat business world would explain their calculating nature and why they didn’t scare as easily as most survivors.

Through her binoculars, she watched them talk among themselves. A few glanced toward the RV.

She grew wary. “We’ll need to keep an eye on them.”

Zeph thought for a moment. “Let’s get the electric fence up in a bit.”

The four of them spent half the day setting it up around the RV.

All those years of training paid off. Poppy could hold her own now, so Nicole left her on lookout duty and went back to studying the CT scanner’s manual.

Sure enough, someone came by the next day and politely asked through the fence where they could find

water.

The gunfire the day before gave them a good scare, and no one wanted to risk coming back. But their search of the surrounding area turned up nothing, and they were all desperate for a drink

Nicole had no idea where they could find water. She just knew she had plenty of her own.

The man never got an answer.

Three days later, darkness covered the plateau, and the wind howled like a chorus of tormented souls

Nicole felt herself getting sleepy, so she made a cup of coffee and went back to reading the doctors’ notes

Poppy turned toward them, her night vision goggles in place. “They’re coming ”

Fifteen people crept toward the RV under cover of darkness.

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Thirst must have made them desperate enough to try their luck again. Their practiced movements made it clear this wasn’t their first raid.

This time, they took it slow, showing none of the recklessness of their first encounter.

The firepower inside the RV scared them, but dying of thirst would be worse. If they pulled this off, they could force the people inside to tell them where the water was, then take the RV and everything in it.

Their lives were on the line. They had to take the chance.

A thick layer of dust coated the RV’s windows, blocking their view inside from a distance. They only noticed the lights were still on when they got closer.

They dropped flat to avoid being seen. Once everyone inside fell asleep, they would push the electric fence aside with wooden poles and rush in before anyone could react.

The RV was bulletproof, so Nicole wasn’t worried. She even got up and walked past the windows every so often, staying awake well into the night.

Wind tore across the plateau, and the bitter nighttime cold left the would-be raiders stiff and freezing on the ground. Sand whipped against them, stinging like a thousand tiny blades.

They realized they had miscalculated. They should’ve waited longer before coming.

The lights finally went out in the early hours of the morning.

By then, they ached all over from the cold, and some showed signs of hypothermia. Teeth chattering, they quietly got to their feet and tried to work the stiffness out of their limbs.

An RV that size had to be loaded with supplies. The haul would make all this worth it.

The two girls were pretty, too. They could keep them around for some fun.

They would kill the man and take the dog back to cook. 2

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