The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 798

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The pod kept rocking, but Nicole left her eyes closed and drifted back to sleep.

Zeph drew back the curtain, Outside, it was pitch-black, though he could make out a few stars overhead.

The stars were beautiful. Below them, the world lay in ruins.

He tucked the blanket around Nicole and closed his eyes to get a little more rest. He dozed on and off until

dawn.

Cola stood with his paws braced against the window, peering curiously into the distance. “Woof!”

The sea was calmer, and the rocking eased considerably. Nicole unbuckled her harness and leaned over to

look.

The sun was rising over the ocean. A thin veil of mist hung over the water. The red sun slowly climbed, glowing gold as its rays pierced the haze and washed the sea and sky in crimson.

Such beauty in a world so cruel.

Nicole took out her phone and snapped a picture of Cola watching the sunrise through the window.

Poppy felt much better after some sleep. She quietly ate her warm rolls and plain oatmeal.

“The waves are still pretty rough,” Nicole murmured. “I don’t think a yacht or even a cruise ship would be much help. What about the submarine?”

Zeph shook his head. “We need deeper water. With the land still settling, there’s no telling how much room we would have underneath us. We could run aground or hit something.”

With no better option, they settled in to watch a movie while eating popcorn. Nicole picked a comedy on purpose, and soon, they lost track of time.

Poppy got up to stretch and glanced out the window. Something in the distance caught her eye.

“A mountain! There’s a mountain!”

They weren’t meant to live out on the ocean. Just the possibility of solid ground was enough to get their hopes up.

Nicole leaned over to look. Sure enough, a mountain rose in the distance.

It stood alone in the ocean. Sunlight bathed its peak in a soft glow.

Nicole raised her binoculars, drawn to the almost holy light. The mountain was enormous, and something about it looked familiar.

Then she recognized it. Mount Evercrest.

Somehow, they drifted all the way here. At this rate, they would soon drift right out of the country.

The mountain looked close, but they still had a long way to go.

Two hours later, they were no closer. The waves only grew rougher, as if another massive surge was coming,

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Sure enough, each wave climbed higher than the last, tossing the pod around again.

Nicole kept watching Mount Evercrest. Her eyelids drooped for a moment, and the mountain began to split.

Her eyes snapped wide open. It was collapsing.

Violent tremors tore through the glaciers at the summit, exposing the ancient dark brown rock beneath. Massive slabs of ice slammed into the mountainside and shattered. The broken chunks tumbled down, battering the slopes as they fell.

Glaciers broke into blocks, blocks splintered into fragments, and the fragments burst into clouds of snow.

From a distance, it looked like an avalanche, like milk pouring down a tower of chocolate as the layers shifted and broke apart.

The shattered glaciers thundered into the ocean. Then the peak itself broke into countless pieces, as though a merciless hand were swinging a scythe through the roof of the world.

First, the mountain shook violently. Then it broke apart, sending ancient rock thundering into the raging sea, as if determined to drag the ocean down with it.

The impact sent enormous waves surging outward.

But that was all. Like a moth throwing itself into a flame, the mountain made one final, futile stand.

Spectacular, but hopeless.

Just like that, the very backbone of the Earth crumbled and vanished beneath the vast ocean without a trace.

Nicole searched and searched, but there was nothing left to see.

The joy of finding land gave way to a crushing sense of loss.

She watched, a sharp ache piercing her chest.

She had never climbed Mount Evercrest. But as the sea swallowed the land, that mountain represented hope, a lighthouse in the dark.

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