The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 836

Chapter 836

Nicole and the others ate well and lived comfortably. None of them looked as though they had spent months cooped up in a submarine.

Someone might have spotted them much earlier, during a switch to the escape capsule or the yacht, or even when Nicole put the Savadian fishing boat into her storage space.

Their pursuers could have been waiting to confirm what they saw before making a move.

The Ardelonians took biological warfare and the use of nuclear wastewater to horrifying extremes. They even ate human flesh.

If they discovered Nicole’s secret, they would stop at nothing to take her alive and cut her open to find out how her ability worked.

If they got their hands on her, death would be a mercy.

But she and Zeph didn’t know where the Ardelonians were, how many of them were out there, or what weapons they had. Finding and killing them would be anything but easy.

Zeph grew increasingly uneasy.

Since finding the fishing boat, they traveled more than 200 nautical miles over 2 separate trips, yet somehow remained within range of Ardelonian surveillance.

Ordinary survivors didn’t have the resources to track them that far. Their pursuers were most likely military.

Nicole stared at him. “The Ardelonian military?”

Somehow, they survived both the destruction of their country and the shifting tectonic plates. Even that wasn’t enough to wipe them out.

Their history of atrocities left little doubt about what awaited anyone they captured.

These people were ruthless, and they were nothing like the poorly run forces at the Ironvale and Drakehold Bases. The four of them wouldn’t be able to deal with this threat so easily.

As Nicole and Zeph discussed their options, the submarine began to rock again. They tensed, bracing for an Ardelonian attack.

Poppy hurried over. “Zeph, Blue’s back.”

This time, Blue wasn’t rubbing against the hull or ramming it. She nudged the submarine with her head, making it sway from side to side.

Poppy frowned. “What’s she trying to do?”

Nicole watched for a moment. “Maybe she’s warning us to get out of here.”

Until they knew what they were up against, their best option was to leave.

Nicole wanted to survive. She had no intention of dying in a fight with the Ardelonians.

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They fled, pushing the submarine to full speed.

Three hours later, Cola suddenly started barking at viewing window three. Nicole hurried to the stern and peered through her binoculars.

A submarine was following them.

It didn’t look particularly large, though that could have been the distance or the dim light underwater. She could barely make out its dark outline.

As she watched, two more shapes came into view. The three vessels pursued them side by side.

They were outnumbered three to one.

Right then, Poppy called from viewing window two. “Nicole! There’s another one over here!”

Nicole hurried over. Sure enough, a dark shape kept pace off their right side. There was probably another on the left, bringing the total to five.

Against that many, they had little chance in a fight.

For now, all they could do was brace for the attack and trust that Yorwyn’s engineers built a vessel tough enough to survive it.

Zeph’s expression hardened when Nicole reported five submarines closing in. The military base produced plenty of submarines, but they were built to survive ocean disasters and fend off mutated sea creatures. They weren’t equipped for submarine warfare.