The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 852

Chapter 852

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The squid tore through the water behind the yacht, closing the distance in a wall of white spray.

Zeph secured his safety harness and sent the yacht racing toward the Ardelonian base.

Two massive wakes cut across the sea, one behind the other. On the aft deck, Nicole gripped the safety rail and watched the enraged squid gain on them.

They were terrifyingly fast. Crimson tentacles rose and fell like monstrous hands, churning the water as the creatures rocketed toward the yacht.

Tentacles reared more than 40 feet into the air, then crashed down with enough force to send anything in their path flying. (1

Even from this distance, Nicole could almost feel the spray against her face.

Zeph drove the yacht hard, but there was only so much he could get out of the engines. At full speed, it was still no match for these mutated krakens.

He headed straight for the base, taking the shortest possible route, but the furious squid kept gaining on them in sudden bursts of speed.

In less than half an hour, the gap narrowed from a few miles to a few hundred yards.

One more burst would put the yacht within reach. A single blow from one of those tentacles could capsize it.

The gap steadily narrowed from 500 yards to just 100.

Spray lashed Nicole’s face, stinging her skin and soaking her clothes.

Suddenly, an enormous tentacle crashed into the water less than 50 yards away.

Nicole turned toward the bow. She could just make out the structures of the Ardelonian base in the distance. They might never get another chance.

She gritted her teeth and shouted into the radio, “Faster!”

Zeph pushed the throttle as far as it would go, driving the yacht straight toward the heart of the base.

The sentries in the wooden watchtowers froze. The yacht was still more than a mile away, but as they realized what was coming behind it, their eyes widened in horror.

“We’re under attack!”

A level-three alarm blared throughout the base. The Ardelonians scrambled into position and aimed their guns at the speeding yacht.

It was still far off, but it was closing in fast.

As they took aim, the yacht began weaving from side to side. Clouds of spray blocked the squid’s view, leaving them confused, but they continued charging straight ahead.

The Ardelonians had no cannons. All they could do was follow the yacht with their submachine guns and wait

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for a clear shot.

Their weapons had an effective range of about 200 yards. The yacht needed to get closer.

Their underwater craft carried harpoons, but years of hunting giant sea creatures left their stocks dangerously low. They couldn’t afford to waste any on a poorly aimed shot.

The yacht was big enough to do serious damage if it hit the base at full speed. Even the boats surrounding the wooden buildings might not stop it.

To the Ardelonians, it looked like a suicide attack. Somehow, these lunatics found their base despite its remote, sheltered location.

Those on the wooden platforms stared in alarm as the yacht hurtled toward them. Then they spotted the enormous red tentacles thrashing behind it, and terrified cries broke out.

“Krakens!”

“Giant squid!”

They knew what it took to kill just one. During a previous hunt, they fired harpoon after harpoon and still lost a fishing boat and an underwater craft before finally bringing the creature down.

Now countless tentacles churned the water behind the yacht. There had to be dozens of squid.

Panic swept through the base.

“No!” they screamed.