The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 866

Chapter 866

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Chapter 866

The clerk gave Nicole a cold look, clearly in no mood to explain.

“You wouldn’t understand how it works even if I told you. Just focus on your work, tend your crops, and

get along with your neighbors. Leave running the base to us.”

The staff already fielded more questions than they could handle. As far as the clerk was concerned, survivors needed to focus on feeding themselves and rebuilding their lives instead of pestering people

who had work to do.

The base had plenty of problems to deal with already. Explaining them to residents who couldn’t help

solve them would accomplish nothing.

Nicole let it go, took the keys, and headed up to the third floor.

The housing on Platform B was the first to open. Areas 1 through 3 housed active-duty military personnel,

while Area 4 was reserved for civilians.

No matter which military base they came from, anyone who wanted to keep serving had to accept a new

assignment here.

Military personnel made up the vast majority of the settlement’s roughly 12 thousand residents. Most of the civilians came from well-equipped government bases. Very few people made it here after surviving

on their own.

The service members were usually away at work during the day, and some spent ten days to two weeks at sea at a time. That kept Platform B relatively quiet and uncrowded.

Some civilians even took over the growing spaces assigned to residents in Areas 1 through 3 to raise

more food.

By the time Nicole reached Room 370, she found planting containers crowding the doorway. She nudged them out of the way with her foot, unlocked the door, and stepped inside.

Her room was a tiny section of a shipping container, only about five feet wide and eight feet long. Except for a small ventilation window high on the wall to her right, the space was completely bare.

To her pleasant surprise, the steel partitions were removable, held in place by sliding bolts on either side. As long as the neighbors agreed, they could take the panels down.

Opening up all three rooms would give them roughly 120 square feet. It would still be small, but they would have a little more room to move around.

The steel floor was thick and felt sturdy underfoot, though every step rang against it.

At least they weren’t in the middle of another extreme heat wave. In that kind of weather, this steel box would turn into an oven.

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Zeph let Cola out and told him not to bark.

After nearly ten years together, Cola knew what he meant. He wagged his tail eagerly.

The rooms were brand-new, with no previous occupants. After a short rest, the three of them got to work cleaning.

Nicole pulled a simple sofa bed from her storage space. They could use it as a couch during the day and fold it out at night.

Like the other pieces from the furniture showroom, it had a few clever features and a price tag to match. Its clean lines gave it a stylish but understated look.

The base had no running water or electricity, so the sofa’s built-in USB charging port and retractable reading lamp would need a separate power source.

The sofa bed took up little room. Nicole added a small round table and a few padded stools, enough to make the space feel like a temporary home. It was still cramped, but they were far more comfortable than

most survivors.