The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 898

Chapter 898

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Chapter 898

Weasel eagerly served the grains, filling everyone’s bowl.

With no proper barbecue seasoning available, Marcus stirred some dipping sauce into his portion. After one bite, he launched into praise.

“Nicole, how do you make everything taste this good?”

Weasel glanced up, immediately wary of all that flattery. He wasn’t about to let Marcus become Nicole’s new favorite.

“She’s good at everything,” he cut in. “Cooking, medicine, you name it. She’s even been teaching my wife a few things.”

Nicole gave them an exasperated look. “Poppy cooked.”

Marcus grinned and took another big mouthful. Weasel kept busy putting meat on Stella and Lucas’s plates.

Neither missed a beat.

“Poppy, this is incredible! You’re the best!”

Poppy flushed, smiling so widely that her eyes crinkled.

They were there to enjoy being together. No one brought up painful memories, choosing instead to talk about their lives now and what they hoped lay ahead.

After treating several badly injured construction workers, Nicole had a warning for Marcus. “Be careful out there. I don’t want to see you on my operating table.”

“Trust me, I don’t want that either.”

Marcus kept eating.

“But fuel’s worth more than we are these days. They save it for cranes and equipment that move things we can’t. If we can carry it ourselves, that’s what we do.

“You notice how many transport ships aren’t running anymore? Even the fighter jets only go up when they have

“You can’t keep the industry going without oil. If we’re ever going to rebuild, we’d better hope they find reserves they can still reach.”

For all their efforts, only a fraction of the world’s industry survived. Restoring the prosperity they once knew would probably take more than their lifetimes.

Nicole frowned, “Are the new platforms mostly for growing food?”

“Mostly housing. Whatever space is left will be used for crops.”

Life was getting better, but as the population grew, so would the problems.

Feeding everyone was one of them, Vegetables and meat helped, but they still needed staple crops to keep everyone fed.

Nicole was already thinking ahead. “What’s next once the platforms are finished?”

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“Probably land reclamation. Building islands.”

Marcus grew up expecting special treatment, with people falling over themselves to please him. But he still knew how to talk to people.

Once he dropped the attitude, he could get along with just about anyone. In less than a month at Yorwick, e already made connections with some of the higher-ups.

“The islands were supposed to come first, but they lost some essential parts for the dredgers. They can’t run the machines without them, so they’re building housing platforms instead.”

“What kind of parts?” Nicole asked.

Marcus gave her a sly smile. “Guess.”

“Tell me or don’t.”

He could tell her patience was wearing thin. With three bowls of grains already in his stomach, he decided to stop teasing the person feeding him.