The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 180

Chapter 180

The massive granary in front of them was completely empty.

Not just the first granary. The last one was exactly the same. Not a single grain of rice remained.

The place was so empty that their footsteps echoed inside it.

Alex felt as if something had slammed into his chest.

Had she actually taken everything?

But they had only brought a limited number of trucks! Even overloaded, those trucks could only haul one granary’s worth at

most

Yet, all the main stockpiles were gone. Every last bit had been hauled away by Hayley.

Alex’s breath caught. A far more terrifying realization hit him.

That woman wasn’t just a water-element Gifted. She also had inventory abilities. And her inventory was enormous…terrifyingly

The realization made Alex’s insides churn. The shock went bone-deep, spreading until it swallowed every ounce of pride he had.

All his arrogance and confidence were worthless in front of Hayley.

Alex Kirk had been a chosen one since birth.

He worked through Olympiad problems at age three and self-studied the entirety of high school coursework by age five.

He was offered a scholarship to a top university at age seven and completed his PhD at fifteen.

He had published more research than most scholars did in a lifetime.

And that wasn’t even counting his background.

His father was the biggest shareholder of Dawn Holdings, and his mother was a political heavyweight.

Even in the apocalypse, Alex had awakened the super-rare control-variant gift.

To say Alex was born with a silver spoon was an understatement. He was born with God practically pouring favor on him.

Alex’s life had always been so bright that everyone else seemed like ants scurrying beneath him. Ordinary people were useless creatures, hardly worth a glance.

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But now….

This golden boy stood in the middle of an empty granary, absolutely shaken, staring at what Hayley had done.

A brand-new series of numbers, calculations, and conclusions exploded through his mind at lightning speed.

It was so extreme that his old worldview couldn’t even contain it.

He had to build an entirely new equation just to measure one person, and that person was Hayley.

On the long straight highway, a single truck led the convoy.

The ride back was smooth and peaceful. Since they had cleared the zombies and wreckage on their way in, Hayley and Leonard only had to drive straight through.

When they passed the gathering point from two days before, honking sounded behind them.

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Hayley checked her rearview mirror and saw a smaller cargo truck trailing them. She recognized it immediately. It belonged to

Scarlett from Ember Base.

She told Leonard to slow down.

When their truck eased its pace, the smaller truck caught up and pulled alongside them.

The window rolled down, revealing a sun-tanned face.

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