The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 30

Chapter 30

This reward was straight-up amazing!

After teting her new physical abilities, Hayley stepped into her inventory.

On a shelf insisde lay a book on martial arts. She grabbed it immediately. As she flipped through the pages, her eyes lit up.

Every move was precise and ruthless, designed for human anatomy and even zombie physiology. Each technique had clever tricks and unexpected strategies. No wonder this was considered far ahead of its time-every move condensed decades of experience from master fighters!

Hayley felt like she had just found treasure. She dove right in and started learning.

Five days flew by. Hayley spent every day holed up in the base, training, training, and training

some more.

Every morning, she ran around the mountains near the base for a warm-up. Then, she practiced her martial arts.

Meanwhile, she prepared her meals in her slow cooker. After she and Summer ate, she fed the chickens, ducks, and sheep, then checked on the vegetables and fruits.

Her hens and ducks were laying more eggs than she could eat-about 20 a day. Hayley only took what she needed and left the rest for the older hens to hatch.

Her garden was thriving as well.

Hayley estimated that in ten more days, fast-growing crops like chives and kale would be ready to harvest.

Her base was flourishing, developing exactly how she wanted.

Meanwhile, the outside city was changing drastically.

Yesterday evening, Hayley stood atop her tower, scanning the horizon toward Aecraton. Just after 8 PM, the few scattered city lights blinked out, one by one, like raindrops falling backward.

The power had gone out early.

In her past life, the electricity lasted much longer but this time, it barely lasted two weeks. The zombie outbreak had come sooner than expected. With so many uncontrollable factors, the power plants probably didn’t stand a chance.

This world’s circumstances were a good deal tougher than the last one.

Electricity was a basic resource. Back in her previous life, she relied on it for cooking and

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heating, and even used motion-sensitive lights and surveillance cameras outside her gate to monitor zombies at night.

Now, with no power, survival in the city was infinitely harder.

Standing on her tower, Hayley could almost hear the faint, horrifying screams and car horns drifting from the city.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Through the farthest infrared camera, she saw vehicles speeding down the road at the edge of her bunker.

People were running madly from the city, a long line of zombies chasing behind them.

In the darkness, many of the fleeing vehicles crashed. The screech of metal and the sound of collisions echoed sharply through the night.

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