The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 454

Chapter 454

“You keep impressing me!” he went on. “Without you, I can’t even imagine what things would look like now.”

“Sam, you’re being too generous,” Hayley said.

“Not at all.” Samuel waved a hand. “Every step you’ve taken has earned my respect.

“You released the evolution serum at an extremely low cost and solved the biggest problem of Gifted evolution Then you led everyone in reclaiming the city, fighting all the way from the outskirts to downtown.

Samuel grew more animated with every word.

“I’ve watched everything you’ve done! I’m not exaggerating when I say this. Without you, the entire Eastern region would’ve been doomed.”

Hayley smiled lightly and clinked glasses with him.

“Your grandson’s pretty strong, too. As long as he’s around, things wouldn’t have collapsed.”

She was being polite.

And honestly, she believed it.

In her previous life, Liam died young, yet Base K1 still managed to hold out until the very end.

In this life, with him still alive, they might last even longer.

But after she said that, Samuel shook his head.

“That’s not what I mean. Do you know what the situation is like in the other regions?”

Hayley’s eyes lit up.

Other regions?

She had always lived in the Eastern region. Because of radio signal limits, the farthest they could receive news from was Firebrand Base.

Beyond that, there was nothing.

After being reborn, she had considered leaving the Eastern region and hiding somewhere sparsely populated.

But she had no idea what conditions were like elsewhere.

In her previous life, she spent ten years surviving in the Eastern region, accumulating experience and information. She knew nothing about how other regions fared after the apocalypse.

Guessing; based only on pre-apocalyptic knowledge was too risky. One unexpected variable could cost everything.

So she gave up on fleeing elsewhere and focused on building a solid foundation using what she already knew.

Now that Samuel mentioned other regions, her interest was immediately sparked.

“Which one?” she asked

Samuel’s drunken eyes cleared noticeably. He looked straight at Hayley

“It’s time you knew

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“Before the zombie virus outbreak, the authorities had already detected it.

“In the early stages, the government prepared emergency plans, treating it as a top-tier infectious disease wit nationwide protection measures. Unfortunately, this virus was far more terrifying than anything classified bef

“Before full-scale protection could even be implemented, it erupted. Worse still, it attacked indiscriminately. Even the central command, with its strict protections, was hit.

“If central command had held, the entire country wouldn’t have fallen.”

Hayley and Ruby both nodded.

That was exactly how it happened.

This was never something a few individuals could control.

Even when the government detected the danger early and made preparations, history still repeated itself.

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