All Chapters of Reborn Three Days Before the Apocalypse: Chapter 41
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Chapter 41
Maya didn’t say anything.The thought of the flood reaching the eighteenth floor was frightening enough without Ethan having to explain what that would mean.The next morning, Ethan was still asleep when someone knocked on his door.It was Maya.“Ethan, are you awake?”He opened the door after a moment.“Ryan finished the entire bottle of vodka last night,” Maya said. “He passed out completely, but this morning, he’s like a different person. He wants you to come over. He says there’s something you need to talk about.”Ethan followed her to the apartment.Ryan had already changed his clothes, shaved, and cleaned himself up. The exhausted, broken man from the hotel was gone. He looked much more presentable now, although his expression was unusually serious.The moment Ethan sat down, Ryan looked at him.“I think… this is the end of the world.”Ethan’s chest tightened slightly.He didn’t answer.Ryan sat up straighter and continued.“Don’t you think something is wrong?”His voice was cal
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There was no time to waste.Lucas went straight to Caleb’s apartment and knocked on the door.When Caleb heard that they were heading out to search for medicine, he thought about it for a moment before agreeing.The arrangement was the same as before.Maya would stay behind with Poppy and keep watch over the apartments while Ethan, Lucas, Ryan, and Caleb went out.Even after Ryan had explained his theory about what was happening to the world, Maya still had her doubts. Deep down, she didn’t want to believe that the disaster was something permanent.After thinking about it for a while, she finally spoke.“This time, focus on survival supplies and medicine. As for anything else… if you need it, that’s up to you.”She didn’t explain what she meant, but everyone understood.Ethan immediately made the arrangement clear.“If it’s medicine or survival equipment, we split it evenly. Anything personal doesn’t count, but don’t waste too much of the group’s resources.”It was better to establish
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Rain hammered against the windows as Ethan’s group sat inside the office, eating hot, cheesy macaroni and cheese. The rich smell spread through the room, filling the otherwise damp and lifeless building with something warm and comforting.For a few minutes, it almost felt as though the world outside didn’t exist.Almost as if life were still normal.“We’ve got enough medicine,” Ryan said after wiping his mouth. “But we’re still short on food. There are several livestream sales companies in this building. Let’s check them out.”Nobody objected.They got back on their feet and continued working their way through the building, forcing open doors whenever necessary.The first company they entered dealt primarily in cosmetics and skincare.Ryan and Lucas barely looked around.Ethan was different.His eyes immediately landed on shelves filled with brand-name skincare products, makeup, lipstick, face masks, expensive creams, and other beauty products.He didn’t hesitate.He began selecting t
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Ethan had never used condoms himself, but he understood how valuable they could become in a world like this.As society collapsed, something as ordinary as condoms would eventually become extremely difficult to find. That alone made them useful as a trade item.More importantly, preventing unwanted pregnancies would become a matter of survival for many women. Bringing a child into a world without reliable food, medicine, shelter, or security could turn an already desperate situation into something even worse.Ethan didn’t hesitate.Most of the boxes disappeared directly into his storage space.Then he paused.After thinking about it, he grabbed a handful and tossed them into one of the black trash bags he was carrying.He didn’t bother counting them.There were probably several dozen.They would make the contents of the bag look ordinary enough if anyone happened to inspect it.After clearing the fifteenth floor, Ethan moved down to the fourteenth.The entire floor belonged to a singl
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The refrigerator wasn’t merely full.It had its own backup battery.Everything inside was still perfectly fresh.Ethan stared at it for a moment before silently thanking whoever had designed the system. Then he stored the entire refrigerator, food and all, inside his storage space.There was no reason to waste time transferring everything individually.The sword and golf club were also too useful to leave behind. They were excellent weapons for the world outside, and there was no point pretending otherwise.Ethan placed them inside a large bag and slung it over his shoulder.There were an astonishing number of useful supplies scattered across the fourteenth and fifteenth floors. Ethan went through everything carefully, checking drawers, cabinets, storage rooms, desks, and unopened packages.Nothing useful was left behind.By the time he reached the thirteenth floor, the situation changed completely.The entire floor was occupied by smaller companies, most of them part of a startup inc
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They sat together eating hot, high-calorie mac and cheese while going over everything each of them had managed to find.Ignoring the random snacks and drinks, Ethan had brought back the largest amount of grains and dry goods. Ryan had found a specialty distributor and returned with a substantial supply of dried meats, herbs, mushrooms, and cheese. Lucas had managed to find several bags of good-quality rice, while Caleb had cleared out a liquor distributor and brought back dozens of cases.Once they added everything together, however, one thing stood out immediately.Bottled water.There was more bottled water than almost anything else they had collected.They couldn’t afford to leave it behind. Rainwater might be everywhere now, but it wasn’t something they could depend on forever. The flood would eventually recede, and clean drinking water could become one of the most valuable resources left.After discussing it, they decided on a clear order for what needed to be transported first.
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Even after making a second trip, the men still couldn’t move everything.A considerable amount of bottled water and drinks remained behind, so Caleb and Ryan went back out for one final run.By the time everything had finally been hauled up to the eighteenth floor, it was already past one in the morning.Nobody went to sleep.There was still too much work to do.They immediately began dividing the supplies.Ethan ended up with a substantial share. He received medicine, grains, beef, alcohol, about ten pounds of high-quality rice, more than a dozen cases of bottled water, eight cases of milk, two large sacks filled with snacks and instant food, and countless other useful items.When everything was finally stacked inside his apartment, Ethan estimated that he had enough to last at least six months without having to worry about food.For the first time in a long while, he felt like he had a proper reserve.There was only one real problem.The seeds.Everyone understood how valuable they
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It wasn’t until Ethan started moving the cases of liquor that the thought finally struck him.He stopped.His eyes slowly swept across the room.Where were the antiques?And the display shelves?Ethan immediately searched the entire storage space again, just to make sure he hadn’t simply forgotten where he had put them.They were gone.Completely gone.The liquor was still there.So were the diving suits, the luxury watch, and even the safe.Only the antiques and paintings had disappeared.Ethan frowned and slowly sat down on the couch.Could those old objects have contained some kind of special energy?Was that what had caused his storage space to expand?The thought wasn’t as ridiculous as it sounded.The crystal pendant that had awakened his storage space was made from an extremely high-grade material. Perhaps certain valuable objects carried some kind of energy that ordinary items didn’t.But there was still one thing he couldn’t explain.The display shelves had disappeared too.T
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Ethan’s group returned to the office buildings, but most of what they found had already been picked clean.The offices were a mess.Desks had been overturned, cabinets emptied, and drawers left hanging open. Most of the furniture was cheap composite material made from compressed wood fibers and adhesive. It wouldn’t burn well, and the fumes could be toxic.The second building wasn’t much different.They found a few instant meals, several cases of bottled water, and a small amount of usable firewood.That was it.They returned to the building where Ryan’s company had been located. There were signs that someone had searched it as well, but the damage wasn’t nearly as bad.Whoever had come through had probably decided it wasn’t worth wasting time on.Ethan’s guess had been right.The higher they went, the fewer signs of looting they found.“We should search it again,” Ethan said. “Everyone looks for different things. We might have missed something.”This time, Ethan took the areas Caleb
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Ryan knew things weren’t the same anymore.He couldn’t keep relying on Maya and Ethan to protect him. If the world was truly going to keep getting worse, then he needed to become someone who could protect others too.From now on, he had to step up.“Yeah,” Ethan said, looking him over. “You definitely need the training.”Ryan sighed.Ethan suddenly remembered something and disappeared into his apartment. A moment later, he returned carrying a black bag.“I found this in the office building,” he said. “Figured you and Maya might need it, so I kept it.”Ryan opened the bag.His eyes widened.Then he gave an awkward laugh.“Thanks. I was actually looking for these.”For a moment, he’d completely forgotten why he’d come.Then he remembered.“Hey, do you know what happened last night?”“Nope. Slept right through it.”“Marcus and Claire got hit.”Ethan’s expression changed slightly.He had never liked the way Marcus played games with multiple women, especially after everything he’d done to