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Chapter 78: The Right Choice
"I gave you a chance," Ethan said quietly. "You didn't take it."He knew with complete clarity that he could not allow himself to be detained here.If he and Mia were taken in for questioning even in the name of routine investigation they would be trapped. The supplies he had spent weeks accumulating would be inaccessible. And in the hours and days that followed, with the temperature dropping toward levels that would make the city uninhabitable, being locked inside a federal building with no access to his preparations could easily become a death sentence.He reached into the Storage Space.The crossbow was in his hand before the guard had processed the movement.The first shot was fast and precise.Frank went down without a sound.Ethan fired twice more before moving.The entire sequence lasted less than four seconds. Frank had not had time to react, or speak, or make a sound. He was simply there and then he was not.Marcus, who had been halfway through dialing, looked up and saw wha
Chapter 77: Discovered
By the time Ethan and Mia finished clearing the basement supermarket, it was past five in the morning.Neither of them had slept. Counting from when they'd left the apartment, more than five hours had passed.Ethan was exhausted in a specific way, the deep, pulling fatigue that came from sustained use of the Storage Space over an extended period. His eyelids felt weighted. Every cell in him wanted a flat surface and eight hours.The sustained mental drain of collecting supplies at that scale was not something his body shrugged off easily.Mia was worse. The excitement she'd felt when they started had evaporated somewhere around the fourth floor. They had taken so much, processed so much, covered so much ground, that even genuine enthusiasm had run out of fuel. If another equally massive retail complex appeared in front of them right now, she doubted she could work up the interest to go in.Ethan made a rough mental estimate. The retail value of what they'd collected from this building
Chapter 76: A Throbbing Head
The second floor had the same general layout as the first, dining area, clothing section, general goods.The food options here were considerably more varied. Beyond standard prepared items, there were dessert counters, a coffee bar, an ice cream display. Ethan cleared all of it without ceremony. The coffee machines from the café went in with everything else.Freshly brewed coffee in the Shelter whenever I want it, he thought. That's a quality-of-life upgrade worth having."Ethan, these are" Mia was standing in the lingerie section of the clothing area, holding an armful of various items and looking at him with a slightly complicated expression. "There are a lot of them. I can't carry all of this."Ethan walked over, took the pile from her arms, and with a single moment of focus, everything disappeared into the Storage Space.Mia stared at where the items had been.Then she looked at him.She had been watching this happen all night, and it still made her feel like the rules of physics
Chapter 75: Super Zero-Dollar Shopping
"Ethan, are we really not going to get caught if we go out and take things right now?"Mia sat in the passenger seat, brows furrowed, her heart full of worry. The idea of being caught doing something like this, with everything else already complicated, the consequences were hard to contemplate.She still couldn't fully bring herself to believe that the entire apparatus of law and order would buckle under a cold snap, no matter how severe."Whether law enforcement will even be functional by tomorrow is an open question. Stop worrying and take off your stockings."Ethan said it without turning his head, keeping his eyes on the road as the BMW moved through nearly empty streets.Mia stared at him. "Why?""Pull them over your head. It covers your face. Basic disguise. Do you understand?"Mia processed this, realized she had initially taken the instruction in a completely different direction, and decided not to mention that.She took off her stockings and pulled one over her head without f
Chapter 74: Going Out
"Minus sixty degrees? Doesn't... doesn't that mean enormous numbers of people will freeze to death?"Mia's voice came out sharp with shock.She couldn't imagine what that would look like. New York transformed into a frozen wasteland. The streets empty and white. People dying by the thousands, the millions.Ethan reached out and patted her head gently."Don't worry about others right now. Focus on surviving yourself. Once this disaster fully erupts, the entire world will fall into chaos. People will fight over food, water, heating supplies. Every day will bring violence. All we can do is take care of ourselves first."Mia nodded, listening. She understood what he was saying. It just sat heavily."Ethan, how did you know all of this was going to happen?"The question had been building in her for weeks, and it finally came out. He had known too much, too specifically, for too long."I'll explain it properly when there's time. Right now, come with me."He didn't elaborate. He reached into
Chapter 73: The Extreme Cold Apocalypse Arrives as Scheduled
Park was quietly relieved that she had packed a full suitcase of clothes. Under the circumstances, having options was useful.As for not being at the office, she wasn't particularly worried. Her family background meant nobody was going to push the issue. Anyone who wanted to make an example of her absenteeism without authorization would be taking on a situation they hadn't fully thought through.Her phone buzzed.The screen read: Mom.Park frowned, answered with barely contained impatience."Mom, it's working hours. Is something urgent?"Her mother's voice came through measured and serious."Dana, stop what you're doing and come home.""I can't just leave. I'll come home after work. I'm busy."She hung up before her mother could respond.A moment later, the phone buzzed again. Same caller. Park silenced it and set it face down.After a few minutes of quiet, her father called.Park turned on airplane mode, set the phone aside, and returned her attention to the binoculars and the buildi
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