Reborn in the Apocalypse, This Time I Abandon the Trash Novel

Watching Carlos's fear and despair on the security feed , I stopped caring . Before long , he vanished into the endless mountains . I turned to my parents . " We needed to get ready - the apocalypse was already upon They nodded . The three of us moved fast , checking the factory's defenses , making sure every trap and alarm system was working at peak condition . Outside the perimeter , Carlos and Anna's screaming drew attention from the restaurant owner down the mountain . By then , the cellular network had almost collapsed .

The government pushed emergency alerts to everyone's phones , advising people to secure their homes , stay indoors , and avoid venturing outside . Authorities said they were investigating and would not abandon anyone , that everyone should wait for rescue . Day one . I sent a drone out to scout , and what I saw was far more horrifying than anything I'd imagined . It wasn't just people turning into zombies . Animals were mutating too . I saw what looked like a mutated pigeon trailing my drone . I kept the drone steady and eased it under the edge of a roof , barely avoiding the thing's strike .

Up close , its appearance was so grotesque that I could barely process what I was looking at . It flew with seemingly endless stamina , wings outstretched , its screech piercing the air . Then I saw its mouth . The beak opened long and wide , and inside were short tentacle - like feelers , pulsing as it snapped and gaped . One of those tendrils had a human finger caught in it . There wasn't any flesh left , just bone , and a gold ring still clung to it . I froze . My stomach turned violently .

When I finally snapped out of it , I bolted to the bathroom and retched violently until my whole body trembled . It wasn't only the bird , it was the finger . And the other wildlife in the mountains was just as grotesque . Every creature seemed warped into something else . Chapter B ReelShort OPEN nity - wide ... At least , for now , I hadn't seen any mutated zombies near us . That drone footage left my nerves raw, so I put on a comedy and turned the volume up , trying to drown out the panic I didn't want to admit I felt .

In my last life , at this exact point , I'd already been devoured completely - nothing but bones remained . Even with all our preparation , fear still sat deep in my chest . That night , while we were cooking , every light went out at once . The power had died . But we had a generator . My dad connected it immediately , the lights came back on , cooking . and we kept Outside , the temperature had climbed to thirty degrees . Luckily , we had plenty of water stored , so heat wasn't our biggest problem . We made it through the first week like that .

The outside world had already collapsed into chaos , but up here , with the area so sparsely populated and our early preparation , survival was still manageable . Even so , over the next few days , we began spotting signs of human activity along the narrow mountain path . Thankfully , they only gathered firewood near the base and didn't come far . For now , nobody seemed curious about the factory , which still looked run - down from the outside . 61.54 % Lucia Morh Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words.

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