Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 193

A few months later...

Cal was standing still, holding his breath. He was scared to move a single step out of place and end up on Dillon’s bad side.

"All this time, and you still haven’t found Julian or Rayne?! How useless can you be?" Dillon slammed his fist down on the table.

His face was red with anger. It had been two whole months since they took over the government base, and there still hadn’t been any progress made.

"Boss! The previous weather made it difficult to send anyone out to search. And with Ace’s passing, we had to train up a new team leader," said Cal with a pleading expression.

Dillon was terrifying when angry. He had only a faint grip over his emotions, so when he was in a heightened state, anything was possible.

"The weather has just recently gotten better, so I need you to go back to the government base and keep your eyes peeled for any information while carrying out this new mission," ordered Dillon.

He had recently been assigned a new mission to begin spreading a new drug throughout the government base.

It was less potent than the previous version but still needed testing. The higher-ups wanted to use the residents of the government base as test subjects before mass-producing it.

One of the missions Dillon passed down to Cal was to begin spreading this drug under the pretense of it being medicine.

Along with Ace, many of the people at the government base had died, and new people continued to get sick every day. A new ’medicine’ would be very well accepted, making it a relatively easy mission.

"Yes, Boss!" Cal bowed slightly.

The wind had finally calmed down these last few days, and the temperature even warmed up. Cal no longer had the excuse of poor weather to protect him from Dillon’s wrath.

He would need to put in a lot of effort to locate Julian and Rayne.

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At the mountain motel, Rayne finally went outside and felt the warmth of the sun. While the air was still cold, it had a new kind of freshness to it.

She walked over to the supply RV to take inventory and add any items that were missing. She was careful to only add a few, as a large amount would be suspicious.

"I’m surprised we were able to survive off of this for so long. It’s all thanks to you that we haven’t starved these two months," said Julian.

Rayne smiled. "I’m just happy that everyone is in good health. With the weather getting warmer, we can start to make progress on the new base."

Having this new base would be a turning point for them. It would serve as a supply and living place where Julian could recruit more talents to help combat Damien’s ever-growing force.

It would also hopefully serve as a bastion of hope for those trying to survive. Rayne looked around the RV and thought how nice it would be to see people smiling and children running around—maybe even she would have a child of her own one day...

"What are you thinking about? Your face is turning red," Julian asked, smiling at her from across the small kitchen area. _{freewebnσvel.cøm}

Rayne shook her head. "No... nothing!!" She didn’t want to expose her thoughts of wanting children because she knew Julian would be more than willing to fulfill that here and now.

Seeing her embarrassed smile, Julian decided to leave her alone and switched the subject.