Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 248

At the underground base, Damien was beginning to feel impatient.

"Why is everyone so useless? You still haven't heard back from Dillon?"

Tristan shook his head, "No, there have been no communications with him or his team since he left".

"Useless!", yelled Damien.

He couldn't believe that Julian still wasn't found after all of this time.

"He's right under our noses and we can't find him. How much longer am I supposed to stay here? I feel like I've lived half my life in this underground cave."

Tristan opened his notebook and glanced down at the list of all recent updates.

"Maybe he died? Outside right now is a major heat storm. Water reserves and plants are dying. A few of our own teams on the outside were reported to have died of heatstroke and dehydration."

Damien sat quietly but his face said that he was still angry.

"A heat storm, huh. How are they reacting to it?", he asked curiously.

Tristan looked down at his notes, "The drug proves to be effective in the heat however, there have still been cases where those affected have still died due to dehydration."

Before Damien had a chance to reply, Tristan added another piece of news.

"The most urgent news is that our own water sources have begun to dry up. We won't be able to sustain the base for more than a month if this weather continues."

"And you're only telling me this now?!", roared Damien.

He was already in a horrible mood, but hearing that they were also affected by the heat sent him over the top.

Tristan simply remained silent and waited for Damien to give an order.

After a few minutes of grumbling Damien looked over, "First things first, we need to secure water. If we can't get it naturally, we can find someone who has it"

Tristan nodded, understanding the underlying order.

"I'll have a team sent out immediately."

Damien glanced over, "Force them to submit to me, if they refuse kill them."

He had long planned to rule this new world, and now he was finally fed up with being delayed due to Julian's presence.

This order would begin his plan while potentially bringing Julian out of hiding.

Tristan simply nodded while making a note in his notebook, "I'll see it done".

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At the forest settlement, Rayne was outside waiting for Liam's caravan to pull in. She heard the engine of the RV and walked out to see him driving through the small clearing.

Liam parked the RV in his designated parking spot and began the unloading procedures with the rest of his crew.

They delivered the live chickens to the coop and unloaded a few other items they got from Fred's ranch.

"Hey, how did it go? Are they doing okay?", asked Rayne.

Liam placed the box he was carrying on the ground and turned to face her.