Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 68

(A/N: Big THANK YOU to Chibi_Wolf38 for the Dragon and all of your support so far! I dedicate this chapter to you!)

After he finished talking, everyone split into pairs and walked out of the gas station, heading in different directions.

Rayne paired up with Julian, while Noah went with Ian. The remainder of Alpha Team split into pairs and went on their way.

"Okay, looks like our direction is east. Let’s find a way around this gas station," said Julian as he looked around, watching the other teams choose their directions.

"Okay, I’ll be right out," replied Rayne. She walked around inside the gas station building while Julian went outside. After making sure he wasn’t in her line of sight, she quickly took out a bunch of random non-perishable food items and water bottles, throwing them into some of the empty display shelves.

She planned on continuing this trend as she walked around the city, hoping those in need would come across the supplies.

After she finished tossing supplies around in less obvious places, she hurried outside to meet up with Julian.

"I think I found a path through the rubble," he said as she walked over. Their direction was past the toppled building, which was blocking the road. "We’ll have to do a little bit of climbing, but it looks doable."

Rayne stood beside him and looked at the path in front of her. They would have to climb up some of the broken concrete slabs from the building and through a window. Once inside, they just needed to make their way through the tight path and out the window on the other side.

Rayne nodded and began to climb up the side of the toppled building, with Julian following right behind her.

"Watch your head, there’s an iron bar sticking through the ceiling," Julian quickly pointed out before Rayne climbed into the window.

"Ah, thank you. It’s pretty dark, so I didn’t see it," she thanked him gratefully.

Julian scanned ahead to see if there were any more hidden objects that could hurt her before he let her continue. They made their way through the tight openings left between the chunks of concrete, even crawling on the floor at one point.

It took them about 15 minutes to make it through the fallen building. Rayne was fully covered in dust by the time she saw the light from the other window. Carefully, she climbed out and began to dust herself off when her feet finally touched the flat ground.

Julian followed her lead, wiping the dirt off his arms before continuing down the street.

They continued to explore the empty street, looking for anything of interest until they came across a relatively intact street.

This was the oldest part of town and had the shortest buildings, allowing it to somewhat withstand the earthquakes. Most of the windows looked like they had been blown out from the hurricane or by scavengers trying to get inside.

The pair walked into what used to be a small corner store to see if there was anything left inside. Most of the shelves were empty, with only a handful of rotten fruits still lying on the front counter. Julian walked toward the back of the store and picked up a small lighter.

"Well, at least we won’t go back empty-handed now," he joked, showing off his find to Rayne. She rolled her eyes at his jokes and walked toward a part of the store that had the most rubble. Bending down, she pretended to flip over a cardboard box while throwing random snacks on the ground.