Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 198

Chapter 198: Rune Got Called Homeless
“They need food… proper food.” Dr. Kian’s voice filled the silent living room of their apartment.

“I know.” Grace replied with a soft sigh. She knew that the food and water was going to be their second step toward making Greenstone a base she could use for her future plans.

Ever since the rain disaster, the general public was dependent on the military supplies for food. While they were able to loot the supermarkets and convenience stores at the beginning, it was no longer an option for securing food as the rest of the supermarkets had been emptied of food by the government and military.

Five months into the apocalypse, the general public was completely dependent on the government and military for food, water, and other necessary supplies like – medicines, clothes, and such.

While the military was initially distributing regular supplies every week and government had set up several helping booths, the sudden zombie outbreak disturbed both these sources.

The booths were no longer there because of the zombies. Besides, the general public was terrified of stepping out of the safety of their houses and becoming zombies’ snacks while trying to hunt for food of their own.

As for the MRE packets that military used to distribute twice every week, it too had been disturbed because the soldiers were busy handling the zombies.

Ever since the zombie breakout, the military had distributed supplies only twice. And while they distributed stock enough to last a week or two, it wasn’t enough since there had been no other supply arrival for nearly a month.

“The more I think about the problems we are going to face for the residents of this place, the more I start questioning if it’s really a good idea to put our time and efforts on this place. After all, our base will be ready within next two months, and we will be able to leave this place.”

It was Valeska who voiced her thoughts as she finished going through the daily report of the Greenstone. Captain Harlow had been making sure to update Grace and Davian on everything his team and the residents were doing on the daily basis.

“Are you questioning your Boss’ decision then?” Rune asked, taking the rare chance to put Valeska in an awkward situation. But he soon realized that he underestimated the woman, and her loyalty and trust for Grace.

Valeska turned her sharp gaze at Rune, looking at him with a gaze that was devoid of any sort of real emotions. It was hard to tell whether she was mad about his unnecessary question, or not.

“I was just sharing my personal opinion on the matter – what I’m feeling. I never said that Boss has made a wrong decision, or that she couldn’t handle this increasing list of problems.” Her tone was just as calm as her gaze.

She turned her attention toward her phone as she added the next sentence. “I don’t know how things worked at your place, but me and my fiends don’t go around questioning any of our Boss’ decision. We trust her blindly.”

Instead of replying to her directly, Rune turned his attention toward Grace. “Look at her. She’s indirectly calling me homeless.”

“When did I-”

Valeska just stared at Rune with her jaw hanging open in complete shock. Just when she believed that she wasn’t going to let him get to her, he did something so pout of context that she failed to catch herself in time.

“Rune. Stop it.” Grace said as she shook her head a little. But despite her choice of words, there was no real anger or command in her voice.

She received a pout from Rune, but fortunately he dropped the matter there as Davian chose that moment to enter the apartment.

“I’m done reviewing the report, Boss. I’ll be taking my leave now.” Valeska announced as she stood up from the dining table and with a nod at Grace, Davian, and Dr. Kian, she headed out of the apartment.

Since all four of them were now together to finally discuss the next part of the big plan, they settled down in the living room with cups of herbal tea that Dr. Kian just brewed for all of them.

“Before we begin discussing the matter of food, let me share an update from our ongoing research. It seems like the animals will be able to start transitioning within next two weeks.” Dr. Kian revealed what he and Professor Neil had recently confirmed.

“Then it’s even better that we are done securing the perimeters of this place. The wall will be more than enough to hold the turned animals.” Davian said as he and Grace exchanged a look and the latter nodded her head in agreement.

Unless the transitioned birds decided to make an appearance, the wall was more than enough to keep zombies, infected animals, and any other uninvited being out of the Greenstone. And even if the infected birds did decide to turn up at their doors, the snipers would be enough to handle them.

“I seriously hope that the Veil will hold on for as long as possible.” Dr. Kian said as he thought about the reason for which they had to eventually leave Greenstone.

It was Rune who responded to him, mostly because he was the only person who knew what was going on with the Veil. “For now, the Veil is showing no signs of giving in to these disasters. The only crack in the Veil was within the territory of Starship Country, and ever since I mended it, no other disaster had happened here that can actually affect the Veil.”

He took a deep breath before adding, “Unless some big disaster happens here to reopen that crack or create another one, or the ongoing disasters around the globe ends up weakening the Veil enough to make it give in – we can consider ourselves safe from those monsters.”

There were nods of understanding and relief from other three before Davian decided to bring the discussion to the biggest issue they were facing at the moment.

“So what’s your plan for the food and other supplies?”