Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Breaking News
The following day, Rayne woke up to find the world in chaos.

[CEO of REN Corp. Proclaimed Dead!]

[REN Corp.’s CEO Shot at Auction Event!]

[Executive Secretary Noah Mathews Named New CEO of REN Corp.]

Rayne read the many news articles in complete shock. How did something like this happen? Although she had never had a chance to meet the CEO, he had helped her out a lot financially.

She closed her eyes, saying a short silent prayer for him, thanking him for inadvertently helping her in times of need.

The other interesting fact was that Secretary Mathews was named the next CEO. Typically, it would be a family member who would be next in line, but it seemed that Secretary Mathews was the one explicitly named in the will.

Rayne continued to scroll through, reading all of the news articles about the tragedy and future funeral plans.

“Seems like REN Corp.’s CEO was an important person. His passing has received so much publicity,” mumbled Rayne.

She finally got out of bed and got dressed. Her plans for the remaining time before the start of the apocalypse were to cook as many dishes as possible and search for secluded natural environments to move to once things got bad.

The last few weeks, Rayne had spent a good amount of time looking at topography maps, searching for areas with good natural resources. In her nightmares, people turned on each other once they began to run out of resources, resorting to stealing and even killing.

Places such as densely populated cities would most likely be the least safe, so she wanted to at least have a general idea of where to run to. One of the places that caught her attention was a relatively remote resort area that had been recently built. It was located near a nature preserve and was surrounded by mountains. The nature preserve was a good area as well due to a naturally formed valley with a river running through it.

Rayne thought about Ella as she began cooking. “I still haven’t found a way to tell her about the apocalypse. But I don’t want her to suffer,” she thought.

She had been thinking about how to tell her friend for a while now but was worried she would sound crazy since there was no logical proof.

Just as she finished dicing the chicken, she got an idea! “What if I pretend to have bought too many random camping supplies and just dump them at her house?”

She thought that if she forcefully brought random supplies like solar panel generators, canned food, propane stoves, and other supplies, that would at least ensure that Ella would have a slight head start.

The worst Ella would do is think that Rayne was crazy for having spent so much money on random camping gear! It wasn’t the perfect solution, but it helped ease Rayne’s worries.

She continued to cook, making delicious hot meals until evening, filling her system with more fresh, nutritious, home-cooked food.

Looking at the time, she estimated that Ella would be home soon, so she prepared to go visit her at her house.

[Hey Ella, it’s Rayne. I went a little crazy shopping today and would like to share some of my purchases with you. Mind if I swing by in about 30 minutes?]

A few minutes later, Rayne got a reply:

[Yes, come on over! I’m looking forward to seeing what crazy items you bought this time!]

Rayne smiled while reading the enthusiastic reply and walked down to her garage to prepare. She opened the trunk of her SUV and sat down on the edge of the vehicle, opening her system screen.

She scrolled through, taking out copies of anything she felt would be really useful. Before long, the entire SUV was stuffed with random items such as tents, sleeping bags, solar panels, propane and propane stoves, medical kits, dried and canned foods, a few nanofiber shirts, a few large bags of rice, and even a few military knives.

Rayne wanted to give her much more, but her SUV couldn’t fit anything else. The last thing she took out was a few fresh king crabs that she got at the fish market to use as a gift.

Since Ella’s family owned PRISMA, they lived in a large villa just outside downtown. Rayne had been there a few times before, so she was familiar with the area. The security guard at the entrance recognized Rayne by her large SUV and let her in without any problems.

By the time Rayne parked, Ella was already waiting for her at the entrance of her family’s villa.

“Yay! Rayne, you’re here!” she ran out excitedly.

“Hi Ella! Come help me carry these things inside! I went overboard on the shopping today,” said Rayne.

When Ella walked over and saw the stuffed SUV filled with random items, she couldn’t help but laugh! “Hahaha! Oh my goodness!! Rayne!!! Hahah…you’re really something! I was thinking like clothes and shoes… but what’s this? A propane grill?? Hahah!!”

Rayne smiled at her friend’s antics, “Hey! I did bring a few shirts and shoes!!” She lifted a bag of the thermal clothes with nanofibers and a pair of high-quality hiking boots to show Ella.

This only made Ella laugh even more! “Oh my!! I can’t breathe, I’m laughing so much! Hahahaha!”

Rayne shook her head, smiling. “Come now, help me carry this stuff or we’ll be here all night!”

Ella took a few deep breaths and patted her chest. Her eyes were filled with tears from all the laughter. “Okay, okay!”

A few minutes later, a large pile of supplies was formed on the floor in the living room. Ella was looking through all of the items, shaking her head.

“Did you buy out an entire camping store or something? These items are so random!” asked Ella, giggling.

Rayne scratched the side of her head, “Well, something like that… Oh! I almost forgot the best part!!” Rayne ran back out to her car and brought in the box of fresh king crabs.

“Look! Aren’t you excited for dinner tonight?” smiled Rayne, presenting the crab to Ella.

Ella’s face lit up. “Wow! Where did you get such amazing king crab? It looks like it was just caught!” she rejoiced. She took the crab from Rayne and brought it over to the kitchen so that the chefs could add it to tonight’s dinner.