The Apocalypse: Everyone Wants My Bargaining Token

ermarket, her lungs burning with every breath. She didn'

ive fires spread through several blocks, sending thick c

idewalks, their tires slashed and ligh

small packs, hunting down anything that moved. Across the boulevard, desperate mobs

mmediately. Halfway down an alley, she spotted an abandoned convenience

id inside. Moving fast, she dragged a heavy wooden dis

her breath in the dim light. But before sh

ck. A man clutched an iron spanner, while a young woman hel

dirty, and sha

ily at the small pack at Maya's waist. "Please...

begged, taking a step forw

d thought. But Gregory's cold betrayal was still fresh in her min

y her remaining food,

d, her voice calm and firm. "If you want food,

face twisting with frustration. "We don

rgy bar and a pack of crackers. "I'll trade the energy bar for that

each other. Hunger quickly o

r toward her and snatching the energy bar. The woman quickly

ands, a brilliant warm sensation e

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her veins, sweeping away her physica

in shock. Her Contract Ab

nt: she didn't just get a one-time

ul transaction she completed! Every single tr

ory and Ashley had successfully joined a larger surviv

inside the gymnasium. The leader of the group, a

," the leader said, inspecting the heavy backpack

ion. "We barely escaped the supermarket down the street. I managed

two of you?" a wo

f us. My girlfriend, Maya... she didn't make it. The creatures swarmed us at the entran

t that he had locked the do

embling against her jacket. She remembered Maya's d

r a sharp, threatening look. Ashley swallowed

eader said, patting Gregory's s

the shadows. He was confi

gory and Ashley had gone. She didn't know exactly where G

wait. Her priori

s to trade," Maya

gathered anything that could hold value to other survivors, empty plast

convenience store, looking for shelter. Seeing Maya

eady. She proposed fair trade

tal pipe," Maya off

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box of matches," she s

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n water for a sma

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in her mind. Maya successfully completed

ched the numeric counter inside he

ccumulating rapidly, building a solid found