Apocalypse: My Convenience Store Is the Only Safe Zone

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On the day my parents were buried, the sky was filled with red clouds. The elders in the village said this was not a good sign. I stood in front of my own canteen at the national highway crossing Tong's canteen held the yellowed suicide note in his hand. There are only four words on it: No leaving the store At the age of twenty-four, I couldn't go to big cities like my peers Instead, he guarded this dilapidated "Tong's shop" Outside the store is the only national highway leading to the county seat. It's usually busy with traffic, but these days it's eerily quiet. The orange rainstorm warning o

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• Ep 2 Less than one meter outside the door, water instantly reached the ankles. The national highway turned into a rushing Yel
• Ep 3 This eerie calm lasted only half an hour. The national highway is on higher ground, but the water is too strong. One aft
• Ep 5 I opened my eyes, Tongjia canteen Seeing Wang Dahu holding his forehead and retreating, bright red liquid flowed down hi
• Ep 8 Wang Dahu stood on the roof of the pickup truck, with blood-soaked gauze wrapped around his head, looking hideous and te
• Ep 12 There is a simple iron shed attached to the backyard. Inside are piles of belongings that my father had tinkered with du
• Ep 16 The scorching sun was like a piece of red-hot pig iron, burning hard on the top of my head. In less than three days, the
• Ep 20 That night, Grandma Chen's illness suddenly worsened. She was lying on the wooden bed in the back room, her breathing so