Chapter 483 - 492: The Convenience Store’s Owner is Caleb Xavier?
Chapter 483: Chapter 492: The Convenience Store’s Owner is Caleb Xavier?
He hadn’t just thought to hoard supplies. He’d also considered the terrifying side of human nature that would emerge in the apocalypse and had even reinforced the house.
He even thought of finding firearms to use for self-defense later.
He was intelligent, decisive, and proactive.
Anyone else, even if they had the same suspicions and took action, would have left themselves an out.
But his actions showed he’d left himself no way out at all; he was truly, completely focused on preparing for this apocalypse.
And as it turned out, every single one of his predictions was correct.
Even Stella Sterling was a little impressed. ’If it were me, without my second chance, I couldn’t have done what he did. I wouldn’t have gone all-in on a mere suspicion. The cost is just too high.’
If not for a twist of fate, if he hadn’t miscalculated the exact time the apocalypse would begin...
She was certain he would have prepared even more thoroughly, even more perfectly.
If the apocalypse had been delayed just a little longer, allowing him to return to the country, he would have been able to live very well.
As long as he had successfully returned to the country and gotten back to this convenience store, with his food, weapons, and sharp mind, she believed he could have done very well for himself in the apocalypse.
He had prepared everything so well, and everything was going according to his predictions. His only point of failure was not knowing the exact time the apocalypse would hit.
That’s why he left this convenience store before the apocalypse arrived, heading abroad to get firearms.
And because of that, all his earlier preparations went to waste.
After piecing this all together from the diary, Stella Sterling felt a pang of regret for him.
’It’s a shame he was just a bit unlucky. I wonder if the owner of this convenience store is still alive?’
"Miss Sterling, what’s wrong?"
Elias Xavier, who was gathering supplies, noticed that Miss Sterling had been standing there for a long time without moving. He continued gathering things as he moved closer.
"It’s nothing."
Stella Sterling shook her head, about to close the diary in her hands. ’No matter what kind of person the owner of this store is, it has nothing to do with me.’
But just as she was about to close the notebook, she saw a name written on the very last page.
She opened it back up for a look, and her expression changed.
There, signed on the last page of the notebook, were two words. They read...
Caleb Xavier—
Caleb Xavier?
She repeated the name in her mind. ’I’m no stranger to that name. In my past life, I died because of him.’
’And we were companions for so many years... how could I possibly forget that name?’
’Could it be someone with the same name?’
’Or is the owner of this convenience store really Caleb Xavier?’
Stella Sterling’s eyes narrowed. There were many people in the world with the same name. It wasn’t necessarily such a coincidence.
But for some reason, she had a gut feeling. Perhaps the owner of the diary in her hands—the one who had predicted the apocalypse was coming—was very likely Caleb Xavier.
The same Caleb Xavier she knew in her previous life.
She recalled a time in her past life when she and Caleb Xavier were chatting idly. He had mentioned that his hometown was here in Veridia.
The same name, from the same place... could the world really be that small?
Stella Sterling’s feeling was overwhelming. The Caleb Xavier she had just read about was the same person she knew.
After all, just from the few brief entries in this diary, it was clear how intelligent the writer was. He was no simple man.
And Caleb Xavier was just as brilliant, with a sharp, perceptive mind.
All things considered, she was convinced they were one and the same.
’If that’s the case, then the owner of this convenience store, Caleb Xavier, isn’t dead. He’s still alive and well.’
’Following the trajectory of my past life, I should be meeting him soon. Then we’d travel together, overcoming many hardships.’
’And then, I’d die by his hand again.’
And from the information she got from Andrew Shaw, she knew that even 25 years into the apocalypse, Caleb Xavier was still alive. Not just alive, but a major figure of the era.
She looked at the diary in her hand and let out a cold laugh. ’Caleb Xavier, oh, Caleb Xavier... so you were this clever even before the apocalypse, preparing so much.’
"Miss Sterling, are you really alright?"
Zane Xavier’s hesitant voice came from the side. In that short moment, he inexplicably felt a chill from Miss Sterling that was somewhat frightening.
Even though she was smiling, he could clearly tell it didn’t reach her eyes. Her entire being exuded an icy aura.
He couldn’t help but ask with concern, ’Could it be that Miss Sterling saw something dangerous?’
Stella Sterling looked up and casually tossed the diary aside. She picked up her bag again. "I’m fine. Let’s get back to work. The longer we take, the worse it is for us. Someone else might show up."
With that, she was already quickly filling her bag with items. Then she walked toward the room connected to the convenience store. According to the diary, besides food, the owner had also stored a lot of large jugs of mineral water.
When she went inside, she found it was indeed full of water—the entire room was packed.
Stella Sterling didn’t put them into her dimensional space. Instead, she called over Hunter Night from the Three Tigers Corps.
She wasn’t short on water herself. Besides, they had agreed to split everything, and they were clearly trying to help her. Because of this, Stella Sterling had no intention of secretly stashing the goods in her space.
She knew they wouldn’t notice even if she took some for herself.
But she didn’t.
She didn’t dislike Hunter Night, and it was obvious he was intentionally helping them on this run. Since that was the case, Stella Sterling certainly wouldn’t do something so underhanded.
Aside from the gold, which she needed, she hadn’t taken anything extra for her space.
When Hunter Night saw the room packed with large water jugs and cases of bottled mineral water, his eyes lit up.
In this scorching heat, water was even more precious than food!
They couldn’t survive on food alone without water.
He rushed forward, tearing open a case of bottled water and calling out to his men outside, "Everyone, stop what you’re doing and come get a drink!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he chugged a bottle of water like someone who’d been parched for ages.