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Chapter 182: The Test
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Tom sat in the cart as it climbed the hills. It was supposed to take only a day if they looked at it distance-wise, but the mountains were too steep to push the carts and make much progress. The first night they pushed through for a while, but gave up and just made camp. It looked like it would be another two days of travel just to get to the next city.Ellie and Weylin spent each morning checking the motors. They had already lost one and the cart had to be towed by two others until Ellie was able to repair it. Luckily, she did get it fixed, but it was only a matter of time before they lost one for good. He hoped they would get back to the cities soon, not because it was safer, but because they held more materials to salvage.Brooke snaked her arms around his waist. "How's it going?" She asked, her breath tickling his ear."It's the same. Just more mountains and more wind turbines. Not much has changed yet.""Aren't you getting bored of this? It's always the same. Sit here, watch f
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