Entering Apocalypse in Easy-Mode-Chapter 571: Moving House

They walked for several minutes without encountering another monster.

That, in itself, felt wrong.

The streets stretched ahead in uneasy silence, but the pressure in the air kept building. The vibration under their feet did not fade. It intensified.

Then Mina noticed it. A skyscraper far ahead shifted. Not collapsed or breaking. But moved.

The massive structure leaned slightly to one side, concrete groaning as if strained muscles lay beneath its surface. Steel beams screeched as they adjusted.

The motion was slow and deliberate, like a giant testing its balance after waking from a long sleep.

Mina stopped in her step and swallowed her saliva.

Another building nearby followed. This one was smaller and shorter. It twisted more quickly, chunks of facade grinding against each other as it rotated several degrees before settling again.

The pattern became clear. The bigger the building, the slower it moved. The smaller ones moved faster, shuddering, dragging themselves a few meters at a time, scraping across the street like restless beasts.

Clyde watched in silence.

"They’re still adjusting," he said. "Right now, the movement is limited."

Mina forced herself to look around. Buildings leaned. Windows cracked open like blinking eyes. Entire blocks shifted out of alignment.

"And later?" she asked.

"They’ll move more," Clyde replied. "Farther and faster."

Fear crept into her chest in a way she had never felt before.

Monsters and humans were one thing. She could read them, fight them, and kill them. It wasn’t a problem anymore.

But this? She saw the city itself was standing up.

"How are we supposed to fight a building?" Mina asked, her voice tight as she scanned the streets.

"Just like always," Clyde said, matter-of-fact. "Destroy it with our attacks."

She stared at him. "That’s not the same thing."

"They’ll break after enough damage. Same as any enemy," he continued calmly.

"But they’ll need way more damage," she said. "And if they come at us together, isn’t that like fighting a group of giants?"

"Yes."

The answer was immediate.

Clyde felt the shift in her breathing and the tension in her shoulders.

He turned and looked at her properly.

"Mina," he said.

She met his eyes.

"We’re already strong," he continued. "Stronger than we were before. Don’t let your imagination scare you more than the enemy."

He added a small smile. Just a little. It helped.

Mina sighed slowly and nodded. "Okay. For now."

Before she could say anything else, the familiar chime rang inside their heads.

A translucent panel unfolded before their eyes.

[ WARNING ]

[ Safe Zones will now appear within the city. ]

[ Environmental Hostility will continue to increase. ]

[ The city will become more active over time. ]

[ Enter designated Safe Zones for temporary protection. ]

A map overlaid itself onto their vision. Red zones pulsed aggressively. Several blue markers appeared across the city.

Mina looked at Clyde.

"Let’s go," he said.

They ran to the nearest safe zone.

As soon as they moved, the city reacted.

A house to their left lurched forward, bricks grinding as the front wall split open and slammed down toward the street.

Another building moved, sending chunks of concrete crashing behind them.

The city was no longer just waking. It was attacking them.

Clyde dodged debris, his mind racing. He didn’t know the vital point of a building. Walls, floors, supports. None of it made sense as a target.

Then a thought surfaced.

"Something this big has to have a core," he said while running. "Something that keeps it moving."

Mina glanced at him. "You’re guessing?"

"Yes."

She tightened her grip on her daggers. "That’s good enough for me."

They skidded to a stop near the closest house that had begun to move. The structure groaned as it dragged itself forward, foundations tearing free from the ground.

Clyde raised his spear.

"Let’s find it."

They attacked the house.

The house reacted the moment they hit it.

The front wall buckled inward, then snapped back out like a recoiling limb.

Windows shattered, glass exploding into the street. Inside, something shifted violently.

Then furniture came flying.

A wooden table burst through a window, spinning end over end like a thrown blade.

A couch followed next. Torn apart midair as bricks and steel rods wrapped around it, turning it into a mass of debris hurtling straight at them.

Clyde stepped forward and swung his spear.

The shaft rang as it deflected the table, splintering it into fragments that scattered across the ground.

Mina moved beside him, blades flashing as she cut through flying debris, knocking aside chairs, cabinets, even chunks of wall that shot out like bullets.

The house groaned.

Its structure twisted, beams grinding as if joints were locking into place.

The roof tilted, and more objects launched outward. A refrigerator slammed into the street hard enough to crater the asphalt.

"This thing’s fighting like a monster," Mina said through clenched teeth.

"It is one," Clyde replied.

He planted his spear, absorbing the impact of another wave of debris, then looked at the shattered windows.

"Let’s go inside," he said.

Mina didn’t hesitate. She nodded.

They pushed forward together.

Clyde broke through the remaining window frame with a single kick, glass raining inward as they dove through.

Inside, the walls pulsed faintly. The floor moved under their feet, tilting as if trying to throw them off balance.

Furniture hovered, shaking violently, and ready to launch again.

Clyde saw it immediately.

"There," he said.

At the center of the living space, half embedded into the floor and wrapped in cables, pipes, and cracked concrete, was something glowing.

A dense mass of condensed energy, pulsing steadily like a heart. The core.

They didn’t waste words.

Mina moved first, slicing through the cables binding it. Clyde followed, driving his spear straight into the glowing mass.

The house screamed.

The sound came from everywhere at once. Walls cracked. The ceiling split open. The glow flared wildly, then shattered.

Then the house stopped moving.

In the next second, the entire structure collapsed inward.

"Out! Now!" Clyde said.

They jumped.

They burst back through the broken window as the house folded in on itself, bricks and beams crashing down into a pile of rubble. Dust filled the street, followed by silence.

EXP flowed into them.

Mina steadied herself and looked back at the ruins. The house was dead.

She let out a breath of relief.

For the first time since the city began to move, Mina felt her fear loosen its grip.

It was still terrifying. But now, she knows that it was something they could fight.

They continued moving. Until eventually they reach the safe zone.

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