18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 12

Stella felt her breath hitch, quickly grabbing a pair of binoculars to look closer.

At the same place, at the same time, two similarly shaped tornadoes with opposite rotation directions, spun like enormous blenders. Where they passed, trees were uprooted, buildings collapsed, and cars were thrown into the air like play toys. Even the torrential rain was sucked up into the vortex. The two tornadoes swiftly approached each other, their high-speed rotation like countless sharp saw teeth, grinding everything in their path.

"Ah!" Angela cried out, instinctively covering her mouth.

When the two tornadoes collided, they fought while merging, tearing and shattering a skyscraper, before swallowing it whole. In less than a minute, the thirty-story building had completely disappeared.

The combined tornado raged on, like a temperamental child throwing a tantrum, not caring about the consequences.

Stella was witnessing twin tornadoes for the first time in her life. Their destructive power was more than double that of a regular tornado, but thankfully, their lifespan was only half as long.

But even in these brief minutes, they could reduce a city to ruins.

Stella's eyes never blinked, staring at the spot where the skyscraper had disappeared. She wasn't sure if twin tornadoes had ever occurred before, but she was certain the skyscraper hadn't been destroyed, as she had ventured inside for supplies during the last icy weather. Unfortunately, it had already been looted clean by survivors, leaving nothing but a mess. But now, it had been utterly destroyed.

Starting over, Stella's confidence came from the supplies stored in Arcadia, as well as her accurate prediction of natural disasters, but now things had changed.

The tornado disappeared from sight, leaving even the usually optimistic Angela gasping for breath. Her cold hand tightly gripping Stella's, "Stella, is this still a hurricane?"

This world seemed so strange, as if there was no chance to return to the prosperity before the hurricane. The twin tornadoes not only consumed and destroyed the skyscraper, but the surrounding area which was a mix of commercial and residential buildings, the most populated area in the city. Did those people stand a chance of survival?

Lukas looked solemn, murmuring, "The name of this hurricane is really fitting. It feels like it's going to chop up this city."

Saying this, he held his girlfriend close, resting his head on her shoulder, "Don't be scared. We were lucky to avoid it. If we can't avoid it one day, it's not as terrifying as it seems. Maybe we'll be taken without even knowing."

was beaten black and blue in the ring, she would still be laughing when she got off.

the first time they had witnessed a tornado in the past few days. Angela hugged her

I'm willing or not doesn't matter. At

silent. What did she do to deserve this! The natural disaster was already terrifying enough, and now she was being

to mention her waist was thicker than his, even her thighs were more muscular. The image was too discordant, and Stella couldn't

to remind them to take their affection home, she heard heart-wrenching screams from the opposite

floor and looked up to see a woman standing on the rooftop, holding a four or five-year-old child in one

in the pouring rain shouting hysterically, "You bastard, I will never

child was crying loudly, the rain hitting his face so hard he couldn't even open his eyes. He tried to pull

scene, "Is she going to commit suicide? And with

the other building, shouting, "Hey, don't give up, the hurricane will pass. You have two children, even if you don't

saw this scene in the building across, and they all started shouting

shouts, jumped down with her children. Someone from the building ran up to the rooftop to save them, but it was a second too late. They watched helplessly as

tall splash of water

the water,

lives in an instant, but it was too far away to see clearly. The visual impact was far less than the scene in front of them. Angela didn't understand. It was just a hurricane, and why couldn't they find the will to live? Even if the mother had enough of life, the children's lives had just begun. What right did she have to

and the hurricane roared once again. Lukas closed

and it only got more

woman." Lukas said. Despite his easy-going demeanor, he seemed more resilient than Angela, having seen the various facets of life in the orphanage, "Her husband had a mistress outside and had

of women had been discussing it downstairs, and he had

woman jumped off the building with her children in despair. Apart from losing her husband and wealth, it was likely that the man hadn't even come

there was also the ugliness of human nature. She probably saw no way out and couldn't bear to leave her children to suffer in the world,

blank, "Will this disaster ever

like he was