18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 62

Bad news never came alone, and the others started to get nervous, especially the Moore family, who were not accustomed to such a fracas. They were all refined folks. But the end of the world was no place for refinement, forcing them to pull out their kitchen knives from

their

bags.

The speedboat revved up, and the tattooed men started to holler, while the others followed closely behind in their rubber dinghies.

When they saw the fish belly-up in the water, and the bags on Stella's boat filled to the brim with fish, their eyes gleamed with greed.

About thirty feet away, the speedboat stopped. A burly man brandished a large machete and barked, "Leave the fish, the boat, and the dog, and we might spare your lives."

To them, these two women and four men, apart from the tall man, the rest seemed totally useless.

Stella asked, "If we give you everything, how do we leave?"

"That's not our problem. If you're lucky, you can swim away without drowning."

"You're a pretty little thing. If you take care of us, you can stay."

Listening to their lascivious words, Jasper's brows furrowed. Stella, on the other hand, remained unfazed. "So, there's no room for negotiation?"

"Enough of your damned chatter. If you don't want to live, leave your life behind. I promise you'll enjoy tonight... Ahh..."

Before he could finish his sentence, an arrow pierced his chest. He fell into the reservoir, arrow and all. Everyone was stunned to see Jasper holding a crossbow, its arrows razor-sharp. Stella wondered, how many weapons did he have?

Regardless of her thoughts, she didn't hesitate to act. She picked up a nail gun and fired several shots. She didn't aim at the people, but at the speedboat.

a dozen people, who soon started

Jasper took action, he aimed to kill. He fired several arrows, each hitting their mark. Screams echoed as the men who had just been threatening them fell into the depths of the

several people floundered in the water, even lunging at Stella and the others in a desperate attempt to seize their chance at

crossbow, and grabbing the rope on the speedboat. Just as they were about to climb aboard, they suddenly lost their hands. Severed clean off, the hands fell into the water with a splash. They paused for a moment, then

expression, the Moore family was trembling with fear. They were witnessing a bloodbath! And it wasn't just one person, it was

prone to squabbles, so

used to such scenes, reassured the Moore family, "It's okay, you'll get used

gone. The people on

speedboat made a sudden stop, sending several people into the water and nearly

they were dealing

couldn't bear to leave just like that, especially with all those fish for the

armed. If they decided to attack, they would be in trouble due

be members of a gang, while those on the rubber dinghies looked emaciated and desperate for food, likely forced to join the gang for survival.

the crossbow lost their accuracy and power at a distance,

surround and not attack, that would be a problem. As she predicted,

afraid of the hunger

they don't come close, we don't need to

and started scooping

the last chance to fish. They

the troublemakers, they could deal with them later after collecting the fish. There was

fish had drifted with the current. The people in the rubber dinghies followed,

got a

"I got one too!"

fish was pungent, but it was edible and a welcome change from gnawing on tree bark. Many couldn't

her face stern as she

focusing on scooping up fish, while Stella kept watch with her nail gun. The modified nail gun could hit targets 30 meters away, but its power

optimal shooting range, she raised