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.

The boat was carrying more than a dozen

arrows, each hitting their mark. Screams echoed as

instinct to survive kicked in, and several people floundered in the water, even lunging at Stella

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 let

a samurai sword and cut down people without changing expression, the Moore family was trembling with fear. They were witnessing a bloodbath! And it wasn't just one person, it

to squabbles,

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

just a few minutes, all the people on the speedboat were gone. The people on the other speedboat, who had been brimming with murderous

made a sudden stop, sending several people into

they were dealing

leave just like that, especially with all those fish for the

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

a gang, while those on the rubber dinghies looked emaciated and desperate for food, likely forced to join the gang for

their accuracy and power at a distance, losing the advantage of the first

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

were even more afraid of the hunger that had been torturing them. Slowly, they

don't come close, we

and the others snapped back to reality and started scooping up the fish in

was exposed, so today was the last chance to fish. They had to

after collecting the fish. There was no

The people in the rubber dinghies followed, scooping up

got one. I got a fish. We have

"I got one too!"

it was edible and a welcome change from

stood on the speedboat, her face stern as

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 significantly reduced beyond 15 meters. The people were unsatisfied with just scooping up the scattered fish and wanted to approach Stella and

the first rubber dinghy entered her optimal shooting