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.

boat was carrying more than a dozen people, who

arrows, each hitting their mark. Screams echoed as the men who had just

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

dodging the nail gun and the crossbow, and grabbing the rope on the speedboat. Just as they were about to climb aboard, they suddenly lost their hands. Severed clean

bloodbath! And it wasn't just one person, it was a boatload. Before the Moores had a chance to react, Jasper and Stella had taken care of them

to squabbles, so why had they

scenes, reassured the Moore family,

on the speedboat were gone. The people on the other speedboat, who had

sending several people into the water and nearly

they were dealing with

was stunned, and for a moment, no one dared to approach. But they couldn't bear to leave just like that, especially with all those fish for the taking. So, they decided to surround Stella and the others from

now?" Amber asked, distressed. There were still over twenty men, all armed. If they

the area with a binocular. The people on the speedboat seemed to be members of a gang, while those on the rubber dinghies looked emaciated and

lost their accuracy and power at a distance, losing

be a problem. As she predicted,

more afraid of the hunger that had

close, we don't need to

reality and

exposed, so today was the last chance to fish.

collecting the fish. There

with the current. The people in the rubber dinghies

I got a fish. We

"I got one too!"

edible and a welcome change from gnawing

speedboat, her

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

didn't say anything. When the first rubber dinghy entered her optimal shooting range,