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 to panic.

fired several arrows, each hitting their mark. Screams

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

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 off,

people without changing expression, the Moore family was trembling with fear. They were witnessing a bloodbath! And

and not prone to squabbles, so why had they suddenly

who was used to such scenes, reassured the Moore family,

few minutes, all the people on the speedboat were gone. The people on the other speedboat, who had been brimming with murderous intent, were shocked into

speedboat made a sudden stop, sending several

dealing

they couldn't bear to leave just like that, especially with

distressed. There were still over twenty men, all armed. If

seemed to 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. They had knives, swords, and clubs,

gun and the crossbow lost their accuracy and power

that would be a problem. As she predicted, the

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

"As long as they don't come close, we don't need to deal

the others snapped back to reality and

chance to fish.

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

The people in the rubber

got a fish.

"I got one too!"

welcome change from gnawing on tree bark. Many couldn't resist and started eating on the spot, as if it was the most delicious meal, even if their mouths were

speedboat, her face

hit targets 30 meters away, but its power significantly reduced

her optimal shooting range, she raised her hand and fired