18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 107

Stella sneaked a glance at Jasper, his calm demeanor unchanging as Rosie curiously gazed around from his arms.

Sensing her gaze, Jasper turned his eyes to meet hers. Stella immediately looked away, feigning ignorance as though it was all a figment of his imagination.

But when he looked over, she caught a hint of amusement in his eyes from the corner of her own. Was he amused by the fate of The Chaos, or was he simply greeting her? Before she could ponder on this, Cooper snuggled into her arms: "Hug me, like Rosie is being hugged."

Holding the dog, she felt a comforting warmth, akin to a cozy fireplace.

Beside her, shivering from the cold, Lukas couldn't care less about the judgmental glances from others, "Honey, I'm cold." The two huddled together, holding each other tightly. Next to them, Cody could only hug the air. He was so envious.

The loudspeakers echoed with bold accusations against the corrupt powers, each claim backed by solid evidence.

Time slipped away unnoticed. Before they knew it, an hour had passed. The survivors, tired from standing, shifted their positions. They were not interested in the crimes, only eager to see the fate of those in orange vests.

After thorough investigation by the police, the final count of those who would face death penalty stood at 386. Some of them, representatives, took the stage to describe their descent into crime, regretting their past actions, and urging the survivors to choose kindness. If given another chance, they promised they wouldn't make the same mistakes.

Stella could only laugh at their words, knowing that if given another chance, they would still choose to do evil without hesitation.

ammunition, over 200 firearms, and numerous controlled weapons. They had rescued

of crimes

government decided to return the food to the people, distributing it through local community centers to

large number of victims and the criminal group's extravagant lifestyle, it was unrealistic to return everything to each

to get

against the government, even attempting to storm the stage, "Why should it be

police on the scene immediately

who made the biggest fuss would get the most. When the military raised their

things were handled. If they were to follow the

it would lead to

sharply,

claimed loss of basic food items, but also

troublemaker away for a thorough investigation.

one else dared

taken away to the Western Mountain coal

fainted on the spot,

on their toes to see the spectacle, while others covered their eyes in fear. Rosie buried her head in her brother's neck, too scared to

short to see, kept tugging at