18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 127

Stella had anticipated it, but she feigned surprise nonetheless, "What are you talking about?"

"I've died once, and now I've been reborn."

No, no, no, this was not something she could handle. It was dangerous!

"This house belonged to my grandma. She passed away some years back, leaving the property to my mom. But both my parents died in a car accident, leaving young Rosie behind."

The nature of his special job meant that Jasper couldn't go home, so he had to have Rosie lived at his uncle's house.

Finally, when he was able to get some time off, he bought a ticket to return home to visit Rosie, but a superstorm hit and the train had to stop at Griffith for safety. No one could have predicted that this storm was the beginning of a great disaster.

As soon as he was sure he couldn't get home, he didn't hesitate to join the disaster relief efforts in Griffith. He saved people during the storm, transported supplies during the floods, and fought against the crime syndicates in the freezing cold.

In the negative seventy-degree cold, he finally made it home after enduring numerous hardships.

But there was no Rosie, just a clean, picked-over skeleton that hadn't been disposed of in time.

Despite experiencing such heart-wrenching pain, he still believed that not all survivors were monsters. Being a military policeman, he suppressed his grief and chose to stand with the nation.

He persisted for ten years, unable to count how much food he had given away, or how many people he had saved.

Initially, people were grateful to him, but later they complained about the lack of food and poor living conditions. How did he die?

After working tirelessly for 12 hours straight in the flood rescue operation, he saved a large group of people and was so exhausted. But he got slashed by a metal object submerged in the water.

When he got to shore, people gathered around him, expressing concern for his well-being. Later, as he developed a high fever and became delirious, their expressions began to change. They went from hoping he would recover, to hoping he would die quickly. Some, who were more impatient, even kept fiddling with the knives in their pockets.

Stella's head was buzzing; she thought her life was tragic enough, but his story... no wonder he was so ruthless when he fought.

up for my regrets, and I won't be greedy for the chances of others." Jasper's voice was heavy, "I'm telling

admit, when she saw his over a hundred cubic feet of supplies,

world, he had witnessed every kind of natural disaster. Given the chance to start anew, of course he was better

afraid I'll steal your supplies

retorted, "Would you

others don't covet what's mine, I won't covet their

had laid their cards

suddenly grabbed her hand. "Stella, can you

little dumbfounded,

he was finding it hard to

was a little embarrassed, "Didn't we agree to

had his reasons, "Plus, I don't think you feel nothing for me.

it's more appropriate for us to be neighbors and

persistent that it seemed even those two roles

did you

you saved me when the storm hit. Shouldn't I

a stranger had discovered your secret, would you

speechless. Whether she took him into Arcadia or spared his life afterwards, it was mainly

She saved him but was wary of him, and the two were not contradictory. But it was undeniable, that if it was a stranger, she would have struck them down already. Feeling torn, her actions

and think it over. If you really

Once you've made

said it like this, anything more from her would be

Stella forgot to

she tossed and turned in bed, feeling restless. Was she

but something

great partner, someone she could trust. But when they were dealing with The Chaos, he pulled her behind him twice, and when they were chased to the top of a building in such a dangerous

taken a

in time, but he willingly tooka brick for someone else in