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.

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

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

he had witnessed every kind of natural disaster. Given the chance

telling me this, aren't you afraid I'll steal your

"Would you

person, but as long as others don't covet what's mine, I won't covet

of them had laid their cards on

but he suddenly grabbed her hand. "Stella, can you give me a

dumbfounded, her mind in

And he was finding it

"Didn't we

for a chance." Jasper had his reasons, "Plus, I don't think you

for us

was so persistent that it seemed even those two roles

didn't care about me at all, why did you take me

the storm hit. Shouldn't

discovered your

speechless. Whether she took him into Arcadia or spared his life afterwards, it was mainly because of her trust in

most unpredictable thing in the world was the human heart. She saved him but was wary of him, and the two were not contradictory. But it was undeniable, that

and think it over. If you really have no

his persistence, "Don't worry. Once you've made up your mind, I

it like this, anything more from her would

mind in a daze, Stella forgot to take the potatoes and walked

bed, feeling restless. Was she attracted to Jasper? How could he be so

thought about it, but something didn't

Lukas. He felt like a 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

had taken a brick

have dodged it in time, but he willingly tooka