18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 226

After dinner, all the windows were drawn and the three humans and a dog sat harmoniously on the sofa, quietly watching a movie.

Suddenly, the intercom crackled to life. Jasper paused the movie and signaled for quiet.

It was Mark, "Jasper, do you and Stella have a moment?"

"Sure, what's up?"

"I've got something on my mind, could you come down if it's not too much trouble?"

Mark sounded hesitant and confused. Mark was always the problem solver, only asking for help when he really couldn't figure something out. It seemed like this was one of those times. Jasper looked at Stella and they exchanged a glance before replying, "Alright."

They got dressed and headed downstairs. As they stepped outside, Mark was waiting nearby, looking rather grim.

"What's up, Mark?" Stella asked.

Mark looked uneasy, "This afternoon, the city council sent someone over. They want us to free up some buildings to accommodate the homeless refugees."

Stella had had a bad feeling when she saw the devastation in Griffith and the homeless refugees everywhere.

Thanks to the early warning, countless survivors had lived. This was undoubtedly a good thing, but it brought about new problems, such as how to provide for their basic needs?

These were all issues that the government would have to figure out.

The rebuilding process hadn't even started yet; they couldn't just leave them out in the open. That would be even more dangerous.

had remained standing in the massive earthquake, and wasn't densely populated,

you agree, Mark?"

the refugees, but he was also rational. If they were let in, the residents

potatoes, and everyone could get a share of water every day, while the refugees had nothing. Mark knew that once the refugees were let

a psychologist, Mark was well aware of the dangers of human nature. Once the refugees moved in, who would be in charge? Perhaps even

Even if I don't agree, the government will forcibly seize the houses and arrange

would start a forcible process. He had to tactically say

could they? So, he wanted to hear Jasper

Jasper nor Stella had the power to confront

they would also choose to do the same. They couldn't fight the government; there would be no good outcome. Since the government had

only thing to do was to try to negotiate with them, while

cleared his throat, "Mark, we don't have the power

gave a bitter smile, as he knew all

win their understanding and cooperation." As an experienced person,

were well-decorated, 4-5 were externally decorated, and 6-8 were newly completed

wall in the middle as a safety buffer. If the starving refugees tried to break through, Eastwood Eden would have

planning to accommodate a lot of refugees, all of whom would need food and shelter. They should

could step in and suppress it. Now it was

"The whole city has collapsed, and the government will inevitably choose a safer place to rebuild in the future. Once Newtown is established, Eastwood Eden will become a lone city, which will be even

would still be too dangerous. If they break through the wall, you will be the first

is really broken, the distance from building 5 to building 1 is only a hundred or

and guard would also be a big problem. But in the face of natural disasters

deeply, "I'll go back and think about it some more. Hopefully I can negotiate a