18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 385

When Stella and Jasper strolled into the workshop, the staff member's face lit up. "The test results are in, and I was just about to notify you guys."

To their delight, everything had passed inspection.

Working around the clock, racing against natural disasters, they produced more boats, life pods, and submarines, all in a desperate effort to save as many survivors as possible.

After making sure all the delivery paperwork was sorted, Stella signed off with a flourish and stamped her approval.

With documents in hand, she headed to the points redemption center. The clerk's eyes practically popped out as he double-checked the figures before inputting the nine-digit score into the system. Impressive. Stella was now the wealthiest scavenger in history.

Actually, except for the top brass at the base, she was the richest person around.

The clerk, with a cautious smile, reminded her, "You've got a ton of points on your card; you might want to spend some of them soon."

Feeling flush with wealth, Stella strutted through the streets with the confident swagger of someone who owed nothing to anyone, making her way straight to the official marketplace.

Her luck must have been out the door, for upon entering, she was greeted by Julia's sour face.

Julia's heart nearly leapt out of her chest at the sight of Stella.

This time, Stella was far from disheveled; her face was clean and pale, looking like she had spent a fortune on skincare. Even though Julia was over a year younger, the harshness of the disasters seemed to have left Stella largely unscathed. Next to Stella, Julia, who usually prided herself on her superiority among colleagues, instantly looked like a haggard housewife.

And just her luck, the chatty coworker couldn't help but gossip, "Julia, is this your sister? She's so young and pretty, and she looks just like you."

"I don't know her," Julia managed to say, frustration coloring her tone. "My mom only had me. Don't spread rumors."

"Oh my gosh, you two look so alike, though," the coworker blurted out, oblivious. "But you know, she resembles Aunt Sonya even more."

had just visited the marketplace the day before to bring Julia some sweets, sharing with

cleaning up Julia's messes. Julia had managed to offend more than a few customers in

staff could tell something was amiss between Julia and Stella, suspecting there was a history of bad blood between

women in one drama; whether it's the end of the world or just daily life, grievances

on her toes more than once. Lola wasn't about to let such an opportunity slide by. With exaggerated surprise, she exclaimed, "Oh my, I would have thought

her teeth, "I told you, I don't know her. What

shot a look sharp enough to cut, "What are you all gaping at? Didn't you

Stella, "Welcome! How may

chase, "I

what?" Lola was taken

"But your advertisement on the screen says otherwise. Are you sure you're

recovered, "But, you know, a submarine

much as a blink, Stella affirmed,

guard, and she quickly called over

was composed, politely stating, "We do indeed sell submarines, but we'll need

claiming they wanted to buy planes and submarines, only to find

over seven digits required a points card check to

objections and handed over her sleek black card. Indeed, seven-digit points meant a silver card, eight digits a gold card, and nine, a

she recovered quickly, leading Stella with warmth and thoroughness,

staff was in shock; they had never seen a black card in all their years at

you see that? The first black card at the base has

conversation,

card? Why did

asking, "Stella, as a strategic weapon, purchasing a submarine

"Please wait a moment."

stepped into the back office to contact the strategic department via

later, she emerged with a smile, "Stella, the submarine is cleared for sale.