18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 409

From thyroid to bladder, they checked everything that could be checked.

Stella took her time going over the results, feeling pretty confident that Jasper was in good health. Then she called Rosie in with a smile, "Your turn, kiddo." Rosie was also given a clean bill of health and skipped out of the room happily.

Jasper walked in next, his face the picture of seriousness, "Stella, take off your clothes."

Stella, caught completely off guard, "..."

What she didn't expect was that two months later, just as she was about to wrestle with the CT scanner, new neighbors showed up.

From who knows where, they arrived with SUVs and motorcycles, over thirty people in total.

They looked worn out and haggard.

When a dust-covered RV appeared in front of them, they excitedly gathered around, "Anyone home?"

Survivors who made it to the high plains with vehicles like these were definitely not your average folks.

Stella didn't want to deal with them, but the strangers kept getting closer, their eyes flashing with excitement and calculation.

Two of them discreetly pulled out guns.

Clad in a bulletproof vest and helmet, Stella opened the RV door, her eyes cold and merciless, "Need something?"

The leader, a middle-aged man, stepped forward with a smile, "Sorry to bother you, we just migrated here, and our vehicle's out of fuel. We're out of water and food. Could you spare some?" "No." Stella was impatient, dismissing them, "Move along!"

Nothing at all? They weren't blind.

Their clothes were new and clean, their complexions fair without the high-altitude sunburn, and even the body armor and helmets looked fresh.

Surviving off an RV in style surely meant a wealth of supplies.

The middle-aged man wasn't deterred by the rejection and shamelessly persisted, "Please help us out. We're all in this together, you know? If not fuel, then some water would do; we're dying of thirst here."

As he spoke, the crowd behind him exchanged looks, and those with hidden guns tried to move forward under the cover of the group.

close, however,

bullets swept past the

his shoes were pierced, and

knees, terrified, with a telltale wetness spreading from

did have a submachine gun at her back but hadn't even had the chance to

fired yet,

attackers, not expecting to be met with gunfire,

submachine gun, stepped forward,

"Don't think you're invincible with a

Goodness, two submachine guns!

Rosie with a smile, holding a grenade,

there was Cooper, unwilling to be left out, emerging with a

gasped, feeling a

not willing, that's fine, no need for such a big show, right?" "Surviving through the apocalypse, and you still treat others like fools?" Stella scoffed, "Those two

group was left

shared skin and eyes, I'll let you off this once. Now

his group away in a

kept a wary eye

in frowning, "Brother, sister-in-law, those folks set up camp a

it this far was impressive. Where else could they

guessed they hadn't given

that they weren't afraid, but fear was

guessing there must be a water source, and their thieving hearts weren't dead. If they truly had nowhere else to turn, they might strike when least expected. If she wasn't mistaken,

watched as they talked amongst themselves, some even glanced

was on alert, "We need to be

"Let's set up the

dog spent half a day surrounding the RV with

over the years, could now handle her own. Stella let her take over the

they indeed came asking politely across the electric fence

to risk approaching, but after searching nearby

where the water

met with