18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 460

Stella grinned and asked, "Rosie, do you like the life you're living now?"

Without skipping a beat, Rosie replied, "I do."

Sure, there was some backstabbing among colleagues, but she had learned to handle it with ease, sometimes even finding joy in the challenge. The job was tough, but it allowed her to find her own worth.

"I think it's pretty great, sis," she said.

People always have their own agendas, but it was undeniable that everyone was striving toward a better future, believing that life would get better.

Stella smiled, feeling ready for a new beginning herself.

Later that evening, when Jasper came home and saw Stella packing, he couldn't help but ask, "How was the hospital today?"

The understaffed and under-equipped hospital was as you'd expect. But with Collin's presence, there was a newfound sense of hope.

Stella felt a pang of regret. "Dr. Garcia was pretty old when he joined the Kindle Society and fell ill soon after. Sadly, he didn't make it."

Dr. Garcia had been a towering figure in traditional medicine, and his formula for combating the smog virus had saved countless lives during the disasters. His passing was a great loss. If he had still been around, the restoration of traditional medicine would have been much faster.

Learning Stella had decided to work at the hospital, Jasper was thrilled. Nobody knew whether the disasters had truly ended, but life had to go on. Having a job could really ground a person.

"That's fantastic. We can commute together from now on."

she wouldn't work a day in her life, yet here she was, back at a job. Used to sleeping in, she found it hard to wake

was coaxed out of bed by Jasper, who handed her a toothbrush slathered with toothpaste. "You can't be late on your

if she were going into battle. They barely caught the ferry, Stella collapsing onto Jasper's shoulder

spare, Jasper dropped her

hospital, one in charge of administration and the other of academic affairs. Collin had worked late into the night, getting a

with Hugh, couldn't claim to shoulder everything, but she was capable of handling

reviewed the inventory of medical supplies the previous day. There wasn't an abundance of emergency surgical equipment or medications, but there was enough to last a year or

injured worker was rushed in with a deep gash in his leg, bleeding profusely. Already in poor health, his face was ashen. Without the facilities for a transfusion,

was wheeled into the operating room, and Stella and Collin hurried to his side. Collin used acupressure and acupuncture to reduce the bleeding. Stella cleaned and disinfected the

minutes, the surgery was successfully completed. For the subsequent treatment, they would seek solutions from traditional medicine as much as possible. Stella and Collin exchanged a glance, their expressions serious but tinged with hope. There was a shortage of everything, and everything

swamped with a lot to handle on her first day and didn't finish until eight.

dinghy. They got home after nine, and Rosie and Cooper hadn't returned yet. Cooper, left alone at home, clearly expressed his displeasure, and it took Stella

is difficult at

beginning. With insufficient surgical

less

dormitory room at the hospital to make it easier to rest and have lunch. When Jasper wasn't busy, he'd come over to have lunch with her or wait for her to finish

rhythm. Through numerous collaborations between Stella and Collin, the integration of Western and traditional medicine became increasingly proficient. Just as they were catching their breath, a new task arrived-finding a way to

the force of circumstances, were a troubled lot. Stella dismissed the idea without

have been injured. You're the hope of the base now. Any harm to you would be

the rumors. "The management there has been improved, with each person isolated and living separately. If it's the prion virus, we're indeed powerless, but if it's other diseases,

physical changes, though these weren't necessarily untreatable acute conditions. If even the mutated yellow croaker fish could eventually be safe to eat, perhaps they could find