18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 515

A bunch of idiots! They can't see beyond their noses, only thinking about

immediate gains and losses.

Ivans was fuming, so fed up he just clammed up. If push comes to shove, he'd rather cut his losses, literally.

The meeting room was silent as a tomb.

After a few minutes of deep thought, the captain finally spoke, "Give them the plane."

Ivans chimed in, "And let's send off the survivors from the Australia base too. If we're doing this, let's do it right."

They'd already given up their most valuable plane, so they might as well throw in some supplies for the survivors and have a hunting team escort them to the Arctic coast. If you're going to do something, make it count, impress Stella and Jasper, and show them they're dealing with genuine folks.

The captain nodded, "You handle it."

Ivans sighed in relief, "Don't worry, Captain. I'll make sure everything goes smoothly. We'll show the other countries' survivors that we're friendly and peaceful. They'll be loyal to us in no time."

The captain agreed, and that was that.

Peter waited anxiously, his heart pounding. After about an hour, Ivans came out in

a hurry, "Jiang, it took a Herculean effort, but the captain finally agreed."

Stella exhaled deeply, "Thank you."

friends are for," Ivans replied with a hearty laugh. "And hey, all the Australian survivors can leave too. We'll organize a team to escort

but was still deeply moved. She gave him

warship to clear the landing strip. Ivans had a

of survivors were stunned. Their weathered faces went from shock to amazement, and their cloudy eyes quickly

your country has established a

for their sweat and toil in building the base, and so on. It sounded better than a song. But

wanted to for fear of frostbite. After the emotions settled, they got to work clearing the runway. Mark was among them, recognizing Stella even though only her eyes were visible through her wrapped-up appearance. It was indeed her, the same as years

haven? That must be the "dawn" she

takeoff. Peter took a deep breath, saluted Stella, and said simply, "Thank you, take care." He didn't know why she chose to stay, but he had to respect her choice. Without her help, he would never have had

down the arc-shaped runway, shooting into the clouds like a blade. Stella looked up at the sky, unable

homeland that could no longer

that Australia had established a base and dispatched military forces to

spread throughout the base. Survivors from other countries

Some Belarusians, feeling

tried to hide their envy, but inside they were seething with jealousy. The more quick-witted among

gesturing with their broken Chinese, "Me,

person, I can sing

national anthem..."

not in the best of moods, lashed out with

quarters. The Russians, ever so superficial, announced that from

tears or the words that spilled out, "Old Ho, you didn't lie to me, there really is a

he muttered, "We can go home, A-Jie is waiting for me there..." Compared to the emotional Christian, Mark was much calmer. He knew that without Stella and Jasper's negotiations with the Russians, none of this

raced his snowmobile as if it could fly. From a distance, Stella saw two figures standing on a snowdrift; it was Jaspe and Rosie. As Ivans parked, Jasper

blurted out, "Ho, I almost fell