18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 543

Approaching the cockpit, the unmistakable sound of several voices mingling together reached their ears.

Stealthily moving closer, they discovered the door to the cockpit was ajar. Inside, about a dozen people sat or stood, covered in bloodstains, looking like they'd stepped right out of a horror movie.

Even the most charming guys, it seemed, weren't immune to becoming butchers in this apocalyptic world. Judging by their blood-stained attire, they could barely be recognized as crew members. In other words, the crew had turned against the pirates.

The conversation was unintelligible, but they seemed deeply engrossed.

Stella pushed the door open with a grenade in her left hand and a submachine gun in her right. Leaning casually against the doorframe, she said in English with a smirk, "Excuse the intrusion."

The crew was startled, some wielding cleavers, others guns. But then a man appeared behind the unexpected woman, brandishing a flamethrower. One wrong move would turn them into a deliciously roasted squab.

The grenades seemed real enough, and who knows if they'd set off a spectacular display? The clear superiority in firepower made the crew hesitate to act. But Stella wasn't one for playing fair. She shot a crew member in the hand, causing him to drop his barely functional gun.

Smiling, Stella said, "If it's out of bullets, why show it off? Drop all your weapons, or else I won't be so polite!"

The captain spoke English. He feigned composure, masking his panic, "What do you want?"

"Don't worry, we're not after your lives," Stella replied, still polite and cordial. "Just need you to change course and take us somewhere."

"Where to?"

there. But for now, you'll need to do us a little favor." Stella

pirates had drained them, and several were injured. The captain, seeking to negotiate, said, “We can take you, but we can't be tied up.

higher, at his head, "You're

with secure knots. Jasper stepped forward to check the knots and frisk

and other weapons were confiscated. But Stella had another trick up her sleeve, using ether to knock out

captain said angrily, shocked by her audacious move. "What exactly do

smiled, "Don't rush. I just want to

to his head, the captain revealed

The government had over 30 ships, and at first, people worked together against the storms at sea. But as sickness spread and supplies dwindled, violence erupted, and survivors began to turn on each other. The crew tried to resist the violence but ended up powerless, despairingly watching the slaughter. Only because they had technical skills were they spared, or they would

strong resistance, they'd flee. They had gone ashore, but survival on the barren

"Have

head, "We haven't, but

others."

never wavered,

they had only fought back in desperation. But Stella could tell from their bloody hands that they had been forced to kill by the pirates, and not just once. Only by having blood on their

no sympathy for their plight; violence was nothing new. She knocked out the captain with ether. To be safe, all crew