18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 555

Chapter 555

Two days flew by in a blink, and the pair reported for duty right on schedule.

This batch of new recruits barely scraped together a hundred folks. Apart from Stella and Jasper, who had aced their exams, the rest had only made it in due to relaxed entry requirements.

On site, groups were being formed as different departments came to claim their new members. Jasper and Stella were already pre-selected; today was just a formality. But to their surprise, the one welcoming them turned out to be an old friend-Cole.

Their eyes met, and a whole conversation passed between them in that glance. Cole extended a hand with a smile, "Welcome aboard, you two."

The newly formed special unit didn't even have a proper office yet; they were temporarily housed in a military tent. When the trio arrived, eleven soldiers were already waiting-nine men and two women, all around Jasper's age.

Cole took the lead, introducing himself, "Hey everyone, I'm the deputy commander of our little special squad..."

Once the introductions were over, and about five minutes had passed, an older officer, roughly Daniel's age, arrived. His stern, square-jawed face made everyone snap to attention and salute.

"Good day, everyone. I'm Reagan, and I'll be overseeing your department," he said.

After a brief self-introduction and a few fiery military speeches about brotherhood and duty, Reagan addressed the group, "From now on, your commander Jasper will lead you in the search for the lost Kindle Chests, working towards a brighter future for Griffith."

After the applause, Jasper stepped forward. Stella was both surprised and not.

Once the formalities were out of the way, Reagan handed Jasper a classified document and left, saying, "Come up with a detailed plan and report back to me once it's ready."

the file to find the exact coordinates where the Kindle Chests had gone missing. There were ove a hundred locations listed, but only dozen

they would have to see whether these chests now stood on

coordination. Jasper didn't make decisions on his own; instead, he sat down with

be retrieved in one go. Besides, the base had thousands of eyes

huge; we'll need

coordinates are all over the place; we need to start with the nearest ones and plan our

intently, then drew a map, marking the locations of the lost Kindle Chests and devising 20 routes based on proximity for

discussion alone took a day, and Stella spent her time at

large transport ship, Cole's nuclear-powered submarine, and Stella's 2688 were enlisted with the sub and Arcadia

and the smooth approval of the plan showed his compliance with

mused, "Do you think they're

responding, "Dad wouldn't make a hasty

We'll play it by ear, and if things go

are a part of

chuckled and gave him a thumbs-up, "I'm

supplies, Jasper was out early and back late, hustling with his team. The commander's daughter appeared to be slacking at home, but she was

even though she had previously cleared out items like glass and fuel, it was still a tight

quick, half a

his sudden appearances by now. As per tradition, she fed the famished lad a

of clothes on the ship, many are old but still wearable after a wash. If you don't mind, you can take them and deal with them as you see fit. There's also a lot

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