18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 584

Chapter 584

Jake was practically worshipping the ground Stella walked on for her

"extraordinary abilities." "Stella, why don't we go scouting for oil reserves in other countries? Maybe we can strike it lucky again."

"Think it's that easy to strike gold?" Amelia rolled her eyes at him. "The lands sunk a decade ago. The oil's been sucked dry, buddy. We just got lucky this time."

Stella couldn't help but giggle. "If you guys thought of it, you can bet the brass at HQ are already on it."

The higher-ups had dispatched a fleet of submarines with a three-fold mission: first, to gauge the depths of the sunken Kindle Chests that were beyond salvage; second, to scout for undiscovered chests; and third, to secure any potential resources. Anything salvageable had to be reported back.

This plan would significantly cut down on the work for the special salvage team.

The initiative had been in motion for half a year, and it was likely nearing completion.

"Who needs oil when there are countless Kindle Chests waiting for Stella's touch?"

Stella was used to their reverence by now.

The mission wrapped up, and the crew headed back in their nuclear submarine.

They hadn't traveled far when alarms blared—a massive submarine was barreling toward them.

The other vessel approached with reckless speed, and had they not dodged in time, a head-on collision would have been imminent.

The crew bristled with tension. "Who the heck is looking for an early grave?"

They all had long lives ahead of them, thank you very much.

But after the other sub turned around, it charged back toward them.

This was getting under their skin.

Their submarine issued a warning and readied for attack.

Missile silos opened.

Just as they were locked and loaded, the other sub halted its advance.

It seemed to lose its nerve.

After a tense wait, the other vessel signaled for a surface meeting.

Well, that was cocky. Stella was curious to see who dared such bravado.

The two leviathan subs began their ascent...

Case closed, folks!

There aren't many with the gall to strut around in nuclear subs.

China!

was intrigued. What was

the surface, the Chinese crew said pompously,

luck. The rabbits

to coddle them.

to lording over others, the Chinese delegation was

cleared their throats. "Did you find

"What oil?" Stella parried.

also after the oil and had the brains to approach Camelot, the oil nation.

bad they were half

know their mission and blustered, "This sea

Leave immediately or we won't be

how do you plan to be

all had attack

you're talking from a position of power.

fumed and started showing

missiles,

couldn't help but laugh.

special salvage team had unique weapons, including something China

knew China didn't have it, or if they did,

the base's equipment was legit or actually effective, that was a different

of the railgun turned

Swindlers, all of them!

China now had to sit down and talk from a true position

question, "What

now, but still

eager to get home and

you." Such

or not." They were all nuclear-armed; nobody

"This sea

"On what grounds?"

their teeth,

could see it—a mix of arrogance and a desperate grasp

wouldn't dare start a fight, the

had

ordered them away with a

our territory. Leave now, or

deafness. "What's

"Please... leave immediately."

the ocean

until they were well out of sonar range,

China's snail pace, they'd never catch the end of a

Time to head home!

that didn't fit earlier, along with a container collected from South Base before the land sank. She only took the one

books-all the stuff they

she swapped

six months, the lieutenants had nearly accepted her and Jasper, and Nicholas had been much quieter since his son's death. But a silent dog can still bite,

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