Apocalypse Rebirth: Crazy from Day One

Chapter 561: Chapter 570: Found a Way

"Sterling, I’ll go first!"

"Let me go first."

"Alright, stop fighting me for it. I was the first to follow the Boss, so it’s only right that I go first!"

Watching the crowd below, Andrew Shaw and his companion were at a loss for words.

Stella Sterling looked at them, however, and suddenly changed her mind. "Very well. That won’t be necessary. None of you need to fight over it. We’ll let this matter pass!"

She had already gone this far, and they knew full well that being questioned by her would be a death sentence. Yet, under these circumstances, not a single one of them showed fear. This was more effective than any truth serum.

After hearing Stella Sterling’s words, the men fell silent for a moment. Finally, Stephen Lawrence spoke up, "Why don’t you ask anyway? We really don’t mind!"

"Yeah, Sterling!"

Stella Sterling let out a laugh. "If you’re all acting like this and there’s still a problem among you, that would be truly strange."

"You’ve all worked hard tonight. Have someone take care of our fallen brothers. Remember, their families here at the base must be well looked after. If I find out anyone dares to bully their families, I will not show any mercy!"

After saying this, Stella Sterling continued, "This incident is no small matter. You all must be extremely careful. From now on, when you’re on missions outside the base and encounter people like this, do not be merciful. Otherwise, you’ll only bring harm to others, and to yourselves!"

"Also, be wary of all strangers. You never know what dangers they might be hiding, or if they’re about to undergo a mutation. So you must be careful, and then be careful again!"

Stella Sterling instructed them on each point.

The men took her words to heart, then stared at Stella Sterling in a daze.

Seeing them look at her like that, Stella Sterling was a little surprised. "Why are you all looking at me like that? If you have any questions, feel free to ask!"

"Sterling, we don’t have any questions!"

They all shook their heads in unison, but they continued to look at Stella Sterling with that same strange, moved expression.

Their gazes left Stella Sterling feeling a bit bewildered.

’Could it be that they’ve all been through too much today? Has it made their brains go a little haywire?’

But soon, someone cleared up her confusion. "Sterling, you might not know this, but the way you were just instructing us, point by point... it made us feel really warm!"

The others all nodded in agreement.

Sterling was good to them, really good, but she usually gave off an unapproachable vibe.

They were grateful to Sterling and revered her, but they didn’t feel close to her.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to be close; they didn’t dare.

But just now, the way Sterling had acted made them feel a sense of closeness, of genuine care. It moved them deeply.

Finally, another person said, "Sterling, the way you were just now... it was so humane!"

Hearing this, Stella Sterling froze for a moment, then narrowed her eyes at him. "You’ve got a lot of nerve, daring to tease me."

The man flinched and quickly explained, "No, Sterling! This subordinate had no disrespectful intentions toward you! Sterling, I have something to take care of, I’ll get back to it!"

After saying that, he was the first to run off, and the others broke into laughter.

This time, Stella Sterling didn’t blame them. She waved her hand, dismissing them.

Then, she turned to a few of the Caeluna Base leaders and instructed, "You’ll have to work a little harder and keep a close watch on things for a while!"

Afterward, Stella Sterling left as well. She hurried back to her villa, shut herself inside, and entered her dimensional space.

She needed to search her space for anything that might help with this situation. She could only hope to find something.

But the result was disappointing. She rummaged through all the good things the space had given her in the past but found nothing specifically for a situation like this.

’Is there really no solution?’

Stella Sterling muttered to herself, a pained expression on her face, her heart heavy.

She had originally thought she wouldn’t care. She had assumed that, by facing this situation again just as she did in her past life, she could get through it safely as long as she was cautious. After all, she had survived it once before. This time, she was stronger and her faction was more powerful—there was no way she wouldn’t make it through.

As long as she was vigilant, eliminated anyone like that as soon as they were discovered, and then united with the other major bases to eliminate all the mutated individuals, the crisis would pass.

That was why, until now, she had never considered researching a way to solve the crisis itself.

After all, this wasn’t her area of expertise. Besides, in her past life, so many experts had researched it for so long without finding a solution. She didn’t think she was necessarily smarter than all of them and could succeed where they had failed.

So, she had always just focused on careful prevention.

But today, watching those people from her own base willingly commit suicide, Stella Sterling realized just how terrible she felt.

She thought she wouldn’t care, but when people completely loyal to her died right before her eyes, she actually felt sad.

She no longer thought she could just let nature take its course, using a firm hand to weather the crisis. Instead, she desperately hoped for another way to resolve the situation.

For the first time, she wanted to be the one to change things.

That way, even if someone was accidentally infected or wrongly injured, they wouldn’t have to die like this.

She even regretted not having tried to research a solution earlier. Even if she hadn’t found anything back then, at least she wouldn’t be filled with so much regret now.

Stella Sterling sat blankly in her space. She rubbed her head, and then, as if struck by an idea, she used her will to summon the medical books she had stored in a corner.

She had bought quite a few medical books before in order to study medicine, but after she gradually grew stronger, she hadn’t continued her studies.

She had figured that with her current power, very few people could harm her anyway. She had no intention of becoming a doctor, and her existing medical skills were sufficient for her own needs.

But now, her only hope lay in these medical books.

’Maybe... just maybe... I can find a solution in them.’

The collection included not only books on Western medicine, but also on traditional Chinese medicine.

Stella Sterling began to read them, one by one, studying them bit by bit, not letting go of a single shred of hope. Whether it was for Chief Ford or for the people in her base, she hoped she could find a solution.

She knew that even if she couldn’t find a solution, she would ultimately survive this crisis. But if she could find one, she could save more people, and spare more of them from death.

And so, Stella Sterling shut herself in her villa. Ten days passed, then half a month, and she still hadn’t come out.