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Chapter 265: Overload of the VIP Lane
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2026-01-26 01:03:25The "Stirling Executive Evacuation Silo" was the most depressing room I had ever seen. Not because it was dirty—on the contrary, it was pristine. It was a cathedral of white ceramic and brushed steel, untouched by the twenty years of rot and war that had consumed the rest of the world.
It was depressing because it was a monument to selfishness.In the center of the silo stood the Stirling Star-Jump Mark V. It wasn't a rugged military transport. It was a golden tear-drop, sleek
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