18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 26

Without further ado, Lukas knocked on the door of their friendly neighbors in this post-apocalyptic world. Upon hearing their need for medicine, Jasper agreed after some consideration.

As usual, Angela stayed behind with the kid to guard their base.

Even though Cody proposed the idea of the world's end, Angela still had her concerns. She wasn't ready to believe it fully, and after some hesitation, she said, "On this trip, focus on finding survival supplies and medicine. Anything else...you can decide whether you need it

or not."

She didn't spell it out, but those who understood, got it.

Stella quickly caught on. "If we find medicine and survival supplies, we will split it evenly. Any personal needs aren't included, but let's not use too much of the group's resources."

Everyone agreed; it was better to be clear from the start.

With one speedboat and three rubber boats, they could bring back lots of supplies. Their only worry was that someone else might get to them first.

There were 20 kilometers to Cody's company, and the four of them braved the rain on their speedboat.

As they had guessed, the water flow became more complex the further they got from the city, and the wind started to blow. Even the best sailor would struggle to navigate through such conditions.

Jasper, however, was skilled enough to traverse the complex waterways. In the gloomy weather, they spotted a few skyscrapers standing above the water. Cody pointed out the direction, and they moved towards the skyscrapers. Through the glass on the fifth floor, they could see an office submerged in the flood.

"The office looks pretty tidy; it probably hasn't been looted yet."

They took a hammer and smashed the glass, letting the floodwater rush in. Once the water level stabilized, they entered the skyscraper and secured their speedboat.

With a clear goal, they headed

the first one to reach his desk. Upon seeing several large boxes piled up behind it, he sighed in relief. "I was supposed to deliver these to the pharmacy that day. But then the storm came,

goods were a variety of things, including antibiotics, rheumatism

much, there were many different types, and they managed to fill several large boxes. Stella suggested, "We have limited space, so let's remove the outer packaging and

is for anyway. I can sort them out when we

were removing the packaging, Stella searched the workstations. She found coffee, biscuits, various snacks, tea for the men, herbal tea for the women, and some instant noodle. The quantity wasn't

drinks, tea, and bottled water were taken. Stella even took the packages left at the reception desk; as long as they were useful, they would take it. Whatever they didn't need,

up two large backpacks,

moved to the 15th floor with the medicine. There were three pharmaceutical companies in the building, and they prioritized

large fridge in the exhibition room with

of vaccines for smallpox, tetanus, rabies, meningitis, HPV, influenza, and more. The fridge was designed to keep running for a month after a power outage, but once

them without saying

stuffed a rubber boat after going through the three

afternoon, they sat down for a meal, feeling hungry. They had coffee, tea, and various popular

rain outside and eating snacks, it felt like

now, but not much food. There are a few internet infuencer

said than done, they continued

one was a makeup and skincare company. Cody and Lukas weren't interested, but Stella's eyes lit up. High-end skincare products, makeup, lipstick, face masks, and luxury creams, were piled everywhere. Stella didn't hold back and picked the

something back for Angela, so

survival supplies, so they moved on to the second company. "Stella, hurry

everything and put

luck didn't improve, the second company was a women's clothing company, with all sorts of clothes, dresses, shoes, bags, and more. Lukas picked a few items for Angela, and Stella also

- beef jerky, lamb jerky, nuts, various types of bread and pastries, popular drinks, and even ice-cream, but it had all melted in the freezer. These items took up a lot of space, so they

quickly, and they realized that their approach

split up to cover different floors, which would save time and increase efficiency. There were a total of 15 floors above the water surface. Stella was responsible for three floors, and the three