18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 28

Everyone was feasting on high-calorie instant food, casually discussing the loot they had managed to gather.

Besides the assortment of junk food and drinks, Stella had gathered the most grains, while Cody had swept through a local farm supply store, bringing back hundreds of pounds of beef jerky, ginseng, saffron, truffles, and cheese. Lukas found several bags of high-quality rice, while Jasper found a liquor store and brought back dozens of boxes of wine.

All in all, the most abundant item was bottled water.

This was a necessity that couldn't be discarded. After all, you couldn't always rely on drinking rainwater. After some discussion, they decided to first bring back the medicines, meat, wine, and grains, then the non-perishable foods like instant noodles and bread, leaving the bottled water and drinks for last.

Moreover, everyone took some things they needed.

The powerboat was Stella's, along with a samurai sword, a golf club, and some skincare products. Lukas grabbed some clothes and shoes. Cody, on the other hand, took electronic products, game consoles, watches, and the like. Jasper carried dolls, children's books, and pens and paper, obviously for Rosie.

Everyone was careful not to bring too much personal items as the space on the boat was limited.

While loading the rubber boat, Lukas casually mentioned, "I found a seed store, but unfortunately, the seeds are not edible because they've been sprayed with pesticides. Otherwise, we could have brought them back just in case."

As soon as he finished speaking, three pairs of eyes were staring at him.

"What...what's wrong?"

Cody was at a loss for words. "The whole world is flooded. If we're really in an apocalypse, seeds will be more valuable than medicine."

Only then did Lukas realize his foolish mistake. "Should we take them back?"

That was a no-brainer. Lukas and Jasper continued to load, while Stella and Cody ran upstairs to fetch the seeds.

was quite a surprise to find out that it was a branch of a renowned agricultural company, whose founder was a great scientist who

or six hundred pounds, and there were also many types of hybrid vegetables, as well as hydroponic technology

the computer in the lab into her Arcadia,

the time they were done, it was already past nine

powerboats, they estimated the power and

with Lukas sitting next to her holding a pair of night vision binoculars to keep watch. The binoculars had night vision function, which enabled them to observe and avoid obstacles in time, and to guard against sudden robbers. They were loaded with supplies;

word, dimmed the lantern to the lowest level, and rowed back to the apartment building with

still had to be careful. There were too many supplies

help, and it took them almost an hour to

with her, while the three of

living room

grabbed stools and started sorting out the supplies, dividing what

the second trip and left quite a few drinks and bottled water. Later on, Jasper and Cody

to the 18th floor, it

premium rice, dozens of boxes of bottled water, seven or eight boxes of milk, two large sacks of snacks

but apart from Stella, no one else knew how to handle them. Moreover, the heavy rain made everything too damp, and the seeds would

keep them? I'll see if I can grow hydroponic

not that she was greedy, but when faced with frequent natural disasters in the apocalypse and unsuitable temperatures for plant growth, there was simply

planting in the future, she could donate them

no objections, and even helped move the stuff into her house. "Stella, whether we can have vegetables

can only try. I can't guarantee

fell asleep as soon

late was bad for the body; as they woke up at noon, they

for a day, they woke