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.

that it was a branch of a renowned agricultural company, whose founder was a great scientist who had ensured food security for

of new types of hybrid rice, there were several varieties adding up to about five or six hundred pounds, and there were also many types of hybrid vegetables, as well as hydroponic technology and nutrient solution. It was too precious. Stella didn't even let go of the documents, and they had to make several trips

the computer in the lab into her Arcadia, which was full of precious literature and data. It could be of great help

were done, it was already past nine

two rubber boats tied to Jasper's and Stella's powerboats, they estimated the power and load and

her holding a pair of night vision binoculars to keep watch. The binoculars had night vision function, which enabled them to observe

two of them switched off the engine without a word, dimmed the lantern to the lowest level, and rowed back to the apartment

almost everyone was asleep, but they still had to be careful. There were too many supplies that could attract envy, so they had

it took

Angela couldn't protect their loot alone, and asked Stella to stay with her, while the three of them went back to the office building to move the

up in the living room of 1803,

and started sorting out the supplies, dividing what they could into four parts, and putting what they couldn't

left quite a few drinks and bottled water. Later on, Jasper and Cody had

carried up to the 18th floor, it

bottled water, seven or eight boxes of milk, two large sacks of snacks and fast food, as well as many miscellaneous items. In short, they didn't have to worry about supplies for half a year. The only trouble now was the seeds they

handle them. Moreover, the heavy rain made everything too damp, and the seeds would

thought for a moment. "Why don't I keep them? I'll see if I can grow hydroponic vegetables, and then I'll

greedy, but when faced with frequent natural disasters in the apocalypse and unsuitable temperatures for plant growth, there was simply no opportunity to plant the seeds, and the

these precious items. If scientists developed suitable places for planting in the future, she could donate them anonymously. After all, Arcadia only had ten square feet of black soil, the seeds she had prepared herself would not

objections, and even helped move the stuff into her house. "Stella, whether we can

can only try.

and fell asleep as soon as

for the body; as they woke up at noon, they still felt

they woke up with