18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 48

Everyone looked exhausted except for Jasper. Rosie had teardrops in her eyes and her face was as pale as a sheet, clearly traumatized. Nobody spoke. The three men silently moved water towers.

Stella packed away the inflatable raft and carried a bundle of firewood upstairs. Angela walked ahead of her, stumbling and almost falling. Stella couldn't free her hands. She quickly pushed Angela with her body to keep her from falling. As they continued upwards, Stella noticed Angela was walking oddly, most likely because of a foot injury.

Stella had a sensitive nose and could faintly smell blood. Was there a fight during their trip?

There were many eyes in the apartment building, and now was not the time to appear weak. If anyone discovered that people from the 18th floor was injured, there would be a swarm of people rushing in like mad dogs.

They returned to the 18th floor gritting their teeth. Angela placed the firewood in the hallway, her expression full of pain. Stella helped her into the room. "What happened?"

Angela had injured her leg. The gory hole in her leg was not made by a knife or gunshot, but by a tusk.

"It was a wild boar," Angela grimaced in pain.

Stella frowned. "You guys went into the forest again?"

"What else can we do?" Angela gave a bitter smile. "All our supplies are submerged underwater. People are dying from hunger every day. Today, we saw bodies being thrown out of buildings. There were more than one. We can barely last for seven or eight months. But supplies are getting harder and harder to find. What are we going to do in the future?"

The main purpose of the trip was to hunt in the forest. They climbed over several hills, and Cooper, as expected, found a family of wild boars. There were five in all, all with big bodies. After some discussion, they decided to hunt them.

Stella was worried for them. "Wild boars are very aggressive, not like farm pigs."

It was indeed risky, but wild boar meat could save lives. They had to take the risk.

Stella took out bandages and iodine, looking for surgical instruments and sutures. "This wound is too big and hard to stop bleeding. Should I take you to the hospital, or should I stitch you up?"

a big injury. You can

boxing, so she didn't think it was a big deal. Besides, there were no medical supplies at the hospital,

wound, then used anesthetic to numb the pain, and then started stitching. Lukas turned pale at the sight, tightly

him away. "You're

his eyes.

one injured. Cody and Lukas also got hurt, but their injuries were

was bleeding from a cut on his arm and was comforting the frightened and crying Rosie

Angela killed an incoming boar with her

together, killing the remaining four boars. Cody and Lukas also helped, but they were clearly not on the same level. If it weren't for Jasper's intervention, Cody would have been

up in a tree by Jasper and was completely terrified by the intense

wound, Stella

down to discuss what to do with the

Lukas suggested. "We brought back several boxes of

disagreed. "Making jerky uses too much charcoal. Besides, with five boars, when would we finish? The

Monkey?" Cody suggested. "They not only sell stuff but also buy stuff. We're short on food now. Why don't we exchange the boar

time, and Monkey was pretty trustworthy. This was a good idea and might be

boar into the water barrel, which had already been butchered into four large pieces. The wild boar meat was pulled out of the water barrel. It had thick skin and coarse meat, with a deep red color and almost no

the whole boar over. "We should cut a few pounds first to test the waters. Don't mention how much we have. If it works out,

and Jasper injured, Cody and Lukas volunteered to go to the

take care of anyone forever. How far you could go depended on yourself. Stella didn't stop

she fell asleep. Jasper carried

this time, collected a lot of solid

back as soon as possible. Otherwise, other people

wild boars are hidden in the mountains. Probably not so easy