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?"

big injury.

it was a big deal. Besides, there were no medical supplies at the hospital, so it was better to do it at

disinfected the wound, then used anesthetic to numb the pain, and then started stitching. Lukas turned pale at the sight, tightly holding his girlfriend's hand. "Stella, Angela's life is

him away. "You're

eyes.

injured. Cody and Lukas

arm and was comforting

the mountains. Angela killed an incoming boar with her bare hands, but was toppled by

clearly not on the same level. If it weren't for Jasper's intervention, Cody would have been in serious

participate. She was tied high up in a tree by Jasper and was

stitching up Angela's wound, Stella started

treated, hey sat down to discuss what to do with the boar meat. Without

make jerky?" Lukas suggested. "We brought back

"Making jerky uses too much charcoal. Besides, with five boars, when would we finish? The whole neighborhood would smell of roasting

you guys remember Monkey?" Cody suggested. "They not only sell stuff but also buy stuff. We're short on food now. Why

five times in a row last time, and Monkey was

butchered into four large pieces. The wild boar meat was pulled out of the water barrel. It had thick skin and

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

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

post-apocalyptic world, no one could take care of anyone forever. How far you could

asleep. Jasper

They had dismantled six water towers this time, collected a lot of solid

back as soon as possible. Otherwise, other people would take

are hidden in the mountains. Probably not so easy to find