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.

didn't think it was a big deal. Besides, there

stitching. Lukas turned pale at the sight,

away. "You're hurting my

his eyes. "Stop being

wasn't the only one injured. Cody and Lukas also

on his arm and was comforting

Angela killed an incoming boar with her bare hands,

Lukas also helped, but they were clearly not on the same level. If it weren't for

was tied high up in a tree by Jasper and

Angela's wound, Stella started treating

do with the boar

"We brought

five boars, when would we

also buy stuff. We're short on food

times in a row last time, and Monkey was pretty trustworthy. This was a good idea and

pieces. The wild boar meat was pulled out

first to test the waters. Don't mention how

and Jasper injured, Cody and Lukas volunteered to go

no one could take care of anyone forever. How far you could go depended on yourself. Stella didn't stop them, but reminded them

scared. After being comforted, she fell asleep. Jasper

the situation in Ivywood Estates. They had dismantled six water towers this time, collected a lot of solid wood furniture, and found two bottles of

out a way to bring these back as soon as possible. Otherwise, other

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