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?"

not a big injury. You can

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

turned pale at the sight, tightly holding his girlfriend's hand. "Stella, Angela's life is in your

him away. "You're hurting

eyes. "Stop being

Cody and Lukas

arm and was comforting the frightened

in the mountains. Angela killed an incoming boar with her bare hands,

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

in a tree by Jasper

wound, Stella started treating

to do with the boar meat. Without a

jerky?" Lukas suggested. "We brought back several boxes of charcoal last

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

but also buy stuff.

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

had already been butchered into four large pieces. The wild boar meat was pulled out of the water barrel.

to test the waters. Don't mention how

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

far you could go depended on yourself. Stella didn't stop them, but reminded them to be

she fell asleep. Jasper carried her back to their room

told Stella about the situation in Ivywood Estates. They had dismantled six water towers this time, collected a lot

way to bring these back as

the mountains. Probably not so easy to find for