18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 134

The Moore family father and son were enjoying a much-needed rest when they were entrusted with the care of Cooper and Rosie. Stella, always the cautious one, reminded them, "Katie, the weather's been warming up lately. We're already up by a dozen degrees. You've noticed, right?" Katie nodded quickly. "I was just about to tell you guys. The weather station reported that the deep freeze might be over soon."

Feigning surprise, Stella asked, "Did they say what kind of weather we can expect next?"

"It's hard to tell, but if it warms up, the ice will surely melt. We can't afford another hurricane or flood; we've had enough of that."

Stella, playing the innocent, said, "I feel like the snow has been lessening these past few days?"

Katie, the elderly one who disliked the cold, hadn't stepped outside in several days. However, Stella's words reminded her, "If the temperature continues to rise, the snow might stop. It'll be hard to get water then. We should stock up while we can." "Right, we'll store some when we get back."

Once they left, Katie reminded her daughter-in-law, "See if you can get some water storage tanks or barrels. We don't know what's going to happen. We need to be prepared."

Also, she warned Joey and Mikey, "Don't just focus on work. Keep an eye on the weather. If we know about changes a day or half a day earlier than others, it might just give us a chance to survive."

Mikey promised, "The meteorologists predict it might be an extreme heatwave, but it's not confirmed yet, so they haven't made it public."

"An extreme heatwave?" Katie was taken aback. "Uncertainties can't be made public, otherwise, it will cause chaos among people."

Katie knew exactly how much supplies they had at home. She looked at her daughter-in-law and said, "With the rising temperatures, you can't continue your current job. Try to get some heat-relief items, especially disinfectants." Once the ice melted, the bodies and garbage in the water would decay rapidly under the scorching sun. The possibility of an epidemic was high.

She had to try and survive, for what would happen to these three dummies if she were to pass away one day?

Stella handed Monkey a list of items. "Do you have these?"

"Whatever you need, I'll get it for you even if I have to climb mountains or cross seas." Monkey was always friendly, but when he saw the list, he was taken aback. "Oh god, what do you need these for? They're useless." Stella just smiled at him, not saying a word.

Oh boy, he was blabbering again. He had a habit of chatting with people he was familiar with. But, second-hand fans, second-hand UBS car refrigerators, saltpeter, stainless steel screens, mosquito coils, pesticides, and water towers? What the heck!

need, and I

need, I want

responded quickly. "The items aren't expensive, but they're scattered and hard to find. We'll

nodded. "We'll exchange

fingers. "At least this

"2 pounds?"

was almost choking. "No less than

a vampire wouldn't be

just teasing

do anything about it. Monkey

to get the goods, so they agreed

in the department store to see

was still freezing at minus fifty degrees. There were only a few people on the streets, rushing

gloves, held Stella's hand as they walked forward. She wasn't used to such intimacy and instinctively tried to pull her hand back, but he held on tight.

street, they started to browse carefully. They unexpectedly found a small threshing machine that could thresh wheat, mung beans, soybeans, corn, and about ten

not wanting to hand-thresh wheat anymore. Jasper inspected the threshing machine. The belt

20 pounds of rice or flour,

worth only a thousand before the apocalypse, and now

without bargaining, she was sure to attract the

attitude, shaking her head without showing strong buying

the stall owner

stall to try his luck. Now that a potential buyer had shown up, he couldn't let her leave. Stella

threshing machine wasn't heavy, and they could carry it

secluded corner, made sure no one was around, and then, using Jasper's height

to browse, and Stella stopped in front of a

an old acquaintance, the one who sold