18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 136

Stella took a swift kick, sending the man tumbling down the staircase, unable to rise from the heavy fall. She descended the stairs, her expression blank as she stepped onto his throat without releasing for a while. Exiting the office building, she arrived at their designated meeting spot. Jasper was already waiting, "Is it done?"

Stella nodded, "I took care of it, and you?"

"Yeah, no loose ends."

They had managed to gather all the supplies they needed and, unless something unexpected happened, they wouldn't need to venture out before the extreme heat arrived.

By the time Cody and the others returned from their break, the temperature had already risen to over 40 degrees below zero.

They were shocked to see several water towers stacked in the hallway, "Stella, we seem to have enough water towers."

They had dragged back seven water towers to the rooftop, only for the extreme cold to abruptly hit, freezing all the pipes.

Now Stella had brought back even more, not only filling the hallway but also placing several on the stairs. Were they collecting junk?

Lukas and Angela were slow to react, but Cody figured it out, "Stella, are we stockpiling water?"

"Exactly, it wasn't easy to get these, we were waiting for you guys to come back and set them up."

Thankfully, the temperature had risen by nearly 30 degrees. If the survivors didn't react soon, it would indeed be a matter of life and death.

Stella was just ahead of the curve. Already, rumors were circulating that the extreme cold was coming to an end. Some were filled with joy, while those with access to information were secretly stockpiling supplies. Katie came up the other day, stating that there was a 70-80% chance of extreme heat in the future and advised them to prepare as soon as possible.

For the sake of survival, she and Jasper had nearly broken their legs dragging water towers up the stairs the previous day. They didn't hold back this time and shared two water towers with the Moore family as a reward. Katie was thrilled, "You guys are so resourceful, we couldn't find any water towers even when we asked others."

She insisted on exchanging food for them, but Stella declined, "If you ever get seeds that can withstand heat and drought, just give us a share."

It wasn't just Katie. Other survivors in the community also saw the 18th floor as a weather vane. They had learned their lesson and began to gather water towers after seeing the 18th floor doing the same.

so well, they must be well connected. Or

water towers became hot

constantly being asked for water towers by customers

with a hundred pounds of

He was going crazy!

for getting rid of the junk, and now people were offering twenty pounds of

the boss

Stella had tricked him

times in a

hot water,

feel like someone is cursing

hair, "Don't

up, "I'm going to

with her, instead preparing dinner

arrived at 1803, she didn't beat around the bush, "The temperature has been rising, and it's getting faster. The Moore family has some inside information. Rumors from the meteorological bureau suggest that the extreme heat might be on its way. I've been out and about, gathering supplies before

of them

continuous heatwave. Heatstroke is the least of it; the real fear is heatstroke

burning, impaired consciousness, inability to dissipate internal heat, and changes in protein and enzyme activities. Once affected, it almost

tingled, "Is this information

not officially announced yet, but there are already

over the temperature chart she had been recording daily, "I don't think this

at the rising data on the

stinky garbage in the

all, being alive

at each other, Lukas took a chance, "Isn't

him, praising his excellent performance and promoting him to squad leader, with a

apart from his looks, Lukas had never been so affirmed and praised. This was a

Do you think it's possible that the

Lukas was stunned.