18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 137

Lukas didn't catch the hint in Stella's question, "No, I had a couple of drinks with Cody last night and didn't get much sleep."

"What's up this early in the morning?"

Lukas' smile was more like a grimace, "Stella, we're thinking of quitting our jobs."

As much as they didn't want to, their lives were more important.

Stella was undeniably resourceful. Whether it was storms, floods, or extreme cold, she was always better prepared than them, and even lent a hand when needed.

And then there was Jasper, as stoic as a rock in the face of catastrophe.

The Moore family had their sources within the system, always more informed than the average Joe.

Good advice is a feast.

They had made it through before, and they would do it again. With careful rationing, the food they had would last about four years, so they decided to follow the crowd. However, quitting their jobs would take time, so they had to move fast. All hands on deck at 1803, helping Jasper haul the horizontal water towers to the rooftop.

Including those they had brought back before, there were now 14 water towers, each capable of storing 2 tons of water. Two of them were for the Moore family, which meant that the 18th floor could store 24 tons of water. Even with careful rationing, 24 tons of water would only last three to four months at most. What then?

Stella tried to reassure them, "If it gets extremely hot, and even if the city's drainage system collapses, the floodwaters would evaporate in two to three months. The city council will come up with a solution then."

"Stella's right," Cody chimed in, "before we had running water, we used to drink well water."

Angela voiced her concern, "But what if the temperature gets too high and the water can't be stored for long? What if it spoils?"

"I've got the water filters, just throw them in the water towers when the time comes."

"Stella, you're amazing."

Stella shrugged off the compliment, "I don't actually know much. It was Jasper's idea." Lukas was quick to flatter, "Jasper's the real MVP here, a true survival expert." Caught in the spotlight, Jasper shrugged, "I just happen to know a bit."

finished setting up the water towers, Katie came up to shovel

two large water barrels, Cody and Lukas offered to help her shovel snow

were worried about Katie slipping and

wasn't much

a little worried, "What if it doesn't snow again, or if the temperature suddenly rises and we run out of stored

her, "That's unlikely to happen. Besides, the seven water towers we had before are full. If we use water sparingly, we'll be fine. You all should quit your jobs as soon as possible. In the

on using snow water. Why not fill the tanks with Arcadia's

they had more survival experience than people from 1803. It was better to follow their

the kitchen when Cody suddenly yelled from the living room. Startled, Lukas

meteorological station's broadcasting

to life as a weatherman relayed the latest news: according to current temperature trends, a rapid rise in temperature was expected in about half a month.

Jack are like prophets. Their prediction is spot-on, even more reliable

of dread. The extreme cold was barely over, and now they were about to face a

heatwave, making their

they secretly shared a bottle of whiskey in bed. The extreme cold was tough, but they had gotten used to it. If only it could stay this way. For Cody and Lukas, it wasn't just a job. It was a testament to their strength, a symbol of their masculinity. They had fought hard to

they took a couple of hard swigs of whiskey, which made

"We'll rise again."

real man doesn't let

drinks, they fell into a deep

weather's unpredictable. Even though the weather bureau predicts it'll be about half a month before the heatwave hits, no one knows exactly when it'll happen. Maybe you should take a rubber raft with you. In case the ice

water, their faces

heeded Stella's advice and wrapped the raft in warm materials to prevent it from

left, the temperature suddenly soared to

conditioners, electric fans, and the like had long since been frozen and rendered useless in the minus seventy-odd

allowed them to melt snow for water,

fate. They were too tired to go on. After giving up for half a day, they decided that they didn't want to die after all, and

the others had left, Stella began moving the water

towers were also moved