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."

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

large water barrels, Cody and

about Katie slipping and falling. They decided to fill up

there wasn't much clean snow

doesn't snow again, or if the temperature suddenly

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

water. Why not fill the tanks with Arcadia's water once 1803 had

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

in the kitchen when Cody suddenly yelled from

the meteorological station's

radio crackled 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. Residents were

spot-on, even more reliable than the experts at

dread. The extreme cold was barely over, and now they were about to face a heatwave. When would it

bureau was predicting a heatwave, making their decision to

stay this way. For Cody and Lukas, it wasn't just a job. It was a testament to their

took a couple of hard swigs of whiskey, which made

"We'll rise again."

real man doesn't let setbacks

a few drinks, they fell into a deep

a month before the

in the water, their faces paled and they immediately dug out the

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

the temperature suddenly soared to minus 10

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

at least allowed them to melt snow for water,

supplies simply gave up, resigned to their 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

and the others had left, Stella began moving the water towers into Arcadia in the dark, starting

towers were also moved in