18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 156

Fortunately, all three of them were skilled, and they had weapons on hand, so they didn't suffer any losses.

The water reached around their knees when Jasper decided it was time to stop twiddling his thumbs. He and the others went out to look for cars to avoid any further delay. If any more cars were damaged, it would be a real pain to repair them. They weren't the only ones being proactive. The city's management was also on the move.

Excavators and drilling machines were being brought in. Some were digging wells, others were constructing public restrooms. Everything was orderly and seemed to have been planned in advance.

The water evaporated quickly, and the mud accumulated in the Sunrise Sanctuary was cracked and dry within a day.

The midday temperature reached a scorching 53 degrees, feeling like being grilled on a hotplate.

Underground garages dried up quickly, filled with cars in disarray, coated in a thick layer of dried mud.

Jasper's Hummer, stripped to almost unrecognizable, was still there. Lukas and the others were awestruck, giving thumbs up after a long moment, "Jasper, you're the real deal."

They managed to push five or six cars back, all of them decent off-road vehicles. However, not only were they soaked, but they were also frozen. Many parts were damaged, and trying to salvage them was as difficult as performing a head transplant. But the will to survive kept them going, and no one was ready to give up.

Jasper inspected his own car. Despite the grime and dirt, the damage was minimal thanks to previous special treatments, and he had disassembled all the parts that could be removed.

With Cody and Lukas, he cleaned the car and started tinkering with spare parts.

While the men were busy in the underground parking lot, Stella wasn't idle either. She chatted with Angela while making a pot of lemon tea, "Now that the water has receded, once the cars are repaired, you can leave. Lincoln has plenty of water resources, but it's not as industrialized as Griffith. They have a military base over there, so they've probably exhausted all available resources. Let me know what you need, and I'll try to get it for you in the next couple of days."

Angela didn't want to trouble Stella, but her offer was too good to refuse, "Stella, thank you."

"No need for thanks, we're friends."

and Angela was reluctant to leave, "It's a pity you're not coming with us to the base, otherwise we'd still be

we have to keep going. Who knows, we may

discussed with Cody

catastrophe, thanks to regular exercise, the three of them had rarely fallen ill and their supply of medicine hadn't

nearing its expiration date

used medication to Stella, along

items, but meteorological researchers have warned that various extreme weather conditions may persist in the future. Once the extreme heat subsides, we don't

came up with an idea. "Stella, how about this? Whatever you and Jasper

family has any leads on what kind of extreme weather might be coming. Then we can

decided, they all returned to their work in the parking

came home that night, he smelled so bad Stella almost threw up. She quickly fetched two bathtubs full of water from Arcadia and urged him to take

the bathroom in 1802 since they returned from the

towel around his head, Stella had a chilled bowl of ambrosia salad ready for

contentedly dug into the ambrosia salad, "The others will depend on luck. There are many damaged parts that we'll need to get from other cars. We'll sneak in some spare parts and see if we can piece together a working car." Stella thought this was too

dangerous not only because of other survivors but also because of

the current medical

their

are too new. They're too

just be him and Stella at on the 18th floor. Ordinary survivors might not

for morality or ethics. Life was as cheap as dirt, and they would stop at nothing

plan, "Once my car is fixed, we'll find an old van to disguise, which

had no objections,

1803. Their supplies were pooled together, and they

thought for a while, "First, we go out and trade. If we can't find what we need, and we have surplus, then we can give some to