18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 166

For the sake of a pack of cigarettes, Rob had one last piece of advice for the couple. "Don't buy your supplies from the local bazaars. A lot of the sea salt they sell is mixed with sand, and the seafood isn't fresh." There were a few business people living in the villa district. Many of them had been taken for a ride when they first moved in, but they had since learned their lesson.

After a bit of chit-chat, and with no objections from Jasper, Stella decided to rent the villa. They chose the one on top of the hill, far away from the other residents. The isolation would make their activities less noticeable.

Upon learning that they planned to live on top of the hill, Rob was surprised, but he didn't comment. "Alright, just follow us down to handle the paperwork."

While Jasper was checking Rosie's forehead wound, Stella unloaded several bags of potatoes from her truck. When Rosie got into the car, she looked a little surprised at the sight of the potatoes, but she didn't ask any questions.

Back at the security booth, they not only had to register their IDs but also have their photos taken. This was so all the security personnel could recognize them, preventing any unwanted disturbances from strangers. They were also given badges, which was surprisingly professional.

Being accustomed to the wealthy residents, the security officers were not surprised by Stella's bags of normal potatoes. They weighed them out to be around 450 pounds.

Rob was very helpful, informing them where they could buy furniture, and offering to have the security officers assist if needed.

Once all the procedures were finished, Stella drove back up to the villa.

The first thing she did was not to clean the rooms, but to turn on the air conditioning. It was unbearably hot. To her dismay, the air conditioning was broken.

Damn!

She didn't want the furniture in the villa, so Stella closed the room door and began to unload things from Arcadia. She might not have much, but she had plenty of furniture and appliances.

Due to safety considerations and wanting a better view, they chose to live on the second floor and planned to clean up three rooms.

Finally, they could use the solar power generator openly.

near the wealthy was great. Everyone had everything, and there was no

to be reinstalled, so Stella used some ice and a fan to cool

her forehead, she started to

was having a blast. Cooper wanted to help too, but Stella thought he was in the way. "Cooper, your job is to guard the house. You can't let any bad people in. If bad people get in, that means you're not doing your job, and we'll have to deduct your dog food."

worker, with Stella assisting. It took

they were

air conditioner blew

air conditioning and continued to work. It took another two hours to set up the

out the electric net they had gotten from

already good, in an apocalyptic world, they could not afford

and reminded Rosie and Cooper not to touch it if they didn't want to be

to teach Cooper and Rosie a lesson, Stella threw a cockroach she caught during cleaning onto the net. Soon, a burnt smell

and Cooper were

all of them tanned like charcoal. After being roasted

on the beach and in the fishing village. There were people everywhere, densely packed. It was a

go

could not forget their

turned up the electric current in the

over ten minutes they arrived at the

the past, the market was bustling, but now it was eerily quiet. Everywhere they

Fresh seafood, if not processed immediately after being caught, would start to smell bad after a few hours in the

the wholesale market's dried goods were not expensive. Two kilos of grains could be exchanged for one kilo of dried goods. Sea salt

eat rice, pasta, or vegetables. But the weather was too hot, the seawater could not be purified, and rice could

cities, this area by the sea did not have a severe water shortage. They could get water by digging wells a few dozen meters deep. However, due to the depletion of surface water, seawater had invaded and seeped in. Even after being filtered through the soil, it