18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 169

Cooper perked up his ears and listened for a moment but heard no sound. He shrugged and returned to his shell.

Stella glanced at Jasper, who was lounging next to her, wanting to speak but uncertain of what to say. Finally, she turned to him and asked, "Are we still planning to sell water?" If not, they would have to trade their food or alcohol for it.

"Getting fresh water isn't easy these days, and purifying seawater costs too much. Let's wait a few days and see what Austin decides," Jasper suggested.

Stella agreed, and feeling reassured, she settled down for her afternoon nap.

Jasper didn't leave. Instead, he gently wrapped his arm around her. Stella felt a bit nervous. Was he going to do something to her? If he did, should she scratch him?

Fortunately, he proved to be a gentleman and made no untoward moves. Eventually, she fell asleep.

Which man didn't like sex? But Jasper felt Stella wasn't ready for that yet. Some things couldn't be rushed.

After making up their minds, they didn't go out anymore.

Staying in the villa all day was rather dull, so Stella thought for a moment, then pulled out a pig from the Arcadia and smiled at Jasper, "This is your mission."

With a butcher's knife and boning knife, the task was straightforward.

The pig had been thrown into the Arcadia just after it died and was still warm. Stella quickly found a large basin and didn't even waste the pig's blood.

Both of them squatted in the restroom, busy with their tasks. Jasper was the main labor force. After more than two hours of hard work, he successfully slaughtered the pig and cut it into small pieces. Just as he was about to relax, Stella pulled out another pig. Seeing his stunned expression, Stella laughed, "Just teasing you. We'll deal with this one tomorrow."

With that, she put the pig back into the Arcadia.

Jasper, who had been duped, suddenly approached Stella, reaching out to hold her.

Stella dodged him, "Stay away from me. You stink."

Actually, it wasn't that bad. The pig had starved for so many days that its intestines were relatively clean. But Jasper was meticulous in his work, and he handled the large and small intestines beautifully.

they didn't slaughter pigs but they weren't

wouldn't be noticed, unlike the Sunrise Sanctuary where even chopping bones would cause a noisy racket

She selected some pork with a good balance of fat and lean

salt, and potato starch and mixed them evenly. Then she shaped the mixture into balls, put them into a pot, added water, and simmered them until they were cooked. As soon as the meatballs floated to

simple, and Rosie

the night, they had made over 220 pounds of meatballs. After they had cooled, they were all stored in the Arcadia. The delicious broth left over from cooking the meatballs was also

day, Jasper and Stella worked together to slaughter three pigs. Rosie worked alone, making meatballs until

pigs, Stella decided to move Jasper

who had just been promoted to senior pig-slaughtering engineer, was speechless. Rosie also switched modes, setting her sights on becoming a fishball expert. Cooper, with nothing else to

house. Guard the

growled softly and looked out of the villa. Stella became alert as well. After a few minutes, a car

arrived

long since expanded their business to the villa area. They were here

for you?" Monkey had sharp eyes, "Wow, you even

clear the kitchen of the lingering smell and carefully hid anything that should be hidden. Jasper, the master fish butcher, washed his hands and changed his clothes to get rid of the fishy smell. Austin came bearing gifts, all of which were

to discuss cooperation, and his

to make the first move. She appeared hesitant, "We do have water, but it's getting harder to obtain now with all the strict

from enough. But Austin knew that high-quality fresh water was hard to come

return, Stella, who had gotten

that a truckload of water, 20 tons, would be exchanged for 500 pounds of dried seafood. Fresh seafood would be 1200 pounds, and coarse sea salt would be 2000 pounds. Stella could choose freely, but she had to notify them in

the villa area. At around 2 a.m., they set out on their

a detour outside to avoid people, then found a place to rest. At 5 a.m., they arrived at the designated location to deliver the goods and loaded 500 pounds

out to make it appear as

during the day, they continued to stock up

month, they had accumulated over 2200 pounds of fishballs and meatballs, various steamed,

celery, various shrimp and crab,

stock as much as possible, as they might not have

hard these past few days. How about we have a barbecue

saw through her ruse

Rosie objected. They