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.

evening, they didn't slaughter pigs but they weren't idle

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

pork with a good balance of fat and lean meat, cut it into pieces, and put it into the

the pork into a pulp, she added water, 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

and Rosie also came to

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 saved for future use

three pigs. Rosie worked alone, making meatballs until her

slaughtering 10 pigs, Stella decided to move

pig-slaughtering engineer, was speechless. Rosie also switched modes, setting her sights on becoming a fishball expert. Cooper, with nothing else to do, blinked his doggy

house. Guard the house. Guard the house," Stella repeated three

she finished speaking, Cooper immediately became alert, his fur standing on end as he growled softly and looked out of the villa. Stella became alert as well. After a few

had arrived

did Stella realize that Monkey had long since expanded their business to the villa area. They were here to deliver goods and also pay a

grid I got for you?" Monkey had sharp eyes, "Wow, you even installed solar panels. You're

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 high-quality seafood products from

discuss cooperation, and his target was

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

in the area, and one truckload of water was far from enough. But Austin knew that high-quality

return, Stella, who had gotten a taste, insisted on top-quality

dried seafood. Fresh seafood would be 1200 pounds, and coarse sea salt would be

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

a place to rest. At 5 a.m., they arrived at the designated location to deliver the goods and loaded 500 pounds of dried goods onto their truck to take back

drove out to make it appear as if he was trading

enough sleep during the day, they continued to stock up

fishballs and meatballs,

no exception, with stir-fried squid with celery, various shrimp and crab, and kelp

might not have such an opportunity to cook

been working hard these past few days. How about we have a barbecue tonight as

ruse but agreed

nor Rosie objected. They were both