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

did wouldn't be noticed, unlike the Sunrise

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

evenly. Then she shaped the mixture into balls, put them into a pot, added water, and simmered them until they were cooked. As

and Rosie

pounds of meatballs. After they had cooled, they were all stored in the Arcadia.

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

Stella decided to

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 do,

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

on end as he growled softly and looked out of the villa. Stella became alert as well. After a few minutes, a car pulled up to the

arrived

long since expanded their business to the villa area. They

the electrical grid I got for you?" Monkey had

exhaust fan to 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

cooperation, and

him to 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

area, and one truckload of water was far from enough. But Austin knew that high-quality fresh water was hard to come by,

would get in return, Stella, who had gotten a taste, insisted on top-quality gemstones first, followed by

for 500 pounds of dried seafood. Fresh seafood would be 1200 pounds, and coarse sea salt would be 2000 pounds.

villa area. At around 2 a.m., they set out on their journey, with Stella following in

a.m., they arrived at the designated location to deliver the goods and loaded 500 pounds of dried goods onto their truck

arousing suspicion, Jasper occasionally drove out to make it appear as if he

getting enough sleep during the day, they continued

had accumulated over 2200 pounds of fishballs and meatballs, various steamed, braised, garlic, and spicy pork ribs and

exception, with stir-fried squid with celery, various shrimp and crab, and kelp salad,

might not have such an opportunity

craved barbecue, "Mr. Jasper, you've been working hard these past few days. How about we have a

saw through her ruse but agreed

nor Rosie objected.