18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 170

In the darkness, Austin's voice echoed, "Stella, Jasper?"

The two exchanged glances. What was he doing here at this hour?

Stella, almost out of reflex, began to hide things as quickly as she could.

Greens, chicken, pork - Stella swiftly stashed them all into the Arcadia, leaving only the seafood barbecue out.

Stella invited him onto the rooftop, "Want some garlic oysters?"

The irresistible aroma of grilled seafood caused Austin's self-restraint to falter, "Sure."

Stella handed him a cold beer, "Austin, you came here in the middle of the night. Is there an emergency?"

"There is an emergency," Austin gulped down a few mouthfuls of the beer, letting out a satisfied sigh, "It's also a golden opportunity to make some money, depending on whether you guys can seize it."

Make a fortune? Who wouldn't want that? Stella's interest was immediately piqued, "Go on."

"Odeberg International is at loggerheads with Aqua Base,. It's a fierce competition. I suppose you know about it?"

She had heard about it, but she wasn't interested. She came to the seaside to stock up.

"Aqua Base has always wanted to swallow Odeberg International, but Odeberg International is not a pushover. The two sides have been at each other's throats, when Aqua Base took a despicable move. They kidnapped Dexter to force Warren to surrender. "But Warren is a man of character. He hired a bunch of bodyguards to forcefully retrieve Dexter. During the escape, the old man tripped and got impaled by a rusty nail."

Those who had experienced the apocalypse knew that tetanus was no joke, and the best way was to get a vaccine within 24 hours.

But two years into the apocalypse, pharmaceutical companies were destroyed, hospitals paralyzed, and life-saving drugs were more expensive than fairy pills.

Odeberg International, with its vast resources, would have been able to procure any other life-saving drugs, but the tetanus vaccine was special. It required refrigeration at 2-8 degrees Celsius, and any deviation from this can cause the vaccine to become ineffective. To find a vaccine was almost harder than reaching the sky. So Odeberg International reached out to all possible connections.

considered his network to be decent, but after a round of inquiries, he still couldn't find the vaccine. That was why he

vaccine?" Stella looked surprised,

it, I'm almost running my legs off," Austin said, sipping his cold beer, "Do you have

son. If they could find

you asked, we'll try to find some contacts, but we can't guarantee that we can get

by tomorrow at eight?" Austin still had other places to check out. He finished his beer, grabbed

Stella continued with her barbecue stockpiling. She loved grilled squid

thoughtful, "Do you

and quite

stockpile them before the apocalypse, and later took

going

what should they ask from Odeberg International

already filled with a lot of them. Coarse sea salt was cheap; it wasn't worth trading for the tetanus vaccine. Although she had the vaccines on hand, no

promised Austin, they had to act

a drive. He returned in the early hours of

it was only just past five. By noon, it would be over 24

to Stella,

that Odeberg International was looking for it, they asked for something substantial." Austin's eyes lit

hesitated, "They want a

ask for a lot, but

vaccine would cost no more than a

had no intention of selling, but we persuaded them. If you think it's not feasible, we can decline." Austin, having seen the world, quickly said, "No,

he left without

couldn't sleep anymore. She stood on the rooftop with her night vision binoculars, looking at the few yachts docked at the distant port, all of which belonged to the Odeberg

originally belonged to the Odeberg family or were found after the disaster, it didn't matter to Stella.

the sea, it would be their only hope for survival. She had to

didn't want to trade, Stella wouldn't insist.