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.

after a round of inquiries, he still

vaccine?" Stella looked surprised, "That's hard to

off," Austin said, sipping his cold beer, "Do

a man of character, and also a devoted son. If they could find the vaccine, the

since you asked, we'll try to find some contacts, but

tomorrow at eight?" Austin still had other places to

barbecue stockpiling. She loved grilled squid tentacles, so she had to stock

you have

quite a

to stockpile them before the apocalypse, and later took everything when she searched

you going to

rush." She was just pondering, what should they ask from Odeberg International in

stockpiling fresh and dry goods every day, and Arcadia was 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 one knew what would happen in the future. It was always good to be

had promised Austin, they had

He returned in the early hours of

just past five. By noon, it would be over 24 hours. Many had been

but to come back to Stella, "How is it?

medicine, but the owner isn't simple. They're willing to part with the vaccine, but once they found out that Odeberg International was looking for it, they asked for something substantial." Austin's eyes lit up, "As long as it's within Warren's

hesitated, "They

for a lot, but

no more than a few

Stella didn't push, "I also think it's not worth it, but they only have one dose left. They originally had no intention of selling, but we persuaded them. If you think it's not

he left without

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

family or were found after

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

didn't want to trade, Stella wouldn't insist. She would find another