18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 216

Afraid of wasting food, he didn't even peel off the purple outer layer of the squid, but washed it several times. Moreover, Samuel deliberately dawdled, not eating, just hoping his father would eat a few more bites of meat. Stella watched the squid, picking it up with her fork to examine the tentacles, "Dried squid?"

"Yes, it's a huge piece of squid, about a pound. I used a quarter of it for cooking."

A pound of dried squid? Stella was astonished. Ordinary farmed squid, when dried, was already considered large if it weighed about half a pound. Wild-caught ones, even smaller.

The flood destroyed the seafood farm, and wild squid in the sea couldn't possibly weigh so much. Even if there were any, they would have been caught long ago. After being brought ashore, they would be distributed according to their size, and the best ones would never end up in the hands of ordinary survivors.

Samuel explained, "No, the dried squid they sell is huge. Some even weigh more than two pounds."

Stella furrowed her brow, a sudden fear gripping her heart. She remembered what Jasper had said - extreme heat would cause the polar ice caps to melt, and ancient viruses were likely to invade the sea.

"Where did you get the squid?"

Samuel quickly brought out the remaining dried squid from the kitchen.

Stella was shocked. This dried squid was not only several times larger than what she had previously hoarded, but the purple outer layer was also thicker. There were several raised bumps on the squid, which were not very noticeable after being dried, but could still be identified upon close examination.

She sniffed it. It was indeed dried squid, but the smell was much worse than her hoarded ones. It had a particularly strong fishy smell.

"There's something wrong with this squid," Stella said seriously. "We need to induce vomiting, right now."

Without a stomach pump, they could only keep pouring water into Christian's mouth. Once he had drunk enough, he would naturally vomit. Then they would continue.

At first, Christian didn't want to believe it. But Samuel was so scared he started crying, almost begging him on his knees, "Dad, please listen to Stella. Mom is already gone, and if you leave too, what am I supposed to do?"

seventeen, and after two years of natural disasters, he had grown up

son. "Okay, okay, I'll

water and

serious expression, "Stella, why do you say there's something

explained her suspicions

faster and faster. Scientists' concerns about ancient viruses had been reported in the media from time to time. But ordinary people thought it was too

a bucket of water, Christian was even throwing

asked with concern, "Christian, how

breath. His body was still in pain, but

eat more. He was in so much pain after only a few bites.

grain-producing areas. The

many people still had food to eat after the disaster was that they had asked the sea for

if these were infected with the ancient

with a trembling

her head. "It's just a

true, won't we lose all

and chose to remain

any medicine. After inducing vomiting, he could

stopped her. "Stella, this is no small matter. So much seawater and seafood come to Griffith every day. If there's really a problem, who knows how many people will die. Shouldn't we report this to the residents'

guess, and there's no evidence. If they investigate and find nothing, won't I be spreading rumors and causing trouble? By then, the police will arrest me, and I'm afraid those who sell goods will be the

leaving building No. 1, Stella sighed deeply. She didn't expect the virus invasion to be

and wandering life, eating tree bark and gnawing at clay. She had no

a big change. Stella was deeply worried. The 40 tons of fresh goods and several thousand pounds of dried goods and sea salt, could

be exchanged for 30