18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 239

Plant mutation?

Exposed to all sorts of severe weather, mutating to adapt to new environments indeed accorded with the theory of evolution.

Whatever. She decided to plant it in the Arcadia for now.

Hoping to find a few more, the three of them conducted a thorough search, but unfortunately, they found no more.

They continued to chop wood, finding herbs when they grew tired.

Having spent five to six days in the thick woods, they'd cleared several hills of trees, enough to keep five to six truckloads of lumber for themselves and donate ten more.

They didn't rush to leave but instead, sought herbs in the dense forest. Over the next few days, they found about fifty to sixty different herbs, the most valuable among them were a young ginseng plant, several wild yam plants, and some goji berries. Stella's eyes were about to pop out looking for them. It was an extreme eye strain; she was exhausted and needed to rest.

And so, their wood-chopping trip ended. With their dog and rabbits in tow, they planned to return to the city.

"Ah...!"

A horrific scream suddenly echoed throughout the dense forest. The chilling sound caused goosebumps to rise. Cooper's fur stood on end, his face fierce.

Jasper perked up his ears, "It sounds like it's coming from another part of the forest."

This scream, even after three years, Stella was overly familiar with it - it was filled with despair. It wasn't a simple distress call.

Over the past three years, whether it was Lukas' group or Jasper, and even Cooper and Rosie, had slowly been healing her. But when the scream echoed again, Stella felt her blood rush to her head, and she instantly drew her gun and loaded it. Jasper noticed her emotional fluctuation, "Don't panic. Let's see what's going on first."

Stella nodded, taking a deep breath to calm herself down.

taking a

Watch your step and keep

than the dog, but her

full alert, leading the humans and the rabbits on a

Jasper was adept at tracking. The path in front of him

left on the road, "There seem to

the three of them hastened their pace and quickly climbed another hill, only to see four men holding knives, and six others

old. One child was so hungry he couldn't stand, stumbling and falling onto the ground. Tied to the same rope, when one fell, they all fell. The men were irritated, rushing over to kick and punch the child, "Useless! Damn, I'm going to slaughter you first when we get

threw herself over, shielding one of the boys

fell like rain, and

kill clear on its face. Jasper remained calm, "They must have a hideout,

but Stella knew what he

off her hair, "Stella,

not rare in places where the official forces couldn't reach; in fact, they

in her thoughts. She couldn't calm down, her blood boiling. This was a nightmare.

breath and started walking towards where they'd disappeared. If she turned and left now, it might take her a long time to regain inner

the corners of his

looked up at her brother. He patted her head, "Rosie, no matter whether we are around in

nodded. She understood, but not really,

house and a cave appeared at

total. These people... no, they could no longer be called people. They were devils. They gathered around, touching the two girls, disgust evident on their faces, "Not even two pounds of meat on

you find some more appealing

ones, but there are starving people everywhere outside, and the rich have bodyguards, it's

it doesn't matter. Anyway, they're going to end up

ignoring their pleas and cries, and dragged them

boy behind,

all this through