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.

took the lead, taking a

worry. Watch your step and keep

more alert than the dog, but her

leading the humans and

at tracking. The path in front of him could hardly

left on the road, "There seem to be more

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

were skinny girls, and the rest four were children around ten years old. One child was so hungry he couldn't stand, stumbling and falling onto the ground. Tied to the same rope, when one fell,

threw herself over, shielding one of the boys with her body, "Don't hit

kicks fell like rain, and the horrific screams echoed

face.

but Stella knew what

of grass off her hair, "Stella,

forces couldn't reach; in fact, they had even become the norm

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

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

retreating figure, the corners of his mouth lifted in

"Rosie, no matter whether we are around in

understood, but

after crossing two hills, a bamboo house and a cave appeared

who had returned, there were ten men in total. These people... no, they could

say, can't you find some more

appealing ones, but there are starving people

can satisfy us, it doesn't matter. Anyway, they're going

girls' hair, ignoring their pleas and cries, and dragged them towards the creek behind the bamboo forest, intending to clean them up

left a bruised and battered boy behind, while the rest were driven

watched all this