18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 249

When they woke up naturally, it was already ten in the morning.

After washing up and having breakfast, Stella kept flipping through the "Complete Guide to Herbal Medicine", but she still couldn't figure out the two plants that she brought back from Mount Murray. What the hell was so mysterious about these plants?

Unwilling to give up, she continued to scour the resources on botany that she had downloaded before the disaster, almost driving herself to frustration.

Nevermind, she thought. She'd plant them first and figure them out eventually.

With only two of these plants, Stella treated them with extreme care, gently planting them in her garden.

She also had hundreds of different types of herbs that she had collected from Mount Greenwood. She organized them by their medicinal properties and noted them down in her notebook. Though there were many herbs, not all of them were suitable for treating illnesses on demand.

Stella made a list of common ailments and then made corresponding prescriptions. She checked what she had and what she was missing. To her surprise, she realized that she was missing a lot of essential ingredients. She made a note of the ingredients she was lacking, planning to go out and find them when she had the chance.

Jasper showed up at dinner time. He came down from upstairs and said, "Those people aren't interested in the crops. They're scouting Eastwood Eden."

Stella thought for a moment, "What do you suggest?"

Did they have to deal with refugees, bandits, or organized crime? She and Jasper could leave without a problem.

If it was within their ability, they could lend a hand from time to time. If it was a large-scale conflict, and the enemies were armed, they wouldn't rush into the fray.

"Did Mark ask you to join?" she asked Jasper.

"He asked for my opinion, but he didn't ask me to join."

This made Stella feel a little better. She was willing to help in a life or death situation, but she didn't want people to take their help for granted.

Dependency could become a habit. If Mark took their help for granted, Stella would refuse, and they might even move away.

people in Eastwood Eden had suggested that Mark should involve them in the decision-making process. Mark considered it, but in the

for us. The last time the bandits attacked Eastwood Eden, they saved us. If it weren't for them,

they're not obligated to do so. We need to

them. If anything

arrange work, "We'll split into four groups. If it comes to a fight, everyone

...

ask about what was going on in

still greeted her with a smile, she could tell something was off. However, they didn't say

or should we do it on behalf of the community? If it's the latter, we need to register with IDs." "I have to go

on time. I'm

of his study, "There are more people outside. They

but most people's biological clocks were still set to sleep at night, making it

room to sleep and

was woken up by the

endless stream of people was armed and moving

women, old, and young, all dressed in ragged clothes,

over three hundred of them. With so many bandits gathered in one place, there was definitely someone

clearly knew that Eastwood Eden had gasoline and sprayers. They

right, they were just surrounding Eastwood

to explode, "What

waiting for the people

numbers, they could surround and kill them. If there were many, they would scatter. If the

game. The community members charged out with their makeshift weapons, and the bandits scattered immediately. As

Eden didn't take action, they would rush into the fields to steal crops. The bandits had nothing to lose, but the community members had their homes and food. The psychological pressure was naturally greater on

how Mark felt, but she was seething

The team's duties were clear, each taking charge of a different direction, while the leader took it upon himself to

me the