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.

process. Mark considered it, but in the end, he said, "Given Jasper and Stella's

the bandits attacked Eastwood Eden, they saved us. If it weren't for them, we would've been

don't owe us anything. I know you're scared and want someone to protect you, but they're not obligated to do so. We need to rely on

for them. If

continued to arrange work, "We'll split into four groups. If it comes to a fight, everyone but the old and the young will have to

...

going on in Eastwood

water, even though people still greeted her with a smile, she could tell something was off. However, they didn't say anything, and the old man who fetched water was the same as

who was on patrol, "Stella, the Agricultural Institute is distributing seeds. Are you going to pick them up yourself, or should we do it on behalf of the community? If it's the

pick them up on time. I'm worried they won't distribute

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

most people's biological clocks were still

room to sleep and left Cooper to

morning, she was woken up by

curtain, she could see chaos outside. An endless stream of people was armed and moving towards Eastwood

and young, all dressed in ragged clothes, their expressions

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

Eastwood Eden had gasoline and sprayers. They weren't recklessly charging in, but instead

right, they were just surrounding Eastwood Eden

angry enough to explode, "What the hell do

the people of Eastwood

them. If there were many, they would scatter. If the community members didn't come

charged out with their makeshift weapons, and the bandits scattered immediately. As soon as they retreated, the bandits would

to lose, but the community members had their homes and food. The psychological pressure was naturally greater on them. Once they were driven to the point of mental collapse and made a

how Mark felt, but she was seething with rage at these

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

me the sniper