18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 292

They used to mock the people in Building 49 and Building 50 for their over-cautiousness, but now, they could only look with envy at their three-meter-high stone walls topped with electric wiring that screamed safety. Suddenly, many people turned to Austin, hoping to procure some building materials for their own walls.

But Austin was atypical this time, "Folks, I apologize, but all the available building materials have been confiscated by the authorities to build the new city. I really don't have any sources for this. Maybe you could try elsewhere?" He was no fool. If everyone's home was fortified like a fortress, what would happen when rioters indiscriminately attacked?

Besides, he wasn't lying. With more and more people coming to Griffith, building materials were indeed becoming increasingly scarce.

...

Stella woke up feeling groggy, her hands and feet growing colder. She pulled the blanket over herself, but it didn't help, the chill persisted.

Stella switched on the bedside lamp, and was surprised to find it was already nine in the morning.

Damn, overslept again.

The room seemed darker than usual, so she pulled back the curtains, only to find it pitch dark outside.

Stella paused, the perpetual night had come early. Two months early.

Jasper stirred awake, "What's wrong?"

The cold weather made it good for sleeping, and after an passionate night last night, the two of them overslept.

"The eternal night is here."

She checked the thermometer. The room temperature had dropped to freezing point. The house had been insulated during renovations, so it was probably around 20 degrees below zero outside. Jasper quickly got up and added blankets to Rosie's bed.

"Why is it dark outside?"

Jasper switched on the light, "Don't worry, it's just the eternal night."

Rosie, dressed in her thermal clothes, was only cold in her hands and feet, "Will Dylan and the others freeze?"

Jasper paused, "You care about Dylan that much?"

good to me, obedient and helps with work. What

with the

put on her socks and immediately dug out

on his clothes and, as per the community agreement, turned on the lights on the balcony of the second floor, dispelling some of the

went to the backyard to check on the

too, had biological clocks. Used to constant brightness, now plunged into

poultry were shivering from the cold. Jasper switched on the heating lamp

followed him, and feeling that it wasn't warm enough, brought more wooden panels from Arcadia

in the planting shed, they were all stored in Arcadia for the

the backyard, the two went to the rooftop to handle the herbs being grown

one. The light wasn't broad, and in the perpetual darkness, it seemed incredibly dim

Samuel and his buddies, all

expected the eternal night to come so soon, and they

slightly, "Did you find

they've found some

home. Stick together and

expression suggesting he wanted

was confused, "What's

just being paranoid, but I feel like the security captain and

recently. The security captain and his crew would

before, and the security captain had been kind to them, but his

quit, their resignations were put on hold. The interview process for new members was

out of mind, isn't it always like

and bolted the heavy wooden door with five bolts. Back in the house, Rosie had already cooked breakfast. Seeing Stella's serious

shared Samuel's suspicions, "The eternal night came suddenly. The security captain shouldn't be letting people

the security team has

a moment, "If you were them, would

was paranoid, but rather that people

entry and exit rules, and when security enforced regulations, they faced insults. In severe cases, there were even instances of physical

the time when the conflict started over the spit of a llama. The security captain came to mediate, only to be slapped and