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.

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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?"

moment, "He's really good to me, obedient and helps with work.

with the

on her socks and immediately dug out the

turned on the lights on the balcony of the second floor, dispelling some

he went to the backyard

had biological clocks. Used to constant brightness, now plunged into darkness, they huddled together in

as insulated as the house, and the poultry were shivering from the cold. Jasper switched on the heating lamp and

it wasn't warm enough, brought more wooden panels from Arcadia to fortify the

vegetables in the planting shed, they were all stored

two went to the

the rooftop, they could hear the rumbling of engines as lights came on in other villas one by one. The light wasn't broad, and in the perpetual darkness, it seemed incredibly dim and insignificant. The security guards were still on patrol,

knock on the door, and it was Samuel and his buddies, all from Eastwood Eden. "Stella,

the eternal night to come so soon, and they needed to

"Did you

said they've found

and hurry home. Stick together and be very

he wanted to say

confused, "What's

pulled her aside and whispered, "Stella, I don't know if I'm just being paranoid, but I feel like the security captain and his crew

he had been excluded recently. The security

their cliques. There hadn't been a problem before, and the security captain had been kind to them, but his attitude had taken

resignations were put on hold. The interview process for new members was drawn out,

a moment before responding, "Out of sight, out of mind, isn't it always like this? Don't

then electrified the stainless steel door and the electric net, and bolted the

eternal night came suddenly. The security captain shouldn't be letting people go at this time, in order

the security

thought for a moment, "If you

wasn't that she was paranoid, but rather that people

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

of a llama. The security captain came to mediate, only to be