18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 455

Chapter 455

Justice frantically rummaged through his pockets until he found the vial, which, to his dismay, was empty.

"Damn, I'm out of meds."

In desperation, he shouted, "Does anyone have some nitroglycerin or anything?"

His cries echoed, but after a decade of catastrophe, who would still have such medicine?

Panic ensued. "Quick, turn back to the hospital!"

The commander, Staff Chief, halted everyone, gasping for air, "I'm fine, just need to rest. The hospital's out of supplies, don't bother them. We've got more important work to do today." Just listen to him-out of medicine and he didn't say a word.

He didn't want to go back, but others insisted out of concern.

Stella watched the Staff Chief, whose age wasn't far from Daniel's.

After hesitating for a moment, she stood up and said, "I have some."

It was true. She had kept a few vials for herself when concocting pills for Daniel, just in case.

She pulled out a vial from her bag and handed it over.

The bottle was unmarked except for a label that read: "Nitroglycerin."

Given the leader's life was at stake, Justice was skeptical, "Are these really nitro pills?"

Stella retrieved the vial, "They're from South Base Pharmaceutical. If you don't trust it, give it back."

Justice, desperate, snatched it back, "Just asking, I trust you."

They all lived on the base, and her husband worked in Area A; she wouldn't mess around.

He sniffed the bottle's contents, which seemed to match the usual medicine the commander took.

The other officers were also concerned about safety, but the urgency of the situation left little room for doubt, and there was no guarantee that making it to the hospital would be timely. It was worth a shot.

pills and instructed the Staff Chief

later, the Staff Chief's color improved, and

sat next to Stella in the corner, "Stella, I

nothing." Stella extended her hand,

and pocketed the vial without letting go, "You and your hubby are young and healthy; you don't need this. How about you

""Not for sale."

"Name your price."

said not

within my power,

if I can't pull it off, I

firm, "Not for

at Swan Hill before the disaster. The Staff Chief served there in his younger days before moving to East Base, and you're from the South too, right? What a coincidence. He has life-saving ties with the powers at South Base. Saving a life is more meritorious

a bureaucrat to turn coal into diamonds with

it, just looked at Justice without a

twinkled with cunning, "Without special

the back of his hand;

"My request is simple. Three more

strictly regulated in the military base-one slot per person. Securing

Justice was taken aback,

I'll

base and the relatively few survivors, there was

he added, "Area B4 is nice, but as more survivors come, you might run into noisy neighbors. I'll move you to Area B2, where

were satisfied with

have more pills?

closed, dismissed the idea, "You're

Staff Chief looked back and nodded at

Stella smiled back.

freely or too easily would only

for herself

soon reached Area B, and Justice escorted

Staff Chief watched Stella walk away,

arrived, all part of the 'Seed

sub? Not something just anyone

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