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

held their breath until, five minutes later, the Staff Chief's color improved, and they let

off his shoulders and sat next to Stella in the corner, "Stella, I was

Stella extended

grinned shrewdly and pocketed the vial without letting go, "You and your hubby are young and healthy; you

""Not for sale."

"Name your price."

said not

within my power,

if I can't pull it off, I have connections

firm,

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 than building a seven-tier pagoda. You must have received favors at the South Base, right? Consider this

coal into diamonds with his

get it, just looked at Justice

with cunning, "Without special approval, could you have gotten a

rules like the back of his hand; submarines

"My request

base-one slot per person. Securing extra rooms was

was taken aback, thinking

replied, "Done. I'll

base and the relatively few survivors, there

you might run into noisy neighbors. I'll move you to Area B2, where military personnel live. They're either

satisfied

"Stella, do you have more pills? We

resting with her eyes closed, dismissed

Chief looked back and nodded at Stella

Stella smiled back.

wasn't short on nitroglycerin; giving it freely or too easily would only invite

for herself meant

soon reached Area B, and Justice escorted

Chief watched Stella walk away, "She's

arrived, all part of the 'Seed Submarine Program,' but 2688

private sub? Not something

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