18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 523

Chapter 523

Rosie wasn't one for idle talk; she always had a plan in her head.

"We could go fishing, dry the fish in the sun to kill off any lingering viruses, and then bury the salted fish in a pit. Before long, we'll have maggots."

That's how they did it at Ocean Point Naval Station, and Rosie had learned the ropes long ago.

Once the maggots hatched, they could use them to feed the poultry, which would then breed and multiply.

A decade of hard work was finally paying off. Rosie wasn't about to just sit back and rely on Arcadia.

Stella was all in.

They started with chickens, ducks, geese, and quail-ten of each, all nestled into the incubators.

After some discussion, Stella and Jasper decided to take to the sea and fish.

With no overfishing to worry about, the ocean was teeming with life.

They rose at the crack of dawn, rowing their dinghy out to deeper waters before bringing out the fishing nets.

Neither had much fishing experience; even casting the nets was a challenge.

They watched instructional videos over and over, and after several tries, they finally got the hang of it.

They cast the net and slowly circled with their boat.

When it was time to haul it in, they were stunned to find hundreds of pounds of fish in their catch.

Several species were represented, some normal, others deformed.

Stella voiced her concern, "Rosie, are these deformed fish okay to use?"

"They're fine," Rosie assured her confidently. "At Ocean Point Naval Station, the fish that looked fine went to the cannery, while the deformed ones were used for maggot fermentation."

She took the opportunity to educate her siblings, "Experts in maggot farming say most viruses weaken over generations of replication. Plus, many infected hosts develop antibodies."

Stella scratched her nose thoughtfully, sensing some logic in Rosie's words.

Whether right or wrong, they would see the results in practice. She couldn't let doubts undermine Rosie's confidence.

their nets several more times, ending up with over a thousand pounds

donned protective rain suits to avoid any

back to Arcadia, spreading the fish on

with a stick, whispering to Jasper, "Do these seem less deformed than the ones we

the different parts of the sea, or

dare eat poultry raised

quash his sister's enthusiasm. "We can

bit more, then feed them to the

they could wait to eat the

knowing look,

with a smirk, "What about you?

smooth as silk, "I'll

a conspiratorial grin, then got back to

two weeks of labor, they had dried over two thousand pounds of salted fish and decided to

poultry hatched, the landmark boulder was already a good hundred meters above sea

a few days of drizzling rain, the barren, brown earth sprouted some frail weeds, yet they showed

time to water them

others

of pounds of salted fish, mixed with

pungent scent of the

just a few days,

feeding them to the

fertilized eggs, a legacy of

chicks and ducklings

coops back when the new villa district was

chilly winds at night, the coops

but Stella, ever the pragmatist, fetched a military tent from Arcadia

Base, so

fenced the area around the tent, allowing them to roam

the siblings tended the fields, Stella busied herself mostly

cooler autumn arrived, the dandelions, though

green to the landscape. Having served as maggot feed, the thoroughly decomposed fish made

the planting season was off, resulting in sparse and

really counted on the wheat to fill

Rosie. It was Snowflake

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