Chapter 27
Ste was a virgin, but she knew that thismodity was scarce and expensive in the post-
apocalyptic world, making it a hot ticket item for bartering.
Preventing new life, and cherishing women.
Without hesitation, she threw the condoms into Arcadia, but then thought of something and grabbed
a few more, stuffing them into the ck stic bag. She didn''t bother to count, but there were likely
dozens.
After sweeping the 15th floor, she moved onto the 14th. The enormous building housed only one
techpany. Hundreds of desks stretched as far as the eye could see.
The boss must''ve been raking in the profits, as the employees'' benefits were generous. The break
room was stocked with expensive snacks and instant food forte-night work sessions. The fridge
was piled high with steaks andmb chops, but it nearly made Ste retch from the smell.
After clearing out the break room, she made her way to the boss'' office.
The boss seemed to be a character; his office alone was a few hundred square feet, including a
reception room, rest room, and a personal… collection room.
Were all the bosses this capricious these days? They collected antiques in their office!
The fortified collection room piqued Ste''s interest. She used all her strength to pry the door open
and was immediately taken aback by the sight. Straight ahead was an antique rack, and in the
center hung a samurai sword with an antique patterned sheath that was luxuriously silver-ted.
Ste picked up the samurai sword and unsheathed it, the de glinted coldly. It felt weighty in her
hand but not heavy, and it was clear that this was a superior weapon, far more manageable than a
butcher knife.
She swung it towards a wooden box, and it sliced through like water.
“This is beyond a mere knife; it’s practically a divine weapon.”
The antique rack held many antiques. Ste wasn''t familiar with these items, but if they were
collected by this man and ced alongside the samurai sword, they couldn''t possibly be cheap.
Judging from the traces on these items, they had eroded due to the long years they had been kept.
In times of chaos, gold was valuable, but in times of peace, antiques were also valuable. Now,
these valuable cultural relics were worth less than a piece of bread in the post-apocalyptic world.
However, they were quite pleasing to the eye. She could take them back as decorations; they
wouldn''t take up much space.
On the left side of the antique rack hung several paintings, all from famous ancient artists. A single
piece could fetch a seven to eight-figure sum. However, Ste noticed a pile of expensive liquor in
the corner. Ste thanked the boss and swept everything into Arcadia.
The capricious boss had a wide range of interests, and his collection was eclectic. In addition to the
diamond-encrusted Patek Philippe mechanical watch, there was even professional high-end diving
gear. It was the brand, MTUE, and the most expensive limited edition model.
When Ste bought the diving mask, she had searched for it, and this set was worth 980,000. The
flood wouldst for several months, and she didn''t know if the natural disasters would repeat
themselves, so she took it without hesitation.
In the transparent ss cab, there was a five-star golf club. Ste had worked at a golf course
during the summer and knew that this club was worth 180,000 dors.
She emptied the collection room, not even sparing the antique rack, which could be used for
firewood in the extreme cold.
In addition, there was a safe in the corner. A safe that could be ced in the collection room, the
contents in it were definitely not simple.
The restroom had a kitchen, arge refrigerator, foie gras, Wagyu beef, caviar, ck truffles, golden
abalone, Iberian ham, 1982 Lafite, steak, salmon, and more. The fridge was not only full but also
had its own battery, so all the ingredients were fresh.
Besides thanking the boss, Ste didn''t want to say anything else, she stuffed the fridge and all its
contents into Arcadia.
The samurai sword and golf club were the best weapons for the post-apocalyptic world, and Ste
didn''t want to hide them, so she put them in a bag and slung them over her shoulder.
The 14th and 15th floors had a lot of supplies, and she was particrly meticulous in her collection,
turning over every box and drawer, not a single package could escape her grasp.
The 13th floor was a high-tech incubation base with all sorts of start-ups. Thesepanies were
poor, so poor that even after turning the ce upside down she couldn''t find much supplies.
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Ste was panting from exhaustion, so she ate a few energy bars and continued to pry the doors
open.
Onepany specialized in nanofabric, the storefront didn''t look big, and disyed various fabrics.
In the sample room, a typical silver-grey autumn coat hung in a ss disy case - priced at
198,000. Robbery didn''te this easily. Were the consumers so easy to fool?
Driven by curiosity, Ste approached for a closer look. The nano-thermal coat could maintain a
constant temperature of 25 degrees. After reading this statement, Ste broke the ss with a
hammer and took the coat in her hand.
Bullshit constant temperature, there was no change when it was attached to her arm. However, it
felt extraordinarily soft and silky against her skin... as if it weren''t there at all, like real silk fabric.
After rubbing and sniffing it, Ste found it quite breathable.
Ste took it. After all, if it wasn''t for the end of the world, she wouldn''t have had the chance to wear
something so expensive. She took all the fabrics and found 10 rolls of thermal fabric in the sample
warehouse, which would be good for making underwear.
She had only searched half of the 13th floor when Cody finished his work and came over to help.
Seeing the samurai sword and golf club on her back, his eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.
After a moment, he gave her a thumbs up. "You''re amazing!"
"Just luck. I stumbled on to them."
It was getting dark, so she needed to speed up. Ste sent Cody to move the supplies downstairs
and load the raft. Cody was dog-tired, but he obediently did as he was told.
It was not easy to collect things in darkness. Ste was so tired she could barely stand upright, but
for a better future in the post-apocalyptic world, she gritted her teeth and persevered.
Before long, Lukas also came to help. They all had a good harvest.
After asking around, it seemed that the boat couldn''t fit all three of them, and the supplies were so
heavy, the boat probably couldn''t pull them.
She sent Lukas to help move the supplies, then took out the packaged powerboat from Arcadia and
picked up a 5 liter bucket of gasoline.
Using this scavenging as an excuse, she could im to own a powerboat as well.
There weren''t many supplies on the 13th floor, so Ste dragged the heavy box out. "Lukas, look
what I found? A powerboat, hahaha!"
Lukas was stunned. "Ste, you have such good luck!"
"Yeah, I guess it was bought by someone who liked water sports. I didn''t expect to stumble on it."
Terrible acting.
It was dark, and Lukas couldn''t see her expression clearly. He shared the news with Cody who was
moving things, "Damn, Ste found a powerboat."
With that, residents on the 18th floor now had two powerboats and three rubber boats, assets
galore.
"But we''re short on gasoline. I doubt we could get very far."
"No worries, we''ll figure out how to collect gas when the timees, then we can go wherever we
want."
The four of them lugged and lifted stuff, moving all the supplies to the fifth floor. Having swept
through a building, the amount of supplies they collected was impressive.
They would need several trips to transport everything.