Chapter 28
Everyone was feasting on high-calorie instant food, casually discussing the loot they had managed
to gather.
Besides the assortment of junk food and drinks, Ste had gathered the most grains, while Cody
had swept through a local farm supply store, bringing back hundreds of pounds of beef jerky,
ginseng, saffron, truffles, and cheese. Lukas found several bags of high-quality rice, while Jasper
found a liquor store and brought back dozens of boxes of wine.
All in all, the most abundant item was bottled water.
This was a necessity that couldn’t be discarded. After all, you couldn’t always rely on drinking
rainwater. After some discussion, they decided to first bring back the medicines, meat, wine, and
grains, then the non-perishable foods like instant noodles and bread, leaving the bottled water and
drinks forst.
Moreover, everyone took some things they needed.
The powerboat was Ste''s, along with a samurai sword, a golf club, and some skincare products.
Lukas grabbed some clothes and shoes. Cody, on the other hand, took electronic products, game
consoles, watches, and the like. Jasper carried dolls, children''s books, and pens and paper,
obviously for Rosie.
Everyone was careful not to bring too much personal items as the space on the boat was limited.
While loading the rubber boat, Lukas casually mentioned, “I found a seed store, but unfortunately,
the seeds are not edible because they''ve been sprayed with pesticides. Otherwise, we could have
brought them back just in case.”
As soon as he finished speaking, three pairs of eyes were staring at him.
“What...what''s wrong?”
Cody was at a loss for words. “The whole world is flooded. If we''re really in an apocalypse, seeds
will be more valuable than medicine.”
Only then did Lukas realize his foolish mistake. “Should we take them back?”
That was a no-brainer. Lukas and Jasper continued to load, while Ste and Cody ran upstairs to
fetch the seeds.
It was quite a surprise to find out that it was a branch of a renowned agriculturalpany, whose
founder was a great scientist who had ensured food security for the people.
The branch wasn''trge. Most of the seeds were of new types of hybrid rice, there were several
varieties adding up to about five or six hundred pounds, and there were also many types of hybrid
vegetables, as well as hydroponic technology and nutrient solution.
It was too precious. Ste didn''t even let go of the documents, and they had to make several trips to
get everything.
On thest trip, she deliberately slowed down a few steps and took theputer in theb into her
Arcadia, which was full of precious literature and data. It could be of great help in restoring
civilization in the future.
By the time they were done, it was already past nine o''clock in the evening.
With two rubber boats tied to Jasper’s and Ste''s powerboats, they estimated the power and load
and sailed into the night towards Sunrise Sanctuary.
Ste was driving the powerboat, with Lukas sitting next to her holding a pair of night vision
binocrs to keep watch. The binocrs had night vision function, which enabled them to observe
and avoid obstacles in time, and to guard against sudden robbers.
They were loaded with supplies; they had to drive slowly.
When they arrived at Sunrise Sanctuary, the two of them switched off the engine without a word,
dimmed thentern to the lowest level, and rowed back to the apartment building with the help of
others.
At this point, almost everyone was asleep, but they still had to be careful. There were too many
supplies that could attract envy, so they had to walk barefoot to avoid making noise.
Ang came down to help, and it took them almost an hour to finish moving everything.
Jasper was afraid that Ang couldn’t protect their loot alone, and asked Ste to stay with her,
while the three of them went back to the office building to move the rest of the supplies overnight.
The supplies were piled up in the living room of 1803, making it messy but satisfying.
Without taking a break, they grabbed stools and started sorting out the supplies, dividing what they
could into four parts, and putting what they couldn’t aside.
They didn’t finish loading everything on the second trip and left quite a few drinks and bottled water.
Later on, Jasper and Cody had to make one more trip.
By the time all the supplies were carried up to the 18th floor, it was already one o''clock in the
morning.
Everyone split up the supplies overnight, Ste took a lot of medicines, grains, beef, wine, ten
pounds of premium rice, dozens of boxes of bottled water, seven or eight boxes of milk, tworge
sacks of snacks and fast food, as well as many misceneous items.
In short, they didn''t have to worry about supplies for half a year. The only trouble now was the
seeds they had brought back.
Everyone knew the value of seeds, but apart from Ste, no one else knew how to handle them.
Moreover, the heavy rain made everything too damp, and the seeds would spoil quickly if not stored
properly.
Ste thought for a moment. "Why don''t I keep them? I''ll see if I can grow hydroponic vegetables,
and then I''ll teach you."
It was not that she was greedy, but when faced with frequent natural disasters in the apocalypse
and unsuitable temperatures for nt growth, there was simply no opportunity to nt the seeds,
and the seeds would spoil if kept for too long.
Arcadia had the ability to preserve freshness, she really wanted to preserve these precious items. If
scientists developed suitable ces for nting in the future, she could donate them anonymously.
After all, Arcadia only had ten square feet of ck soil, the seeds she had prepared herself would
not be used up even if she died.
The others had no objections, and even helped move the stuff into her house. "Ste, whether we
can have vegetables depends on you."
"I can only try. I can''t guarantee sess."
They were too tired and fell asleep as soon as they washed up.
Staying upte was bad for the body; as they woke up at noon, they still felt groggy.
After eating junk food for a day, they woke up with dry mouths and couldn''t stand the heat.
Ste took a portion of rice, steamed ribs, veggie sd, and ate it with satisfaction. She even had a
small cake to finish it all off. Perfection!
After eating and drinking, she entered Arcadia, but was almost scared by the scene in front of her.
Whoa... whoa, whose Arcadia is this!
N?velDrama.Org owns this.
Ste was shocked by the scene in front of her. The supplies were still hers, but Arcadia had grown
bigger. From a two-bedroom and one-living-room setup, it had be a three-bedroom and one-
living-room setup.
No, it was more than just a three-bedroom and one-living-room setup. The area had also increased.
The master bedroom had grown by about five square meters, the secondary bedroom had gained
two square meters. The living room, bathroom, kitchen, and balcony had all grown, with the extra
room being about 10 square meters.
What surprised her even more was that the garden had doubled in size, from 10 square meters to
20 square meters!
What did this mean? Not only would vegetables be free, but fruits would also be free.
She immediately took out a ruler to measure and estimated that the total area had increased by
about 50 square meters, or 150 cubic meters.
Surprised and delighted, Ste was puzzled. How could Arcadia have suddenly grown bigger?
Could it be because it was full?
No, it didn’t grow biggerst time it was almost stuffed to bursting. There must’ve been other
unknown reasons. She couldn''t figure it out; she just pondered slowly.
If Arcadia grew bigger, would the time she could spend in Arcadia every day increase?
She eagerly looked at the shadow timer, which had umted for more than 20 days, and after
deducting the time she had already spent, she only had a pitiful 36 hours left, which was...
heartbreaking.
There was a daily statistic, but the time did not increase.
Well, she had to be careful about the time she spend in Arcadia. She rolled up her sleeves and
started moving stuff around in Arcadia, filling every nook and cranny of the master and guest
bedrooms with supplies.
As she was tidying up, she couldn''t shake off the feeling that something was off.