After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World

They remembered when they first saw it. They thought that the sign was very good and admired it a lot, unconsciously engraving it in their hearts.

It wasn’t even because of the signage’s effect.

The Terrans watched as people would stop to stare for a second, stare some more, and then feel some subconscious attraction to check it out, to come closer and view it more closely.

Without knowing, these people already took a step closer to their signage, before finally realizing what happened.

It was an amazing skill and, if used by enemies, a little scary.

However, the people here seemed to be more focused on fist and brute strength. Auxiliary skills like this, except for those related to healing, tended to be ignored.

Well, it was their loss.

A lot of potential customers soon approached, realizing they had plenty of novelties that also demanded attention.

From this, one could see that the purchase of the signage was definitely cost-effective. Of course, Baron claimed to have given them a discount, in the face of sister-in-law, which was an added bonus.

Anyway, from their judgment, the positive branding of Altera was a sure bet.

The group divided the stall they rented into three: Food and seasonings, Cloth and other Household Items, and Toys and other paraphernalia.

They asked Baron’s woodshop to customize several slanted shelves for these items, as well as counters and seats.

Each section had their own shelves, with enough emphasis—i.e. larger spaces—on the featured items.

The arrangement alone attracted attention before, more so when they finally put up the signs, and now their stall was slowly being filled by curious citizens.

”What is this?”

”How interesting…”

”It looks clean and nice…” Another said, comparing their arrangement with other stall’s haphazard ones.

Soon, more and more people gathered in their shops. Fortunately, everyone was mobilized so on the whole the sales were organized.

Luis, Sammy, and the other thick-skinned Terrans had trained the aborigines on what to say the previous night. Some were a bit shy and aghast at first, but the brainwashing was strong and they managed to gather some courage in the end.

Not to mention, they were truly amazed by the products themselves! Wise business people often say: The best salespeople are the ones who believe in the products they sell!

As such, the aborigines, who were better aware of the needs of their fellowmen, actually sold with more passion.

”Try this! It will take you to Elvendell!” Yoyo said, pointing at an area of sweet crackers. ”This is not something you’ve tasted before, I guarantee! We will refund you if you don’t like the taste!”

His passionate guarantee gathered a lot of people to buy despite not being able to taste it. It was expensive, but they took the risk due to his promise.

When they got it, they immediately tasted it out of curiosity. There was also the factor of being able to refund quickly, should they dislike the taste.

However, the instant they took a bite, they didn’t speak much, just munched and munched until the snacks were no more.

Safe to say that there was no refund that had to be given that day.

There were also other food the aborigines were assigned in and sold with gusto. Most of the items they sold here were those with longer shelf lives, as they pretty much ate things like rice cakes on the way to Ferrol.

Knauf was selling minty snacks. ”I am a fighter, and although there are no special effects, I felt reenergized when I ate it!” He said, ”My breath also smelled very good! Like papra!”

A lot of women hit on him when during his tavern trip after work hours. Of course, women who were open enough were naturally of a certain industry. Women like Cassandra and Veronica, who could be forward without being misconstrued as women of that industry, were quite rare.

The aborigines were shocked and a bit distasteful at first though, a natural reaction for people who grew up with certain worldviews about feminine behaviors.

Kleid was assigned to the food section, and he was selling crispy rice snacks, and the display had already been bought off.

Of course, the Terrans were not to lose in marketing, ”You should taste this! It is enough to pull my soul out because of happiness.” Mao said, pointing at the cookie. Just pointed though. They were too stingy to give out free tastes.

The reaction by the buyers was quite strong and someone moaned as he chewed. It was also bought off quickly, despite being much more expensive than most of the other snacks.

Another area had a small cooking stove, where Roana invited people to help them cook their own meat and other food with the seasonings for a few copper coins.

This would allow them to avoid the hassle of having to store perishable meat and deal with its smell, and also increase the turnover rates because only the grilling part was left.

They were even luckier that there were a couple of stalls selling meat around them. All they had to do was yell, ”Do you want to cook that to perfection?” or ”Do you want to eat normal meat in a special way?”

This was a never-before- seen model so there were a lot of doubts at first. But once one or two were attracted, the good feedback snowballed.

”Oh my goodness!”

”So juicy, so tender!”

”Ah, I’m in Elvendell!”

As such, the cookies and other snacks basically sold out after a couple of minutes. The seasonings took a while because of the packaging problem, but then after tasting, people just bought the whole vat.

There was also the fact that most cooked with it first in Roana’s BBQ area. Similarly, these customers also bought vats if they could afford them,

Next, with the reputation made, jerkies, instant noodles, and biscuits were introduced.

”These are food with very long shelf lives! Leave them in a dry place for a year and they’d be good as new! More importantly, they’re delicious!!” Mao introduced with gusto, making a demo of how to eat the instant noodles.

”You simply put these seasonings here and then add hot water to the line of the mug. See this?” He asked, showing the process, and his audience nodded in understanding. ”Then you cover it like this be wait for two minutes!”

Two minutes was the optimal time for noodles in Xeno, according to various experimentations. It probably had to do with new materials, as well as the new atmospheric conditions.

Either way…, it was delicious! And a shorter waiting time yay!

While waiting for the two minutes, Luis also introduced the various flavors.

”This is Sagada flavor, very refreshing! Best in hot weather!”

”This is spicy! To liven up your lives.”

”This is the aromatic Gui, for relaxed eating.”

And so on…

Anyway, Mao had a flare for show and he even made small diamond-shaped stones float around him as he spoke, catching everyone’s attention.

He then lifted the cover and placed the chopsticks in the bowl, showing the delicious soft noodles.

There were plenty of gulps heard.

”I will choose three lucky audiences to take a taste!” He said, revealing three smaller cups, and distributing the sample noodle in equal parts.

When he was dividing the soup, they heard a couple more gulps.

The crowd almost lunged at them, except there were guards in front who kept it all in order. The crowd stopped at the invisible delineation and pretty much volunteered as if their lives depended on it.

”Me! Meemmememeee!”

”No, choose me!”

”I will tell you good reviews I promise! Choose me!”

”I am a very good eater! Let me taste!”

Mao grinned. Instead, he announced. ”To avoid any trouble, I will first ask the people in front.” He then looked at the first row of about ten people.

”The first three people to show me a handful of things bought from the other areas of our Altera store will taste!”

Pretty much everyone in the front row had bought something, but there were people faster than others, and the others could only sob, and promise themselves they would buy to the maximum they could buy.

The three chosen ones then went forward with a bit of anticipation, gulping when the enticing whiff of aroma entered their noses.

They took the fork—as chopsticks weren’t a thing here yet—and took the noodles. They also drank the soup as they ate, as per the advice of the seller.

Without exception, the three men’s eyes widened and they went into a daze, before someone nudged them awake.

Immediately, praises flew. ”Delicious!”

”I’ve never tasted something so good!”

One immediately manifested gold, almost throwing it at Mao’s face. ”More! Let me buy all of these!!”

It triggered wild reactions from everyone nearby. ”WHAT!”

”NO!”

”Don’t sell all of them!”

It could be said that chaos ensued. If they lacked just a little planning, things would definitely go insane.

Fortunately, they did plan so with the help of the stronger aborigines like Kleid, they managed to continue keeping the people in line.

Anyway, in order to reach more people, they also imposed the dreaded purchase limit. This calmed a lot of them down.

Other than these, more and more products were introduced. There were also cooked items like corn dogs and finger foods, which was also incredibly popular and novel.

Without exception, they were pretty much swept away as soon as they were introduced. No free taste was even needed anymore!

Cha-ching, Cha-ching sounded in their heads. They sold these things for tens of times the cost! Rich! Definitely rich!