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

The group separated to do their own thing, with Turbo and the others bringing them to the base, while the couple went straight home.

Back to the villa, she immediately went to work as soon as they settled down. It was night, which was the perfect time to do construction works as most would already be asleep. Anyway, those who lived in the ’for demolition’ buildings had already been evacuated, so no one was gonna get kicked out while in bed.

She took out the map and, along with her husband, she began to implement the plans she had for her first satellite.

Limestone Valley was located in a relatively sloped area.

However, Fargo was no urban planner so he applied a gridiron-like arrangement similar to Alterra, albeit with much narrower streets and denser buildings.

This was improved with time, probably because he finally found an architect, but the remnants of the gridiron remained in the original area, that was, the inner walls, which was predominantly a valley.

The problem with such an arrangement was that it didn’t follow the terrain so the flow felt unnatural and forced.

Althea didn’t want to rearrange the entire place—her money was better spent elsewhere—but she could rearrange the zone around the village center at least, heading towards the new community where she had a house in.

She also took down overtly awkward and dense housing in favor of commercial areas or parks. Other than the new main avenues, she also created wider roads in strategic areas, though they’d mostly be following the terrain, opting for a more organic arrangement of roads.

A lot of buildings had to be wasted, but she didn’t like them anyway.

Although it was far from perfect, it was better in the eye and in use. Clean energy would enter rather than the stifled atmosphere from before, and the value of land would also increase.

She also built a lot of dormitories in the location of the shanties, though she used Fargo’s existing custom house because she couldn’t use Alterra’s buildings and copy them in Limestone Valley. Since the regulations had been implemented there was well, shanties and other unauthorized constructions would no longer be allowed.

A few sections of the shanty areas and a few neighborhoods were also taken down to make way for open areas like parks, playgrounds, and the like.

She added wells every few blocks for easy access. After all, they couldn’t add the utility lines here. She would also use system buildings exclusively in Limestone Valley, otherwise sewerage would be a problem for her.

She also added the Level 3 walls and sentries as planned. The outer wall was changed to level 3 walls, while interior walls retained the same level, but now had sentries at the optimal distances of 200 meters, finally tapping in Alterra’s funds.

She also upgraded both the Village Center and the warehouse. The former in order to give herself a total of 10 chances for the hired aborigines (for both territories), while the warehouse was a given, considering all the advantages.

The Village Center and the Warehouse were not adjacent though, so she had to add two buildings in between to grant herself anonymous access to the mysterious floor with the teleportation array.

With these few developments, she not only used up the gold loot she got, she also had to spend a few hundred of her own.

But recalling the limestones and copper, her mood lifted up again. When the Research Center researches the material enough, she would definitely capitalize on the findings!

Althea stretched her arms, only to find a strong arm wrapping around her flat stomach a moment later, obviously waiting for its chance to strike.

”You worked hard enough today,” her husband’s low, baritone voice reached her ears. His warm breath enveloped her sensitive lobes, sending pleasurable shivers down her spine.

She smiled and slightly turned, staring up at his handsome face. ”Hmn, we have,” she said, agreeing, and willingly allowing her husband to carry her to bed—marking the beginning of another spring night.

…

While the couple was being intimate, Henry, Benny, and Vanessa were wide awake and walking around the territory, learning more about Alterra.

The more he saw, the more Henry was tempted to just retire and relax there.

Vanessa held his arms, ”Don’t worry dad, brother will lead Limestone Valley very well. We will try to get our territory to catch up with Alterra.”

This made Henry frown, giving his daughter a warning look. ”Change that mindset, child, we are basically just hired managers, and we are honored to have the position.

”But—”

”And please show Miss Althea more respect. You investigated as well, didn’t you? Her position here is unshakable, it’s best not to annoy her too much.”

Considering the power the girl held, it was only due to his and Victor’s faces that Althea hadn’t made harsher moves.

Althea was known to be kind, but she was also the main force in the wars. She was an elementalist with superior weapons, not even including her overall strength and skills.

He had seen it himself in the latter part of the war. He heard she even defeated Belize! Belize! A Level 30 elementalist!

His daughter didn’t, however, and this likely gave her the illusion that she was at least stronger than the woman.

After all, she was several levels above her.

Vanessa probably thought the rumors of her defeating a level 30 man were either false or exaggerated. After all, even Garan couldn’t do it! She could still remember that handsome man who defeated him—

”Daughter,” Henry said, tone a little reprimanding. ”Serve Alterra well. That is our way for a good life. Don’t get any ideas—”

”Hmph. If all you’re gonna do is nag, then I might as well enjoy the place on my own.” She said moving away from him with a frown.

Henry sighed, but he followed her tracks anyway.

For now, he could only hope the child would mature on her own, without causing any harm to herself as well as to others.