After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 1042

Chapter 1042: More Breakthroughs

One of the things that did not stop working throughout the various disasters was the Research Center.

It helped, of course, that the people hired had a true passion for whatever project they had been doing so even during the heat wave, they would be working (though usually during the night shift).

After the disaster was over, they even started doing overtime to make up for the low productivity they had due to the weather!

This was why during the next few weeks after Althea got back to her trip, the Research Team would churn out finding after finding, product after product!

One of the most impactful changes was the perfection of glass.

Before, they only reached the annealing process (based mostly on the data gathered in Althea’s tablet, though with various adjustments due to the current materials). This process allowed glass to be slightly stronger, but it was still not to the quality of modern glass.

Then Ricky arrived and led the glass development team to another tier. The progress could’ve been said to be on a steep straight line upwards after he got on board.

Very much deserving of the green-tagged name, indeed.

With him, better quenching techniques have been developed, and this allowed for the creation of an even stronger type of glass—the tempered glass.

This process gave more tensile strength to the glass and made it more resistant to impact. The laminated glass—that was: two sheets of glass with a laminate in between—was also being developed, though the laminates still required some more studying to do.

His arrival also improved the casting and rolling techniques, allowing them to create wider glass panels.

He also led the development of Ultra-clear glass by teaching the various glass production teams how to refine the raw materials, introducing better fluxes, and showing more details about polishing techniques that could not be taught well through textbooks.

The glassblowing technique was also refined. Combined with the help of the chemist, they also made glass similar to borosilicate glass in Terran, which allowed glass to handle very high temperatures.

This gave birth to glass strong enough to make precious laboratory equipment!

They no longer had to make do with subpar materials. They no longer had to worry about their chemicals reacting with the container and burning their desks, they no longer had to narrow their eyes and struggle to see what was going on inside, and they no longer had to worry about their containers exploding!

Once this became popular, more findings would definitely explode from the Chemistry department!

These were just a few of the breakthroughs during the weeks that followed.

With regards to medicine and potions, the Mana Potion had been studied and had been reproduced to some degree using available materials. Although there were some ways to go, it was a good alternative to the Mana cookie which only a few people could make and worked slowly.

There were still advantages of course. For example, mana cookies had much more affordable materials, so it was still the food of choice for teams with someone who knew how to make it.

There were also cases where the slow-acting mana recovery foods was better (other than the fact that they tasted better). For example, during endurance fights.

They were also studying the potions Althea received from the upgraded Pharmacy on top of the limb regenerating potion.

Both were still beyond them though. They definitely required certain skillsets to perfect, especially the limb regenerating potion.

She knew she’d take a while to figure those out and she seriously considered just handing it over to either Eugene or Eagle, though both of them refused. It was still better to learn how to create one on their own. Anyway, even if they did take it, they’d only grow a negligible part of flesh and therefore they’d only be wasting good samples.

On the other hand, Electricity was slowly becoming a village-wide thing now, with several charging stations available every couple of parks.

These were connected to the wind or water power generators. As for solar panels, that was still being perfected, but it should be available within the next few months. Similarly, electricity should be brought to each home within a year or so as well.

In time, household appliances would also become a commodity people could buy with money and/or contribution points.

Several factories had also proposed expansions during this time. With the deals with various aborigine territories, the current factories simply could not handle all the demand. Expansion of the factories would also provide new jobs, allowing even the newcomer refugees to have safe jobs to choose from.

The agricultural and horticulturist departments were also not left behind. More and more variants of seeds had been grown and were being developed. Many of these seeds were in preparation to whatever weather they might have to encounter in the future.

There was also a team focusing on high-yield crops like potatoes and corn. The goal was: Even if the refresh rates went down to Terran level or worse, their village of thousands wouldn’t be too affected.

Finally, there was also a team assigned to study Atmospheric Water Generation—that was to say: creating water from air.

They would be designing one that didn’t need electricity and this would be done by making Dew Ponds and Fog Nets which would passively collect moisture from air.

Of course, they would also be selling systems with solar panels attached, but for a much higher price.

While this might seem like an overkill for a territory with rivers and streams, this could actually be used soon.

After all, Helios’ lover lived in the desert. There was definitely a large market there. If they exchanged these things—among many others—for oil, then it would be a win-win situation for everyone!

Anyway, these were just a few of the many projects going on in the Research Center, each one amazing the aborigines who were better-informed than others.

Some stayed and practically settled there, just to see what else was new.

They wondered: What else would Alterra churn out next?