After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 179

Chapter 179: Construction (Part 1)
[13 days of Protection Period]

Days breezed by in the territory and a lot of changes were witnessed during this time.

There were more and more people joining their territory, adding life to an already lively place.

They were haggard and devoid of hope when they entered, but without exemption, they would quickly regain vitality—and it was a sight that brought joy to those who watched it.

More and more people also grew stronger even if they weren’t fighters, joining the guards in their hunting outside the walls, protecting the territory in their own way.

With every step toward strength they took, the belief in protecting their home was ingrained deeper and deeper into their hearts.

More and more buildings were erected, promising stability. More and more shops were established, enhancing vitality. Streets became more and more lively as time went on, reassuring people’s hearts despite the uncertain future.

Each of these changes added a layer of happiness, pride, and satisfaction to each of its citizens.

Slowly but surely—even with the advent of the protection period looming over them—everyone felt stable, taking one step at a time with a smile.

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That morning, Althea was prepared to take a walk around the territory with her children to give them their much-needed vitamins and exposure to the outside world.

According to her research, healthy exposure to sunlight would also allow the children to have a healthy circadian rhythm and would have better sleep patterns.

Exposing them outside also exposed their senses to various stimuli, sounds, and sights… which would be good for their cognitive development.

She brought them out wearing enough shade—hats and covers weaved by people in the market—and finally entered the world outside.

Like yesterday, it was only the three of them, which was just right and relaxed.

As for where the rest of the team was, the adults were busy with a lot of assignments, and polishing the systems of the industries assigned to them. Even the children had their own busy schedules.

Maya insisted on being independent and gathering resources. As one of the few children in the territory, Horus similarly refused to be a dead weight as well, helping out his new big sister.

On the other hand, Fufi was officially the Mascot of the guard team, while Theodore had found a liking just watching Eugene tinker with his tools like a good baby boy.

[PET STATS:

Name: Fufi

Age: 2

Level: 4 (15680/20000)

Life: 1310/2000

Spirit: 1320/2000

Physical: 171

Agility: 176

Defense: 144

Mana: 500

Skills:

Active: None

Passive: None

Elemental Affinity: Earth

Titles: None

Overall rank: A ]

Althea smiled, knowing Fufi was not being lax with his training. She pushed the pretty stroller forward and was met with a couple of admiring words from people around.

After they left the more crowded spaces, the family stayed in one of the parks for a while, with the children cooing excitedly.

Althea stretched her arms and let the babies have their breath of nature for a while, before taking them to Auntie Mathilda’s older lady friends for babysitting.

“Mngmamahh…” Little Pepper mumbled seeing that she was heading off. And Little Meatball was not to lose.

“Googooogleglrgh…”

Lola and Yana laughed, shaking the babies’ bespoke rattles in front of them. Althea also smiled and gave her babies another set of wet smooches.

She looked at the old women who looked at the babies lovingly.

“Thank you for this.” She said, and the two women shook their heads.

“Thank you for trusting us,” Lola said, and Yana couldn’t help but add.

“Trust us when we tell you this is our favorite part of the day.”

Althea smiled and thanked them again, giving a few seeds from her space as a reward as she knew about their hobbies. After settling the children, she went to take a look at the status of construction in the territory.

After huge amounts of investment, it was finally the last leg of this construction phase (for this level, anyway).

The 10 new factories were done. And now, the construction team was focusing on building the perpendicular commercial street, thereby named Market Street.

Market Street was a kilometer-long street about six meters wide, designed only for pedestrian access. It was lined with small trees and benches in the middle, dividing it into two wide lanes.

The shops here were set to sell and/or rent for about 30% more expensive than the commercial street along the main avenues because of the inevitably higher foot traffic.

This was especially true for the shops on the intersection, set to be twice as expensive as the original stores.

Obviously, these shops would be empty for a while but it wouldn’t take long. She had long heard of the demand for stores. These would definitely be swept off within the day, though the renovation should last a little longer.

She also bought off one corner shop. She was not sure what she’d use it for, but it was too good a location not to use herself.

At the two ends of this street were small parks, complete with various trees and flowers, as well as a playground set made by the Woodworkers.

Adjacent to the parks would be large buildings ten times the size of the usual unit in floor area. Three were set per end, and she reserved two on one side for her supermarket.

These were all quite large developments and were not for sale. They could only be leased every year.

There was also a territory-owned inn on each end, aiming to target the middle-class market.

As for the super luxurious hotels… that was a thing for later. Having the current development was luxury enough. Other things could wait for when rich aborigines like Oslo arrived, whenever that might be.

She arrived at the end and watched the construction ongoing. She had already built the streets with modular units, and now only a few buildings that were being manually constructed were left.

Her supermarket was already in the finishing phase, while the adjacent ones were already topping off.

Overall, this was technically overdevelopment, but she didn’t want the area to look empty when it already had a designation.

More importantly, she believed in her territory. It wouldn’t take long for the development to catch up.

It was both intuition and her pride.