After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 211

Chapter 211: Preparations (Part 1)
It was no exaggeration to say that the announcement got everyone out of their beds.

For instance, in the dormitories, a few minutes after daybreak, all public/living areas were filled with teams meeting up.

“What do you think?” Crow asked his teammates, eyes fixed on the new announcement.

“Shall we join in?” He paused, looking at his teammates, “To Vismont?”

At his question, Sunny and Dog nodded passionately. “I want to! I want to take meat from that guy!!” Sunny exclaimed, still remembering the humiliation they went through just before leaving.

Dog’s fist clenched and raised up as if punching an imaginary Vismont Lord there. “We’ll make them bleed!”

The trio looked at each other with sly excited smiles. Who couldn’t tell that the territory was trying to poach people?

They would also be saving people with this, so they were technically doing good deeds too!

“Let’s buy breakfast while we plan,” Crow said, feeling his stomach grumbling a little.

Before the announcement was made, they were planning to go shopping for breakfast in the marketplace just before going out of the territory to hunt and level up.

It could be said that their stomachs adjusted to Altera’s standards very quickly. Crow still remembered that a few days ago, he could bear a day of hunger without any problems. Now, he was hungry at least thrice a day.

He was getting spoiled, he thought. They probably wouldn’t survive in other territories after seeing the goodness of Altera.

Hearing the plan for eating, the other two immediately nodded in agreement. And so, the trio headed to the Marketplace in a happy mood, quite looking forward to what they could do to those bastards!

As they left the building, however, their feet paused as did the others.

They looked around, realizing that the scenery had changed more than a little bit. Sunny tilted her head in wonder, “There seems… to be a few more dormitory buildings????”

“Wooowwww…” Dog mumbled as his rounded eyes looked and made a mental count. He couldn’t help but laugh as he counted, turning his head to his friends. “The territory’s really targeting a lot of people this time.”

Crow looked around in a relaxed mood and nodded. “Indeed. And, obviously, the territory will welcome them well.”

Sunny giggled and clapped her hands, “Now let’s make contributions and help the territory achieve it!”

…

The trio went to a random stall (there were so many choices) and waited patiently for their order as they chatted.

“Will it be alright though? Is it safe?” Sunny couldn’t help but ask, slightly reconsidering after a bit more thought.

“We naturally will be teaming up with the guards for safety reasons. Those Vismont pests don’t have a chance against our guards!” Dog smiled, and then huffed, crossing his arms. “Let’s see how that lord would iron this one out!”

Crow nodded, looking forward to it.

Then, a wisp of aroma went straight to their noses and to their hearts, completely halting the ongoing conversation.

“Here’s your order!” The young girl said with a smile. “Three orders of Yui fruit bread and six orders of Gugu Bird dumplings!”

The delicious smell of food wiped away the aggressiveness in them. Suddenly, Sunny was reluctant to leave.

“But I want to relax more!” They’ve only been here a few days. Can’t they enjoy it more before heading out to battle again?

Dog, who was no less aggressive a second prior, nodded in agreement.

Crow looked at these two unstable idiots and rubbed his throbbing temple. “We can do that after we become permanent residents!”

The contribution points would allow them several steps closer to this goal.

They didn’t even have their own houses and could only live in dorms at the moment.

Sure, the dorms were much, much, more comfortable than their lodgings in Vismont, but how could they be satisfied when they watched others steadily improving their lifestyles?

How envious they were every time they saw a person or a family ‘moving out’ of the dormitories to rent, or maybe even purchase, their own home!

The two looked at him pitifully and he rolled his eyes. His sights ended up on the food on their hands, tasty, affordable…

…and completely unavailable anywhere else.

A flash of inspiration hit his head, and he let out a rare smirk that somewhat scared the other two.

“E-ei. You alright bro?”

“Crow??”

Crow ignored their concerned looks and smiled at them, creeping them out even more.

“Actually… won’t we be able to attract more people if they gain a more intuitive understanding of the territory?” He asked them, “That is: We let them know about the resources and lifestyle the territory offers.”

The two gaped at him, a bit slow, and Crow decided to get to the point.

“We could buy some things to sell there, and we would definitely be able to sell for a high price there.”

The two were in a daze for a while and brightened when they finally absorbed the implications.

Genius!

In this way, not only would they become permanent residents by virtue of their contribution points, but they could directly buy a house with the money they earned by reselling!

Dog patted his back in glee. “I knew behind that dark exterior of yours is a very enlightened brain!”

Crow’s mouth twitched.

And so, for the rest of that morning, they borrowed money from Bull and started to source food with long shelf lives like rice, wheat, jerky, noodles, and the like.

Calculating their overall money, they should be able to buy kilograms of each to sell.

It was unfortunate they had a purchase limit… even if their space was full, they could bring some bags with them right? If there were more than a handful of rickshaws available, maybe they’d rent them out too.

Regardless, they really wanted to buy a lot more than this!

Then again…, it seemed Bull already gave them a bulk of his money. Where else would they get another ‘investor’?

This wouldn’t do. They needed better deals. At this, Crow’s brain started churning ideas again, until it really landed on one.

Crow paused and whipped his head towards his companions. “Isn’t boss Ansel related to the owner of the Supermarket?”

The other two gasped, this time quickly understanding what he meant.

Crow was really a genius!