After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 51

Chapter 51: Surveying
Althea planned out her route before heading too far into the mountain.

After a couple of minutes, she decided to take a look at the western side of the mountain range first.

This was because the highest peak was there and she could see the surroundings better.

The west side of the mountain range was also the most accessible in terms of straight line distance, wherein she could go back and forth within the day.

At the very least, she could get to the apex during daylight, with enough time for excursions to spare.

As she climbed up the mountain, she looked around to remember the plants she had encountered.

Even if she didn’t have time to check each and every unfamiliar plant at the moment, she could at least remember where she found them.

However, after all this time, she had also basically confirmed the biodiversity here was really low, because at least half of the local plants here she had already uncovered.

As for the others, most of them were really different from Terran plants. They were just waiting to be discovered and studied, and she took note of each of them.

Interestingly, one or two of these ‘new encounters’ seemed to have a very similar composition to Terran plants.

For instance, there was blueberry. Upon checking it had a 90% likeness to the species that she knew.

There were also herbs (whose roots she took with her), a lot of which could be mixed with the ones she discovered so far.

While she studied, Fufi ambled about, taking care of the disturbing monsters without bothering Althea.

Althea took a look at one of the unusual plants she found. It was a vine, but its thorn arrangement was new and it seemed very succulent in texture.

[Jordana vine (Lv2). Known for its fever-reducing quality when crushed and applied to the forehead.]

Like always, she also tested the plants at different temperatures to ensure they were consumable and not poisonous after cooking.

As she studied plant section after plant section with Tori, there was a sudden ding in her brain. She blinked.

[Your Pet gained a new skill: Investigator (D)]

[Investigator (D): Detect items level C and below in an area of 50 square meter radius. Consumption: 10 Mana]

“Oh?”

However, before anything, she looked at Fufi suspiciously. She could indeed see Fufi’s stats panel but she didn’t know he could learn skills as well.

It was here that she realized there was a big ugly-looking fruit in front of her. For a moment she almost thought it appeared out of nowhere.

She looked at him in suspicion. “You don’t have space as well, do you?”

The stupid dog stared at her with that smiley face of his before barking a little, raising his adorable paw pad, and under it appeared a very familiar backpack.

“…”

It was the backpack she put on him before migration! She thought it was lost in the process!

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

The dog just looked at her stupidly.

She just shook her head and turned her attention to the so-called C-level item.

[Haozen Berry (Lv15)]

That was it.

Her ability could only detect the known use of level 10, so she would have to depend on her own method.

It was a disgusting-looking fruit and, if a person had trypophobia, it could directly give people trauma.

However… it had a strange attraction that called her to investigate.

Level 15 creatures actually equated to D level in terms of items. But for some reason, this Level 15 was classified as a C-type item.

This meant it had some special function to it.

Of course, she wasn’t stupid enough to eat it directly. Instead, she tested it.

It had a huge amount of tyrosine, as well as some mysterious elements that could not be detected by her technology.

These elements could induce dopamine in the person, among others.

She couldn’t stop herself, and the ugly thing ended up inside her mouth.

Her hand moved on its own. Really.

Fortunately, she did not get poisoned this time. On the contrary, she felt empowered and energetic, as if she didn’t just spend half a day trekking.

Her eyebrows rose in interest and she quickly looked at her stats to see that her spirit recovered by a lot!

Her eyes brightened and quickly set up the lab. “Fufi, take me to where you got it.” She said and she followed the dog to the place it got the plant.

The plant was a shrub, but it looked like a tree, with the ugly fruit hanging sparsely among its lower branches.

Althea observed it for a while, drawing it in her notebook and writing down notes.

She also took out her newly-charged phone to take pictures, then checked to see if the photo was clear—

Her eyes stopped at the home screen of her phone, a picture of her and her husband.

Her eyes faltered at the smiling face of the man, but she quickly compartmentalized and resumed the task on hand.

She took the rest of the fruit and left the raw ones alone, for sustainability. When she set up her territory she would definitely transplant it.

“If there was a way to save my current location…” She mumbled, looking at the holographic map in front of her, and clicking on her location.

[Would you like to place a tag in place (0/10 slots available). Yes | No]

“…!!!”

Yes!

How convenient—

Even if this place seemed backward, there were many things that were superior to Terran.

She couldn’t help but be more and more curious about this place.

She also took the plants nearby as they would likely have better compatibility with it. First, she went to a juicy-looking berry that grew less than a meter from the ground.

[Juli (Lv3). Good for indigestion, helps with constipation]

She placed it in Tori to find out if the juice could be used as the solute as well.

She shifted her attention to the plants below it, similar to seaweed, but located in mountains. Mountainweed? She used her skill to get the local name for it.

[Youna (Lv5). No known uses.]

To be honest these plants with no known uses were more interesting to Althea.

She simply calibrated Tori and studied the item.

Sure enough, she analyzed its gelatinous self and found it could be used as a stabilizer similar to agar.

Rubbing her hands together like an idiot, she changed Tori from her testing mode to experimental mode.

Using some of the plants she had collected this far, after a lot of time and trial and error…

…and a few more errors and a couple more hours…

She eventually found the right mix.

[Detected! New Formulation Level B. What would you like to name it?]

“Spirit Pill”

[Spirit Pill name already exists please choose another one]

“…”

“Spirit medicine”

[Spirit Medicine name already exists please choose another one]

Wow.

She tried several more names, apparently with no ‘originality’.

Then she gave a random name, out of annoyance.

“Sprite.”

[Sprite name is available. Would you like to confirm? Yes | No]

“…”

“Yes.” Whatever.

[Detected to have added Fifty points of knowledge to the World Knowledge Database. Reward: +Equipment card (A)]

Her smile brightened as she opened the box.

[Obtained: Rainbow Silk Undergarments (A). +80 Defense, +10 Agility, +50 Spirit]

Very nice.

Speaking of which… she seemed to have obtained a Gift Package (B) for Bandade before? How could she forget?!

They said brain cells die when you’re pregnant. It seemed to be true.

[Would you like to Gift Package (B)? Yes | No]

Yes, yes, of course.

[Obtained: Bellagio Bow (B)

+40 ATK, 5% Chance of Poisoning; +5 damage every minute]

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Suddenly, she thought this world was so beautiful.

…

After a while she put on her new undergarments and stared at her new arrow, she soon realized that the sky had turned red. “Fufi!” She called and they ran to the apex together.

However, she did feel a bit of contractions, but she persisted in climbing even more.

She was obviously giving birth in a few weeks…

She needed to build a home soon!

Regardless of whether they find surface fresh water, she had decided on this area. At worst, they’d just have to find a way to dig up wells.

Or better, perhaps the Lord token would let her have the option to build a well. It was risky as the Royal Territory did not have such an important amenity, but it could also be that the lord there was too stupid.

She laboriously climbed up the tallest coniferous tree, took out her scope, and surveyed the area.

Although she could only go back to the territory after this, she was determined to find the next area of exploration.

It was mostly just an endless forest, and for a moment she felt disappointed. But her eyes eventually stopped as she faced the east side where the mountains ended.

The area there was a bit flatter, and if she guessed correctly there should be a valley near that area.

Continuing her survey, her eyes soon saw a bit of sparkle and blue and her own eyes brightened at the sight.

She had to take another look because she may have just been imagining things. Narrowing her eyes, she still couldn’t see it.

Then, she used her Perfect Aim skill.

[Used! Perfect Aim! -10 Mana!]

She grinned—she surprisingly did get a slightly better view!

Thus, she confirmed that she didn’t imagine it!

There really was a river!!