After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 864

Chapter 864: Extreme Heat (Part 2)
The other people in the territory were also doing what they could to cool down. Most people stayed in their cellars, converting it into a den of sorts. They would go out at night to breathe some air but, otherwise, they could only be depressed underground.

“I feel like I’m in a coffin…” Fred said as he laid down in the underground room, feeling like a canned tuna.

“Yeah, with other smelly men,” Troy mumbled. “I miss my Brenda…”

He was mumbling so deliriously that his teammates knew the heat melted his brain a bit. He continued whispering sweet nothings to the woman who wasn’t there and it irked a lot of people who were already hot-headed as it was.

“Ugh…”

“Shut up!”

“Someone slobber him with a pillow PLEASE!”

After the success of the business, Fred bought the team a luxury villa after getting good payment terms. He took almost his entire liquid funds for the down payment, but he knew they had to get it before the extreme heat.

The luxury villas were two residential modules combined, so their cellars were larger than most at 120 square meters.

However, he lived with his entire team in there. While it was a lot cooler than above, it still wasn’t comfortable and it felt cramped, primarily due to body heat.

“Brenda… my Brenda…” Troy continued to mumble, earning several more groans around him.

“Yes, go move in with her then,” Fred said, wanting to physically kick him out but he felt too weak. He turned to the others, “Anyone else with girlfriends with their own cellars?”

“…”

“Shit. Someone murder him up already!”

And so on…

Of course, not everyone could afford residences with its own cellar.

There were also plenty among the masses who stayed in the newly dug and lined tunnels, including those who lived in dormitories and midrise buildings. After all, there were too many residents there to use the cellars, let alone those were used as storage for the buildings themselves.

There were also the goblins there with them. Speaking of the goblins, they had experienced much worse without protection so they didn’t have any problems. On the contrary, they were extremely comfortable.

They also had smaller bodies and emitted much less body heat than others, so there was that. Similarly, the aborigines like Mauin had been through worse, and staying in a cramped cellar was heaven.

The last extreme wave was about four years prior. So many people died in their village back then. Although everyone had stronger physiques in this world, many of the aged villagers and many young children still perished, unable to handle the heat. When the extreme cold happened a little over a year later, even more people died.

So now, they didn’t even feel the stuffiness the Terrans felt. They just felt cool and nice. It was all in perspective.

Outside the houses and cellars, activities had been greatly reduced to almost null. However, there were still some creative minds that saw business opportunities in the disaster.

Some knew how to make cool treats and lived off of those. However, they would melt when taken outside the houses so they could only be consumed inside the ‘stores’ or in cellars, and it was almost like there were secret drug deals going on.

Hence, there would also be some brave souls who would travel across the street to buy the treats.

Of course, most people would only come out during dusk or dawn when the sun was weaker (still with paper umbrellas and with ice packs on hand) because going outside at any other time could literally burn their skins!

Although umbrellas could deal with some meters of travel, who wanted to feel like melting after a few seconds outside?!

Bart’s team was similar but because they were aborigines and had experienced this many times before, their tolerance was much higher. Added to their high levels, as long as they didn’t stay in the direct sun for too long, they would be okay.

With umbrellas and hats, they could even go camp in the verandahs of teams who sold ice creams and other ice treats.

The Alterrans were savy enough to take advantage and earn a lot from the business that literally came knocking on their door!

Today though, rather than shop hopping, the group of Bart, Pieto, and a few other rich aborigines, were in the bathhouse. They had enough money to use it today, even with the added costs of not having contribution points.

Even with the added Bathhouse cost of 20 times the usual due to the water shortage.

Of course, at some point, they’d be spent, but in this heat it would be a pity not to hang around the beautiful Bathouse.

“This Bathhouse is the best I’ve been to,” Pieto said, comparing it to the few bathhouses he had been to in his lifetime.

The rooms and pools were designed so beautifully and you know a lot of thought was given. Dipping in the coldest pool for hours would cool them down for a while. The super expensive cost was worth it!

They chilled for a few hours (literally) before heading out to eat at the interior restaurant. The restaurant, although still a bit warm, was still a lot cooler than many rooms outside because of its design.

This was done by various factors. One was the various greeneries inside the building, then the insulation, and then there was also the fact that the cool water vapor below was used to cool everywhere else.

It was amazing, actually, and they wondered how these people thought of these details.

Anyway, the aborigines patiently waited for their ice cream to arrive (the restaurant was full at this time, all asking for some cool snacks). Because it was owned by the territory, the flavor selection here was even larger. It was also more delicious and formulated by chefs. So although the sweets here were much more expensive, it was worth it for the rich aborigines.

Soon, their dessert arrived, and they excitedly consumed their new favorite dessert.

“Orcshit!” Sipa cursed as he closed his eyes, letting the dessert melt into his mouth. “I dunno how I’d survive this without ice cream!”

Bulgogi sniffled as he welcomed the so-called ‘brain freeze’, realizing his masochistic tendencies when it came to the combination of sweetness and pain. “I will eat this every hour,” he declared, and it was obvious no one—not even the Heat Wave—would be able to stop him.

Bart shook his head as he slowly ate his own dessert. “Did you notice how not just the structures, but also the outdoors, are cooler?” he said, with a bit of a teasing smile.

Pieto nodded. “And I think it’s actually cooler outside compared to before, and I don’t think it’s just because of the ice cream.”

“It is.”

They had seen the preparation for the buildings and their interiors, but what about the open air outside? Was it really cooler this year?

Bart grinned in superiority. After all, Sammy had told him of some things that they did to cool the entire territory.

What some of them didn’t know was that Alterra had so many trees and greeneries that a good portion of the heat was absorbed by these.

If one’s house had a lot of greenery, they would enjoy around 30% less heat than those from other territories. Other than these, the natural water sources were also taken advantage of as much as possible, allowing them to cool down the heat going in.

Of course, there were also a lot more techniques, some of which too complicated for their minds at this time.

Regardless of what they knew, one thing was for certain: Alterra was, by far, the most prepared territory they had ever encountered.