After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 916

Chapter 916: A Little Surprise

Gaea Team Villa.

“The Heat Wave lasted longer than we thought,” Ansel said as he chewed, looking at the lush gardens that regained their vitality overnight. “A lot longer.”

According to the aborigines, the usual duration was no more than 2 weeks. This one lasted more than a month.

“Well, there are too many unknowns,” Althea said, feeding her babies, who happily made little ‘o’s in their mouths. “Our intelligence teams are looking into it, and all we can do is prepare the territory for whatever happens.”

Everyone nodded, eating away while getting deep into their own thoughts, wondering how to best do their parts to achieve these tasks.

They were now having brunch together, relieved that they didn’t have to open all the fans and eat ice cream.

Thinking of all the ice cream they ate the past month, Ansel couldn’t help but touch his stomach. It got bigger due to all that sugar…

Anyway, it was such a relief that it was over, though now—after the initial relief—they inevitably had to think of the aftermath.

“A lot of territories must have fallen.”

“Oh definitely, so much already happened just in our area. I can’t imagine what happened in other parts of the world.”

“The number of people here must be a lot, considering the number of deaths daily. Although Terrans are in the millions, the natives are probably in billions.”

Eugene nodded, thinking of his own calculations. “I agree, it is probably in billions. At the very least, there should be several hundred million of humans alone—not to mention the other races.”

This was an assumption, as no one had an actual census of the continent. However, considering the area they knew thus far from the aborigines and the average population an area approximately had, they had a rough minimum.

“The other races probably fared better, on average,” Ansel said. The other races were equipped with skills (goblins) or physiques (orcs) to handle it better without the human tools and technology.

“Everyone has to if something like that happens once a year or two.”

Althea looked at her gardens. To others, she seemed to just be staring, but Althea was actually using the Eye, seeing how… radiant everything was.

“On the bright side…, the extreme weather change seems to function like a refresh button,” she said, making everyone turn to her.

“It cleanses and reinvigorates the land,” she added, her eyes staring at the denser aura of the wood element in her garden. She’d also check how it was outside, but she reckoned it had also improved.

Winona leaned over, very curious. “Does it affect the slower regeneration rate?”

They had been worried about this. But if the extreme weather changes could actually help with the issue, then wouldn’t that be a good thing long term?

Althea shook her head. “It is too early to tell,” she said. “But I’ll assign a team to study and monitor these phenomena.”

Also… wouldn’t the fact that it was longer mean there was really something to ‘fix’?

Perhaps… the Extreme Weather changes could get even more frequent.

However, they needed a bit more data to come up with conclusions.

For now, they put the depressing topics aside and opted to go back to the lighthearted discussions.

For example, the babies and their new diets.

Another change during the past few days was that the babies could now eat more soft food, not just flavored gruel.

They watched the babies fondly as they ate the baby food made of various fruits and vegetables.

Harold had taken good note of the babies’ nutrition and palette and so far they had been enjoying what they were feeding them.

Althea smiled and fondly fed both babies with the crushed food, and they both looked excited at the new taste.

Nomnomnom

Nomnomnomnom

They ‘chewed’ on the paste-like sweetness, their chubby cheeks appearing plumper as they did so.

“Soo cute…” Winona swooned and everyone nodded in agreement.

She took out her camera and took more and more pictures. She would also send it to Althea, though there was no internet here so it was via a manual phone-to-phone transfer.

Click!

Click!

Clack!

While Winona was fiddling with her phone, her hands weakened, unable to hold on to it. Instead of catching it, her palms found her mouth as she heaved out—as if she was about to vomit.

No one cared about the phone. Ansel immediately ran to get a cup of water when he saw Althea was already patting her back.

“…thanks,” she said as she gulped the cup. It wasn’t enough though. She pursed her lips, thinking of how the nausea felt a bit better when she ate or drank something sour.

She looked at her lover, who was looking at her with concern. “Can you get out lime juice? Cool ones please…”

“Sure, got it,” Ansel said, standing up and heading straight to the kitchen.

There was no refrigerator yet—for now, only the low-wattage appliances could possibly be used—but they did have ice boxes in the cellar.

He returned with a pitcher of fresh icy lime juice, which she drank deliciously.

However, she was still pale. “How are you feeling?”

Winona sighed, drinking a few more sips of the refreshing juice. “I still feel a bit whoozy.”

Winona had been nauseous and dizzy since the beginning of the heat wave, but they just assumed it was because she wasn’t used to such a temperature.

They really didn’t think much because the blonde was very rich in Terran and she could get a bit queasy at times. Ansel would often tease her about still being a young lady.

“It’s odd,” she mumbled, rubbing her temple. “Obviously, the weather had improved but I still feel unwell.”

Ansel looked at her worriedly, gently massaging her other hand. “Had I been too hard?”

This earned him a light knuckle on the face.

Althea shook her head and looked at Sheila. “This is odd, isn’t it?”

Sheila nodded. With their upgraded bodies, it shouldn’t be so sensitive anymore. Especially, Winona was already level 8.

Sheila went over to Winona, “May I have your arm?”

One of the healer skills Shiela inherited—after she kept using her skills as a healer—was the ability to check pulses.

She wasn’t entirely sure how it worked but, basically, she could have access to the water in the human body with her element, and use it to have an image of the body’s workings.

If she trained it often enough, maybe she’d even be able to detect cells.

Sheila held the blonde’s hand and everyone gathered nearby, some more nervous than others.

They tensed when they saw Sheila’s eyes widen. This was especially true for Ansel, who entered panic mode.

“What is it?” he said, shaking a bit. “What is it?”

His breath was heavier than the others and he was pale. He could hear his own heartbeat.

Still, his mind refused to think of anything bad happening. He asked in hopes he was overreacting. He took a deep breath, asking again. “Tell us… please.”

Sheila pursed her lips, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

In the end, she smiled. Looking at the couple straight in the eyes.

“Congratulations!” she said. “You’re pregnant.”