After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 644

A day later, the couple arrived in Fargo. Or rather, to Limestone Valley.

They traveled with just the two of them this time, though they did task a couple of soldiers to go to the valley on a later date after the missions in other territories. They were set to switch with the pitiful Team B.

They used a fairly good pace so that their health wouldn’t be affected to get there. However, Garan felt bad that Althea traveled with him through the forest when she could just teleport via the warehouse.

"No, I like it," she said with a smile, and she was not just comforting him. She pointed at a plant with oddly-shaped pinkish flowers.

"I haven’t seen this one before," she told him. "It’s been a long time since I encountered a new species."

She immediately went to the new plants to study them closer, putting on her handy gloves for safety (which made Garan nod in approval, feeling proud of her).

Anyway, although Limestone Valley wasn’t extremely far way from Altera, the soil composition was different enough that she would have one or two new flaura to study.

It was very nice.

She looked at the low-growing plant with clusters of pink and purple flowers. It formed dense mats of elliptical leaves. It was quite aromatic too.

She used her assessment skills to take a look. [Thymus (Lv2). Adds flavor.]

Xeno was not entirely running on tasteless food, they still do use aromatics. They just used it in a minimal capacity, which was such a pity. There would also be people who would experiment more and use more—particularly in towns and cities—but they would definitely not popularize the recipe and keep the knowledge for themselves.

Anyway, noting that it was safe to handle, she took out a few of her hundreds of pots in her large space, uprooted a few plants, and planted it to take back to the space for transport.

She also took out Tori as she took a few samples, studying its composition a bit more. All this while, Garan stood patiently by, prepared to deal with whatever threats came their way.

"It seems like there are limestones nearby even in this side," she said after a while, "Plants near Limestone deposits are alkaline and have high calcium content. This plant fits the bill."

She then wrote in her notebook that Thymus could also be used for digestive problems. They’re not common afflictions with their improved physiques, but the components that could relieve stomach tension could be useful for others.

They then moved on about a few hundred meters West until Althea stopped again, head turning to a dense foliage with yellow pea-like flowers. She went closer and determined it was a legume of sorts.

[Trefoil (Lv1). Broats love this] Althea nodded and also took live samples back in her space. She studied it with Tori to determine that it had high protein content and palatability to grazing animals.

Then, finally, when they were within sights of the Limestone Valley walls, she found an evergreen shrub around half a meter tall, its leaves covered with fine hair. [Helian (Lv1). No known uses.]

The Helian was characterized colorful flowers with high drought tolerance. It also had an extensive root system, which was great for soil stabilization. It also had soft leaves that seemed nice to lay on…