After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 838

Alterra

While the Epo war was ongoing, the movements in the other two territories hadn’t stopped. Understandably though, the productivity had taken a dive for some industries.

For example, some minor sectors focusing on leisure and extraneous industries were slowed down in favor of others.

For one, there was a major dip in the sports centers and gambling houses related to them. It was too hot to do sports at this time.

To overheat even more? No thank you.

Of course, while some industries dropped a bit, others flourished. Baron’s woodworkers house was very adaptable and mass produced items according to need. Their best sellers were fans as well as massive wooden tubs.

Cotton was also very popular and the factory and farms rushed to produce a lot of it before the heat struck. On that front, lighter colors like white and beige were also given priority.

The aborigines were mystified by this until they found out lighter colors supposedly ’reflect’ the heat while darker colors would absorb it, making the latter impractical to wear during the upcoming heat wave.

Interestingly, the kids who had been going to school seemed to absorb this trivia better, and eventually idioms like "I’m so hot I’m black" or "You make me so hot you’re white" began to be thrown around here and there.

The Terrans didn’t mind or see anything wrong either. Rather, they found it amusing.

Anyway, in their time and generation, racism was a thing of the past or at least kept within minor and niche groups. There was not much sensitivity in certain words.

Not to mention, the more popular iterations were in the local language, creating their own implications.

Other than clothing, the food had the greatest concern, of course.

The food stores including the grocery and the supermarket also upped the purchasing limits for non-perishable food like instant noodles, jerkies, dried fruits, pickled vegetables, jams, and the like. They also increased production and purchasing limits to table salt, which would also help in the preservation of food.

In the medical sector, not only were healing remedies increased in production, they also upped the creation of medicine with cooling effects. They dedicated farms for the minty plants like the Sagada Plant and the Papra and created special medicines from them.

With these things, a single tablet (chewable, and came in various added flavors~) could lower the body’s ambient temperature to a certain degree.

The minty plants also had properties that aid in digestive functions (with less water, it was estimated a few people would get indigestion). They could also assist in fighting infections (which would be worse during heat), and promote oral health. They contained lots of Vitamin A and C, too, which was a welcome bonus.

The drinks that were produced with them had exploded in popularity during the past few days and definitely more so during the actual heat wave. A lot of cuisines containing them like salads and as garnish was also very popular.

There were also new shops that appeared during this time. Most prominently, there was a big new corner shop in the newest market street. This one was owned by ’the Territory’, and would be set to sell some interesting things.