After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 874

While Alterra was having a peaceful rest, almost everyone else was still restless, and it would not get easier for the next couple of days.

In most territories, this period was characterized by nothing but suffering.

The Heat Wave season was particularly harsh not only because of the weather, but because of the utter restlessness that came after. There was very little adjustment through this time; it was just pure torture for most.

The morning could literally kill people, while the night—the supposed time to fix everything destroyed during the day—was just as restless.

Whether it was to bury their dead, to do their jobs, or to hunt for food, this was the most active time for all territories.

The atmosphere was still hot, but at least it was a bit tolerable and their skin wouldn’t burn when they went outside.

But there were constant monster mobs during the night, killing more people, especially those who couldn’t gather enough energy.

However, such weather was not the first in Xeno. It had been happening every few years or so, and had been happening since the beginning of time.

For aborigines, deaths in the morning were nothing new. Their bodies had evolved and physiques had been improved so the deaths weren’t as bad as they could be—provided that they remained in some sort of shade—but it still went up to several hundred casualties every season or so. If the village was ill-prepared, it could go up to thousands, especially among slaves.

In any case, the aborigines knew to stay awake at night to deal with the mobs, so they did try to catch up on rest in the mornings, but it wasn’t easy due to the extreme discomfort.

They could even die of dehydration or suffocation while asleep. It wasn’t an uncommon occurrence, particularly to the lower-leveled individuals.

One of the few things that made this survivable was the refresh rates. The drought-resistant plants of the forests regenerated some food every day or so, so if one went out early, one could still find food and not starve to death.

However, after a few days of the Heat Wave, people became more and more aware… that the refresh rate had been slowing down.

This was especially obvious to the older aborigines who had been through dozens of Heat Waves in their lifetimes. Before, even if they couldn’t move in the mornings, they could at least forage within the walls at night. The produce wasn’t much—not a lot of plants survive the weather—but it kept them alive as long as they ate

something

every few days or so.

Now… there were fewer plants to take, the leaves were smaller, and they bloomed a little slower. It was not obvious at first, but as time went on their harvest was diminishing at a palpable rate.

Of course, most people didn’t actually come to this conclusion immediately. Rather, most would think other people foraged before they could, which caused a lot of desperate fights and unnecessary deaths.

Ironically, in some territories, there were more deaths caused by the injuries from infighting, rather than deaths from starvation or parchedness. .