After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 990

A few more days passed, Alterra was now celebrating the grand opening of a new construction.

The Grand Hotel.

It was deferred for a bit due to the other construction projects that were much more urgent.

But now that the heatwave was over—and with the injection of new manpower—the construction went full force.

Also, after much study, Althea’s worry about the manual constructions being much more susceptible to attacks versus system buildings was more or less unfounded.

This was because the Limestone—or any other construction material—in Xeno was also doused in Aether. It was much stronger than what could be built in Terran! As long as they constructed it well, it would be just as fine as system buildings.

It was similar to the strength of residential buildings and the custom houses from the system except theirs was better because of the methodology.

Further, they used hydrated lime, which would ensure the concrete they had was self-healing. Basically, they wouldn’t have to worry about the concrete quality even after a hundred years.

Of course, the defense of manual buildings could not be compared with those with defense arrays like Walls and Sentries.

When she figured out how to create defense arrays like those placed on the walls, then she’d have no problem creating virtually indestructible buildings.

Back in Fargo, the bombs she made only damaged the walls and some loose parts of the building. For example the roof, as well as some ledges.

If she wanted to destroy buildings here easily, like how bombs from Terran could wreck Terran structures, she’d have to create a bomb that would attack the structure or the molecular bonds of aether itself.

But that was a dangerous weapon she was pretty sure she didn’t want to dwell on for now.

Speaking of that, she also added several clauses in the oath of her researchers. She couldn’t have a mad scientist deciding to study such a thing without her permission!

However, while a valid worry, Althea actually worried too much about this.

Aether was still too mysterious. Even to locals who lived for hundreds of years—and even to people who had the resources of books and knowledge of previous generations—this wasn’t something they could fully grasp, especially not enough that they’d be able to create such a weapon.

Even several geniuses working together for years wouldn’t be able to figure it out so easily!

Anyway, at this time, a good part of the territory stood in front of the magnificent 7-storey building.

It was massive but its design and ornaments allowed it to blend with the surrounding streetscape. There was also a sizeable easement with a beautiful garden in front of it so it didn’t feel too in-your-face for the people coming in from the streets.

It also had large windows that were like the classic Youli windows but much more transparent. They were larger now, making it seem like each floor was floating.

The structure’s approach was lined by generous gardens and gazebos, the trees’ foliage effectively framing the entire entrance. There was a large fountain in front of the building, making a centerpiece with the entrance canopy right behind it.

Considering it was a building with a much taller height than the buildings around it, it did not seem so heavy and overbearing. In fact, it seemed light and airy and comfortable.

Speaking of building heights, Althea had decided that even if they became a city, she would limit the building heights to 7 floors, even if they were perfectly capable of going higher.