After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 228

Dragon Team Barracks, A few years prior

It was night time and the military barracks laid in peaceful silence, now relatively empty as most soldiers were already preparing to rest.

One area, though, remained filled with activity. Continuous gunshots echoed across the semi-open air shooting range, particularly audible amongst the quiet fields surrounded by dense forests.

The one holding the gun had soft delicate hands, and she was supported from the recoil by strong arms flushed behind her. These same strong arms held up her supple arms, keeping them stable and in position.

After shooting, she narrowed her eyes at the target brought back by the carrier.

Her hit rates ranged from 6 to 8 points and she frowned. She had been here for so long, why was her accuracy so low?

She pouted and looked at the man behind her. "So bad?"

Garan chuckled and leaned down to kiss her head. "You are already doing very well, my love."

"Really?"

"Really."

Althea’s mood turned up and she looked at the gun in her hand again. It felt really powerful, no wonder men loved it so much.

"Well, I hope you’d never have to use it." He said, leaning down to peck at her lips.

Althea smiled, closing her eyes to receive his chaste kiss.

"Hmmm. I know," she told him, "That’s why you do your best at your job. So that I can study my plants with a peace of mind."

Garan chuckled, wrapping his strong arms around her and she relished in his warmth.

"Well, my wife is amazing."

She pinched his cheeks. "We’re not married yet."

Gatan smiled kissing her naughty hand on his face. "Not for long."

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Altera Village, present.

After a short chat with the soldiers, Althea then proceeded to go to the newly minted weapons and armory factory, refurbished from one of the newly built buildings in the industrial area.

On paper, this factory was ’expropriated’ by the ’territory’ to be used as a weapons factory. It was located next to the Kiln and had better security compared to the others.

This area was where the weapons and armor would be mass-produced. After so long, Brenda and the others determined that, except for the productivity buff, they could do everything else in the factory, considering they had relatively advanced machines (for Xeno, anyway).

It functioned like a combined armory and weapons store, albeit focusing only on production.

All artisans and creators also had their own large workspaces, and they also added water wheels for their machines, as needed.

It could be said that the Territory invested a lot in this.

As an elder, she was one of the people with access to this area. The bike project was once again deferred, this time because Eugene had to help Brenda and Troy make some more weapons.

The Creator job was so rare because they could also function as weapons makers, armor makers, etc.

The catch was that there wouldn’t be any skills given to them by the World Knowledge, just the basic passive skill of understanding underlying mechanisms, which meant that they had to study every skill by themselves.

Basically, unless one was really an inventor by profession, the job of Creator would not be available to them..

Fortunately, Eugene had long transferred the contents of Althea’s tablet to his and he had all the reference that he needed.

Another passive that Eugene had recently developed was ’faster hands’ in which his hand speed could do twice as much without reducing accuracy.

It was very cool to watch.