After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 678

"Oh, and there’s another thing we hope to bring with you," Eagle said, releasing biles of paper filled with texts from his space. "These aren’t much, but please place them in your village center for public reading."

Some of the youngins weren’t particularly familiar with it, but Henry was shaking a bit when he took a set, opening it with wide eyes. "It’s a newspaper!"

As the only one in the group to have actually used this outside a museum, this meant more to him than others.

"This is amazing…" he said, unconsciously starting to read one. The others also took a copy, curious about what it contained. The texts seemed to be printed, too.

"You already have the printing press?" Henry asked, very surprised. While everyone else was struggling to survive, Alterra was advancing too fast!

His reaction made the locals grin proudly. "Alterra is really heading towards modernization at the speed of light," Sammy said, but looked around the large number of greeneries. "Well, with some lessons learned."

They couldn’t help but read the articles and the Alterrans didn’t rush them to go, understanding the need to read. When they saw it, they also put everything aside to read every single article.

A few of the articles were written by Beany, some by the famous newscaster Vivian, and some was by Rosalind.

Beany’s focus was on the territory itself. It included the rescue and assistance of Bright (with its subsequent entry as a subsidiary), the upgrade of the Training Hall, and the opening of the Contribution Store.

There were also mentions of some special cases who managed to take high advantage of the Training Hall, like those who reached level 10 with it. This was posted to entice other people to maximize the Halls as well.

Beany also gave a few peeks of what was available in the Contribution Store—as well as some hints of what was to come.

Of course, he also included some information about Limestone Valley nee Fargo Village, including the upcoming upgrades, though most of his information was fed by Althea since he wasn’t there when the planning was happening.

Vivian’s article was the Grand battle of Fargo. While a lot of information was kept hidden for security’s sake (they didn’t want to feed too much info of their skills to potential enemies) the way it was written was still extremely attractive, as if the reader was taken to the battle.

Several heroic figures and their deeds were listed without mentioning their techniques. Of course, they asked these people if it was okay to publish their name or if they’d like to use codes. Some were fine with their names being published, while some were not. This caused an already-interesting article to be made even more fun.

Names like ’Sly Rat’ and ’Master of Doom’ were sprinkled in, and it made many readers chuckle.

The list of the deaths—mostly from the slaves—was also listed. If they made contributions, they were also mentioned. There was also a heart-wrenching Collective Obituary for the Alterrans who perished during the war.

There would be several copies per edition kept by the village, to be added to a future library and be immortalized in history. This way, the future generation would see how many deaths the peace they had was built upon.

Rosalind’s article was about the importance of continued education, followed by the news of the school opening.

"Education and Strength is key to molding a younger generation," the article stated. "They must grow to be able to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their homes. They are malleable minds and must be guided towards the right path from an early age—that is what a school is for."

It also indicated the classes available and what parents could expect their children to learn. For instance, there was nursery class, though Theo seemed to be the only student for now.

Next was the elementary school, where Maya, Horus, Mimi, and most surviving kids would go. Other than literacy, history, values classes, and the like, Foundational fighting and exercise would also be taught here.

The High School (for tweens and teens) would include real training against low-level monsters.

There was already a plot of land near the barracks where monsters level 5 or below were held for training.