After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 69

Altera Village.

Althea stared at the holographic map of her territory, and made a rough plan of what to build.

To be honest… she was really looking forward to this.

Before anything though, she needed to budget. Although she was rich, if she splurged, it wouldn’t stay that way. Territory building was a money-burning endeavor. If she didn’t make sure she was on positive at the end of the day, the minus could compound, leaving her poor.

She absolutely didn’t want to be poor.

As such, she had to do some urban planning first.

She opened the holographic map with cute earthly tones and stared at it for a while, making plans in her head and also on her tablet.

The entire territory was about 3 square kilometers or over 300 hectares in size, with the mountainous areas of the half-valley already occupying around 40 hectares.

She was not planning on wasting these areas, of course, and she did have a preliminary plan on what to do with these difficult terrains. But for now, she would be focusing on relatively flat lands and the areas near the river.

The section of the 50-meter-wide river in the territory was located on the southeast part of the village, forming a chord of almost 2 kilometers in that length.

The head of the valley was more or less in the northwest side of the territory. Interestingly, at the spot where the curvatures met, there was a small stream that would eventually end to the river. This area was quite critical.

Rivers and streams were connected in a naturally-occuring system called a watershed. While watersheds were good for the world, if not handled well it could also mean a bit of trouble for the territory.

For instance, when rain came, it could cause problems like flooding or water surges.

So she designated the areas prone to flooding into public parks. It would be even better if she found some mangroves or similar vegetation, but this was an issue for later.

As she observed her surroundings further, a familiar ding ran inside her head.

[Construction of Lv3 Walls, Completed!]

[Gates and Sentry towers now available for purchase. Construction is considered part of the walls and will not consume a building slot.]

Her pretty eyebrows rose in interest.

Level 3 walls could apparently have a Sentry attachment available, which was extremely pleasing news. The best part was that it would not consume a slot.

She immediately went to study the new construction.

[Sentry Towers

Available with Level 3 walls and above

Capable of automatically attacking hostile forces 100 meters away.

Rate: 1 shot per 3 seconds.

Consumption: 0.001 wood per shot

Cost: 20 wood, 10 stone, 5 gold ]

She nodded and mused that, although expensive, these things would probably be worth it.

She looked at the walls and studied it a bit more, first deciding to locate the gates.

In her zoning plan, she had designated the eastern and southwest parts of the territories as high-traffic areas.

Althea placed the gates in these directions, primarily in locations where foot traffic would likely go.

For example, relatively flatter lands.

The gates themselves were relatively cheap as long as the wall was already there, so it wasn’t too painful to buy.

[-100 wood, -100 stone, -10 gold]

[-100 wood, -100 stone, -10 gold]

It was the sentry towers that made a pinch in her wallet. Placing sentry towers every few hundred meters, she ended up building quite a few...

[-20 wood, -10 stone, -5 gold]

[-20 wood, -10 stone, -5 gold]

[-20 wood, -10 stone, -5 gold] _{freёwebnovel.com}

[-20 wood, -10 stone, -5 gold]

[-20 wood, -10 stone, -5 gold]

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Two gates and sixty-three sentry towers were built, just like that.

The density of sentry towers could be said to be overkill, but it was the only way she’d feel comfortable.

Anyway, those towers would automatically shoot arrows at all hostile forces within its range. Althea thought that one tower was worth a dozen troops.

Just like this, her wood stock was nearly halved. It was very painful.

However, it was still enough to build the necessary buildings and a small community. It was just that she would definitely be lacking resources until they found more people to gather them.