After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 698

Days passed and the team from Limestone Valley was finally set to return, along with the first batch of migrants from the place.

This was a group of a few hundreds, mostly professionals and their families. In fact, half of them were unsure of moving to Alterra. After all, although they suffered a bit in Fargo, life there was getting better.

Like many others, there was doubt about whether it was a wise decision to move to Alterra—which could’ve been after Limestone Valley’s resources and not a very good place itself.

This was especially true for the non-medical professionals who didn’t participate closely in the war and had an idea of what Alterra was capable of.

For example, there was a young couple Marco and his wife Renya. Marco was an industrial engineer while his wife was a linguist.

"Are we sure about this?" the woman whispered, gently pulling her husband’s sleeves. She had reddish brown hair and a large scar on the side of her face.

The man looked reluctant but nodded in the end. "It can’t be that bad, right?" he asked, rubbing his blonde hair.

At the very least, they knew Alterran’s moralities were miles ahead of Fargo’s. At the minimum, in Fargo, he was afraid someone would pull his wife into an alley every single day.

Now there wasn’t such worry. Even if there were bad apples that remained lurking around—not everyone was openly bad—they were quickly handled by the automatic rules and sent to the manual prison.

Such rules were promising and he heard it was just copied from Alterra, and that said a lot about that place. Even if they would be a little poorer in Alterra, then it would be worth it.

Probably.

However, the couple—and most of the others—still felt reluctant to leave.

They had survived the zombie apocalypse together because they were celebrating their anniversary in a high-end restaurant. The number of people there was very few, and there were also plenty of supplies.

Somehow some other people also caught the attention of the zombies—he distinctly remembered a man with red hair—so they were safe as long as they were still.

However, there were still plenty of battles afterwards, especially towards the end of the 24 hours timeline and some survivors had found the restaurant.

Rather than help each other, these people ended up only leading more zombies—upgraded ones—near them.

Renya had unfortunately gotten burned in the fights. They almost died trying to get to the first aid kit in the administration office, but they pushed through. They ultimately kept the upgraded zombies away by hiding in the freezer.

Those were a horrendous couple of hours wherein they just hugged each other and shivered, fearing for their lives. They almost got hypothermia then and maybe they could’ve also lost a few fingers.

Maybe they would’ve, but their physiques were improved by their upgrades, and that was at least one good thing that came out of all these.

When they got transferred to Xeno, they had each other’s backs and attached themselves to the soldiers who would later join the current leading party—Victor’s—team.

Their first territory held strong for a while until the protection period ended, and it was back to fighting for their lives every minute again.

Then they found Fargo Village, which had much more resources and better infrastructure than their previous one, and they felt so relieved.

Sadly, Fargo and his men were extremely violent and horrible. It had become a lawless place where violence ruled. Renya had never felt so lucky that she had such a large burn scar on her body.

The period after Fargo’s fall was the most peaceful time they had after the disaster, so it was not surprising that both of them were reluctant to leave that behind.

It was like they suffered so much to finally find that home, how could they risk going to an unknown territory? However, they were specifically recruited for their specialties. Even if there were doubts, who didn’t want to make use of the education they worked so hard for?

As for the perks, Alterra promised them and their families free dormitories and a temporary residency for 1 month. After all, their skills still needed to be checked.

Not to mention, Sir Henry and the others also brought in Newspapers! There, they saw sneak peeks of Alterra which was ultimately the tilting scale of their decisions.

"What if the contents weren’t true?" Renya couldn’t help but wonder. After all, the contents can easily be manipulated. Marco patted her arm comfortingly.

"The fact that their territory had paper and printing press is enough to convince me they’re much better than others.

"I think… it’s okay to take this leap," he said. Although he also had doubts, as the backbone of their family, he could not show it.

Renya looked at her husband with glassy eyes. She didn’t speak for a while before nodding. She gripped his hand tighter, finding comfort in his warmth. "Well, whatever happens, at least we’ll be together."