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

Chapter 1180: Next Steps (Part 2)

A/N: Decided to post an extra chapter today! Although Golden T1 is still some ways away, I see everyone's efforts T_T. Special hugs to the bulk voters and gifters!! 

Thanks again~

Will post the extra in a few hours. 

Anyway, back to the story!

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This was the peak of passive income in this world, and—although it would probably take her another decade—she was really interested in it.

Of course, Alterra actually joining this lineup would probably take another decade or two. 

At the rate they were going, they'd reach level 2 Town within another year or two. The population was definitely not a problem, though the prestige remained to be seen.

Her math team had determined some variables in calculating prestige. Basically, the more lives they touched, the higher the prestige. However, it had diminishing value for people in the same territory and for similiar products. 

So to speak, their prestige increased at an unprecedented rate in the past year because they reached a lot of places with unique innovations. However, the prestige would likely slow down even if they churned out more innovations—unless they were really unique life-changing ones.

Similarly, if another territory created the same things, the effect on prestige was much lower than the first time it appeared in this world.

Her pondering was interrupted when little patters of footsteps approached her direction, and she could tell it was her babies approaching. 

"Mamaaa!"

"Mwamaaa!" 

Her eyes warmed at the sight of her children. She climbed down the sofa to kneel down on the carpet as they ran to her. 

It was just that they practically sprinted to her as fast as they could with those little feet, making the adult's hearts rise up. 

"Be careful…" she said, just as both babies glomped into her arms. 

Sigh.

She patted their heads and leaned down, giving the smooches on their soft faces. "Don't rush next time…," she said. "Okay?" 

The two babies nodded obediently, looking very cute. As for whether they'd actually be obedient—only time could tell. 

All sharp corners in the house were now covered with cushions because the babies really moved a lot after they started walking on their own.

It was completely normal for babies to want to explore their surroundings, but her babies were… too energetic, to say the least.

Pepper was one thing, but Meatball bumped into surfaces so often that she wondered if his brain shook so much that all he could say was 'food' most of the time.

The baby boy grew into a true foodie who could eat anything, even the bitter vegetables. His size was increasing horizontally and, if it continued, he'd become a literal ball.

Pepper was much calmer, but no less adventurous. They would often find her in random nooks they could not access. It was as if she was determined to go to every single corner of the house. 

The only good news was that they weren't using their powers, otherwise, things would be much more chaotic.

For now… they were just thankful there were no immediate dangers to them except tables' corners. 

Her attention was pulled to the present when the babies tried to climb up to her by stepping on her thighs. She blinked at the sight of their their dirty shoes on her dress but sighed in the end. 

"Mamaaa… chup! Chup!" Little Pepper said as she tried to kiss her again. Althea blinked and leaned down a bit so the baby girl can give her a smooch back. 

"Meaboww! Meaboww!" the baby boy yelled, also wanting the same. Her eyes twitched when he stepped on her in particular, being especially heavy. 

Chu! 

Anyway, the two babies showered her with kisses, making her giggle.

"Alright, why are you two so mushy today?" she asked, though not forgetting to return the favor. 

"Tweachew says!" 

"Yea! Tweachew!" 

Her eyebrows rose. "Oh?" 

The one-year-olds had just gone home from kindergarten class with Theo, who was much more well-behaved and walked right behind them. 

However, when he saw the twins were already with their mother, he went ahead to the study room, likely to start with his homework. 

Rosalind actually limited homework for school. After all, survival in this world was more than just book knowledge. However, this was still allowed for nursery and elementary school since they couldn't go out and fight yet.

Theo's homework was practicing writing some words to master his vocabulary, while the babies told their mother about their day using their limited vocabulary.

They were technically just honorary students, but they were also wearing uniforms. 

The school now had uniforms and each student was required to wear it. The first two sets (plus one for PE) were covered by the tuition fees or by the scholarship fees (if any). Any extra or replacement after that could be bought in the school's store as needed. 

Anyway, the uniform had a very cute design with button-down shirts and varying bottoms. Baby Pepper had plaited skirt and little doll shoes while the little boys had shorts of similar color schemes.

The color theme was khaki for the top and dark green on the bottom, to signify Alterra's one-with-nature vision.

"Teacher says to kiss parents when you arrive?" This was probably the school's way of promotion relationship between parent and child. 

They nodded and she laughed, leaning down to smooch their soft cheeks again. "Well, homework done!" 

The babies giggled and they buried themselves deeper into her arms. 

"So how was your day today?" she asked with a gentle voice as she softly patted their backs. 

"Fwun!" Pepper said.

"What did you learn?"

"Cwicle!"

"Oh shapes? You learned what a circle is?" 

Pepper nodded and then she pointed at her brother—who was decidedly quite round indeed. 

Althea laughed, placing another set of pecks on her small face.

She then turned to Meatball. "What about you? What did you learn?"

Meatball looked at her in thought, his chubby cheeks puffing even more. After a moment, he answered: "Downut!" 

Donuts were probably one of the examples the teacher told them. Unsurprisingly, it was what stuck to his foodie mind the most. 

"Well, that's a circle too," she said, rewarding him with kissies too. 

"My babies are all grown up~ next thing I know you know all your shapes and colors~" she said, and then paused. 

Now that she thought about it: Their first birthday party was in a few days!

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A/N: Extra Chap is hereee~ hhehhe 

Again, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT EVERYONE!!! sobssss

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It was something discussed intermittently during the past couple of weeks, and every one of them did have some plan in mind. However, now that it really was approaching she felt that they weren't preparing enough! 

The babies didn't know this of course. At this time, they were intent on uttering the couple of words they had in their vocabulary. Despite knowing only a few dozen words, they were really talkative.

From here, she could tell what they remembered the most from their day. 

"Fwood! Dwishush," Little Meatball mumbled, drooling a bit at the memory.

"Hmm, the canteen food is indeed very good," she said, wiping his saliva. 

More kiddos next chap

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