After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2120

Chapter 2120: Connected Again

This metal allowed her to transmit her abilities much farther than it usually could.

Speaking of which, she should’ve used this when they were exploring that mysterious hollow in the granite mountain before, but things happened too quickly (with a giant bird attacking and all) that she had not thought about it before.

What if it could also be used in other aethric mediums?

She was a toolmaker and an array master. In theory, she might be able to make use of the stone’s expansion capabilities on the aether letter, too, yes?

After a few more hours of theorizing in her head, it was time to put it to practice. There was a lot of necessary trial-and-error here.

Aether and this world’s powers were too mystifying, so strictly using empirical formulas like those in maths might not result in completely accurate data. One had to experiment, no matter how many calculations one could do.

She asked for a private space from the orcs, which ended up being one of the caverns. The ventilation was a bit lacking, especially since she was surrounded by the strong stench of orcs.

They indeed have body scent that needs time to get used to. Fortunately, Alterra was one who could make bombs from poop, so she wasn’t too queasy.

How convenient would it be if they at least had a radio? But alas, that was still something for the future.

It took her a full two days before she finally managed to do something with the aether letter. She had to use some other aether letters to experiment, fearing that she’d accidentally destroy the one connected to her husband.

Most of the aether letters she had in space were connected to others, all Alterrans, and she had to use a few of them while she tested things out.

She had wasted about two sets of aether letters, while the next three failures could be recoverable in theory. Anyway, aether letters were not too expensive in Alterra anymore, so she’d just buy a few more sets. She did, however, silently apologize to her brother because his aether letter was among those destroyed.

What was interesting—and fascinating—was that she found out quite a few other things about the metal itself. She had sent several samples to the Research Center before, so she reckoned they would have similar findings soon.

The new metal seemed like it could work even better with electricity! It was a metal, so it being a conductor was no surprise. However, one had to remember that it didn’t have many other functions than enhancing ’signal’.

This avenue opened up a number of possibilities, all of which would keep the Research Team busy for a long time.

How she found out about this was quite interesting.

At the time, she was integrating the two things (the metal and the aether letter) but unsurprisingly found them not syncing at all. This was not like how easily she used it when she used her Earth skills.

Back then, she literally just had to hold it in her hand and concentrate her powers as if she were going through the metal (though naturally this wasn’t entirely true; it was just that the sensation was similar to it).

But in the case of the aether letter and the metal, it was like trying to mix water and oil. Each effort consumed quite a bit of mental energy, too.

So...how to combine oil and water? It wasn’t impossible. All chefs had done it before.

Emulsification.

Well, to be more accurate, rather than truly mix them together, the process was able to create a temporarily stable mixture.

It was here that she had the inspiration to use electricity. She thought, what was the best way to wreak havoc in the make-up of something stubborn? Electrocute it!

She had a lot of solar-charged batteries in her space, so sourcing it out was not difficult for her at all.

The effect was much better than she even thought. She didn’t even have to use mana continuously for it to work.

All the effort was too worth it!

What was more worth it was figuring out that the metal could independently enhance ’signal’.

This meant that something might not need to be a magic tool to have a use.

In theory, when they figured out things, they could use it on their modern things like the radio and wouldn’t need a toolmaker to produce them. Just use the item directly as if it were a normal component.

For now, either letter would do well enough. She tried it two more times using different aether letters, and only when she finished the job did others breathe a sigh of relief.

Althea ignored them, her emerald eyes fixed at the upgraded aether letter, and she smiled.

Done!

...

Garan, at this time, was heaving deep breaths, his skin cracked all over and his body covered with blood. His eyes were whiter than usual, and there was an eerie but awe-inspiring air around him.

He was haggard and bloodied, leaving scores of high-level beast carcasses in his wake.

The most prominent dead body there was the carcass of a large avian beast, which was the same one that took Althea back then.

The battle between the two of them lasted nearly fifteen minutes, which was not short considering the avian had been weakened by something when he attacked, and it was likely his wife. Its terrain advantage helped it out too much, allowing it to avoid many of Garan’s otherwise deadly moves.

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