After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2158

Chapter 2158: Eastern Dwarves’ Abode

Anyway, the dwarves of the granite mountain had their own work to do. For the eastern dwarves, they worked more like an assembly line rather than individual engineers.

They had been taught this way since they moved here, and it was indeed the best way to systematically create what they repeatedly needed to do.

There were those in charge of arrays, there were those in charge of crafting, there were those in charge of making specific components, and so on.

For the most part, a dwarf would spend their lives doing one job or doing something similar or in line with this. Anyway, there were a few tools that needed to be perpetually created and maintained, so moving across tools was a way to break the monotony.

For example, the high-quality bombs were the most time- and labor-consuming of all the tools they produced. The granite mountain was not weak, especially since it was infused with aether, so what could give a decent amount of damage was naturally not weak.

Dwarven bombs were based on arrays and aether, creating friction and pressure so it would release an explosive and destructive force. This had to use a lot of complex arrays, most of which would dissipate upon activation. Some were also designed to detain other arrays, and a wrong move could cause an explosion.

Fortunately, accidents were rare because they were extra careful, but it also meant the progress was especially slow. Many dwarves were assigned here so the production was continuous.

There was also the trebuchet and the concentrated beams. The trebuchet wasn’t difficult, as the projectile was just the bomb. It was the concentrated beam gun, which they used to remotely kill monsters outside so they could eat them, that was time-consuming to make and maintain.

Another perpetual tool was the beast sonar. It was something that had to be replenished every month. Even if it wasn’t activated, it would ’expire’ and lose efficacy. It was because the specific array used here depended on surrounding aether, and in turn the surrounding aether could passively consume it as well, even if unused.

Finally, there was the motion core, which was what powered their carts along the premade rails. The same was also used in the elevators and big tools that required automated movements.

This was something they had to recharge with various energy arrays every day because they were so energy-consuming, though most dwarves would take turns doing this task and a different dwarf would do it every day. This was the most physically demanding job for dwarves because they had to be everywhere.

Considering they were not easy to do and the dwarves were precise in their jobs, but also not very fast, this assembly line was the most efficient way to work.

The dwarves not only gained mastery over a specific section, but it was easier to pinpoint places to change and improve on.

Fortunately, though the job was repetitive, the dwarves were used to it and never questioned it. They didn’t work so fast anyway, so they noticed the tedium far less than a human would doing the same thing.

All dwarves who had come of age worked very hard and would take breaks when they remembered it. It was why they always ate at the large communal plaza not far from the entrance. One was to maximize their social time, and another was to remind each other to eat.

There had once been a dwarf so obsessed that he fainted from hunger during a work seclusion. He never woke up again.

Whenever they did eat, Dwarves ate a lot each time, and their bodies stored a lot of food. It was how they could go on for days without sustenance. Their bodies weren’t very big in the first place.

While eating, they would chat and discuss things. It was mostly about their projects. After all, how much could they talk about in this isolated setting? Whatever gossip there was, everyone had heard of it a hundred times already.

Unexpectedly, there really were new topics today. "I wonder if that human is dead," one of the young dwarves named Hisi asked his friend Chisi at the side.

Chisi knew who he was talking about. The alarm worked for the first time in years, though the people who triggered it disappeared with the mob soon after.

Like any other case, they expected no survivors. They just shot a few of the monsters who were attracted, and were then pulled back to serve as sustenance to their tribe.

Who knew that one of them came back and was alive? He could freeze water, too, which was one of the legendary powers in humans. That was what they watched for a long time.

They even knew the spots he hid in and watched how he handled specific monsters. Interestingly, the latter brought inspiration to some. For example, where to shoot.

This eventually led to an improvement in the concentrated beam weapon, which excited them a lot. Since the dwarves were constrained with a few jobs so most hadn’t done anything new

"Wanna peek in the crystal tonight? Who knows, maybe we’d find something interesting."

"We watched yesterday, and there was nothing. I just got in trouble with my delays."

"Same."

Another one of the dwarves who watched the crystal that day was Chosie.

"They probably are dead. The monster mobs around us are so troublesome we are usually hidden away, let alone those out in the open—"

"Well, sorry to disappoint," a new voice sounded from the side.

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