Once the planet had regained basic order, it was time to begin building a new home.
With the research and analysis of Delia, Rebecca, and Oedmeir, a more rational city planning map was quickly distributed to the soldiers.
The soldiers had no complaints. If they were merely doing construction work alongside the planet's natives, it practically counted as rest.
Ever since joining the Astra Militarum, there had been far too few days without war. Besides, the 37th Regiment made sure everyone ate their fill. The vegetable soup from the field kitchens was truly fragrant.
Even bland, flavorless starch bars became a delicious, filling meal when paired with a steaming bowl of vegetable soup.
If soldiers usually performed well and earned outstanding grades in their studies, they would also receive scholarship vouchers, which they could exchange at the field canteen for fresher, tastier fruits and vegetables.
Those lush, juicy fruits and fragrant vegetables were more delicious than any canned Ant-bull. That was one of the reasons the soldiers studied so diligently.
The city's residents were ramming earth, slowly piling up the foundations of the new city. But real construction could not rely solely on simple tools like shovels and hammers.
Lin Fan had the soldiers and residents keep busy merely so they would have something to do, so they could trade labor for food. Otherwise, once an idle crowd accustomed to getting something for nothing emerged, new trouble would quickly follow.
Such labor also helped strengthen the builders' sense of accomplishment, making them feel more attached to the new city.
Priest Delia carried on her fine tradition of inventing things from spare parts, and many crude, simply structured construction machines were put into emergency use in the city's construction.
Meanwhile, Oedmeir was improving Rebecca's efficiency so that the nanobot could meet