After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2038

Chapter 2038: Water vs Undead

It so happened that Althea had an atmospheric water generator (also available in the Specialty Store) in her space.

Humidity in the area was low, but even in deserts, this medium-sized AWG could produce at least 10 liters. This area, which was a bit hot and arid but not exactly desert, should produce even more.

There were also two water elementalists in their team, though one of them wasn’t even level 15.

They continued with their experiments for a while. It was a bit of a tangent to the targeted task of the moment (i.e. scanning the place with the earth element), but this had long-term implications and would make the rest of their mission easier.

The women experimented with the other forms of water attacks; they needed to understand what was most efficient. Water was, after all, a finite resource, especially so in this place.

One form was a slash attack, which was a direct physical attack, and the other was a mist, which did not have inherent damage but required far less mana and energy to create. They used the same one liter of water for each experiment.

They quickly discovered that long-term exposure to water was indeed affecting their movements, causing them to grow more slowly and even stop moving.

The mist she created slowed down the enemies by more than 60%, especially when targeted at the important joints. This effect was inconsideration to the fact that she was a water elementalist. Normal water, when they created a mist out of it, had less effect at around 40%, which was still substantial.

She took some normal water from her jug and got someone to boil it, and they gathered them there. Too bad there was no wind elementalist to control them better.

Thanks to their height, it was easy to see the effects.

To summarize, the different usage of the water also affected them differently. The slash, if it didn’t kill them, would make them pause for a few moments, as if shocked.

Mist had a minor but elongated effect, while damaging attacks could make them completely stop moving, and the duration depended on the power and damage.

Another important note: the effect was permanent.

One of the most annoying facets of dealing with the undead was that they were extremely tanky and did not feel pain. If one didn’t disconnect it with the core, no matter how many stabs and slashes it suffered, it would keep moving, and it would keep attacking.

Now it was good. Water was like acid to them, keeping them from recovering.

"More accurately, it seems like the body tries to repair itself, but at the expense of other outlets like movement."

Interesting.

Ice had an effect on them, too, but water was far more effective. It was like the water’s liquid form was absorbed by the Undead’s skin more efficiently.

Anyway, now that that was done, it was time for Althea to start scanning the place.

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