Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 422: Doomsday
He watched Kallen board the train, and then watched the train drive out of the station. Finally, even the thick smoke dissipated. Only then did Perfect stand up from his chair and turn to look at the stationmaster who was standing beside him in a respectful manner and didn't even dare to speak.

"Remember the faces of these people, especially that woman. If they show up again next time, don't alert them and send someone to notify me immediately. Do you understand?" Without any explanation, Perfectcot gave the order with the authority of the Lord of the North.

The stationmaster immediately felt as if he had been pardoned. He nodded and promised: "Please rest assured, Lord Earl! I will keep a close eye on these people. Once there is any news, I will inform you as soon as possible! Oh, no! I should report to you! Please forgive my inappropriate choice of words!"

Perfect didn't care about this. He just waved his hand and said casually, "No need to be polite. I'm a very easy-going person. As long as you are able to win my favor, or if you are loyal enough to get my reward, you don't need to care about a little rudeness or disrespect. I haven't reached the point where I need to care about these things to establish my prestige."

"Thank you for your all-you-can-eat...kindness!" However, Perfecto's comfort did not ease the stationmaster's mood much, but made him even more nervous.

Perfect shook his head helplessly and left the train station.

"Am I really that scary?" Sitting in a low-key steam carriage, Perfectcot looked at Befa who was sitting in the same carriage with him, wanting to hear her answer.

However, Befa is just a puppet. Even though she is very smart and even shows signs of awakening artificial intelligence, she cannot answer Perfect's questions.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with Perfectcot and Befa discussing this issue, but Befa doesn’t have the ability to chat, even though Perfectcot installed the latest language module and mechanical logic for her.

After she and Wei'er created a micro puppet computer, Perfectoct tried to use this technology to upgrade the intelligence of the alchemical puppet.

Although there are many such alchemical puppets in the North, there is still not a single one that has truly mastered language skills and wisdom. Even Befa, who is in the most optimistic state, has not awakened self-awareness.

Even though Perfect has been tolerant and permissive enough, and has invested a lot of energy and time in research, all the intelligence displayed by the alchemical doll has always relied only on mechanical logic, and has not produced the possibility of true self-awareness or artificial intelligence.

Perfect was neither disappointed nor happy about this. To her, this was just a research topic that came to her mind on a whim.

Compared to this, the news that the Empire has finally decided to announce the end of the world is the real focus that deserves Perfect's attention.

Originally, the Imperial Conference decided to warn the entire empire of the coming of doomsday this winter, while also making overtures to other countries in the Old World.

To be honest, Perfect found it a bit outrageous that other countries didn't seem to have noticed any signs of the coming of doomsday so far.

However, considering that after the capital of the Triple Alliance was destroyed by her, the academic circles of other countries in the Old World declined greatly, and the Empire was strictly controlled and restricted in related research, it seems understandable that other countries did not discover it.

The scientific research capabilities of many small countries may not be as good as those of any university in Langton, not to mention that there are only a few powerful countries in the Old World. After three of them were wiped out by Perfectoct, it is questionable whether the remaining ones are still capable of discovering signs of the coming of doomsday.

In fact, if she hadn't discovered all this in advance, perhaps the empire wouldn't have been able to make so many preparations in advance. If things went wrong, the whole world would spend the most precious time before the end of the world in peace and prosperity, so that when the end of the world came, all countries would be caught off guard.

Instead of being like it is now, at least the Empire has sufficient preparation and plans. Although it still suffers heavy losses, at least the Empire can save a considerable number of its people and preserve most of its industrial and scientific research capabilities.

Of course, the abandonment of the Empire's homeland is still painful. Even though Perfect has been relocating the Empire's homeland as much as possible in the past three years, it cannot completely transfer the Empire's homeland industries to the north until the news of the doomsday crisis is fully disclosed.

Although this key information has been made public, considering that the end of the world is approaching and sea transportation lines will be affected, it will probably be very difficult to transport the valuable industries in the empire to the north.

What’s more crucial is that in the past, the empire relied on its vast overseas colonies to support the consumption and needs of the empire itself. It was also thanks to the continuous influx of resources from overseas that the Victorian Empire was able to sustain the consumption of the Industrial Revolution and become the most developed country in the world.

Now that the doomsday has come, the empire's vast overseas colonies are basically gone, and even the empire's homeland is about to be abandoned. All that remains are the North and the New World colonies adjacent to the North. It is really a stretch to rely solely on the output of these two to meet all industrial needs.

Not to mention that in the doomsday winter, agriculture and animal husbandry are almost zero, and a large amount of raw material processing and production will also be hit hard. What will the future of the Victoria Empire be like? Even Perfect, who planned all this, finds it difficult to make an accurate prediction.

After all, the future has entered a stage that no one has ever experienced. Under the pressure of doomsday, how will the world develop and how will human nature change? All of this is unknown.

But behind all this, Perfect felt that if someone asked her the same question as a certain idiot in the original world, she could at least answer with confidence, and it was all worth it.

Whether it was her establishment of the Northern Sanctuary, the destruction of the Triple Alliance, or various iron-blooded or cruel decisions, as long as these could allow human civilization to continue, then everything would be worth it.

Civilization is civilization because it is made up of people.

Civilization without people is meaningless, but civilization with only people is equally meaningless.

Perfect has saved the world's civilization and left enough sparks for the inheritance of civilization. This is undoubtedly a brilliant and great achievement for all mankind.

But her work does not end there, because she also has to ensure that mankind can smoothly survive the period of doomsday, and allow human civilization to transition from its original prosperity to survival in the apocalypse.

Of course, there is something more important, which is to pass on the light of civilization and wisdom.

(End of this chapter)