Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 571 A Serious Situation

The impact of the tsunami was basically eliminated after one day and one night. Although the accumulated water in the city has not yet receded, the water level has begun to drop.

Of course, the speed at which water levels fall in the inner and outer suburbs is very different.

The drop in water level in the outer city area is mainly due to natural decline. The backflow of seawater caused by the tsunami has stopped, and the original river channel has begun to restore its drainage function and is draining the accumulated water in the outer city area.

However, due to the severe rise in water levels, although drainage of the river was resumed, the water was too deep and this did not bring much improvement.

In comparison, the situation in the inner city is much better.

There are city walls to block the flow and the outer city area to buffer it, so the water accumulation in the inner city area is less severe than that in the outer city area.

In addition, Perfect promptly had the walls of the entire inner city reinforced, and at the same time had the Alchemist Association manufacture a large number of water pumps and install them on the walls. They were pumping the accumulated water from the inner city to the outer city outside the walls, which made the situation in the inner city much better.

Although the efficiency of the water pump is not very high and the water level drops very slowly, it is a great psychological comfort for the people in the inner city to see at least dozens of thick water pipes working on the city wall.

If nothing else, it at least gave them the impression that they were being rescued and that the rescue forces were working hard.

Not to mention that after Perfectot revealed his identity, the three military forces of the City Guards, the Royal Guards and the Standing Army were all really thrown into disaster relief. Although the people suffered heavy losses, at least they did get help.

Whether it was the airships flying in the sky picking up the hungry and cold people from the tops of the buildings trapped by the flood, or the imperial soldiers rowing small boats rescuing the people who were still holding on from the flooded houses, or the staff of the church and the Langton City Government distributing rations, blankets and clothes to the rescued people...

All these gave the citizens of Langton, who had just experienced the tsunami, a great sense of security, and made them feel that they were being protected rather than abandoned.

As for Perfecto's personal appearance to give a speech to appease the people, saying that he would personally preside over the reconstruction of Longton, etc., these made the people who were originally in a state of panic quickly calm down and obediently accept the various arrangements made by the Longton City Government.

Otherwise, given the current situation in Langton City, the evil cult outside might be able to attract a large number of believers with just a call, and then completely overthrow the rule of the empire and establish a new order.

Of course, if the people in the inner city could see the tragic situation in the outer city at this moment, they might be more touched.

Compared with the inner city area, the outer city area is really miserable. It is impossible for the evil god sect to rescue the people.

In their view, these people are nothing more than the gods' livestock. Even though it is a waste to let them die like this, for the evil cult, the gods launched the end of the world with the intention of cleansing mankind, and now is just the beginning of the cleansing.

As for the fact that they were also within the scope of the attack? That was just because some people were not devout enough in their faith.

Therefore, in the outer city area, most of the evil cults simply cleared out their respective strongholds and ensured that there were no problems with the altars used to worship the old gods. This was their utmost effort and diligence.

Even if we take a step back and don't mention the fact that the old gods were preparing to destroy the world, the evil believers of these evil cults would instinctively believe that the people are nothing more than grass in the field, which will grow again after being cut.

Instead of going through all the trouble to rescue people, it would be better to wait for the water caused by the tsunami to recede and then try to deceive the survivors.

This tsunami can just filter out those people with poor physical fitness, so that those who survive are some high-quality "livestock" with better physical fitness, and they can be used as sacrifices to gain the favor of the gods. For the evil god sect, the people have only this value in their eyes.

Instead of paying attention to the disaster-stricken people in the outer city, some evil cults among them who are in need of the resentment, souls, and corpses brought by the death have already begun to collect these things.

The resentment of the people who died in the tsunami was very deep, and a large number of drowned bodies were floating everywhere, not to mention that these bodies would become an excellent breeding ground for corruption and plague if left for a period of time.

Several evil gods whose priesthoods lean towards this aspect are even eager to descend in person to enjoy these delicious meals.

Although the Death Cult, which was the one that needed corpses the most among them, no longer existed, it did not mean that other evil cults did not need corpses and souls.

On the contrary, if one less person gets a share, it means the remaining people can get more, so why would they care about anything else?

Perfect had anticipated the dire situation in the outer city, but she really didn't have the energy to care about it at this moment.

The various matters related to disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction in the inner city alone were enough to keep her busy and she had no time to take care of matters in the outer city.

She simply mobilized two Steam Knights and threw them all onto the inner city walls for patrol.

On the one hand, it was to prevent the evil cults in the outer city from taking the opportunity to attack the inner city, and on the other hand, it was also to inspect the damage to the city walls.

Although these city walls were strong enough to withstand the impact of the tsunami, and Perfectoth mobilized a large number of alchemists and manpower to reinforce and repair the city walls at the first opportunity, prolonged immersion in water could still cause damage to the city walls.

For example, the foundation becomes soft and collapses, or the city wall itself cracks, seeps, collapses, etc.

Not to mention the possibility of secret sabotage by evil cults.

Sending people to patrol can effectively eliminate these problems and promptly detect possible damage to the city walls.

Of course, another important factor is that these patrolling steam knights can give the public a great sense of security and promptly detect problems such as riots that may occur in the inner city.

After all, after a disaster, there will always be some people who have dark thoughts in their hearts, and the powerful deterrence of force can effectively dispel their bold ideas.

As for Perfect itself, it is working with technical experts from the Alchemist Association and the Engineers Association to try to repair the damaged energy towers and get them back to work in the shortest possible time.

After the tsunami, Perfecto immediately contacted the Astrologers Association and asked them to predict the weather in Langton.

The result is self-evident. In a week, an unprecedented super typhoon will sweep in. The temperature in the entire Langton will drop below -20℃ after the typhoon lands. Before that, the strong winds and other severe weather caused by the typhoon will make things even worse for the people who have just experienced the tsunami.

(End of this chapter)