Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 607 - 571 The Severe Situation

The impact of the tsunami has basically diminished after a day and night, although the accumulated water in the city has not receded, the water level has already begun to decrease.

Of course, the pace at which the water level is dropping varies distinctly between the inner and outer districts.

The decline in the outer district's water level is primarily due to natural drainage. The seawater backflow brought by the tsunami has halted, and the original river channels are starting to resume their drainage function, assisting in dispersing the accumulated waters in the outer district.

However, due to the severe rise in water levels, even though the river channels have resumed drainage, the accumulated water is still too deep, bringing minimal improvement.

In contrast, the situation in the inner district is somewhat better.

Initially, the presence of city walls and the buffer zone of the outer district meant the inner district had lighter accumulations than the outer district.

Moreover, Perfikot promptly reinforced the city walls across the entire inner district and had the Alchemist Association produce numerous pumps that were mounted on the walls, actively diverting the accumulated water out of the inner district to the outer district, significantly improving the situation in the inner district.

Though the efficiency of the pumps is not particularly high and the water level decreases very slowly, seeing at least dozens of large pumping pipes working on the city walls is a significant psychological comfort for the populace of the inner district.

At the very least, it gives them the impression that rescue efforts are ongoing and forces are working hard.

Moreover, since Perfikot publicly revealed her identity, three military forces—the City Guard, Guard Army, and standing army—have been genuinely committed to disaster relief. Despite the civilians suffering heavy losses, at least they have indeed received assistance.

Whether it's the Flying Airships evacuating cold and hungry civilians from the tops of buildings surrounded by water, or the Empire soldiers rowing small boats to rescue the remaining steadfast civilians from flooded houses, or the clergy and Langton City government staff distributing rations and providing blankets and clothing to the rescued civilians...

All this has given Langton's civilians, who just experienced a tsunami, immense security, enabling them to truly feel that they are protected rather than abandoned.

As for Perfikot personally appeared to reassure the citizens, stating that she would personally oversee Langton's reconstruction efforts, it quickly settled the previously anxious populace, who then complied with the various arrangements from the Langton City government.

Otherwise, given Langton City's current turmoil, fear arose that an outside call from the Evil God Sect might rally large numbers of believers, subsequently overthrow the Empire's rule, and establish a new order.

Of course, if the inner district's citizens could see the plight of the outer district at this moment, they might resonate more deeply.

Compared to the inner district, the outer district is truly tragic. The Evil God Sect is unlikely to offer any aid to the civilians.

In their view, these civilians are merely the livestock of the gods. Although dying like this is wasteful, to the Evil God Sect, the original intention behind the gods invoking the apocalypse was to cleanse humanity, now merely beginning the process.

As for being within the target of such strikes? That's merely because some people lack true devotion in their faith.

Thus, in the outer district, most factions of the Evil God Sect have only cleared their strongholds, ensuring their altars dedicated to the Ancient Gods remain unaffected, signifying their utmost efforts and diligence.

Even from the standpoint of conceding defeat, not mentioning the Ancient Gods preparing for the apocalypse, fundamentally to these Evil God believers, civilians are instinctively regarded as field grass—cut one crop and another will grow.

Rather than painstakingly saving people, they'd rather wait for the tsunami's floodwaters to recede and then attempt to sway those who survived.

The tsunami is conveniently useful in filtering out civilians with poorer physical attributes, allowing only the stronger, fitter 'livestock' to remain, thus delighting the gods with their sacrificial offerings.

To the Evil God Sect, civilians hold merely this scope of value.

Instead of focusing on the plight of the outer district's affected civilians, some factions of the Evil God Sect, who require the malice, souls, and bodies engendered by death, have begun collecting them.

Malice generated from the tsunami victims is extremely potent, with numerous drowned bodies drifting everywhere, not to mention how with time, these bodies will become breeding grounds for rot and plague.

Some Evil Gods whose divine domains verge in this direction are already eager to descend personally to savor this delectable feast.

Although the Death Sect, which requires most bodies, no longer exists, this doesn't imply that other Evil God sects don't need bodies and souls.

On the contrary, with one less person sharing, it means the remaining ones can claim more. Why would they care about anything else?

Perfikot anticipated the dire situation in the outer district, but she is utterly too preoccupied to manage it.

The plethora of issues involved in inner district disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction already have her overwhelmed, leaving her no time for outer district affairs.

She has merely dispatched two Steam Knight Orders, deploying them on the inner district's walls for patrol.

The aim is twofold: to prevent outer district Evil God sects from taking advantage by attacking the inner district and to inspect the city walls for damage.

While these walls solidly withstood the tsunami's impact, Perfikot immediately mobilized a large number of alchemists and manpower to reinforce and repair the walls. Long-term water immersion is still likely to cause damage.

For instance, softening of the foundation causing collapses, or the walls themselves showing cracks, seepage, collapses, etc.

Not to mention potential hidden sabotage by Evil God sects.

Dispatching patrols effectively prevents these issues and promptly identifies potential damage on the walls.

Of course, another crucial factor is that these patrolling Steam Knights provide substantial security comfort to civilians and quickly identify potential unrest within the inner district.

After all, post-disaster, some individuals inevitably foster some dark thoughts, whereby strong force deterrence helps dispel such audacious ideas.

As for Perfikot herself, she is currently collaborating with technical experts from the Alchemist Association and Engineer Association, attempting to repair the damaged Energy Towers to restore work as soon as possible.

Following the tsunami, Perfikot immediately consulted the Astrologer Association for divination on Langton's upcoming weather.

The outcome speaks for itself: a record-breaking super typhoon will strike in a week, causing temperatures across Langton to plummet below -20°C after landfall, alongside the typhoon-induced strong winds and severe weather further exacerbating the predicament for civilians who have just endured a tsunami.