Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 688 - 642: Railway Town

Perfikot's gains from Worsed were naturally not limited to learning the technical approach of the shaman from the Grizzly Bear Tribe. She learned more about the thoughts and living conditions of the grassroots populace in the Northern Territory today.

Although Worsed Town cannot represent everything, it nevertheless reflects, to some extent, a lifestyle that has emerged between the indigenous population and settlers after their coexistence in the Northern Territory.

The two groups influence each other, creating a brand new lifestyle, and through mutual integration, they are forming a new Northern People.

Without external influences, it might take hundreds of years for the concept of the Northern People as a species to fully form, and a long time to unify the living habits of the indigenous and settlers into a new whole.

However, harsh external environmental factors have already prompted the indigenous and settlers to make more changes and adapt more to the environment.

The influence of internal factors has accelerated the evolution of the concept of the Northern People, but without more stimulants, it may still take decades to take shape preliminarily.

After all, what is forming may be a unique race with its own culture and living customs.

And whether to promote or prevent its formation, for Perfikot, it's essentially a matter of issuing an order.

Just like how settlers dealt with local people in original North America, from certain perspectives, preventing or promoting certain things is merely a thought away for a ruler.

Nonetheless, Perfikot obviously won't resort to scalping, as it goes against her principles.

Perfikot, in her inclination, more hopes to improve the lives of the people in the Northern Territory, rather than instigating antagonism between the two groups and annihilating one of them.

Moreover, the current external environment in the Northern Territory also determines that Perfikot cannot do such things.

The threat posed by the extreme cold is affecting everyone. If people can't unite and join forces to survive, it will be a complete disaster for humanity.

Humanity is now on the brink of destruction. If it weren't for Perfikot arduously carving out a path for humanity, the world's human population might have already fallen into ruin under the blow of the gods and the apocalyptic winter.

Therefore, internal strife leading to racial extermination is absolutely inadvisable for humanity, and no one would do it.

Even if someone truly plans to do so, Perfikot will definitely crush it completely.

Although Worsed Town gave her much inspiration, Perfikot has not forgotten that the main purpose of this discreet inspection was to survey the conditions of various towns in the Northern Territory, in order to formulate a plan to tackle the cold season.

While Worsed Town's model currently seems feasible, considering that this is only their lifestyle during the warmer seasons, Perfikot did not rashly interfere but plans to wait and see their living conditions once the cold season arrives before making a decision.

Besides Worsed Town, Perfikot also needs to check the conditions in other parts of the Northern Territory, as it's impossible to rely on a single town's situation to generalize its model to the entire Northern Territory.

Each place has its own unique circumstances. If one mindlessly copies all, there will surely be incompatibility issues.

Though positive model experiences indeed ought to be spread, adjusting them according to practical situations must also be considered since rigid application will definitely bring problems.

So after finishing her investigation of Worsed Town, Perfikot set off for another town.

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This town is quite different from Worsed Town.

In terms of location, this town is closer to Beloburg and situated on the railroad between Beloburg and Chernobyl.

It is essentially a town that came into existence because of the railway, mainly existing to provide maintenance and repairs for trains passing through, as well as to supply passengers with various necessities.

During this era, trains are still quite slow and have numerous minor issues requiring stoppages for maintenance and for refueling with coal and water along the journey.

The trains traveling from Beloburg to Chernobyl generally need to make two or three stops along the way under similar conditions to this small town, known as Railway Town.

These small towns exist because of the railroad and thrive due to train stops. In some sense, they owe their existence to the railway and trains.

Therefore, relative to Worsed, the residents here have quite different living habits.

Firstly, although the indigenous people here also hunt, they primarily sell the game as commodities.

At this point in time, fresh meat has become a rare delicacy, not only commanding high prices but also in scarce supply, usually in a state of demand outstripping supply.

Even in the large cities of Beloburg and Chernobyl, supply is essentially limited to the consumption of the great nobility, often being overpriced and unavailable.

So the fresh meat sold by these towns along the railway is a must-have for anyone.

Generally, when hunters bring their game back to town, their game is immediately butchered and processed on the train station platform, from flesh and bones to skin and organs, nothing is wasted.

Every portion is priced and tagged for sale, and once the train arrives, passengers can even just open the windows while sitting in their compartments to bid with vendors on the platform, then pay and acquire their desired meat.

Of course, apart from this, these railway towns also sell some other items.

For instance, magical concoctions purportedly made by local indigenous shamans to boost male confidence, charms to win the affection of favored men, or an accessory supposedly able to enhance a woman's allure.

Even Perfikot felt a nostalgic sense reminiscent of her childhood in her original world when she got off the train and saw the bustling commercial activities on the platform.

In her memory, during her childhood, train journeys were often accompanied by such scenes. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

At that time, the trains weren't fast, and once nearing a station, vendors with trolleys and baskets would sell their goods, while passengers, just like now, would open the windows and buy various items.

"It seems I can see some interesting things here." Even just from the train station platform, Perfikot could glimpse an entire system supporting the lively and prosperous scene in this small town, which piqued her interest and made her keen to understand how the people in this small town lived.

However, just as she wanted to explore further, gunshots suddenly rang out on the platform.