Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 770 - 720: The Crisis is Not Over

Although Perfikot has already decided to invest in the colony and establish a two-way cyclic economic system with the Northern Territory, for now, this remains a long-term plan and concept.

Even though Perfikot managed to convince others in the cabinet meeting to support her decision in the end, a significant issue is unavoidable, namely, the treasury is out of money.

Although the first phase of the economic development plan has already shown preliminary success, under the guidance of focusing resources on key industries, the current development situation of the Northern Territory and New Continent is good, and the government's financial situation has returned to normal levels.

Yet the treasury remains as poor as a church mouse.

Although, if pushed, some funds could still be squeezed out, these funds cannot support any major projects, let alone initiate economic construction in the colony.

Moreover, these funds can be considered the last reserves in the treasury, meant for use in emergencies during critical times.

Perfikot, no matter how much she wants, will not touch this money.

However, according to the finance minister's report, the fiscal situation has returned to normal, and if steady growth can be maintained next year, then by the fourth quarter, initial construction in various colonies can be attempted.

And before this, the cabinet can also send work teams to each colony for preliminary preparations and initial construction.

After all, the colonies were previously attacked by the doomsday winter, which did not obliterate them but left them severely damaged.

Previously, when Annie went to re-suppress the colonies, they were already in distress due to disaster influences, which allowed ambitious forces to seize the opportunity to try to take power.

Although the colonies have now been re-suppressed, the situation has not improved.

Annie's actions merely eliminated the rebellious ambitious people and taught the colonies the basic skills and technologies for surviving the cold winter.

Based on current information received, although the colonies have established shelters and are trying their best to restore economy and livelihood, they still struggle significantly.

Sending a work team to assist the colonies in restoring production as much as possible is also beneficial for future trade exchanges.

After all, a colony that produces nothing is meaningless to Victory right now.

Perhaps in the past, for various reasons, the Empire would construct colonies with little economic value out of necessity.

Such as supply points on key routes, or fortresses in strategic locations where the Empire would spend significant money and resources to build and maintain these crucial points in the past.

However, with the arrival of the doomsday winter, even the ocean has frozen into vast expanses of ice, and many key points from the past have lost their original functions.

Coupled with Victory's own economy nearing collapse, naturally, there's no energy to maintain these places.

As for now, Perfikot likewise has no interest in these places.

The population and Empire's forces have withdrawn, leaving behind only some abandoned buildings, which are of no value to the current Empire.

Although after the Flying Airship plan is successfully produced, Perfikot will consider establishing some maintenance and supply points at crucial locations, there are no such plans at present.

To reach this step, at least stable travel between the Northern Territory and various colonies must be achieved.

Furthermore, given the Flying Airship's speed and range, traveling between the Northern Territory and the colonies barely requires maintenance and supply.

Moreover, considering the current situation of the colonies, they likely have no capacity to maintain the operation of these supply points.

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"So large transport ships are still needed! To initiate trade exchanges, cargo transport is the most critical focus to maintain trade routes." Perfikot organized her trade plan, her expression not very bright.

Although various situations show signs of improvement, Perfikot always feels a sense of unease.

It's as if something is threatening her, making her constantly worried and tense.

If this is merely her illusion, that would be fine, but the problem is she clearly knows some things are not illusions.

Although since two people were sent to fail miserably in her dreams during the last encounter, the Ancient Gods have not taken any action, and even Langton has been quiet recently, Perfikot knows clearly the Ancient Gods will not let matters rest so easily.

Moreover, even if the Ancient Gods show no actions, even if they truly let the Northern Territory go, it is difficult for the Northern Territory to remain peaceful for long.

After all, the three-hundred-year limit looms here, and temperatures will continue to decline until the planet's core freezes in three hundred years.

This may sound distant, but Perfikot knows this process is terrifyingly fast.

It's not freezing mountains or rivers, nor other weather phenomena; it's going to freeze the entire planet that bears humanity's existence.

And not just the planet's surface, but from the outside inward, the planet's core itself will be completely frozen.

Normally, cooling to such an extent would take thousands of years, tens of thousands, even starting from hundreds of thousands of years.

Bear in mind, this is about freezing a planet's core! Not anything else.

Wanting to freeze the core solid within three hundred years, the anticipated surface temperature is almost unimaginable.

Bear in mind, at seventy degrees below zero, you can see carbon dioxide liquefying and falling, and at one hundred forty degrees below zero, all carbon dioxide in the air will freeze into snowflakes.

And if the temperature continues dropping, when it reaches one hundred sixty degrees below zero, even oxygen would condense into blue snowflakes, freezing all breathing creatures to death.

So Perfikot actually wants to mock the absurdity of low temperatures in a game she played in her original world.

But games are fictitious, whereas the disaster she faces is not.

One hundred twenty degrees below zero blizzard hasn't been encountered in the Northern Territory yet; with the Energy Tower's presence, such low temperatures aren't entirely indefensible, but the temperature is consistently declining. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Although right now, with the application of various technologies, the Northern Territory seems to have survived the toughest phase, and its ability to withstand the cold is gradually increasing, the city already reviving.

But Perfikot knows these are merely fragile illusions.

If temperatures continue to drop, or extreme adverse weather occurs, the recently recovered vitality in the Northern Territory is as fragile as glassware on a high stand; just a gentle push will send it crashing to pieces.