Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 777 - 6: Breaking Through the Blizzard

When the massive, tower-like weather controller was finally erected, even Perfikot's powerful spiritual power had been exhausted several times. It was solely by forcibly replenishing her spiritual power with spirit potions that she managed the feat of completing the weather controller in one go.

Perfikot was drained of her spiritual power multiple times, so one can imagine the condition of the other Alchemists who acted as amplifiers and ritual components.

Although Perfikot had prepared spirit potions for them, by the time she finally completed the construction of the weather controller, nearly forty Alchemists assisting her were almost completely drained, with over a third having fallen into unconsciousness.

Repeatedly being drained of spiritual power places a tremendous burden on the body. Although spiritual power can be replenished by potions, fatigue and pain cannot be eradicated.

The discomfort of losing consciousness and fainting after such intense exhaustion can only be resisted with sheer willpower.

For most people, resisting once or twice is manageable, but more than that is not something ordinary people can withstand.

Only those with willpower as strong as steel can endure multiple extractions, and on average, the Alchemists present had been drained more than three times, with one person enduring up to five extractions.

In this situation, two-thirds of the people still persisted without fainting, and Perfikot considered their willpower to be sufficiently firm.

As for herself? This level was not enough to make her faint, and regularly using potions to forcibly endure the exhaustion to sustain long periods of continuous work had become routine for Perfikot.

After all, she was someone who often lost track of time and forgot to rest when busy, and working through the night for forty to fifty hours on research had become the norm for Perfikot.

However, even for her, continually draining her spiritual power multiple times felt inhumane.

She could distinctly feel her brain's thought processes had almost come to a halt, as if her reactions were a beat slow, and the persistent dull pain striking her nerves made it hard for her to stand upright.

Yet Perfikot still took the last bottle of spirit potion with the help of a maid automaton and forced it down.

Her trembling hands could hardly open the potion's cap, so she had the maid automaton do it for her.

However, the moment the potion entered, a potent feeling of nausea from her stomach almost made Perfikot vomit.

She had consumed far too many potions today, and her body was instinctively rejecting them.

But she forcibly suppressed her discomfort with tremendous willpower and swallowed the potion.

A faint cool sensation streamed down her throat into her stomach; although the intense urge to vomit was still distressing, as the potion took effect, her thoughts were no longer as slow as an old ox pulling a cart.

However, due to consuming a large amount of spirit potions in a short time, the restorative effect of this last potion was significantly reduced, merely allowing Perfikot's thoughts to resume functioning.

As for the dull ache in her brain, the fatigue in her entire body, and the massive mental exhaustion, they remained beyond remedy.

For Perfikot, what she most wanted to do now was just drop into a deep sleep; her body was continuously signaling that it was time to rest.

But Perfikot did not rest immediately; on the contrary, she even pushed through to drink the last bottle of spirit potion, in order to activate the weather controller that was completed before her, changing the current weather in Chernobyl and putting an end to the blizzard that had been ravaging the entire Northern Territory.

As Perfikot used her spiritual power to activate the weather controller, its tree-like branches started to rotate in different directions. An invisible energy radiated out, but quickly retracted back into the tower.

Not only that, a power conduit Perfikot had connected beforehand was also operating at full capacity, with a large amount of dry steam entering the weather controller's interior, becoming its source of energy.

As the weather controller operated, a white light sphere gradually formed, gathering at the top of the weather controller.

That was the energy gathered by the weather controller; just starting it nearly drained the entire Lord's estate of energy.

If Perfikot's Lord's estate hadn't considered all factors during construction, with power and energy conduits individually connected to the Energy Tower underground at the Lord's estate, even that moment might have brought half of Chernobyl to its knees.

Such a massive amount of energy, if used for an attack, would be roughly equivalent to a battleship's main cannon volley.

But if it was just meant to change the weather, it would be difficult to completely change even the weather in Chernobyl alone.

However, Perfikot had anticipated this; truly interfering with the weather cannot be achieved by relying on a particular building, even if she was now very close to reaching her limit, looking so haggard as if a puff could knock her down.

Yet Perfikot's willpower was indeed robust, and she had made all the necessary preparations. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Although the weather controller's range of influence couldn't even cover the present Chernobyl, the global weather systems were interconnected.

As long as the key position could be pinpointed, it could produce a great impact with minimal effort, thereby triggering larger-scale weather changes.

And that was precisely what she intended.

In this regard, she completed the calculations for the blizzard currently ravaging the Northern Territory, identifying the critical point that could overthrow the entire blizzard.

Accompanied by energy accumulation, the energy light sphere at the top of the weather control tower was finally compressed to the extreme, and under Perfikot's adjustments unleashed a tremendously powerful energy torrent.

This energy tore through the blizzard shrouding the city sky.

Although the blizzard was only temporarily broken within the weather controller's control range, it was still the first time the blizzard had stopped after so many days.

This drove many people to the streets instinctively, glancing up at the sky.

Even though it was only briefly dispersed, the sunlight still shone down.

Seeing the sun reappear in the sky, Perfikot felt her spirit finally received solace at that moment.

At least her efforts had paid off, and her dedication had been rewarded.

The blizzard had already raged for almost a week with no sign of weakening or receding, making many worry about what kind of devastation this disaster would wreak upon the entire Northern Territory.

But now, even though only the blizzard over one city was dispersed, it was still enough to bring hope to the citizens of Chernobyl.

And after seeing the sun reappear in the sky, Perfikot collapsed directly to the ground.

The intense exhaustion had pushed her to her limits.