Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 861 - 90

The Floating City sped through the wind and snow, the thunderous roar of its massive engines deafening.

Perfikot stood in the command room, eyes like torches, staring at the gradually emerging outline of Langton City.

The city's edge was already ablaze, with thick smoke billowing, like a wounded behemoth struggling in agony.

"Count, the Steam Knight Order is ready and can engage in battle at any moment." A messenger quickly approached her, his tone filled with excitement and barely suppressed rage.

For these loyal soldiers, rebellion was utterly intolerable.

Perfikot nodded slightly, her gaze still fixed on the city ahead.

The rebellion in the city indeed tugged at her mind, but her focus was not on the rebellion within the city, rather on the unknown location of the Evil God Sect lurking in the shadows.

"Send the order, the Steam Knight Order is to enter the city immediately and quell the riot. The Floating City is to remain on alert, ready to provide support at any time." Perfikot's voice was calm and steadfast, as if nothing could move her.

The messenger responded loudly and then turned to leave.

Perfikot's gaze once again drifted outside the window, but her thoughts were already diving into deeper conspiracies.

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Meanwhile, within Langton City, separatists and the followers of the Evil God Sect were wantonly wreaking havoc on the city's order.

They set fire to buildings on the streets and even attacked innocent civilians in shelters, plunging the entire city into chaos and panic.

"Perfikot has abandoned us! She's only looking after herself and doesn't care if we live or die!" A separatist shouted loudly on the streets, trying to incite more public anger.

However, before his voice could trail off, an ear-splitting roar came from afar.

Soon after, gigantic Steam Knights slowly emerged from the end of the street, their heavy iron boots crushing the snow-covered ground, the tips of their new-style guns glinting coldly in the chilling wind.

"It's the Steam Knights! Run!" The separatists scattered in terror, but their speeds couldn't match the pursuit of the Steam Knights.

Soon, screams and the dull sound of gunfire echoed through the street.

Perfikot stood in the command room of the Floating City, observing the battle conditions inside the city through monitors crafted by alchemy.

Her brows furrowed slightly, a vague unease welling in her heart.

Although the suppression operation by the Steam Knight Order was progressing smoothly, she knew the real threat had yet to surface.

Only those who had truly dealt with the Evil God Sect would know how dangerous they could be.

Although Perfikot appeared capable of suppressing them easily, that was assuming she took action personally.

Against ordinary people, the Evil God Sect was indeed untouchably powerful.

To say nothing of, during the last divine war, hundreds of heavily armored knights were little more than effective cannon fodder in front of the Divine, and only one or two Divine Attendants made a move.

"Count, the latest battle report from inside the city!" A messenger rushed into the command room, holding an urgent report, "They've discovered signs of the Evil God Sect's rituals underground in Langton. It seems they're preparing some large-scale sacrificial ceremony."

A glint of cold flashed in Perfikot's eyes; she had long anticipated that the Evil God Sect wouldn't give up easily.

These fanatical followers had been conspiring in the shadows, attempting through sacrificial rituals to summon the power of the Evil God and completely overthrow the Empire's rule.

"Send the order to immediately seal Langton's underground passages, deploy Godslaying Armor, and prevent the Evil God Sect's rituals from proceeding." Perfikot ordered coldly, her voice carrying an undeniable authority.

The messenger immediately accepted the order and left.

Yet, just as the Floating City prepared to take further action, a powerful energy fluctuation suddenly emanated from beneath Langton.

The entire city's ground began to shake violently, as if some immense power was awakening.

"Count, there's an abnormal energy fluctuation underground. It seems some powerful presence is awakening!" An Alchemist rushed into the command room, pale-faced, with a slight trace of panic in his voice.

However, Perfikot showed no panic; instead, she felt somewhat relieved.

After all, enemies hiding in the shadows were indeed hard to defend against, but once they revealed themselves, it became much simpler.

Any conspiracy or trickery was nothing but a paper tiger in the face of absolute strength.

"Raise the Floating City's altitude, enter combat height! Replace Purgatory Bombs with Godslaying Bullets; charge the main cannon for readiness!" Perfikot loudly issued new orders. If the Evil Gods dared show themselves, she was determined to make a grand spectacle for them.

Following Perfikot's command, the armor at the bottom of the Floating City opened, revealing a massive electromagnetic cannon that had completed capacitor loading and activated its rails.

Meanwhile, a giant sabot armor-piercing shell had already been loaded into the cannon chamber.

The so-called Godslaying Bullet was a sabot armor-piercing shell modified by Perfikot. Its core armor-piercing warhead had been replaced with a certain spear-throwing Divine Artifact that Perfikot managed to mass-produce.

Simultaneously, underground in Langton, the followers of the Evil God Sect were frantically performing the final rituals.

Their eyes shone with fanatic light, they chanted ancient spells, attempting through sacrificial ceremonies to summon the power of the Evil God.

"Oh great god, please descend to this world! We present all lives of this city as sacrifices for your reappearance!" The leader of the Evil God Sect shouted fervently, his voice filled with unending madness and devotion.

They were the Evil God believers who had painstakingly infiltrated Langton City. Due to Perfikot's previous success in a Godslayer in Langton and the significant presence of the state religion in the city, they dared not openly preach there.

They barely slipped in and only dared to covertly expand their network inside the shelter after replacing the priest there, ensuring everything was done thoroughly in secrecy.

But perseverance paid off, and they finally pushed forward this rebellion through relentless effort.

In their original calculation, they intended to incite conflict between Langton and other cities, using war to sacrifice souls and summon the Evil God.

What they plotted was supposed to be a cataclysm sweeping the entire empire, using large-scale warfare and chaos to sacrifice countless lives as offerings.

Not compressing a massive war into a riot affecting only one city as it had turned out now.

Yet, be that as it may, they did manage to instigate conflict, and Perfikot's suppression indeed killed many, finally giving them enough sacrifices to summon the Evil God.

Now was the time to summon the divine presence, to crush the so-called Floating City with supreme divine power and once more let the splendor of the gods light up this land!