Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste

The Flying Airship landed on the mooring tower of the Lord's Mansion, and Perfikot returned to her loyal Northern Territory.

This is not a joke, indeed, the Northern Territory is her loyal domain, where her will is best embodied, and everything follows her command.

Even the populace has immense support for Perfikot, it is no exaggeration to call it the loyal Northern Territory.

To put it bluntly, if Perfikot declared war against the Empire, the people might have complaints, but if she wanted to become independent and proclaim herself King, the people would unequivocally elevate her to the throne.

Especially now that the Empire has announced the news of the apocalypse, the Northern People finally understand why Perfikot developed the Northern Territory, and why its cities all have underground cities.

This has made the Northern People extremely grateful to Perfikot because they are already in the Northern Territory and don't need to figure out ways to get there like the rest of the Empire.

Many people are now feeling grateful for the correct choices they made over the past three years.

Choosing to come and strive in the Northern Territory instead of staying in the Empire's mainland for the lure of prosperity.

After all, for the past three years, the Northern Territory has been recruiting pioneers, but most people stayed in the prosperous Empire's mainland, detested the harshness of the Northern Territory.

Only those who couldn't live in the mainland or wanted to strive for a better future would come to the Northern Territory for a chance.

Now it seems that those who stayed in the Empire's mainland, lacking the spirit to strive, appeared to be eliminated, while the pioneers who came to the Northern Territory seem more likely to survive in the face of disaster.

Precisely because of this, even when the Empire's mainland is on the brink of chaos and riots, with all kinds of intrigue looming, the Northern Territory still maintains a relatively stable state.

Though the influx of the Empire's last immigrants brought some social security issues to the Northern Territory, it is overall much more stable than the Empire's mainland.

Of course, this is greatly attributed to Perfikot's significant effort invested in the Northern Territory.

At least the Northern People can fill their stomachs, have warm housing, and enough clothes to keep out the cold.

Although these seem simple, apart from the Northern Territory, it's not easy to simultaneously gather these three necessities in other parts of the world now.

It's because of this that when Perfikot summoned the important officials and main nobles of the Northern Territory to hear their recent work reports, she felt quite good.

"I'm very satisfied with your work during this period, well done." Perfikot praised the officials and nobles of the Northern Territory, which is considered rare commendation for her, as normally Perfikot leaves the impression of utmost seriousness, not one for humor.

"This is our duty, Lord!" The officials and nobles bowed to Perfikot, and amid their trepidation, they couldn't hide their inner excitement.

It is well-known that getting Perfikot's praise in the Northern Territory is quite difficult; this Countess seldom expresses approval or praise for someone.

This unprecedented treatment made the officials and nobles more spirited, silently determined to better fulfill their responsibilities for the Lord.

Yet, beyond the praise, Perfikot also presented more requests to the Northern Territory's officials and nobles.

"The Empire's mainland is now as fragile as a boiled egg; although I attempted to salvage the situation there, it is likely that the Northern Territory will become the Empire's only hope, even humanity's only hope, so I hope that all of you will strive harder in the coming days for your work, as you shoulder the burdens granted by the fate of humanity." Perfikot encouraged the officials and nobles before her, though it had a bit of motivational speech vibes to it, overall, the impact was good.

After all, the Empire is still a feudal system under a dynasty, and Perfikot, as their lord, still holds a certain status difference from these officials and nobles, so her encouragement is a symbol of honor to them.

"Lord, the New Continent colony has sent a request for aid, serious worker strikes and uprisings have occurred there, and those workers have united against the Empire's rule. The local Governor seeks our aid, requesting you to dispatch troops and the Steam Knight Order to help suppress the situation." At this time, an official reported to Perfikot and asked her, "Because you were previously in the Empire's mainland, we didn't dare to make decisions on our own. Should we send reinforcements?"

Upon hearing this news, Perfikot couldn't help but raise an eyebrow; she knew that Kallen had finally started to act.

She was pleased with this happening, but couldn't show it overtly.

She merely contained her emotion, nodding slightly, "What's your suggestion? Do you think I should deploy troops?"

"Lord, after all, the New Continent colony is adjacent to the Northern Territory, if it falls into complete chaos, it may affect the stability of the Northern Territory." An official began to voice his suggestion to Perfikot: "Additionally, strikes and uprisings have some impact on the Northern Territory too; we've noticed similar ideological spreads among workers here previously, though handled in time, still some adverse signs emerged.