Chapter 571 Severe Situation
The impact of the tsunami was basically eliminated after one day and one night. Although the water in the city has not receded, the water level has begun to drop.
Of course, the water levels in the inner city and the outer city drop at completely different rates.
The water level in the outer city has dropped mainly due to natural decline. The intrusion of seawater caused by the tsunami has stopped, and the original river channel has begun to resume its drainage function and is draining the accumulated water in the outer city.
However, due to the serious rise in water levels, although the river has resumed drainage, the water is too deep, which has not brought much improvement.
In comparison, the situation in the inner city is much better.
Originally blocked by the city wall and buffered by the outer city, the water accumulation in the inner city itself is lighter than that in the outer city.
In addition, Purficott promptly reinforced the walls of the entire inner city. At the same time, he asked the Alchemist Association to make a large number of water pumps and put them on the city walls to pump out the accumulated water from the inner city. Going to the outer city outside the city wall actually made the situation in the inner city much better.
Although the working efficiency of the water pump is not very high and the water level drops very slowly, as long as you see at least dozens of thick water pipes working on the city wall, it is a big surprise for the people in the inner city. It's a huge psychological comfort.
If nothing else, it at least gave them the impression that they were being rescued and that the rescue forces were working hard.
Not to mention that after Purficott revealed his identity, the three military forces of the City Guard, the Guards, and the Standing Army were really all involved in disaster relief. Although the people suffered heavy losses, at least they did receive assistance.
Whether it is an airship flying in the sky picking up hungry and cold people from the top of a building surrounded by water, or an imperial soldier rowing a small boat rescuing people who are still alive from a house flooded by water. The people who persisted, or the staff of the church and the Langton City Government distributed food rations, blankets and clothing to the rescued people...
These all gave great relief to the citizens of Langton who had just experienced the tsunami. A sense of security makes them truly feel that they are being protected rather than abandoned.
As for Perficott personally appearing to deliver a speech to appease the people, saying that he would personally preside over the reconstruction work of Langton, etc., these made the people who were still in panic quickly settle down and comply. Accepted the various arrangements made by the Langton Municipal Government.
Otherwise, with the current situation in Langton City, the evil sect outside may be able to attract a large number of believers with a single shout, and then completely overthrow the empire's rule and establish a new order.
Of course, if the people in the inner city could see the tragic situation in the outer city at this moment, they might be more emotional.
Compared with the inner city, the outer city is really miserable. It is impossible for the Evil God Sect to rescue the people.
In their view, these people are just livestock of the gods. Although it is a waste to die like this, for the evil sect, the gods launched the end of the world with the intention of cleansing mankind. Now It's just the beginning of cleaning.
As for them being also within the attack range? That's just some people not being religious enough.
So in the outer city, most of the evil god sects have just cleared out their respective strongholds to ensure that there are no problems with the altars used to worship the gods of the past. This is their maximum efforts and diligence.
Even if we take a step back and ignore the fact that the gods of the past were preparing to destroy the world, for these evil god believers of the evil god sect, they instinctively believe that the people are just grass in the field, and they will grow again if they are cut off. long.
Instead of struggling to save people, it is better to wait for the water caused by the tsunami to recede, and then to confuse those who survived.
This tsunami can just filter out those people with poor physical fitness, so that those who survive are some high-quality 'livestock' with better physical fitness, and they can be used as sacrifices to win the favor of the gods. For the Evil God Sect, the people only have this value in their eyes.
Instead of paying attention to the disaster-stricken people in the outer city, some evil sects who have a need for the resentment and souls brought by death, as well as corpses, have already begun to collect these things.
The resentment of the people who died due to the tsunami was very deep, and a large number of drowned corpses were floating everywhere. Not to mention that these corpses only need to be left for a period of time to become an excellent breeding ground for corruption and plague.
Several evil gods whose clerical scope relies on this aspect can’t wait to come down in person to enjoy these delicious meals.
Although the Death Sect, which needs corpses the most among them, is gone, this does not mean that other evil god sects do not need corpses and souls.
On the contrary, one less person gets a share, which means the remaining people can get more. How can they care about others?
Perfict had expected the bad situation in the outer city, but she really couldn't spare the energy to take care of it at this time.
Just the various matters related to disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction in the inner city have already made her so busy that she has no time to take care of things in the outer city.
She only mobilized two steam knights and threw them all on the inner city wall to patrol.
On the one hand, it is to prevent the evil sect in the outer city from taking the opportunity to attack the inner city, and on the other hand, it is also to inspect the damage to the city wall.
Although these city walls were strong enough to withstand the impact of the tsunami, Perficott also immediately mobilized a large number of alchemists and manpower to reinforce and repair the city walls, but they were soaked in water for a long time. It is still possible to cause damage to the city walls.
For example, if the foundation collapses after being softened, or if the city wall itself cracks, seeps, collapses, etc...
Not to mention the possibility of secret sabotage by the evil sect.
Sending people to patrol can effectively eliminate these problems, and can also detect possible damage to the city wall in time.
Of course, another important factor is that these patrolling steam knights can give the people a great sense of security and can promptly detect problems such as possible disturbances in the inner city.
After all, after a disaster, some people will always have some dark thoughts in their hearts, and strong force to deter them can very well dispel their bold thoughts.
As for Perficott itself, he is working with technical experts from the Alchemists Association and the Engineers Association to try to repair the damaged energy towers and try to get them back to work in the shortest possible time.
After the tsunami, Purficott immediately approached the Astrologers Association and asked them to predict the weather in Langton.
The results are self-evident. An unprecedented super typhoon will sweep over in a week. The temperature in Langton will drop below -20℃ after the typhoon makes landfall. Before that, the typhoon caused Strong winds and other severe weather will also make things worse for people who have just experienced a tsunami.
(End of this chapter)