Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 843

Just half an hour later, the army that descended from the floating city blocked the entire city.

In the sky, countless steam knights and god-killing armored troops descended from the huge floating city. Their arrival was accompanied by the roar of machinery and the gushing of steam, blocking the entire city.

The whole city seemed to have turned into a huge cage in an instant, and the air was filled with tension and anxiety.

The fact that Perfecto's food was poisoned was undoubtedly a major event that shocked the entire Victoria Empire.

As the regent of the empire, Perfect is not only a symbol of the country, but also the hope for human survival in the extremely cold apocalypse.

Her wisdom and leadership enabled humans to achieve unprecedented technological progress in just a few years, even being able to compete with the gods.

However, this poisoning incident was not only an attack on her personally, but also a provocation to the entire Victoria Empire.

To put it bluntly, if something happens to her, the entire human society will be in turmoil, and may even lead to the destruction of mankind.

Perfect's existence is not just a symbol, it is the core driving force for the development of human science and technology.

Her death will mean that mankind has lost an irreplaceable leader, and the development of science and technology will stagnate or even regress.

In such an extremely cold apocalypse, the rate of environmental deterioration far exceeds humanity's ability to adapt. Without Perfect's leadership, humanity will find it difficult to cope with the increasingly severe challenges of survival.

Judging from the current situation, this is very likely to happen, because if Perfect died in an accident and humans were unable to resist the attack of the gods, then humans would be destroyed by the gods.

Although Perfecto's technology temporarily resisted the attack of the gods, it was only a temporary balance. Once she fell, this balance would be broken and mankind would once again fall into endless darkness.

Although there are people who can inherit Perfectot's position, no one can lead the rapid development of human technology like she does.

Perfect's intelligence and abilities are unique, and through the power of the Jade Record, she is able to quickly understand and solve complex technological problems.

Her existence has enabled human technology to make great strides in just a few years. From steam engines to god-killing armor, from floating cities to energy cores, every invention is inseparable from her guidance.

After all, she was really cheating with the power of the Emerald Jade Record.

Once we lose her acceleration of human technology, it won't mean the end of humanity, but without a leader like Perfecto who can solve problems in a very short time, it will be almost impossible for humans to cope with the increasingly worse environment in this increasingly harsh and extremely cold apocalypse relying solely on their own technological research and development speed.

The environment of the extreme cold apocalypse is deteriorating at an alarming rate, the temperature continues to drop, resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and natural disasters are occurring frequently.

Humanity needs to continue to invent new technologies to meet these challenges, and all of this is inseparable from the leadership of Perfect.

Without her, human technological development will stagnate or even regress, and ultimately will be unable to cope with the increasingly severe challenges of survival.

However, at the moment, whether it was the Steam Knights and God-killing Armored Forces that descended from the floating city, or the local garrison in Marcel, their thoughts were not so complicated.

They have only one mission, which is to ensure the safety of Perfect and find out who is behind the poisoning.

Soldiers patrolled the streets closely and every corner was searched carefully.

The local garrison in Marcel also joined the blockade. They were also anxious at the moment. The imperial regent was assassinated in Marcel, and they could not escape responsibility. As a symbol of the Victoria Empire's rule in the local area, the garrison should have ensured the safety of the city, but Perfectoct was poisoned under their noses.

This is not only a serious dereliction of duty, but also a disgrace to the entire Victoria Empire.

The garrison commander's face turned pale, he knew that if anything happened to Perfectot, the anger of the floating city would not only be directed at the assassins, but would also affect them, the "negligent ones".

The Steam Knights and God-killing Armored Forces of the Floating City are not to be trifled with. It is entirely possible that they will wipe Martha and her garrison off the map in anger.

Therefore, at this moment, Marcel's garrison was like being whipped, frantically searching every street, every house, and even every sewer in the entire city.

The soldiers, armed with weapons, knocked on doors and searched every house, even garbage cans and basements.

The commander's orders were simple and grim: "Find the assassin, or we're all doomed!"

The soldiers did not dare to slack off at all. Their footsteps echoed in the empty streets like a countdown to death.

However, despite the garrison's best efforts, the search did not go smoothly.

This is largely due to the high-handed rule they have always exercised over the residents of Martha.

Ever since Victoria took control of this land, the garrison has imposed strict control on residents in the name of maintaining order, and has even frequently conducted searches, arrests, and extortions without cause.

The residents had long been dissatisfied with the garrison, but only because of the threat of force did they not openly resist.

Now that the garrison is facing such a serious crisis, although the residents will not openly stand up to support the assassins, under this situation, it is entirely possible for them to shelter the assassins and provide some help for their escape.

As for asking the residents to cooperate with the search? That is simply a fantasy.

When the garrison soldiers knocked on residents' doors, they were often greeted with cold looks and perfunctory responses.

No one was willing to take the initiative to provide clues, and some people even deliberately misled the search direction, leading the soldiers to meaningless corners.

The residents' silence and resistance made the garrison's search work difficult, as if the entire city was against them.

Not to mention, the assassin himself was not exposed, nor was he at all in need of help from the people of Malsel.

The garrison's search was more like groping blindly in the dark, with no clue where to go.
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While the garrison was frantically searching for the assassin, Perfecto in the Marcel Hotel was out of danger after taking the antidote.

In other words, this time the food poisoning only made her feel uncomfortable in her stomach and did not threaten her life.

If a superhuman being could be poisoned so easily, the world would not have regarded superhuman beings as a reliance and symbol of a country's military power before the Industrial Revolution.

Not to mention, Perfecto was himself an outstanding master of alchemy, specializing in human transmutation.

(End of this chapter)