It's getting colder.
Just one day later, not only the Western Plains Prefecture, but also the four major plains except the Imperial Capital were all wrapped in a layer of silver clothing overnight, as if the earth was also wrapped in a quilt in fear of the cold.
It's definitely getting colder.
Today on the western plains, the north wind is blowing, and you can feel the biting cold wind blowing against your face as soon as you step out of the house.
However, the people on the plains seemed to be completely unaware of this. They were wearing similar clothes as normal, regardless of the fact that their hands and feet were red from the cold.
In fact, people who live here all year round have long been accustomed to the days when it snows everywhere when the north wind blows.
Winter on this planet never informs people of its arrival in advance.
If the temperature on Blue Star can be prevented by warning, then the people on this planet can resist the cold only by their strong will.
After all, no one could have imagined that in the morning it was still sunny and warm, but in the afternoon the scenery suddenly changed and it became bitterly windy, and the temperature dropped to almost below zero in an instant.
For the people living on this land, this sudden climate change is nothing at all, and they cannot use the passage of time to calculate when the cold may arrive and make advance predictions.
The only thing they can do is to put the cold-proof equipment and clothing they need in winter in a conspicuous place in advance, so that they can start to protect themselves from the cold as soon as the temperature drops.
Of course, in addition to the strong will and body to protect themselves from the cold, people cannot just care about themselves not to freeze to death.
If you want to avoid freezing to death, keeping warm is certainly important, but if there is not enough heat provided by the body, external warmth alone is obviously not enough.
In other words, there needs to be enough food.
It is worth mentioning that this place is not like Blue Star. The plants here are much better than the crops grown in large areas on Blue Star.
Tuling is a staple food for people here, and it is also the most common food on the table. It is the big black bowl of unknown substance that Guo Yunkai served Li Yi at the beginning.
It has no taste, and may even taste bitter if used too much. However, this plant has two biggest characteristics, which are also the biggest reasons why they can attract the attention of ordinary people.
One is the cold resistance just mentioned. Even at low temperatures of tens of degrees below zero, this plant can grow very well. People only need to push away the thick snow on their faces to harvest a lot. Lots of mulberry.
After taking it back and washing it, grind it into powder, pour a large pot of water and boil it with the smilax powder, and you will have a large pot of staple food that is not very tasty but is filling.
Yes, another characteristic of this plant is that it is extremely filling.
If this is placed on Blue Star, it is no less important than potatoes, a famine relief food.
In fact, in the plains, the four major plains, mulberry is the most important cold-resistant crop.
It can reduce people's basic level of resistance to severe cold to the minimum.
After all, this thing is easy to feed and not easy to die.
Even if you don't take care of it very much, as long as you plant the seeds at the right time, you will produce a lot of life-saving food at the right time.
Having said all this, does it mean that it is really easy for people on this planet to survive the winter?
of course not.
You must know that besides humans, there are many living things on this planet.
They don't have the ability of humans to build their own "nests".
Facing the cold winter, the only thing they can do is to eat until they can't eat anymore, then accumulate all the food they can find, and then find a place to escape the cold, stuff themselves and the food they find, and then... A day of eating, sleeping, and eating.
It is also commonly known as hibernation.
Yes, all the animals here have the habit of hibernating.
There is no way, the winter on this planet is really too cold, to the point where many people will freeze to death if they don't hibernate, even if most wild animals have evolved thick fur to withstand the cold winter.
The moment the temperature drops is also the time when humans and other wild animals in nature are most nervous.
One side is for survival, the other side is for survival.
On the one hand, I want to find food to survive.
On the other hand, it is to protect one's own food in order to survive.
Yes, this is the time for people to fight against wild beasts in order to protect Tuling.
This is why people who go out are still wearing very thin clothes even though the temperature has dropped to almost below zero.
Because they know that there will be one or more physically demanding sports later.
Wearing too much clothing will not only hinder your mobility, but may also become a burden.
After all, the next "battle" is a matter of life and death.
Without enough food, no one can guarantee that they will survive this unknown length of winter.
Yes, there is no fixed length of winter here.
People have also tried to count the length of winter days over the years, but the conclusion they can draw is that there are no results.
After all, a winter that spans more than a hundred days is not uncountable, but it has exceeded the normal annual mulberry production.
Traus is one of the most ordinary border residents. Like many residents who have lived on the plains for generations, whenever the white snow falls on the ground, they will put aside the work at hand, return to their hometown, pick up weapons and prepare for battle.
To resist mankind's common enemies as winter approaches - countless beasts.
This time is no exception.
When Trauss returned home, without saying a word, the Lord God did not even take off his military uniform. He picked up the spear that had been placed in the most conspicuous place and rushed to the battlefield without any stop - it was a large piece of land. Lingdi.
By the time he arrived, the scene was already filled with people armed with various long-handled weapons.
There were comrades wearing frontier army uniforms like him, and there were also people wearing various clothes that represented their respective identities and professions.
More people are the most ordinary and ordinary farmers on this land.
They have been working hard for a whole year, and they can be said to be the people in this land who care about this battle the most.
After all, how much they can save means how many satisfactory answers they can hand over.
At this time, it seemed that everyone had put aside their prejudices and classes, and were united just for that one bite.
Don't look at it, this is just a wish that sounds very humble and insignificant.
Ordinary people, especially in this era when technology is not yet good enough to feed everyone.
Isn't life-saving food the most important thing for people in the dead of winter?
Trauss saw some comrades in the team who he had disliked seeing, but they showed no expression. He just nodded and then focused his attention on the plains in the distance.
Years of military service have long since erased the youthfulness of young Trauss, and replaced him with a calmness and calmness that makes people feel at ease.
The huge crowd of people resisting the beasts did not all gather together, but divided into small squares one after another, consisting of groups of twenty people.
In front of the most conspicuous head of each team, there will be a border soldier wearing a military uniform, standing upright.
Perhaps they are all unknowns on the battlefield where they are fighting against others.
But here, on the battlefield where the number of people has increased several times, they are the undisputed protagonists.
In the battle to come, we will also need to rely on the command of these soldiers to complete a series of tactical coordination.
In addition to the squad leader who was the frontier soldier, most of the squad leaders were burly civilians holding long-handled weapons.
Strictly speaking, they are not completely civilians.
Being able to have such a physique is not uncommon on the plains. Even farmers who have worked for many years have many physiques that are inferior to these blades.
The reason why they can stand in the front row and act as vanguard is because of their past identities.
"You said most of those standing in the first row are veterans?"
"Yes, didn't you see? The stance of those blades is different from that of ordinary people. Instead, they are exactly the same as those soldiers in military uniforms. This is the best proof."
Li Yi shook his head when he heard this.
"No, I know what you mean. I also see that these people should have a lot to do with the army. I just didn't expect there to be so many retired soldiers. Moreover, they look like they are in their prime... It doesn't seem like they should be like this. Have you retired early?"
In fact, there is nothing wrong with Li Yi's idea.
You must know that the empire has wars to fight every year.
Especially the major frontier armies in the four major plains.
It can be said that new recruits are needed every year to resist the endless army of Doman Legion androids.
According to Li Yi's thinking, based on the brutal battles he saw with the android army, it would be a luxury to live to be discharged, let alone retired.
How could there be such a large number of retired soldiers?
At this time, he also took a short sword and stood in the team. With his carbon figure, he was not at all conspicuous among these soldiers and civilians who had been working and fighting all year round.
So he was naturally assigned to the back end of the team.
The position that belongs to last hit.
In this case, Li Yi was happy and relaxed.
Anyway, if something unexpected happens, he will take action in time.
But he didn't expect that this battle, which was so large and powerful that all people participated, would be resolved in just a few hours.
The speed was beyond his expectation.
He thought it would last at least a day or two before it was over.
The result, is this?
However, Moros' next words let him know that the matter was far from over.
