While Perfikot had the Pastry Chef improve the recipe for compressed biscuits, the situation in the outer city had already started to further deteriorate.
Due to the lack of adequate disaster relief measures, or rather, the complete absence of any relief efforts, many areas of the outer city were still flooded when the cold wave arrived.
After a night of freezing temperatures and snowstorms, most places had turned to ice, and the snow had dyed the entire outer city white.
The rapidly dropping temperatures made it impossible for people to survive for long under such conditions, forcing them to huddle inside buildings by the light of a burning bonfire for warmth.
But...fuel is limited, and buildings that could provide shelter from the cold are also limited.
The previous tsunami had a devastating impact on the outer city, which was already a slum area, sweeping away the flimsy, drafty houses along with the few belongings inside.
