The temperature on the surface is constantly decreasing...

This is also a prominent feature of the dark season. Since the sun cannot shine on the ground, the temperature will be lower day by day after entering the dark season. Frost and snowfall are extremely common weather phenomena in the last two months of the dark season.

In addition to starving to death due to insufficient food and being killed by wild beasts, every dark season, many people in the isolation area will be frozen to death - especially in the last period of the dark season, the outdoor temperature can even reach minus ten degrees Celsius. If there are not enough warming measures, no one can last in such an environment for how long.

Due to the early arrival of the dark season, Margaret and his group did not prepare enough cold-proof clothing. Fortunately, there were many useful supplies stored in the central market, including cotton coats and blankets.

Ashes was wearing an extremely ill-fitting cotton coat, wearing a rough blanket, holding a steam gun in his arms, and huddled in the corner of the carriage. On the opposite side, Margaret was still wearing the thin tight leather armor, and the close-fitting clothes tightly wrapped around her body. The exquisite figure unique to young women was almost completely visible.

"You... aren't you cold?" Ashes were a little stunned. Although it was not long before the dark season, the temperature outside had dropped to around zero degrees. Although the inside of the carriage was a little warmer, it was not much better. The amount of fuel they held was extremely limited, so it was too luxurious to use for heating.

"I don't feel anything. Compared with the severe cold I have endured, the temperature is far from that." Margaret shook her head indifferently, stretched her waist vigorously, and the stretched curve made the eyes of Ashes look straight...

"Aren't you a noble?... In my impression, the living conditions of the nobles are very good..." said Ash. The second isolation area was originally the imperial capital of Reinhardt, and it was also a place where famous families gathered. Although it has been abandoned for ten years, the luxurious life of the nobles was evident just by relying on the luxury debris excavated from the ruins.

The nobles' houses and houses have fully automatic steam heating channels, and when they go out, they have cars that use black gold as fuel for transportation. Even in the dark season, the nobles will never have any connection with the word "hungry and cold"...

"There are also differences between nobles and nobles. Some people are born with spoons made of gold. They do not need to make any effort, but others pave the way for them to the future. The material conditions they can enjoy are always the best. What they have to do is just follow the route planned by their elders and move to the peak of their lives step by step... But some people are different. Although they are also nobles, they have to pay a huge price to maintain their identity, and this price even includes their own lives - otherwise do you think that the noble officers on the battlefield who led civilian soldiers to charge are all served by the flowers in the greenhouse?" Margaret said, with a strong sarcastic smile on her face.

Ashes suddenly understood the meaning of Margaret's words.

There are three types of noble titles in the empire, hereditary, hereditary and non-hereditary life titles.

The so-called hereditary replacing naturally refers to the kind of big family called "the pillars of the country". The titles of such nobles can be passed down from generation to generation without restrictions. The empire can exist, and their aristocratic identities can last as long as they last.

As for hereditary, it is a level lower than hereditary. In a large family, except for the main family having hereditary titles, the divisions generally have hereditary titles.

Hereditary titles can also be passed on to one's descendants, but each generation will be passed down, until they are completely transformed into a civilian and expelled from the sequence of imperial nobles. If you want to retain the title, you must make enough contributions to the empire - joining the army and earning military merits is naturally the most direct and fastest way to achieve results.

Those titles that cannot be hereditary are often used to reward civilians who have made great contributions to the empire. Such titles cannot be hereditary. Even if they are a non-hereditary duke, their son is still a civilian.

Of course, this is just an exaggerated metaphor. It is impossible for the empire to have a duke without hereditary power. Generally, non-hereditary titles will be capped at most when they reach the viscount.

In the circle of high-ranking nobles, non-hereditary nobles are generally not recognized... Of course, non-hereditary nobles also have the opportunity to become hereditary nobles, but they have to pay a greater price...

In the memory of Ashes, he seemed to have been born in an aristocratic family, but he should not be a big family. In that ruin, he did not find anything with family emblems, nor could he prove his former identity.

"Actually, there is no difference between me and you..." Margaret's head leaned back slightly and leaned against the inner wall of the carriage. "It's just chess pieces whose destiny is in the hands of others."

Margaret had previously admitted that her and this group of men in black were to search for "seeds" that might become awakened people in the isolation area, and those who perform such high-risk tasks naturally could not be children of large families who "enjoy the best material conditions in the world."

From this point of view, Margaret seemed to have no choice but to take on this task...

"Miss, there is movement at three o'clock." A man in black who was holding a telescope to observe suddenly said. Margaret instantly picked up the steam gun that was standing beside him, and squatted to the car window.

"Is it the fourth round of attack?" Ashes also came over, but at this time the gas lights outside had already turned off. In the darkness, he could only see something moving a hundred meters away.

"I don't know... but if it were a beast tide, it should have rushed out long ago... By the way, do the beasts in the isolation area like to conduct sneak attacks? Just like those bugs that emerge from the ground?" Margaret turned to the ashes and asked.

"There are many kinds of wild beasts that like to attack. In addition to the special existence of the Plunder, which has a huge difference in the way of action and ordinary beasts, ordinary beast tides will directly strike head-on." Ash said.

"Why?"

"In addition to the weaker beast tides in the first few waves, which are single species, the large-scale beast tides behind are basically mixed. Even if there are beasts that like to attack sneak attacks, they will have to participate in it when they are surrounded by other crazy beasts... For example, the thing we encountered during the second wave of attacks before was called "miss". This kind of beast is cunning by nature. What they like to do most on weekdays is to hiding in the bushes and ambush down single people. However, in the beast tide, they still followed the giant wild boar and rushed towards the gun without fear of death, and did not use sneak attacks."

In fact, I don’t know much about the Ashes of the Beast Tide... After all, after that tragedy, people in the quarantine rarely gathered together in the dark season, and the Ashes rarely happened... However, Ashes are very familiar with the habits of the beasts living in the quarantine area, and the changes that have taken place after they have become crazy.

After all, he lived alone in this ghost place for a full ten years.

After waiting for a full ten minutes, the black shadows in the distance slowly walked from Margaret and the others to the horizon. This was not the wild beasts I imagined, but more than a dozen fully armed humans - they were wearing black uniforms of the same style as those of Margaret's men, holding the same type of steam gun in their hands, and under the leadership of a leader in heavy armor, they were constantly approaching the central market.

"They are also your subordinates? Have you been separated before?" Ashes asked Margaret in surprise.
Chapter completed!