Without the Dorn's Pavilion, every once in a while, it continued to absorb the energy consumption in the air, and the temperature of the continent of Westeros, which was accustomed to its existence, suddenly lost its balance.

A large amount of excess energy began to gather, they have no place to release, only to continue to accumulate, the imbalance of energy makes the whole world, including the monsoon, tides and air pressure change, this is like a lever, as long as one end is moved, then the other side will definitely change.

For better or for worse, it will take a long time to regain balance.

The energy that had nowhere to vent converged in the sky above Westeros, squeezing the cold air and cold snap below, and so, a cold winter that was definitely a severe test for the life of the continent came.

The long night fell on this once warm land, as if it was a never-ending night, and the snow covered the forest and the stream, as if wrapped in a heavy carapace for the world.

The forest is no longer full of life, but replaced by a quiet and empty space, and the freezing cold makes all action daunting, even for the current masters of the world, humans.

Large swaths of plants wither and fall off, ending their lives prematurely due to the onset of winter, and as the long winter continues, this is likely to become more and more common, and it is no longer limited to plants.

The crisis hidden under this snowy beauty is the deadliest trap.

Food, food is the biggest difficulty in winter, both for animals and for humans.

Because plants are dying out of bad weather, many herbivores die of starvation. Again, this rebellion of the food chain will flow through several layers. Ultimately embodied in humans.

And there's more to Westeros than just winter. The long night is coming...... This means that this long winter will last for five or six years, sometimes even seven or eight years, and because of the disappearance of the Dorn Pavilion, this final winter will probably only be long and not short, and it will be terrible for a long time......

In this way, the storage of food is useless, even if humans have been prepared to store food as much as possible. I can't survive this long time, because no food can be kept for so long, not even in winter.

What's more, these medieval poor people who lived a hard life, or even just struggled on the line of death, how could they have so much food to store, they often ate the last meal in the summer, and the landing of the cold winter also meant death for them.

It's also true that every winter landing takes the lives of two-thirds of Westeros' population. Sometimes even more, otherwise why is Westeros not less civilized. But the population has remained very sparse, as few civilians survive a dead winter...... Up to two.

If it weren't for the fact that Westeros still has a plant that only blooms in winter and is available for human use, I am afraid that no one would have survived.

And...... In this cold winter landing, the human race not only has to face the problem of food, but also their oldest enemy, the invasion of the strange spirits, this time it is not like the usual knocking outside the Great Wall, but they have already crossed the Great Wall, and the shadow of death is about to fall on everyone's heads.

So...... Even the slightest change can affect the whole world, and even turn the development process of the whole world into an unknown path where it leads.

And that's just because the winter lasts for a whole few years.

If the winter in reality is also so long, then I am afraid that the development of this world will not be much better than that of the world of ice and fire, even if a hundred newtons are born, there is still no way to store the food in the long night for so long, let alone an apple from an apple tree will hit his head.

Of course, these dangers are for the common people, and for those nobles and families, even the day before the end of the world, they have the ability to feed themselves before they die, just to compete to see who eats better.

By the way...... The kind of plant that blooms in winter is called winter life, and unexpectedly, it tastes unexpectedly delicious, if it is not always contained in some hallucinogenic toxins.

At this time, Niya is part of a mighty army of scavengers.

She was dressed in thin, shabby linen clothes, and hunted in the howling cold wind, which surged through the torn holes in her clothes, blowing it tightly against this thin and withered body, and it did not play any role in resisting and defending against the cold...... Even, this can no longer be called clothing, because it is simply cut and can be put on the body so that it will not fall off.

Nya's face was sleazed and unhealthy, and her hair was like dead grass that had not been tended for days, accompanied by a skeletal and spine-like head, like a demon crawling out of hell.

Perhaps it was, because after escaping from the city of death that was full of despair and blood, Nia had been feeling like she was in hell for a long time, and still couldn't escape.

This team is the crowd that sailed down the river from White Harbor, and after realizing that White Harbor could not be defended for long, Bran and the remaining knights of the Mandela family had moved the crowd of White Harbor out of the city as quickly as possible, because this was the reason why their own people needed to be protected, on the one hand, in order to prevent the ghouls from continuing to grow, and the reason why the knights died in the end, was another.

However, since they were in a hurry, they naturally did not prepare anything, although White Harbor was a rich commercial city, but the civilians living in this city could only save a few days more than the civilians in other places.

The news of the attack by the strangers spread throughout the city as early as the first day, and Niya and his wife naturally prepared early, but when it was time to board the ship, in order to save space, the tattered and tattered of the poor family could not be brought on board, so the two were driven to the ship empty-handed by the guards.

And in order to divert the crowd, the boat sent them to a short distance downstream of White Harbor and then hastily stopped, and then refueled up and returned again. If it weren't for Nya's clever tactful hiding of the grain. I'm afraid the two of them won't even survive the first few days.

But even so...... There is still a day when the food is still eaten.

In fact. Three days after the departure of this team, the rations that the two of them had accumulated had been eaten, and in order to prevent herself from starving to death, Niya could only come out and follow the others to find something to eat.

Their goal was anything edible, and at this time, far from the north, the southern winter of Westeros had just fallen, and after the first heavy snowfall, only a thin blanket of snow had been covered with the ground, and the plant called Winterlife had not begun to grow at all, but it was no different. The rest of the food has not completely disappeared because of the winter.

Animals such as rabbits and foxes, as well as rare foods such as wild fruits and edible plants, can still be seen in the wild.

And they are also the largest source of food for this group of exiles.

Three days earlier, when they had just come out of White Harbor, the inhabitants of White Harbor had been connected with the owner of White Harbor, Wyman Mandalay, because after hearing that the strange spirits were attacking White Harbor, he rushed to the vicinity of the downstream as soon as possible, and although he wanted to rush back to the battlefield in person, his henchmen dragged him back.

And they did the right thing.

Because on the fourth day of the crowd transfer, it was not enough to move all the residents of White Harbor out. After only about two-thirds of the number was transferred, the Wraith blasted through the walls of magic of Bran, the messenger of the Green Prophet, with a terrifying weapon.

Subsequently...... White Harbor fell.

A third of the inhabitants of the land of death remained. Nearly 10,000 people, all of whom fell victim to the attack of the Strangers, became a member of the Alien army, and a new supplement for their members.

But before that, the soldiers of the city defense who had resisted valiantly and survived were safely evacuated by boat with Bran, the messenger of the Green Prophet.

Oh yes, Bran now has his own name, no longer the youngest child of the Stark family, who has almost disappeared, but the messenger of the Green Prophet, and even his four servants have been given different names by the bards.

In the face of gossip, news always spreads quickly, and there are stories and gossip about Bran, which circulate even faster than the fall of the strange ghost south to White Harbor.

However, even if the speed of transmission of news was slow, in the face of war, all the news still spread in one day, all the cities near White Harbor on the border between the north and the south.

Similarly, Sir Wyman Mandalay's team, which was in a terrible situation at this time, was also in a bad situation for this reason.

The civilians of White Harbor escaped with Wiman by boat, and the people of the surrounding cities were not surprised, after all, there were most ships in White Harbor, and it was a little strange that they could not escape.

However, the death of Willis Mandalay is big news, because Wieman's eldest son has died in the bloody wedding, which means that he is facing the situation of no successor, of course, the huge Mandalay family cannot have a good male offspring, but there are only some collateral left.

If it was a group of displaced people who were homeless because of the war, then it would definitely be a valuable asset that the major aristocratic families vied to take in in peacetime, but the situation was obviously a little different at this time.

First of all, Wyman Mandela is still alive, his family is still intact, and even all the major noble families from White Harbor are unharmed, they escaped before the strange ghost attack, what can happen.

So who do these outcasts listen to, do they listen to the local nobles and city lords, or still obey the Mandalay family, not to mention that he also carries a large number of soldiers, although they have suffered heavy casualties, but the remaining number is still challenging the fragile nerves of the nobles.

Secondly...... Even if some nobles dared to take them in, regardless of their past grievances and were themselves dependent on the Mandalay family, they would not have enough food to feed these displaced people.

Since the first heavy snow fell in the south of Westeros, it was clear to all experienced people that the long winter was about to begin at this time, and although it was not clear why this winter seemed more than half a year earlier than before, successive heavy snowfalls were inevitable.

Heavy snow covering the entire continent has always been a feature of Westeros, and on the eve of winter, it will drift away from the snow that lasts for nearly a week, until it envelops the continent and isolates it from all life, and this time it will be no exception, after the first heavy snowfall, soon there will be only one color left between heaven and earth, and that is white.

In this case, food will become the most important thing, and all cities must prepare for food in advance, so even the richest nobles and cities will not be able to conjure up food out of thin air to feed this huge number of displaced people.

So Wieman's calculations were in vain, and at first he planned to go to Carlin Bay, which was relatively close, and it was also the city where he often stayed, but unfortunately Carling Bay was not large, much smaller than White Harbor, and did not have the ability to feed these displaced people.

If they go there, these people will quickly run out of food and die, and even drag the people of Carlin Bay with them to their deaths.

So Earl Wieman had to look for a big city, at least like the previous White Harbor, so that these people could be integrated into it without too much stress, and the city also needed to be close to the forest and the wilderness, because there must be a lot of people who still can't eat, and they need to come out and find food on their own.

For example, King's Landing, Twin River City, Seagull Town, etc., as for whether these cities accept it, it is not within the scope of Weiman's consideration, once he takes people to the city, it is not known what will happen.

And even these cities need to be dealt with by Count Wiman before they go, no matter what the method, whether it is starvation or sharing.

In fact, the thousands of people heading to Carlin Bay had already diverged a day earlier, escorted by several knights and soldiers loyal to the Mandalay family, while the rest of the people were heading to the vicinity of Twin Cities, passing through Greywater.

For no matter what their final destination is, they must always walk there, and they must arrive before the heavy snowfall, and even before the strange spirits behind them, no one knows where their next attack will be.

So the situation of these civilians who escaped from White Harbor is really not very good, of course...... The team that had gone to Carlin Bay was probably in a worse position, and while Carlin Bay had no problem accepting them, Carlin Bay was behind White Harbor, and it would bear the brunt of the Wraith's continued southward movement.

In such a situation, Niya followed the migrating party out in search of something to eat.

In the past three days, many people have died one after another, and they have no food source along the way, only the food sent by the Mandalay family and other noble families along the way with their caravans, but this food is not in large quantities, and it is given to the nobles and soldiers first, and when it is distributed to the heads of the commoners below, they are not even enough to eat.

Civilians starved and froze to death every day, and Niya knew that if she didn't find something to eat soon, she and her husband would soon follow in their footsteps and become dry bones in the wild. (To be continued.) )