"Raw Materials"

Zhou Ming opened the door and hurried into his small apartment, immediately looking up at the window directly opposite the entrance.

The eternal grayish-white fog still loomed beyond the window, while the pounding knock came from nowhere, tapping against the glass like patient raindrops. Though there was no figure visible outside, the knocking itself proved that a visitor stood at the window.

The instant Zhou Ming entered the room, he clearly sensed the presence standing at the window—perhaps because of their previous "connection," that presence felt exceptionally distinct.

So when someone visited this place, I could directly sense them from the "other side"?

The thought crossed Zhou Ming's mind as he quickly approached the window. Almost the moment he reached it, Lei Nuola's familiar face appeared beyond the glass, with that equally familiar classical and lavish bedroom behind her.

The Frost Queen was still patiently knocking on the glass, starlight reflected in her slightly vacant eyes. Zhou Ming immediately opened the window and greeted the only guest who ever visited him here. "I'm glad to see you back."

"Please let me in..." Lei Nuola paused, and her eyes seemed to take a long time to properly focus on Zhou Ming before she spoke in a somewhat weak voice.

Zhou Ming instantly realized something was wrong with her. He immediately stepped aside and reached out, intending to help the Frost Queen.

Only when Lei Nuola shifted slightly did he finally notice her empty left side—not only her left arm, but part of her shoulder, chest, waist, and abdomen as well. Nearly a third of her upper body had vanished without a trace, as if something had cleanly devoured it!

Even stranger, no blood flowed from the ruptured part of her body. Only a vague "film of light" covered the incomplete edges,