Heavy snowflakes drifted down continuously over Zhang Chen's head, yet the snow on Moon Creek Town's roads never accumulated beyond the thickness of a shoe sole.
Spatial abilities could not be used in this environment. Considering the unknown nature of this place, white-haired Zhang Chen proceeded on foot toward the new energy company marked on the map, observing the true state of Moon Creek Town along the way. During his observations, Zhang Chen noticed several rather important characteristics of Moon Creek Town.
When this snow falling from the sky touched the body, a small portion of the essence sealed within it seeped beneath the skin and nourished the soul. Zhang Chen's soul had been exhausted from comprehending "Soul Devouring," but as the snow settled on his body, the weakness within his soul gradually recovered.
Furthermore, the entirety of Moon Creek Town seemed to be a completely silent city. Corpses lay inside every building and room, and most had died at dining tables where breakfast had been laid out. This indicated that the deaths had occurred one morning.
None of the corpses bore any signs of injury, making the cause of death impossible to determine.
Zhang Chen eventually arrived at the location of the technology company marked on the map. Yet what appeared before him was nothing but ruins, with only shattered metal frameworks remaining. There was nothing here.
"Looks like some technology created by that so-called technology company instantly turned the entire town into a city of the dead. Or perhaps seeds had been planted in everyone's bodies and erupted all at once."
Zhang Chen found no useful information in the ruins. "It seems what I'm looking for isn't here either."
Something within Moon Creek Town was invisibly drawing Zhang Chen toward it, but he did not know what it