At the same time, in a place of heavy snowfall in the far north of China, a wooden cabin stood out conspicuously, as if it had been moved there from somewhere else. Not only did the entire house look brand-new from the outside, not a single snowflake had fallen upon it. It seemed isolated from the vast snowy landscape around it, existing as a world unto itself.
Across the vast expanse of snow before the cabin, a woman raced toward it at high speed. She flashed past like a blur, carving a straight line through the snow before appearing at the cabin door in an instant.
Up close, her face was slightly pale, and panic filled her eyes. She had clearly been badly frightened. Her clothes were also disheveled and wrinkled from her long journey.
Yet even so, it could not conceal her alluring figure or her beauty, which surpassed that of ordinary women.
The woman stopped before the cabin, took several deep breaths to calm herself, then gently knocked on the door.
Knock, knock—
"Come in." A cold command came from inside.
The woman nervously swallowed, then gently pushed open the door and entered.
The instant the door closed, the freezing wind and blizzard outside vanished completely. Not even the faintest sound could be heard, as though the cabin had been entirely cut off from the outside world. The temperature indoors remained perfectly comfortable, utterly unaffected by the snowy wasteland beyond.
There was nothing particularly unusual about the interior. Its furnishings were exceedingly simple, making it seem almost as though one had come to the wrong place compared to the strange exterior.
Yet the woman was incomparably cautious. She did not even dare raise her head. Upon entering, she lowered it devoutly, displaying toward the tall figure before her