Black snow blanketed the earth. The dust in the air carried the scent of radiation, and gray and black snow claimed all life without discrimination.
Ruins, severed limbs, despair and silence rushing at them—if not for the lack of fitting screams, Lu PingAn would have suspected he had once again crossed into another world.
"This snow..."
Black snow melted swiftly in Lu PingAn's outstretched palm, yet he could feel a faint corrosive sensation on his skin.
"If an ordinary person touched it, they'd probably be stripped down to the bone."
Lu PingAn opened his eyes. This was not scenery that should exist in this world, and these buildings were not in the style of the Red Star Republic either. It seemed that some enormous thing carrying its own "world" had invaded this place.
"Maybe they're the real residents here. At least no humans have lived here for fifty years."
Big Cat's words reminded Lu PingAn, while his eyes gave him the most truthful feedback.
What lay before them was indeed "foreign scenery," but because the erosion had lasted too long and run too deep, it had become reality. And any existence capable of expending immense power to forcibly transform an alien land into the scenery of its homeland...
"Either a dangerous item that can't restrain its power, or a lunatic that's lost its mind. Both start at Rule-level. Which one do you prefer?"
Neither seemed like a good answer.
Lu PingAn unfolded the military map procured from Red Star. Uh... it was completely blank. As expected, it was utterly useless.
"Buzzz..."
The sudden buzzing seemed to explain why this place had become a forbidden zone for life.
Boom!
A vast stretch of snow suddenly flipped over, and grotesque six-eyed monsters crawled out one after another.
Their spider-like structures, combined with