Calm Before the Storm

A shocking secret lay hidden here.

Halley's Comet's orbit passed close to Earth, arriving once every seventy-six years.

And every time it arrived,

it would stir up a bloody storm.

Halley's Comet would cast down fragments in the far north.

They contained new chemical elements, single-celled organisms not belonging to Earth, soil and rocks with molecular structures different from Earth's, and more.

If any country claimed them for itself,

it would gain new technological inspiration and might even pull far ahead of the rest of the world.

Every technology developed from them was capable of shocking the world.

Such as petroleum refining, space fuel, cloning technology, and human body modification technology!

Ordinary people would never know

that Halley's Comet fragments were actually the root of it all.

The information leaked to the outside world by the governments of various countries

was merely that the permafrost of the far north contained more than 220 kinds of minerals,

and that this place was unsuitable for human survival.

As for why Halley's Comet produced such phenomena,

even the upper echelons of various countries had no answer.

Some said these substances came from a planet with a longer lifespan and a more advanced evolutionary environment.

Others said they had been scattered from a higher plane, like some kind of charity.

But

claiming things for oneself was human nature.

Improving oneself and crushing others was also human nature.

Therefore,

when this secret was discovered by Great Eagle Country captain James Cook in January 1774,

humanity's strongest powers began fighting over this "heaven-sent opportunity."

Each time, within these unknown northern frozen lands, blades were drawn and factions fought for supremacy. The defeated were buried beneath the ice, while the victors returned with the technology.

Every time, it was a living hell.

The greatest casualties were not