1483: One Winter Wind Came in the Night, and a Thousand Insects and Monsters Bloomed in Ice

"Fuck! I'm freezing my ass off."

On the underground second floor of Abyss City, at the northernmost stretch of the Locust Wall, Pavor Man squeezed in among his fellow battle group members and cursed through tears and snot.

Like the other players who had retreated to the city's second level, they huddled around the bonfires assigned to them, rubbing their hands furiously but still feeling no warmth. Luckily, the ever-prepared Yao Gui had already taken the winter coats issued by Logistics from her pack and handed them out to her brothers and sisters.

"Wow, the classic military overcoat! It even has a label from 'Transia Get Lost Garment Factory.' Tsk, tsk. Looks like Brother Get Lost is about to make a fortune. I can't even imagine how much he'll earn from these winter-coat orders alone."

Chechemei, a core member of the battle group, took her coat and praised it, then quickly stamped her feet as she put it on.

Honestly, it didn't feel much warmer, but at least it was comforting.

It was indeed a bit much to expect a southerner like Chechemei to cope with such a terrifying cold snap. The problem was that the northern tough guys in the battle group weren't doing much better.

Even Uncle Loud-Fa, who claimed he wasn't afraid of the cold because he'd once squatted in a cowshed on the black soil plains, was so frozen he'd lost his senses. When they carried him back, he'd nearly thrown himself headfirst into the bonfire in front of him.

"Man, this operation is way too damn intense, isn't it? The temperature dropped this much in just a few minutes, and it feels like it's still falling up there. It's got to be at least thirty below zero, right?"

Pavor Man wore a military overcoat and