A Divided World

Yu Xing had once wondered what a world covered in ice and snow would look like.

He had seen plenty of frozen wastelands on television, and science fiction movies had filled the screen with cold hues.

While wandering around the world, he had visited snowy mountains. What was more, not long ago, the system had dropped him into a scenic area blanketed in snow.

But it was only when he truly pushed open the East District's barrier and glimpsed the harbor through the heavy snowfall that he suddenly realized this place was different from everywhere else.

The stacked shipping containers were wrapped in thick layers of solid ice, and the ice on the ground was enough to freeze a curled-up person solid.

The sky glowed a dark red, yet was blindingly bright. As far as the eye could see, everything was white, and no other color remained.

All traces of life had been preserved in the ice, like specimens.

A person touching his arm lifted one leg. His mouth seemed to be forming a complaint—"It's so cold"—but before he could finish, he became an insect trapped in amber forever, frozen in that pose for countless years.

There was more than one person like that. Some had been unaware of what was happening; others wore looks of terror. Like pieces of fresh meat, they had perished here.

Xu Wan noticed Yu Xing's momentary daze and softly explained, "When the great snow came, the harbor was the first area to be hit."

When the bug appeared in the book's world, it might have seemed to others like a process with clear signs. But at the harbor, the ice and snow had spread like a ferocious beast, leaving them no time to react.

Snake Woman had used Fang Xiao's body to deal with