With winter drawing near, Zhao Fu had no idea what this festival would be. Carrying that question, he went to the system main city to investigate.
This time, the system main city differed somewhat from previous festivals. Before any earlier festival arrived, everyone would hold celebrations in advance—hanging all kinds of festive decorations before their homes, selling various festival goods, and joyfully filling the streets.
Even during the previous Ghost Festival, such a terrifying event, the common people would celebrate beforehand. Yet this time, there was not the slightest sign of celebration. The entire system main city wore a bleak and desolate air, with not a single person showing a joyful expression.
Everyone hurried along, purchasing all kinds of supplies.
Some bought grain, some bought water vats for storing water, some bought charcoal for fires, while others bought umbrellas, and still others purchased boats.
Zhao Fu knew that if this were not an event, he would have thought some great calamity was about to descend, sending these common people fleeing for their lives in haste. As the people bought all kinds of goods, prices rose across the board as well.
Soon afterward, Zhao Fu learned that this festival was called the Calamity Festival, also known as the Suffering Festival. Just as its name suggested, the festival centered around all sorts of disasters—ice disasters, snow disasters, droughts, floods, and every manner of calamity would occur. No wonder not a single person could be happy about a festival centered on disasters.
Like the previous events, this one would last seven days and begin at midnight tonight. This festival was also an individual event.
During the event, all kinds of disasters would occur. If one could stop or withstand a disaster, one would receive merit points.
For example, if a flood broke out