After leaving the foul-smelling docks, they entered Odin's Town, which had become a de facto media town and fashion town.
ABC Television hadn't stopped filming its reality show here, even while Earth was facing war.
A host of celebrities from all over the world had taken the opportunity to come to Odin Town for the reality show.
Unlike most ordinary people, who were powerless in the face of war, these clever celebrities knew where the safest place was.
When Odin announced that he was taking charge of the defense of the three Northern European countries, tickets to the town skyrocketed. Even at those prices, demand still exceeded supply.
Private airports across Northern Europe were packed with private jets flown in from all over the world.
While the rest of the world was gripped by fear, this place showed everyone exactly what it meant to feast behind red gates while people froze to death in the streets.
Alvin didn't look down on them at all. If you had the means, of course you'd take your family and kids somewhere safe.
Knowing there might be danger and still insisting on facing it head-on—that was poor people's behavior!
The working stiffs were always resilient. What else could they do?
What no one could have expected was that the sprawling reality show in this safe haven took a different tack while every other outlet was reporting on the alien war—and ended up being the biggest winner.
Its ratings soared, and it gave people a rare bit of cheap entertainment.
Watching celebrities embarrass themselves on television was pretty entertaining for ordinary people.
They watched a male celebrity who was usually so polite curse and even get into a fight over a lousy room at an inn.
They watched a female celebrity, unable to wait for