Rimewinter Snowfield, Snow Valley.
Heavy snow drifted down, and endless snowy peaks stood silently beneath the gray-white sky.
Cold winds swept through the valley, stirring layers of snow dust that collided in the air with low, mournful howls.
This region might have been unfamiliar to new players.
But it had always held a place in veteran players' memories.
The scarce spatial Spirit Material fetching consistently high prices in the Trading House, Kongyuan Stone, came from a Domain Node deep within this snowfield: Kongyuan Peak.
Once, this snowy valley had bustled with activity.
It was where countless rookie players had begun their journeys.
After choosing their Initial Life Souls, they needed no cross-space teleportation. A Le's army of weaklings waited right outside.
Back then, the Elysium Legion was only starting out, and its organization was crude in every respect.
The spectacle of two sides of weaklings pecking at each other had given the Forum plenty to laugh about.
But the "game" Monster World had no version rollbacks, let alone fresh servers opening in cycles.
The players' stories kept moving forward. Those inexperienced days in Snow Valley had ultimately been sealed deep within veteran players' memories, becoming a scene to revisit when looking back.
When the Kongyuan Peak node was contained and incorporated into the Di Family Village Mining Area.
When Di Nian Bully's Dark Tide Legion advanced into Rimewinter Snowfield like an iron curtain, A Le saw trouble coming, decisively shut up shop, packed his belongings, and fled.
The once-bustling Snow Valley fell completely silent.
Now, only the Evil Moon hanging high overhead, the cold wind, and the drifting snow remained, like a corner forgotten by time.
Only the traces of battle buried deep beneath the snow recorded its former clamor and fervor.
At that moment, deep in the valley.
Beneath