Tir Nalia.
This was the capital city of the Wild Hunters. It was located in the midst of green water and green mountains. It looked quite magnificent, but at the same time, it also had the noble elegance unique to the Elves.
"Oh, this city is quite well built."
Fangzheng stood on the hillside with his hands behind his back. He looked at the city in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
"What do you want?!"
Looking at Fangzheng, Aretine glared at him fiercely and asked.
Upon hearing Aretine's question, Fangzheng swept him a glance.
"It's simple. I want to completely destroy this world, including you. I think you should have had enough of living for so many years by relying on your ability to travel between worlds at will …. Of course, it's none of my business if it's not enough. You're all going to die anyway. "
"Mr. Fangzheng, are you really going to do this?"
Ciri couldn't bear to interrupt.
"Haven't you already deprived them of their abilities? Isn't this punishment enough …. "
"Of course it's not enough, Miss Hiri."
Fangzheng chuckled and looked at Hiri.
"Let's put it this way. Let's say a group of robbers went around robbing people with stolen weapons. After you catch them, are you just going to confiscate their weapons?"
"No, but …."
"Alright, there's no point in saying this now."
Fangzheng waved his hand.
"I'm just here to solve this problem. I've made a decision, and I'm here to implement it. It's that simple. The views of the Wild Hunters don't matter. You may argue that they have old people and children, but no matter what you say, you can't deny one thing, and that is that the prosperity of the Wild Hunters is built on the massacre and persecution of the local races, as well as trampling on the Order civilization …. "
This was also why Fangzheng never saw the Americans as human beings.
"…."
Hiri was about to say something, but Geralt held her shoulder and shook his head slightly. Hiri sighed when she saw the expression on her adoptive father's face.
"Mr. Fangzheng, what do you plan to do?"
"Hmm.... Usually, barbecue is a good choice, but I have something to do here this time."
Fangzheng then looked at Iredin with a faint smile.
"Oh, that's right. Speaking of which, the reason the Wild Hunt captured you seems to be because of the Elder's Blood in your body."
"Yes, because their world is approaching the White Frost, they urgently need the power of my bloodline."
Ciri glared fiercely at Edien.
"They want to regain their former strength and continue to travel to other worlds. This way, not only can they conquer more worlds, but they can also avoid the threat of Hoarfrost."
"Hehe, in that case, let's witness it with our own eyes."
"See what?"
"Bai Shuang."
As he spoke, Fangzheng raised his head.
"Since you're so afraid of the White Frost's descent and destruction, then let the White Frost descend."
As he spoke, Fangzheng took a deep breath.
Then, he gently opened his mouth and exhaled.
"— — — — —"
The whole world underwent an indescribable change at that moment.
No one knew what happened. All they knew was that as Fangzheng exhaled, the surrounding environment began to change rapidly. The lush plants withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, but soon, they sprouted new buds again. In the blink of an eye, they grew into towering trees, and then withered again ….
The same thing happened to the city in front of them. The clamor gradually subsided. Vines quickly coiled around the originally clean and tidy elven buildings. Cracks appeared on the originally sturdy stone walls. Then, a bone-chilling cold appeared along with the falling snow, and quickly turned into a huge snowstorm.
"What have you done!!!"
Sensing the bone-chilling coldness, Aretine glared angrily at Fangzheng as she bellowed. Fangzheng only shrugged his shoulders and stared at the sky in silence. The howling snowstorm became fiercer. From here, the people in the city below could be seen fleeing in panic. They had completely lost their previous look of enjoying the bustling life. Everyone was running for their lives, trying to avoid the deadly cold.
At the same time, the thick layers of clouds began to swirl, forming a huge hole. Through the hole, the clear sky could be seen. However, the snowstorm did not stop there. Instead, it grew stronger. Soon, the thick snow reached a person's waist. Even the Wild Hunters found it difficult to move forward against the snowstorm.
At that moment, without any warning, everything calmed down.
The snow stopped, the sky cleared up, and the wind calmed down.
Geralt and Hiri looked around in surprise and exchanged glances. Just a moment ago, they were trying their best to resist the oncoming snowstorm. If Fangzheng hadn't cast a protection spell on them, the two of them would have collapsed long ago. But all of a sudden, everything stopped?
The two of them looked around in confusion. Meanwhile, Iredin stared at the sky and muttered to herself.
"Hoarfrost … Hoarfrost … is here!"
"What?"
Upon hearing Iredin's muttering, the two of them followed her line of sight and widened their eyes in shock.
At the top of the city's tallest building, the black stone walls were covered in white frost. Without any sound, the white frost spread down from the top of the steeple, freezing everything completely. Even the sturdy stone buildings were groaning under the heavy pressure. The white frost spread down like an invisible veil, gradually covering the whole city.
The people in the snow were the first to bear the brunt.
They screamed and ran, trying to return to their homes to escape the disaster. The white frost was much faster than they expected. Soon, the people who were struggling and running with all their might stopped, as if time had suddenly stopped for them. Then, the people saw the white frost silently appear on their faces, hands, and bodies. In an instant, the elves who were struggling to survive turned into white frost sculptures.
"This is … Hoarfrost …"
Seeing this scene, Ciri sucked in a breath of cold air. She had never seen Hoarfrost before, but Ciri had always been curious as to why this world-destroying phenomenon was called Hoarfrost.
Now she finally understood. As far as the eye could see, everything was covered in white frost. Whether it was the earth, the river, the trees, or the grass, the entire world had turned completely white. Other than the bone-chilling cold, there was nothing left.
Hoarfrost — — there was no better word to describe this.
When Ciri turned around, she was shocked to find that Aretine had been frozen as well. He was still in his bound position, his mouth wide open, and his expression was one of agony. But his face and the armour on his body had turned completely white. From afar, he looked like a snowman kneeling on the ground.
"Hmm … I feel like something's not right …"
Fangzheng didn't care about these trivial things. He just stared at the sky in front of him and narrowed his eyes in thought. Fangzheng didn't actually do anything. He just stole the time of this world and let the Hoarfrost arrive earlier.
But what surprised Fangzheng was that the arrival of the Hoarfrost was very sudden and without any warning, but its movements followed a certain order … This meant that Fangzheng's initial assumption that the Hoarfrost was caused by the destruction of Chaos was wrong. It was obviously a part of the order, and it was even programmed to do so.
But Fangzheng still felt a little strange. How should he put it …. It was as if there was something wrong with the triggering of this program.
It was like editing an event in a game. The male protagonist had to walk to the window of his house in an alley, hear the sounds coming from inside, then press the search button to investigate. Only then would he be able to trigger the cutscene animation of his girlfriend having an affair with his neighbor, Mr. Wang. The triggering point would be right in front of the window.
But the formation of the Hoarfrost was like a player controlling the male protagonist to walk into the alley, then the male protagonist would directly teleport to the window and trigger the event and the cutscene animation.
To put it bluntly, the event itself was normal, but the triggering conditions and the triggering range were problematic.
So ….
"Okay, this world is over."
Fangzheng collected his thoughts and gestured to Geralt and Hiri.
"Let's go back."
As he spoke, the flames soared once again, spinning to form a teleportation door. Following that, Fangzheng walked into the teleportation door. Hiri and Geralt hurriedly followed.
After that, Fangzheng did not immediately meet up with the girls. Instead, he returned to the Semriya continent and met the Goddess of Space again.
"Miss Edith, I want to ask you, are you sure you don't know what's going on with the Hoarfrost?"
"I really don't know about that."
"Then have you programmed it to trigger in extreme weather?"
"….. Ah."
Hearing the Goddess of Space's "Ah", Fangzheng immediately knew what was going on.
"You've programmed it, right?"
"Yes, I have, but extreme weather is necessary because of the evolution of civilization …."
"I know that."
Fangzheng waved his hand and interrupted the Goddess of Space's explanation. Of course he understood that extreme weather was a test for a civilization. If the civilization's level was high enough, it could skip the test and advance to the next level. But if the civilization's level was too low, then sorry to say, they would fail the test and all their members would die.
Take the Hoarfrost for example. This phenomenon was unsolvable in the worlds of the Wild Hunter or Hiri.
But in the worlds of Mass Effect or Gundam, it would not be a problem. Some people might die, but not all of them would die. After all, the civilization of that era had already broken away from the shackles of the gravity sphere and had the ability to build space colonies. Therefore, although the Hoarfrost was indeed a threat, it was not completely impossible to deal with.
But the problem now was not that simple.
"I don't know what's going on, but it seems that your program has gone out of control."
"Ah? How could that be!? "
Hearing Fangzheng's description, the Goddess of Space's voice suddenly became anxious.
"I've done everything according to the guide. There shouldn't be any mistakes …."
"Maybe it's the influence of the Tide of Chaos that destroyed the original program settings."
Fangzheng no longer had any hope for the Goddess of Space.
"So, Miss Edith, do you have any information about that program, or what world it's in? We need to repair it as soon as possible or destroy it, lest it continues to torment people. "
If it was a normal extreme weather control program, Fangzheng would not have cared. After all, it was part of the civilization trial. But now, the program had obviously gone out of control. Because the world of Hiri could be connected to the Semriya continent, this meant that both worlds were also threatened by the Hoarfrost …. Well, this was the trouble caused by the Goddess of Space that you people believed in.
"I can give you some information, but I don't know where the out-of-control program has gone …. After all, the guide never said anything about this happening …."
Well, she's just following the guide …. Fangzheng increasingly felt that the Goddess of Order was more reliable. At least she was a genius and the leader of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. As for this one ….
She graduated from university and worked in the Urban and Rural Assembly Department.
Fangzheng was rendered speechless by this.
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