……

It's snowing.

Snowfall silently from the high sky, covering mountains, rivers, towns, streets...... Everything, everything.

In the blink of an eye, the world outside the glass was already white.

Along with this came the rapidly falling temperatures.

With the dual blessing of objective and subjective, the customers in the store shivered almost at the same time, and then subconsciously picked up the cotton clothes beside them, and their eyes became more and more frightened.

In the midst of the noise, several of the loudest guests pushed open the door together and rushed to the direction of the government affairs hall, and some people were dazed and didn't know whether to follow, just stood in place.

"Goodbye, hurry up and pack your things." Hathaway finished the hot drink in front of her, and put on her cotton coat, scarf, and hat again—although she was not afraid of the cold at all, she was still used to wearing them in order not to look special.

With that, she pulled out two bills from her purse and handed them to the shopkeeper, who was smiling kindly.

"Miss Lena, do you think it's true?"

The latter clutched a clean rag tightly in his hand and looked nervous.

"All I can say is, trust the government." Hathaway's tone was calm, "Bring all your identity documents, there is no need to bring more clothes and the like, they will be issued uniformly when the time comes." ”

The latter was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to taste something:

"Lena...... You know that in advance, don't you? I mean the news? ”

Hathaway pursed her lips, said nothing, turned around, and pushed the door open under the owner's indecisive gaze.

"Whew...... Whew......"

In the past, the weather was not too cold, but today it is very unusual.

The chill is like nails, piercing from all directions, making it impossible to avoid.

There were noticeably more cars and pedestrians on the street, and she could clearly see a figure running out of the shops on both sides of the street, exclaiming, and then wrapped up in clothes and running in the cold.

Or get into the same cold car and try to get back home, or go looking for friends and family.

In this era, landline telephones were not yet very popular, television was still a rarity, and national news broadcasting was almost the most authoritative and widest communication channel in people's hearts.

In addition, there is no false precedent for the "disaster of strange things" in history, and at this moment, when the four countries simultaneously issued a nationwide warning, and the news of the impending disaster was undisguised to the public through that invisible signal, it brought about a natural panic.

"Crunch...... Crunch......" Hathaway walked slowly down the street, and at some point, there was a sound of squeezing snow under her feet, and the cold wind swept and the snow fell, and her body was soon covered with a thick layer.

However, she still walked endlessly, unhurriedly, with a pair of unwavering eyes, watching everything in her vision.

"Drip ...... Didi ......" cars on the road honked their horns, and puffs of steam quickly condensed into ice as soon as they erupted from the exhaust pipe.

Pedestrians swept past her in the wind and snow, no one had the extra heart to pay attention to others, and the whole town was filled with tension and oppression.

At some point, she stopped and found herself on the other side of the government hall.

Across the street, she saw that the entrance of the small square and towering building was already crowded with anxious people, dense, noisy, noisy, as if to verify the authenticity of the information.

At the entrance of the government affairs hall, several officials who were also tightly wrapped in the same room used loudspeakers to keep pulling their throats, repeating words similar to those in the news station, but they attracted even more noise from the angry people.

“…… Please hurry up, return home, bring your identification, and wait for the next step of the government...... According to the country's emergency avoidance policy, we are the first team to be transferred!

Tomorrow at the latest, all citizens will be moved to safety by government trains to escape the supernatural storm! Please ...... as soon as possible."

In the fluttering wind and snow, the voices of the officials also seem not so real, as if they are close to their ears, and as if they are far away in the sky.

Hathaway stood quietly across the street, staring at everything.

I watched the anxious officials change shifts, preach, and rush to inquire about Yiyi, and the noisy crowd dispersed and came, came and scattered......

I saw one citizen after another, stupidly huddled in the crowd, craned their necks, and then squeezed out under persuasion, holding their hats, and left in a daze.

At this moment, Hathaway suddenly realized in her heart that this was clearly a microcosm of countless places on the entire continent at this moment.

The people of the three kingdoms need to be moved, and so are the people of the southern continent.

And in the face of this sudden disaster, different people will react differently.

Thinking about it, she took out a camera from her backpack, used her fingers that were not frozen, skillfully operated it, and then aimed at the scene and pressed the shutter.

"Click!"

There was an image on the photosensitive film.

Then, she turned around and continued along the street, slowly walking forward.

The wind and snow became heavier and heavier, and the sense of time began to blur, and before I knew it, the sky had darkened, and it was already night.

Tonight's seaside city is exceptionally bright and "lively", as far as the eye can see, every house is lit up and restless.

Government-mobilized snow plows rumbled along the main road to clear the snow from the ground, while large horns fixed to the vehicles repeated emergency evacuation orders.

The loud sound swept through the city and continued throughout the night.

In fact, people are no strangers to "emergency evacuation", and in the past 100 years, Shikoku has continued to publicize the "disaster of strange things" so that people will not forget it, and at the same time, it has regularly organized evacuation drills every year.

Almost everyone, under the furious propaganda, knows what to do, but the drill is different from the real thing after all.

When a catastrophe that exists only in propaganda and history suddenly strikes, no one can remain absolutely calm.

……

After nightfall, Hathaway simply chose to follow a snowplow, and found that in the second half of the night, there were more private cars on the road.

They drove out of the houses, their headlights on in the snow.

Through the car window, you can see that it is stuffed with goods, and people, men, women, children, and the elderly are all crammed into the car, crammed into large and small suitcases, nervously and panickingly driving away along the road, in a southeasterly direction.

Word has spread in the town that the evacuees will arrive at the port of Winter County and then "board the ship" and leave.

Most people will be transferred by rail in demarcated batches, but there seems to be a limit on the weight of supplies that each person can carry, and batches are also an important problem.

Therefore, driven by some wild rumors, many people who knew the location of the transfer in advance simply drove to Winter Harbor.

Hathaway stood on the spire of the town church, silently looking down on the city from this angle, witnessing the vehicles pierce the night and flee, she couldn't tell if it was a wise decision, after all, such a heavy snowstorm, once blocked on the road, would slow down the progress of the transfer.

In addition, even if you arrive at the port, if you use a ship for sea transportation, you will also be limited to what you can carry, after all, people always take precedence over goods......

However, given that the "Observer" has promised him to solve this problem, it seems ...... I can't say for sure.

What methods does the observer use?

The only thing Hathaway could think of was the unimaginable supernatural power of the gods, and the sudden conjure of more ships?

Or a large-scale flying spell?

Somewhat boredly guessed, before she knew it, she had sat on the top of the church spire all night.

By daylight the next day, the streets of the town were covered with tire marks, and there were far fewer private cars, but the government cars came as promised.

"Boom......" When the huge dark green troop truck drove in from outside the city, soldiers with loaded guns knocked on the doors of the northern city and the streets on both sides with the help of government workers.

The scene was tense, and their message was even more unsettling.

"Please cooperate with us, get in the car immediately, and transfer to avoid danger." When people open their homes, they are greeted by cold strangers and trucks waiting outside their doors.

Most people chose to cooperate, but there were also many contradictions.

Hathaway saw with her own eyes that some townspeople quarreled and even fought with government officials over a few more boxes, and also saw people blocking the door and refusing to open it no matter how ordered from outside, and some people shouted that they were not going anywhere, and even shouted loudly that it was a lie from the government and a violent act to plunder their private property......

She thought that the government would choose to persuade or forcibly take them away, but in the face of those who were resolute and uncooperative, they really ignored them......

This made Hathaway stunned for a few seconds, and then realized that this might be the cruel corner of the coming winter.

The storm in the polar regions is spreading at a terrifying rate, and the time wasted for one resister could save more people, and it is clear that the "young" king of Aspen has made the most efficient and coldest decision.

Hathaway fell silent, and in silence, trucks loaded with citizens and goods rumbled out of the area, transporting people to the train station or by road to Winterhaven.

All that remains of this incredibly quiet city is here.

She thought about it, and her figure floated down to the door of a resolute townsfolk and rang the doorbell.

"I said it! I don't care about you! Don't want me to leave my home!! A somewhat thin old man slammed open the door and yelled loudly, and then, after seeing Hathaway outside the door, he was visibly stunned.

"Now, bring your ID and rush to the train station immediately, it's still too late." Hathaway said seriously.

"Who do you think you are? I tell you, no one ...... No one can make me lose my house...... No one ......"

In the next second, the excited old man only saw the mysterious woman in front of him raise her hand and snap her fingers lightly.

Then, perceivingly, he turned his head and looked behind him, only to see that the old house had suddenly burst into flames, illuminating the snow-covered world.

……

Leaving the mountain martial arts hall, in the study.

Lin Tuo, who was using the "zoom" function, overlooking the town of Winter County, was suddenly slightly startled, and saw a small and vibrating magic light, bright fire.

In this gray, cold earth, it is extremely eye-catching.