Chapter 52 (1/2)

System, who was flying, gradually stopped.

“No clouds? Then why would there be snow?”

Although it was snowing non-stop, the afternoon temperature was still quite warm. These snowflakes slowly melted as they fell. When they landed on the dead leaves or plants on the ground, they completely melted into water.

System flapped his wings and flew higher into the sky, as he wanted to find the reason the sudden snow was formed.

Be it rain or snow, they were both a form of water. Thus, the fact it was snowing while the sky was clear was extremely abnormal.

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Even when the snowflakes fell, the afternoon temperature did not change much. On the contrary, it was even much warmer than when System had flown into the clouds for the first time.

There was no wind in the forest today, and even high up in the sky, the wind was not strong. Although the snowflakes would hinder his wings, the suitable temperature allowed System to fly thousands of meters into the sky without consuming too much stamina.

After flying for 1,000 meters into the sky, System discovered the truth of the formation of snowflakes.

System felt a special aura, it was weak but deep, and there was a hint of coldness. As that aura circulated in the air, ice crystals would unbelievably be formed in the air.

When the ice crystals condensed to a certain weight, then they would start falling. Also, when falling, the ice crystals would condense further and gradually form snowflakes of different shapes.

Meanwhile, in the process of falling, the snowflakes would also start to melt gradually due to the temperature.

System, who was hovering in the air, stretched out his tentacle to grasp a newly-formed ice crystal and put it into his mouth to taste.

Besides it being slightly cold, System did not taste anything special from that ice crystal. It was like normal water, but at the same time, different.

System realized his EXP bar increased slightly after eating the ice crystal. Evidently, the ice crystals contained some kind of special energy.

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“Is it possible that the snow in this world is formed like this?”

Presently, System’s plan and development were going smoothly, but he had overlooked that he was in a world filled with magical powers.

The law of nature might still be applicable, but definitely could not be followed completely.

Because of the first snow created by magical powers, it informed System that winter had already arrived. It was more than two months earlier from the first snow System had estimated, and it completely messed up his plans subsequently.

Currently, it was not realistic to control the slimes to attack the ant nest, as if this snow continued, the weather would definitely turn colder and colder.

Insects were cold-blooded, meaning they were unable to survive in the cold outside.

When the blood in their body froze into ice, what awaited insects would be death.

System could only return with his fastest speed and order Shava to control the worker ants to move as much food to his temporary nest before the weather turned freezing. Then they would spend the winter in the temporary nest.

System flapped his wings and decided to return immediately. He had to make Shava control the worker ants and start moving the food as fast as possible.

Meanwhile, in the forest that System scanned below him, he inadvertently noticed a strange scene. It was that Goblin village, which was over 10 kilometers away from him.

On the pathway near to the Goblin village, five young and strong Goblins let out an excited expression as they were pulling a cart filled with food back. Meanwhile, on that cart, System discovered the corpses of three Gnolls.

The corpses of those Gnolls were covered in a layer of white ice crystals—they were frozen to death.

“Could it be the Lord of… Glaciers?”