Chapter 1675: Chapter 1493: Glacier: Frozen World

The cracked roads that once buzzed with traffic in and out of Stanmore now resembled broken arteries. Nature had waged a war, leaving behind a complex network of cracks filled with defiant blades of grass. Sand, carried by relentless winds, had settled over the remnants of the city's pulse. Abandoned possessions scattered like somber offerings along the deserted highway - a doll with vacant eyes, silently accusing; a faded photograph, smiling faces now ghostly apparitions bleached by the sun; a lone shoe, whispering a silent tale of a hasty escape.