### Chapter 5: True Frost North Snow (4)
Falling into the deep waters that once brought hope now lay like a giant mountain, the Nightmare Beast refused to awaken;
Beneath the rotating umbrella, the elite warriors from the Three Races were struggling for survival, battling fiercely;
And there was the Female Emperor, slumped in the arms of a Stone Guardian, seemingly stripped of all fighting capability…
These scenes flashed before people’s eyes, and at this moment, they could find no glimmer of hope for survival… miracles simply did not exist in this world.
The reason gods were called gods was that their power exceeded anything mere mortals could imagine.
The players had thought that their hard-won weapons and explosives would play a decisive role in the Divine Punishment War; clearly, they were living in a fantasy world.
It was like ants building what they thought were mighty weapons, but to humans, these bothersome bugs could be crushed underfoot with ease, and that was pretty much their only purpose.
The underground of the Sky Tower was eerily silent.
People stared numbly as the massive umbrella systematically dismantled the remaining steel fortress, despair creeping into their veins like oxygen, spreading through their bodies inch by inch.
Even when the giant umbrella truly descended upon them, they wouldn’t be surprised.
After all, they realized there was no escape.
In that moment, the crowd, stiff with fear, failed to notice a faint glimmer slowly drifting from who-knows-where, wrapping around their ankles.
As the number of affected individuals grew exponentially, the glimmer’s pace quickened.
When the light spread to the floor below, it seemed to move nearly at the speed of light.
In an instant, the entire Sky Tower was enveloped by an unassuming white glow.
If it were noon, this light might easily go unnoticed under the sun’s glare.
But now, as the last rays of the setting sun faded into twilight, the light became distinctly visible.
What the heck was going on?
Even the Broad-eyed Heavenly King found the white glow on the tower a bit suspicious.
He immediately accelerated the umbrella’s rotation, attempting to obliterate the towering structure on the ground without delay.
But what came next left the Broad-eyed Heavenly King utterly flabbergasted.
The rapidly spinning umbrella just couldn’t break through that white glow! The Sky Tower’s fragile form stood like a snow-laden pine tree, defying the fiercest gales, remaining upright for eons.
Moreover, with the Sky Tower blocking its path, the umbrella’s spinning slowed down, nearly saving the nearly obliterated elite warriors of the Three Races, who escaped from the umbrella’s massive suction with their hearts pounding.
Good Shiyuan, Evil Shiyuan, and Silly Shiyuan were completely stunned because they all sensed a familiar essence radiating from the white glow surrounding the Sky Tower.
Even more astonishing was that Lin Nan, tightly held by Silly Shiyuan, was also enveloped in the same faint glow.
Lin Nan’s mind was a complete blank; she had no idea what was happening.
At this moment, it felt like time had come to a standstill.
She could even gently push Silly Shiyuan away, while he kept hugging her like nothing had changed—totally oblivious!
Yes, her dainty feet found themselves hanging in mid-air, her black dress billowing softly around her, bringing an unprecedented sense of comfort and familiarity.
Was she Lin Nan?
So far, her memories only occupied the realm of reality, navigating the life of a regular boy growing up.
The joyful days of rural childhood, the struggles of studying in county school, the luck of stepping into a first-tier city to grind through four years of undergraduate studies, and landing a nine-to-five job in a big company afterwards.
She stumbled through each step but somehow met her preset goals.
Her family was immensely proud of such an outstanding son.
Though the road ahead was long, he never abandoned the dream of living a better life since childhood until he purchased a Game Pod…
And then a bizarre event of transmigration occurred.
Not only did she transform into a woman, but she was also a Female Emperor about to face her doom.
Up to this point, she was still bewildered. With all the chaos, she felt like a spectator in front of a screen, allowing others to decide her fate.
But at that moment the white light appeared, everything changed.
Bathed in the misty glow, her body and mind had never felt this blissful, and she instinctively learned to walk in the air! It was the ultimate dream of every Earthling!
And here she was, achieving it so easily that her heart was overflowing with joy.
She even managed to dance in the air for a bit, reveling in the freedom of flight.
However, as the white light grew more intense, a hidden corner of her mind began to stir.
It was a sealed memory.
Lin Nan couldn’t help but experience a splitting headache; she instinctively grabbed her head, her fingertips pressing on the painful spot, even emitting uncontrollable cries.
“Ah… ah…”
“Boom!”
That memory, prompted by the powerful stimulation of the white light, erupted in her mind.
A deluge of memory fragments flooded into her veins.
The intense pain nearly sent her crashing into the abyss below, but fortunately, just a meter above the water’s surface, Lin Nan halted, the agony gradually dissipating.
The white glow vanished.
“Boom… splash…”
The Sky Tower, which had withstood the giant umbrella, suddenly collapsed, revealing the sealed entrance below.
To outsiders, it looked like Silly Shiyuan had been momentarily stunned by the white light and accidentally let the Female Emperor drop.
But lucky for her, at the last moment, she managed to grasp the art of floating, head drooping while the hem of her dress got soaked by murky floodwaters.
“Sister!”
Silly Shiyuan instantly rushed over to catch her again.
“Sorry, sorry! It’s all my fault!”
Lin Nan didn’t say a word; her long hair veiled much of her face, only revealing her tempting, rosy lips, causing Silly Shiyuan’s heart to race and his hands to tremble upon merely glancing at them.
He couldn’t understand why that fleeting moment revealed such an irresistible charm.
Good Shiyuan and Evil Shiyuan rushed over, almost bursting Silly Shiyuan’s head with their remarks.
“Hey, hey! What’s wrong with you? Be careful!”
“I knew you’d be clumsy! Let me!”
Evil Shiyuan stretched his arms, wanting to snatch Lin Nan from his grasp.
But at that moment, both of them accidentally locked their gazes on those red lips, and from then on, they couldn’t tear their eyes away, standing frozen like stone carvings.
