"call…"

Amidst the swirling snowflakes, even a casual exhale formed a white mist.

Qin Sheng looked at the strange beast that Anna was lifting up and smashing in the distance, and silently mourned for it for half a second.

With a loud bang.

With Anna's punch, the nightmare-level monster was defeated.

"This is a rare type of exotic beast found around here, so I'll give it to you."

Qin Sheng did not refuse Anna's suggestion and put it into his spatial bracelet.

"Lord Anna didn't really need to personally take me to Winter's Tears," Qin Sheng said casually.

"You're joking." Anna smiled insincerely. "As fellow city lords, if I let someone else take you, wouldn't that be disrespectful and leave room for gossip?"

Qin Sheng shrugged: "Okay."

Anna was clearly still worried about letting Qin Sheng out of her sight.

"Tears of Winter".

Watching Sakura Shinobu glide around on a sled, Qin Sheng casually asked, "Has City Lord Anna ever checked in here?"

"We've met once before."

"oh?"

Anna recalled, "I had graduated two years prior and was on a mission with the team, passing by the vicinity of Winter's Tears."

"Although I had heard that this place drove even the king crazy, it still felt like a dream when I saw it."

“Some of us wanted to go there and pick a couple of flowers, and I was one of them, but the captain stopped me.”

"Is that so?" Qin Sheng nodded.

Anna sighed helplessly, "But I saw blue red spider lilies in the city later, and now I think getting a little closer probably wouldn't have been a big problem."

"This is a good opportunity to make up for past regrets."

"Manjusaka." Qin Sheng paused. "Do you know its other name?"

"The red spider lily?"

Qin Sheng nodded, while Anna asked curiously, "Why is it also called the Red Spider Lily?"

"That's a story."

Qin Sheng recalled.

"Manjusaka actually has two names: Manju, the flower spirit, and Shahua, the leaf spirit. They guard this flower, but the leaves have already fallen when the flower blooms, so they can never meet."

"Finally, one day, they defied the will of heaven and chose to meet, and the result was the punishment from the gods, who cast them into the cycle of reincarnation and inscribed a curse upon them."

"May they never meet or spend their lives together, for all eternity."

"But that's not enough. If it's just about reincarnation, they will eventually forget the pain of longing."

"So the gods scattered the seeds of the red spider lily on the River of Oblivion, so that it would bloom all over the land."

"Whenever Manju and Shahua are reincarnated and cross the River of Oblivion, its fragrance will restore their memories and make them suffer the pain of longing."

"Therefore, the red spider lily that blooms on the banks of the River of Oblivion is also known as the flower of the other shore."

Qin Sheng paused for a moment, then said, "However, there are many, many versions of this story, and nobody knows which one is true and which one is false."

Anna sighed, "I don't like this version. It's not enough to just curse them; they also have to regain their memories. This is too hateful."

"That makes sense."

Chatting casually, they continued their journey toward the Tears of Winter.

The vibrant red that once bloomed on the other side of the river has now changed, turning into a splash of blue in the snow.

This made Qin Sheng curious about what changes had occurred.

With their combined strength, the three of them naturally wouldn't encounter any danger along the way, and soon they spotted some wreckage in the distance.

Those were the ruins of a city before the invasion of the alien beasts, now covered in snow, leaving only a few traces of blue.

"The entire city is covered with red spider lilies?" Qin Sheng was taken aback.

"Yes, because the red spider lily doesn't seem to suit our climate, so it's grown in the botanical garden."

Anna explained, "Then the monsters invaded, causing the plants to mutate and spread from the botanical garden outwards."

Qin Sheng nodded. Perhaps it was the angle of the photo, but not much of the city could be seen.

"Want to take pictures? Then it's best to go to the other side; the angle there is better and the photos will turn out great," Anna suggested.

"Let's go take a look."

It's estimated that once we go in, Winter's Tears will disappear from the world, just like the Silver Forest and the Ruby Plains.

The photos Qin Sheng took might even become rare and irreplaceable.

Qin Sheng snapped a few photos, not stopping even while circling around; he started taking pictures and then zoomed in to observe them.

"There aren't many changes in appearance."

Qin Sheng murmured, looking at the blooming red spider lilies, which seemed like outstretched hands pointing towards the sky.

Apart from the color, it doesn't look much different from a normal red spider lily.

Just then, I felt a movement on my shoulder. I turned my head and saw a miniature version of the Taotie.

Anna turned around abruptly, glanced at Taotie with apprehension, and then asked, "Taotie is here too?"

"Hmm." Qin Sheng explained casually, "Let him go and see what level the strange beasts here are at."

"A strange beast?"

"right."

Qin Sheng looked at the red spider lilies blooming in the snow and said slowly.

"The unique landscapes of Winter's Tears, Silver Forest, and Crimson Grassland, which were formed due to the invasion of alien beasts, are actually caused by the alien beasts being parasitized by plants and having their nutrients absorbed."

Anna frowned: "Are these beasts very strong?"

"Not particularly strong."

"So your goal is also one of those strange beasts?"

"certainly."

Qin Sheng calmly replied, "Otherwise, why would I come to Grizzly Bear City?"

Anna's lips twitched. Weren't they here to expand the Creation Cult?

Wouldn't she have wasted her time by acting as Qin Sheng's tour guide?

"Let's go..."

Anna lost interest and silently led the way.

Qin Sheng raised an eyebrow. What did that mean?

They were chatting casually just a moment ago, but suddenly they became cold.

A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea.

A moment later, Qin Sheng gazed down at the blue sea of ​​flowers that resembled a teardrop, the surrounding white snow adding to its mystique.

Now he knows why everyone is taking pictures here.

From a different angle, the effect is just as good as photo editing!

You edit the photos, I edit the photos, but when we arrive at the tourist attraction, we're all completely bewildered.

Fortunately, the scenery did exist, so Qin Sheng's trip wasn't in vain.

With a snap, the last photo of Winter's Tears was taken.

"Um?"

Anna, who was crouching behind a rock, scratched at the snow and asked suspiciously, "Has anyone been here recently?"

Qin Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Not only did they come, but something probably happened to them."

As Anna peeled away the snow, a deep scratch appeared on the large rock, clearly a foreshadowing of a strange beast!

However, under this icy and snowy landscape, the traces had long been concealed.

"Sorry, you may have to wait a moment."

Qin Sheng nodded: "It's alright."

Anna took out the instrument and started adjusting it; soon a green dot appeared.

A short while later, a loud roar came from afar, and Anna returned with a figure.

"Thank you, Lord City Lord."

Prosa's face was covered in ice crystals, and he thanked her in a trembling voice.