A man opened the door and walked into the pub.

This is a bearded man, his face is expressionless and has a few scars on it. Although his hair and beard are all white, he doesn't look old at all. Not only that, but unlike the others, he also carries two swords on his back, which looks quite strange.

The man didn't care about the eyes of the drinkers around him and strode to the counter. Seeing the man coming, the tavern owner swallowed his saliva and spoke.

"Welcome, what would you like to drink?"

In response to the tavern owner's question, the white-haired man simply looked at him calmly and spoke in a low voice.

"I saw the commission you posted on the notice board."

"Oh, you must be the witcher!"

Hearing the white-haired man's answer, the tavern owner's eyes suddenly lit up.

"That's right, but the commission was not clearly written. I want to ask what exactly happened?"

"That's right, Master Witcher."

Looking at the white-haired man in front of him, the tavern owner immediately complained.

"You may find this unbelievable, but everyone is terrified now... Just as it was written in the commission, a mountain range suddenly appeared..."

"...appeared suddenly?"

"Yes, it suddenly appeared!"

The tavern owner nodded vigorously.

"It was just a high mountain at first, but later, for some reason, it turned into a mountain range! And it has only been these few days, and now everyone is in a panic, not knowing what is going on. That's why we raised money to publish an announcement and want to find someone to investigate..."

"A mountain range suddenly appeared?"

The white-haired man frowned.

"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

"I'm sure! Sir, our ancestors have lived here for generations. It's impossible that we don't even know the terrain nearby!"

"First there was a mountain, then it became a mountain range..."

The white-haired man thought for a moment and looked at the tavern owner again.

"This is unusual. Has anything strange happened in the meantime? Anything is fine. Any clues?"

"The clue... That's right! Sir, there is something very strange!!"

Hearing the white-haired man's question, the tavern owner suddenly clapped his hands as if he had thought of something.

"After the first high mountain appeared, three women came here with several children. They said they were looking for someone, but we had never heard of this person. Then one of the ladies asked if there were any strange things happening nearby. I told them about the mountain, and then the three women gave their children to me to take care of, and then went up the mountain! The next day, there was a large mountain range there!"

“And they didn’t come back?”

According to the white-haired man's experience, this was a fixed routine, but the tavern owner shook his head.

"No, the three of them came back two days later and took away the children who were staying in the tavern. They said that the person had been found, and then they left with the children."

"It seems that this matter has something to do with these three women..."

The white-haired man thought for a moment, then looked at the tavern owner again.

"Do you know who they are? What do they look like?"

"Well... one is a girl with long bright red hair and wearing a strange robe. She looks no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. The outfit is quite strange. Then there is a sorceress with red curly hair, and there is a woman with short white hair. Her hair color is similar to yours, sir. She also has a long sword on her back..."

"Carrying a sword?"

Hearing this, the white-haired man's eyes suddenly lit up.

You know, most people put their swords on their waists. In this world, there is only one kind of person who carries a sword behind his back.

That's the Demon Hunter!

Plus, the other party is a white-haired woman...

"Does she have white hair, a scar next to her eye, and a tall figure?"

"Ah... well, almost..."

In response to the white-haired man's question, the tavern owner nodded.

"But she has no scars on her face, and looks clean and white..."

"Do you know her name?"

"Uh...I think her name is...Ciri..."

"Are you sure?"

Hearing this, the white-haired man became unusually serious and excited, and the tavern owner was also shocked.

"Yes, I remember their names. They are Liz, Triss and Ciri..."

“Triss… Ciri…”

At this moment, the white-haired man looked even more solemn.

"Are you sure that's what it's called? Do you know where they went?"

"I heard that they seemed to be taking those children back to the strange mountain..."

"I see."

Hearing this, the white-haired man nodded. In fact, this white-haired man was none other than Ciri's adoptive father, the famous demon hunter "White Wolf" Geralt. He was on his way to Novigrad to find Ciri. It was only because of his professional habit as a demon hunter that he took a look at the notice board while resting in this village, and then found this strange commission, and came to inquire about the situation out of curiosity.

But what Geralt didn't expect was that he could unexpectedly get news about his adopted daughter in this place!

"I'll take this commission."

Geralt suppressed his excitement, looked at his boss and spoke.

"Then I will go to the strange mountain to investigate now."

"Yes, please, sir."

"no problem."

Geralt nodded confidently. After all, this matter concerned his adopted daughter. No matter what, he had to investigate this strange matter thoroughly! !

But before that...

Geralt looked up at the innkeeper, then reached into his arms.

"Want to play a game of Gwent?"

"Of course, sir, no problem at all."

While Geralt was obsessed with Gwent, Fang Zheng was leisurely leaning on the sofa, enjoying the warm sunshine and yawning. Beside him, Miao Jie was also sitting there leaning against Fang Zheng, enjoying the scenery outside.

"I didn't expect that you would agree so readily, Mr. Fang Zheng."

"Because it's something we have to do anyway, wouldn't it be nice if someone could help us solve it?"

Fang Zheng was referring to Triss's previous request to him. According to the sorceress, although the Church of the Eternal Flame had indeed stopped persecuting spellcasters, many sorceresses were still worried that the church would revive. They wanted to leave Novigrad but didn't know where to go. Therefore, Triss, as their leader, wanted to negotiate with the "culprit" who made the Eternal Flame "reform".

Originally, Triss hoped to let her warlocks serve in the Church of the Eternal Fire. She seemed to have thought that Fang Zheng was currently a high-level official who controlled the Church of the Eternal Fire. If the warlocks could join, it would be a supplement to the strength of this party. However, she did not expect that Fang Zheng was a complete hands-off boss who did not care about anything. That was why she followed Ciri here, hoping that Fang Zheng could take them in.

Fang Zheng naturally would not refuse this, because according to Triss, it was not only the warlocks who were persecuted. Although on the surface the Church of Eternal Fire persecuted the warlocks, in fact it was all people with special powers. This range AOE naturally affected many innocent people, such as herbalists, astrologers, and alchemists were all pushed into this camp.

Therefore, besides warlocks, Triss also had many refugees from other professions. Fang Zheng was short of teachers to teach the children, so he agreed. Although the world regarded these people as heretics, the cultural level of such heretics was generally not low. As a warlock, Triss could not only read and write, but also master ancient languages. Even if she did not have the special power of a warlock, her cultural level was more than enough to be a university professor.

And before she introduced herself, she had served as a royal advisor to Temeria... Well, this shows that this sorceress is not only capable, but also has a high emotional intelligence. Otherwise, even if she is a bookworm who can read and write, she can't thrive in the sea of ​​politics.

So Fang Zheng agreed to her request, but he also gave his own conditions. If the person is a weird or neurotic guy, don't bring him here. Fang Zheng wants a nanny who can take care of the children, not a bunch of psychos. This is a place for everyone to relax and have a holiday, so it's impossible to let a bunch of weird people mess it up.

By the way, after getting Fang Zheng's answer, Triss went back happily to get people, and Ciri left with her, saying that she wanted to go back to Novigrad to see if there was any news about Geralt.

So the father and daughter once again missed each other due to fate's trick without knowing it.

"But Mr. Fang Zheng, what are you looking at?"

“I’m reading this world’s book…”

In response to Miao Jie's question, Fang Zheng raised the book in his hand.

"The way people in this world perceive the world is really interesting. Do you know about the conjunction of the heavens and the earth?"

"…What is that?"

"According to the people of this world, they imagine the world as a big ship sailing on the ocean, and other celestial bodies are other big ships. Generally speaking, these ships have their own routes, but every once in a while, a big storm will occur on the ocean of the universe, blowing the ships that were originally sailing on their own routes away from their original positions and bringing them closer to each other. At this time, some crew members and cargo will fall onto other ships, and then when the weather eases, these ships will gradually separate and return to their original orbits."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng flipped through the pages of the book with great interest.

"According to the records here, there was only one race in this world before, and races like dwarves, elves, and humans, as well as monsters like ghouls and griffins, were all blown onto this big ship during the 'Great Storm'."

“That’s a really interesting statement.”

Upon hearing this, Miao Jie's eyes lit up.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, do you think their views are correct?"

"Well... if I had to say it, it does make some sense..."

Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the illustrations. It was obvious that this "big storm" was not a physical storm. It was very likely that the spatial fluctuations created gaps and faults, which opened up the originally isolated spaces of the two worlds and attracted some creatures to this world. It must be said that this was also an interesting topic for Fang Zheng.

But since it doesn't involve time, Fang Zheng isn't that interested.

But there was another thing that concerned him a lot.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng turned the page and stared at the title.

“White Frost…”

Although the civilization of this world is in the Middle Ages, their understanding of the world itself is quite advanced. The people of this world know that their world is just one of the countless planets in the dark universe, and the dark universe is a vacuum. According to the people of this world, the natural phenomenon of white frost is transmitted in this space.

According to the predictions of the people in this world, the appearance of white frost will completely freeze the entire planet and wipe out all life. It is like an ocean current or a monsoon, swirling through the universe, turning everything into ice wherever it goes, leaving no grass behind.

This is what people in this world say, but Fang Zheng knows very well that this is not actually the case.

Because according to reason, the vacuum of the universe itself is extremely cold, and the planets can breed life because they have an atmosphere that can withstand this extreme cold. Once the atmosphere is destroyed, the cold air will invade and naturally freeze the entire planet completely.

For example, the famous disaster movie "The Day After Tomorrow" tells the story of the Earth entering the second ice age due to climate change caused by the greenhouse effect. Although it is slightly exaggerated, it is almost like this. Of course, for this world, unless it develops to the stage of cosmic civilization, they cannot know the true appearance of the vacuum of the universe.

However, it cannot be said that this is nonsense, because from the description of "white frost", it can be seen that its essence is actually an environmental doomsday crisis caused by the destruction of the atmosphere.

But the problem is that the destruction of the atmosphere is a gradual process, but the white frost seems to come very suddenly and destroy everything. It is no wonder that scholars in this world believe that the white frost is a natural phenomenon similar to a tornado.

However, according to Fang Zheng, the essence of the white frost is most likely that some mysterious existence interfered with and destroyed the atmosphere that protected the planet, which led to the planet being completely frozen after losing its barrier.

And someone who can do such a thing... well...

It can't be chaos again.

But it doesn't matter.

When Fang Zheng thought of this, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smug smile.

It just so happened that he had a ready-made object to observe to confirm whether his judgment was correct.

That's the Wild Hunt.