After two consecutive days of snowfall, the brief clearing of the skies seemed to dispel the gloom that had hung over the City-State, and Frost awoke once again as usual—snow removal vehicles and snow-melting equipment began to clear the main roads of snow accumulation, while the old high-pressure gas pipelines and electrical systems withstood the test once more, and factories and public transportation systems also started up again.
The sounds of various vehicles and machinery gradually swelled with the sunrise.
Yet beneath this slowly awakening facade, a strange and tense atmosphere was spreading throughout the city—even ordinary people in town were starting to notice this shift in the air.