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[You return to 'Zhongsi City' onboard the 'Coach Roach Parade'...]
[As the corporeal shell's belly opens, an icy wind brings with it a flurry of snowflakes.]
[You leap out of the belly and onto the thick snow, which reaches your shins. Each footfall is soundless, without the sensation of solid ground beneath. Only the icy cold pervades.]
[You reach out to scoop up a handful of snow. It's icy to the touch, light as a feather, and lacks the weight of ordinary snow.]
[Your gaze sweeps over the distant city ruins again. Stark white snow blankets the entire underground space.]
[Pieces of brick and rubble sporadically poke through the covering of snow in the ruins, adding patches of desolation to the snow-white world.]
[You remember the imposing shadow you saw the last time you escaped from 'Zhongsi City'...]