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On the screen, a small UI widget appeared in the bottom right corner. It was a condition monitor. Hypothermia Risk: 45% and rising. Calorie Store: Low.
The window shattered. A rush of sub-zero air and glowing, green-tinted snow swirled into the room. Elias closed his eyes and screamed, but the sound was instantly swallowed by the roar of a rising, impossible blizzard.
He turned back to his desk. The computer monitor was still glowing, powered by some impossible reserve. On the screen, the game had started without any input. A first-person view showed a snow-covered forest under a bruised, purple sky. The camera panned slowly to the left, revealing a frozen river, a abandoned hydro dam, and a set of fresh boot prints in the snow.