Three years.
The overcast sky had persisted for three years.
At night, it was nearly pitch black, and during the day it was slightly better, but only a faint glimmer of sunlight could pierce the ground, resembling the prelude to a storm when looking up.
At the beginning of those three years, most people felt there was no issue. Compared to the sky above, they were more concerned with their own lives, how to earn a living.
But gradually, things changed—due to the prolonged lack of sunlight, the crops in the fields began to yellow and wither, trees lost their greenness, forests turned into woods, woods into grasslands, and grasslands into wasteland...
The temperature continued to drop, and everything felt like winter had arrived early.
But this winter was too terrifying, possibly the most terrifying and longest winter many had ever experienced—grains were nearly failing, livestock died in herds, prices soared, and society was in turmoil.
