Frozen Dawn Strives to Live

No one remembers what color the dawn was that day. The sky was blindingly bright at first, then terrifyingly dark. It was neither sunrise nor night, but the breath of a catastrophe. The asteroid tore through the clouds and fell into our arms from the other end of the universe with billions of years of silence. It has no name, leaving only a deep pit thousands of miles in diameter and endless dust. As shock waves swept across the globe, mountains folded like paper and oceans evaporated and condensed overnight. The city lights went out faster than my heartbeat. At that moment, the earth seemed to hold its breath. After seven days, the sun no longer appeared. Ashes piled up into a canopy, blocking out all warmth. Rivers turned to glass and trees shattered in the cold. Scientists say this is a new Ice Age cycle; survivors say this is God's judgment. But no matter which explanation, it can't hide the fact that we are back to the starting point. Fine crystal dust floated in the air, and they shone with a strange blue light. Some people have found that this dust can make the blood cold, but it also makes some living things live longer. Animals begin to morph, and plants grow eyes in the darkness. Night has become the new day, and humans are no longer the masters of the earth. My name is Lin An. Thirteen years after the disaster, I walked out of the shelter under the ice and saw the sun shining through the gray clouds for the first time - that light fell on my hand. The temperature was only two degrees, but it was like the last heartbeat of the world.