June.
Just as the Taixu Federation's fight against the Haiming pollution was raging, the Extreme Cold Heaven pollution erupted once more from another corner of the world.
Thirteen passages to the Extreme Cold Heaven were opened overnight. A massive number of bizarre, frigid monsters poured through, slaughtering all life in the vicinity and forcing the Federation to divide its forces to suppress them.
Caught in a war on two fronts, the Fog People began choosing sides and joining the factions they identified with.
Everyone knew that in this situation, not picking a side meant you would be the first to be eliminated by a coalition of the others.
After all, neutrality implied a potential to surrender to the enemy, making one an unstable element.
As the three major powers snowballed in strength, some once-mighty Fog People cities seemed increasingly frail by comparison. They began to proactively absorb unaffiliated forces from their surroundings in a bid for self-preservation.
