Chapter 1: Hellish Beginning, A New Life Scorching heat. Cracked dryness. In the endless darkness, flashes of lightning and peals of thunder echoed. Evil spirits roared. Looking up at the sky, all she could see was a vast expanse of desolation. Enormous figures circled around her, as if laughing. She didn’t know how long it lasted, but the nightmare eventually ended, and her consciousness gradually cleared. Beneath a decrepit wooden roof, a rickety low cot was covered in patches of dry, green…