Riven found a less ashy room in the corridor leading to the next area he was heading to. In it, he changed into the clothes he found earlier. The pants were a size too small, and the shirt was a size too big. He managed to fit them on anyway. The boots, despite being old, were his size. As for the trenchcoat, it didn't matter. He was just glad to be out of the patient's gown and loafers and in some more suitable clothing.

He arranged his bags in the same position as before and went out.

The hallway was long. As he closed the distance to the sliding doors at the end, he saw that they were slightly open. He also felt cold on his face and hands. The more he walked closer, he noticed that the ash was now getting mixed with what appeared to be...snow.

Cold drafts blew through the rusted doors as he drew closer. It was when he was a good few meters away that he saw in the ashy snow, bones. Human bones.

Riven reacted in horror. His eyes widened as he recognized several skulls sticking out of the thickening snow. He saw some intact ribcages with tattered uniforms on them. Continuing his pace, he noticed that the doors were kept open by a large piece of metal wedged in between on the floor. The doors were also dented from inside the room towards him.

"There's so much snow. I can't be outside already. That map said there was a really large room beyond this..."

The gap was big enough for him to go through. Riven stepped on the metal and was greeted with a magnificent, yet melancholic sight.

He was presented to a gigantic room. Or rather, what used to be a gigantic room which was now an open-air area. The roof appeared to have been blown out by a large explosion, judging from how some of the ceiling's remains were bent upwards.

The sky was cloudy and white, but it was bright enough to light up the area, which was as big as two football fields. There were strange grooves on the walls, that seemed to glow a slight blue.

The floor was littered with large bent pieces of curved metal. It was coated in a layer of deep snow, although there was some metal sticking out that formed a path to another door. That door was the next exit.

Riven made his way to it. He observed that there were also these broken glass coffin-like structures jutting out the snow, as well as an even larger amphitheater-style seating.

"Damn. This place is so big! I hope the next corridor isn't blocked or anything. I don't wanna freeze to death here..."

The man tried not to fall into the snow as he made large steps. It took him a good 15 minutes to reach the doors.

One of the doors was bent into the corridor so severely by what looked like the impact of one of the curved metal pieces. Fortunately, it was bent so much that there was a gap for Riven to squeeze through.

He took off his bags and pushed them through. He crawled in and put the bags back on as he resumed his search for the exit.

The hallways were back to being dimly lit. The snow slowly gave way to ash, but the atmosphere remained cold and empty. He came across the occasional skeleton, and the locked doors on the sides. Still, he kept pushing forward.

The hallway curved. As he continued on, he saw even more skeletons. They were no longer intact, but rather haphazardly strewn everywhere. Metal pieces were embedded into the ash, which upon closer inspection, were broken firearms. He walked on, seeing bulletholes in the walls and what looked like animal claw scratches.

"Oh my. What the hell happened here?"

Riven finally reached the door, or rather where the doors used to be. They were torn open by either an explosion or...something. There were no blast markings, so it might have been the latter.

He passed through. In front of him were large faded letters that read "G E B1" with an arrow below that pointed to the left.

A significant distance away were two very large sliding doors. They were not closed completely, leaving a gap of around 5 meters which let a massive amount of snow in. A bright outside light shone in.

To the right was a completely sealed version of the previous doors. It appeared that they were welded shut from the outside.

"Ah, finally. Now I can leave this place..." Riven thought as he walked towards the light. But then-

"Woaaaah!"

*THUD*

"*cough* *cough* What the heck?"

Riven spat as he tried to get the taste of ash out of his mouth. He looked at the ground to see a much larger faded version of the logo he saw on the pair of glasses.

A white crescent moon over a black circle, which was surrounded by a crescent-styled olive wreath.

BGM: Vector 2 OST - Welcome to the Lab & Blizzard Storm Sounds|Relaxing Winter Background Sounds|Heavy Wind & Snow by Stardust Vibes - Relaxing Sounds

He looked at his feet as he stood up. He tripped on a metal object, which he examined. It turned out to be an old assault rifle. It looked mostly intact and would have looked cutting-edge and sleek if it weren't for how worn and rusty it looked. Near it was an intact strap of unused magazines for the gun.

Beside the two was some sort of gauntlet-vambrace that looked well-preserved for its environment. It had a slightly bulky screen on it, but it looked very sleek nonetheless.

"Huh. Just my luck. Least its something useful."

He dusted off the vambrace, which had a long glove-sleeve. He wore it and tinkered with the screen. There were a few buttons on the side, but it refused to open.

"Bah. I'll just leave it on. I have a feeling it'll be useful later on."

He picked up the gun. Riven turned it around as he went over it. He had to admit, he barely knew how to use it but regardless, he needed to have a way to defend himself in this kind of environment.

The gun was switched to "safe". Beside the fire selector were the words "AR1n-T54". It also had a sling.

Riven slung the gun on his back and wrapped the magazine strap around his waist.

"Looks like I'm ready, I hope," he thought as he looked at the exit. The sound of the wind howling in the distance was getting louder.

Riven climbed the snow pile out the doors. He reached the apex and saw a valley of snow. He looked back. The entrance was nearly obscured by the massive amount of snow.

He looked again at the valley. In the distance was a cloud of smoke coming from a small village.

"Ah! Some people! Maybe they can tell me what happened and where I am!"

Riven looked back at the doors. It was very faded, but he could make out the letters "A DEA EAD UART S".

"Goodbye, whatever this place is. Thanks for...well...keeping me alive for all this time, I guess..."

Riven turned around and carefully descended down the valley, leaving behind the large, mysterious facility that would soon be lost to the snow and time.