Zone, emissions, Monolith, anomalies, creatures, zombies, artifacts, khabar, stalkers. Suddenly at one moment it became light, as in the afternoon, every blade of grass on the ground differed. The sky flashed dead pale, the shadows disappeared, there was a rumble that came from nowhere - rumbled from all sides. In the north, a crimson dawn rose, spilled like blood all over the sky, and in the ruptures of clouds, crimson spots trembled with ominous flashes. In the forester's yard, the anomaly poured with dazzling light, sparkled, revived, vibrated, turned into a mercury ball - and crumbled with a bang with millions of blue sparks.