Boom!
With a tremendous roar, the Well Pipe was sent flying into the sky.
Boom!
In the dead of night, successive thunderous explosions rumbled continuously beneath the entire city.
Some were close, some far away, but the whole city shook.
Sleeping citizens jolted awake at the tremors beneath their feet. Many did not even have time to get dressed before jumping straight out their windows.
Even though the Featherfolk resembled winged birds and favored high treehouses, they simply did not possess the normal creatures' instinctive fear of heights.
"...Uh, that's going to hurt when they land."
Watching his neighbors thud to the ground one after another, Lu PingAn felt oddly conflicted. The sight of their claws twitching made him work very hard not to laugh.
Clearly, this city had known peace for far too long. Located in the geographically stable Plain Region, it truly had no experience handling disasters.
When explosions erupted from every direction at once, many people were utterly bewildered.
They instinctively began to flee, but they obviously lacked the relevant experience and common sense.
Still, the Featherfolk's physical constitution was absurdly good. There would probably only be a few more injured people.
"Crunch."
Meanwhile, Lu PingAn opened himself a bag of chips. Paired with his dwindling supply of iced cola, he thoroughly entered spectator mode.
Plans were meant to be torn apart in the first place, especially when there were too many variables.
Lu PingAn had never expected everything to proceed according to plan, but this was just too unrealistic.
"Ha, as long as I don't step in, at least I won't lose."
Lu PingAn remained very calm. He always seemed able to quickly grasp the "main theme" of the New World and go with the flow.
His group had always been outsiders. Faced with this nearly