Southeast Asian tropical rainforest.
A tropical brown squirrel crouched on a damp branch, clutching a ripe acorn in its front paws.
Its shifty little eyes scanned the surroundings, making sure it was safe.
The Burmese python coiled lazily around a neighboring tree, utterly disdainful of hunting such a skinny, meatless squirrel.
As for the blue Peruvian poison dart frog beneath the tree, although it had its eye on the squirrel, it had spent ages hopping beside the trunk and still failed to climb it.
Only then did the brown squirrel finally relax.
Its nimble little paws spun the acorn, its two incisors made a shining appearance, and it began gnawing away with soft rustling sounds.
It was living quite comfortably.
Just then, the sky roared and the air rippled violently.
A disc-shaped aircraft, blazing with silver light, tore through the sky and arrived in an instant.
Its anti-gravity engines made the jungle hundreds of meters below sway like ocean waves.
Air currents surged in every direction, and animals of all kinds fled in panic.
Pop.
Startled, the brown squirrel squeezed the acorn from its paws. Thud—it struck the Peruvian poison dart frog on the head, sending the innocent victim belly-up with all four legs in the air.
The squirrel fled in terror as well.
Aboard the Silver Shuttle.
Liu Di looked down at the ground below.
Old Jiang's laboratory was actually hidden in a place like this?
Choosing a relatively flat stretch of land, the Silver Shuttle slowly descended.
The hatch opened, forming a sloping staircase. A man in a white dress shirt stepped out at an unhurried pace.
Behind him, Bulin skipped along happily. The little girl was delighted because she was home.
Liu Di surveyed the surroundings.
This was deep within the rainforest, untouched by human habitation. The