At long last, Hao Ren saw a living human in the Dream Plane. He was so overwhelmed with surprise that he almost cried out. The expression on his face was far too obvious, prompting the girl riding a horse not far away to raise an eyebrow in surprise. "Did you crack your head when you fell?"
"Uh, no, no. I just got a little excited seeing a living person out here in the middle of nowhere." Hao Ren hurriedly waved his hands and composed himself. Only then did he get the chance to properly examine the first human he had encountered in the Dream Plane.
The girl looked to be in her early twenties, perhaps even younger. She wore a light-brown leather vest over a white shirt, and her lower body was dressed in a strange outfit that seemed to combine an outer skirt with a pair of pants for ease of movement. A longsword hung at her waist. Her face was full of youthful vigor, her eyes bright, and her whole person brimming with vitality. Her skin was a healthy wheat color, while the neat shoulder-length hair at the back of her head made her look especially spirited. The animal she was riding also piqued Hao Ren's curiosity. Although it had been called a horse earlier, this creature was much more powerfully built than an Earth horse. Near the shoulder blades of its forelegs were two protruding, hornlike plates of keratin. Its tail was large and bushy, and there was no mane on the back of its neck. Aside from its basic shape reminding one of a horse, it was an entirely different creature—in all likelihood, this was a beast of burden unique to the Dream Plane.
"What are you looking at?" The girl on horseback frowned at Hao