Hao Ren tossed the rune-covered armor plate back onto the wreckage of the "Lobster Fighter." He planned to bring the entire wreckage back later and analyze its structure. He climbed over to the large hole Lily had just dug and peered inside. Between the twisted, broken pieces of metal, he caught a glimpse of a silvery-white tail. Lily was still busy in there. "Need a hand? Find anything?"
"Yes! I'm trying to drag this thing out," Lily shouted from inside. "Landlord, don't come in. It's too cramped to move around—move aside, I'm coming out!"
Lily seemed to have found the pilot's position, so Hao Ren quickly moved away from the opening to give Husky Girl room to crawl out. A moment later, the first thing he saw was a corpse in a sky-blue uniform being pushed out of the hole. Then Lily's head appeared beneath it. "Give me a hand. I can't keep my balance in here."
Before Hao Ren could move, a huge palm descended from the sky. Muru pinched up the corpse like a tiny bug and casually tossed it onto the ground. His thunderous voice came with a gritted, resentful tone. "Serves him right!"
As Hao Ren walked toward the corpse, he waved frantically at Muru. "I understand how you feel, but please, whatever you do, don't spit on him. I still need to examine the body."
Lily stepped forward and straightened the corpse. She and Hao Ren stared curiously at the pilot. This was the first time they had seen one of the "Secondborn" with their own eyes.
Hao Ren had never imagined that he would meet a Secondborn under such circumstances—to see the culprit behind the Dream Plane's disaster, that arrogant race that had dared to slay the gods. The bizarre effects caused by the