The Background Character Steps In

The star system containing Xandar had three suns, making its environment extremely harsh.

Yet Xandar's position and orbit made it seem like the chosen one, the only habitable planet in the system.

The three suns also served as a natural shield and energy source for Xandar.

Besides Xandar, there were a number of other planets in the system, though their environments left much to be desired.

A few planets were habitable now and then, but as their orbits shifted, they would periodically enter stretches of extreme weather.

Xandar II was one such planet.

As far as sunlight was concerned, conditions seemed normal for half the year, but for the other half, the planet entered regions that received twice or even three times as much sunlight.

Water evaporating from the planet's seas formed an incredibly dense atmosphere, creating a compounding greenhouse effect.

During the "rainy season," a spectacular downpour would arrive, as if the oceans were pouring down from the sky.

A "tourist attraction" near Xandar...

Rumble~

A terrifying thunderstorm engulfed the entire planet. The skies over Xandar II, which had returned to its rainy-season orbit, were filled with lightning.

With temperatures at seventy or eighty degrees, scorching rain poured down like an ocean cascading from above.

Layer upon layer collided, making it impossible to tell whether it was rain or an ocean floating in the sky.

The overlapping waves surged wildly, as though the entire sky had been split into multiple layers.

And Tao Yu stood amid this apocalyptic, disaster-stricken environment, eyes closed as he sensed the aura of "catastrophe."

"What an interesting planet..."

The surging "rain" swept about like dragons, driven by the violent currents of air, crashing wildly into everything.

Yet when the waves reached Tao Yu, they parted on their own, as if they had made an