Dawn.
Tianhe City, Huang Village Ruins.
The massive, scorched basin was riddled with craters and the marks of battle.
The area within a kilometer of the farmhouse courtyard where Ye Yang had lived had become a pitch-black abyss.
Even sunlight couldn't penetrate it.
That was the terrifying destruction caused by Ye Yang's Demon Hand while in his Great Demon God form the night before.
"Waaah~ Big bro! Where are you?!"
"Waaaaah~!"
At the edge of the cliff beside the abyss,
the crocodile Suo Dun knelt on the ground, wailing toward the pitch-black depths with tears streaming down his face.
He was utterly heartbroken.
His sorrowful cries shook the heavens.
Gurgle, gurgle~!
Suddenly,
his stomach growled with hunger.
His wails stopped abruptly.
With practiced ease, he pulled a piece of cloth from inside the armor on his chest.
It was!
The Gourmet Cloth Bag!
"Big bro, even though you're gone, I'll treasure the precious thing you left me. I'll use it to eat every day. Wuuu~ How could you be gone?!"
Suo Dun lamented,
while spreading the cloth on the ground.
Before long,
more than a dozen hearty meat dishes appeared, filling the air with their savory aroma.
Suo Dun began wolfing them down.
After gnawing on a suckling pig, he tossed all the remaining bones into the abyss beside him.
"Big bro, as long as I, Suo Dun, have a bite to eat, you'll have a bone to gnaw on. I'll come visit you every year during Qingming and New Year."
"You're the best big bro I've had since I can remember."
"After I finish this meal, I'll be going. Eat up, and I'll toss you more bones."
"And Liang Bing Girl Bun. We haven't known each other long, and you did try to dig me away, but my big