Night Away From Home
Night quickly fell...
At this time, the "lighthouse" in the sky—which had been listing crookedly during the day, burning and billowing smoke, and nearly crashing—had finally stabilized after urgently jettisoning a large amount of cargo platforms and Dustfolk cabins.
At any rate, it no longer looked as though it might topple over at any moment like it had during the day. It probably wouldn't fall out of the sky just yet.
And from the ground, they could see something clearly: bright flashes of light, like those from welding, were flickering all over its surface.
That made it clear that after a round of infighting and chaos, the heavily damaged lighthouse was now scrambling to make repairs and lick its wounds. The other side probably didn't have time to worry about what was happening on the ground.
And while they were too busy to look after themselves, it was the perfect time for White Moon Leader and the others to make their move!
Right?
Taking advantage of the darkness, White Moon Leader, Boss White, Xia Dou, Shanda, Xu Tong, Guayan, and Suixing stood silently at the edge of a cliff.
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They stood there in silence, looking down at a target in the canyon. The creature looked like an ordinary pan-type Guai, but it was stronger and had only four legs. They had no idea what it was thinking.
"Boss White..."
After watching for a while, Xia Dou finally couldn't hold back. Frowning, she asked:
"That's our target, Mark, right?"
"But can you even call him human anymore?"
"Look, he's with the Guai horde now. He doesn't look human at all, does he?"
"He might not even have any self-awareness left!"
"And the timing's especially bad, with the rent collection happening..."
"Look