The bus took the lead, choosing the turnoff to Alansmu.
The four vehicles behind hesitated slightly—after all, everyone could see the road sign—but ultimately followed.
Whether this rain had anything to do with Alansmu or not, whoever had brought it might be their lifesaver. It was only right to go take a look—at worst, it was just a slight detour.
At some point, they had left the thunder and lightning behind. Even when they looked back, the lightning was gone, but nobody noticed.
A five- or six-year-old girl woke from her coma. After drinking half a bottle of mineral water, her listless condition gradually faded. In just five or six minutes, she had somehow returned to full health.
She pointed behind the bus and cried out, "Daddy, kan... ostrich!"
Everyone turned at her shout and indeed saw five or six large birds running through the rain.
"Those are emus," the tour guide introduced. "They're the second-largest birds on Blue Star after Black Continent ostriches, and they're also called Leo Kingdom ostriches. Little girl, you have sharp eyes."
"Daddy, kan," the girl cried excitedly again. "Little kangaroo!"
Sure enough, a young kangaroo was hopping forward across the ground. Its movements were somewhat sluggish, nowhere near as nimble as an adult kangaroo's.
"Wow, a herd of wild rabbits..." At last, someone else spotted new animals. "There must be two hundred of them, right?"
"Oh, Leo Kingdom wild dogs," the female doctor cried as well. "Are they planning to... hunt the rabbits?"
Yet strangely enough, those running wild dogs paid no attention to the rabbits and kept racing forward. Occasionally, some half-grown wild dogs tried to catch prey, only to be stopped by the others.
Then someone finally noticed something was wrong. "Why... are they running in the same direction as us?"
No