The sun hung low, its scorching heat faded, leaving only a round, crimson fireball suspended at the horizon, neither fallen nor yet falling. Its light was no longer blinding, more like molten metal, somewhere between scarlet and orange-yellow.
The sky was drenched in color, first orange-red, then deep purple, before finally blending into a profound blue. The mountain shadows grew ever heavier; the forests and ravines at the foothills had already blurred into one, with darkness spreading layer by layer.
The setting sun, the dusk, the mountain silhouettes, and the winding mountain road together formed a vast, desolate scene.
Suddenly, the earth began to tremble. Thin cracks appeared across the mountainside, and huge rocks tumbled down amid deafening booms. Several mountaintops shattered as a colossal creature burrowed out of the ground.
It was a giant serpent—or perhaps it could be called a dragon.
Its iron-gray scales were as thick and heavy as city walls. Rows of bony spines ran down its back from head to tail, while its vertical pupils glowed lava-red, radiating endless majesty.
As this primordial beast awakened, mountains and hills turned into ravines!
It coiled atop the tallest peak, its long body winding around the mountain in circle after circle. Raising its head high, it hissed toward the sky.
Amid the jagged mountains, something seemed to be approaching from the darkness. It piqued the giant serpent's curiosity. Turning its head and flicking out its tongue, it watched as though it had spotted prey.
Soon, it made its move, slithering through the valley between the mountains toward the object moving along the highway.
The camera zoomed in, and the thing that had caught the giant serpent's interest finally revealed itself.
It was a heavy-duty truck, painted a striking red. Driving down the road, it looked as imposing as