However, Hye was mistaken about one thing. The monsters of this world didn't like the sudden cold of the night. Having evolved to thrive in the furnace-like temperatures of the daytime, they retreated into deep caverns and thermal vents once the darkness fell and cyan stars rose. Hye didn't encounter a single hostile creature until the next sunrise.
The star rose with a violent suddenness, emitting strong waves of light and heat that turned the atmosphere back into a pressurised oven. Hye didn't have time to ponder how such a massive star vanished and reappeared so quickly, because what appeared on his radar made him forget about celestial mechanics entirely.
"What is that?!"
He had been flying for barely an hour after sunrise when he spotted something rising from a series of crystalline mountain peaks to the West. When he adjusted the zoom on his holographic display, his heart skipped a beat.
