Horsen smiled as he watched An Zhe and whistled a third time. “Why not take him? There isn’t much to him.”

Then he looked at the remaining human. “Don’t you think so?”

An Zhe looked over into the dark-skinned man’s gloomy eyes.

CHAPTER 3

The aurora cast a green luster on the ground. This reflected off the man’s dark skin, forming a strange dark green that was like the skin of a lizard or a toad. Finally, the man said, “We aren’t judges. We can’t confirm that he is 100% human.”

“You say.” Horsen folded his arms and dragged his words out for a long time. “The pollution level of the Second Plains is only two stars.”

The dark-skinned man was silent again as he said, “The average variation time of the Second Plains is four hours. It takes four hours.”

“Okay.” Horsen declared. “We will pack up the spoils. If he doesn’t change during that time, we’ll take him with us.”

The dark-skinned man finally nodded. The three of them glanced at each other and seemed to agree.

“My name is Vance.” The tall man in the middle turned to An Zhe, introducing himself.

An Zhe greeted him. “Hello.”

“Horsen.” There was a bit of annoyance on his face.

The remaining dark-skinned man was silent for a long time before spitting out a few syllables. “Anthony.”

An Zhe also greeted him and said, “Thank you.”

“No need for thanks.” Vance smile. “We are all fellow humans. We just had a teammate die and we’re short of manpower.”

After that, he went to the head of the monster and commanded the rest of the humans. “Pack up the body and leave quickly.”

Then Vance took out a pair of gloves and a long dagger from his backpack and threw them at An Zhe. “You go and cut off the legs.”

An Zhe caught them and gave a reply. Then he took a dozen steps forward and stopped beside the half of the monster’s body. He put on the gloves and started to observe the body.

The arthropod was large in size and the shell itself was smooth. However, there were some long, sharp burrs and protruding tubercles. He looked down at the monster’s legs. There were six legs, thin and long. They were divided into three seconds and covered with dense, black and glossy hair.

On the other side, Vance and Anthony dealt with the monster’s head. They removed the shell of its head, letting the brain and other fluids flow out before scraping the inside. Horsen stood guard on the perimetre.

Thus, An Zhe held the dagger and concentrated on cutting the monster’s joint. After five minutes, one joint was cut and one leg was separated from the monster’s body, falling to the ground. At the cutting site, white and viscous liquid that was like brain fluid slowly infiltrated the yellow sand.