After nightfall.
Xiang Shan arrived at the east side of Pine Eagle City as he had planned in advance.
This area was a landfill, where some discarded household garbage was piled up.
Unlike the space warship-grade waste at Recycling Station Town, these were mostly one-time-use, either very thin containers or tools made from carbon fiber materials that were difficult to remelt. Since domestic 3D printers could hardly process them, they ended up piled together after disposal.
Some people specialized in transporting these items to distant landfills. The salaries for these transporters were sometimes provided by the Protectors, who found the trash unsightly, or sometimes by nearby residents pooling resources together—though it was never quite certain.
Mr. Babbitt had arrived early. His prosthetic body was highly anthropomorphic, unlike Crab who had integrated his broadcasting equipment into his prosthetic body, so he had to carry an extra set of equipment with him.
