Ulgae is the queen of a small country inside a petri dish. She is unhappy. She waits for a hero to come, And does not know that Melvick, One of her noblemen, is in love with her. Ulgae sings: "sad, sad life; I wish he would come." There is a lot of excitement among the people of Ulgae, because a flying machine appears in the sky. After a while, the machine is spiraling down, losing height. Is it landing? The flying machine seems to have crashed. Among the townspeople, Ulgae and Melvick both bemoan the accident. The Tabatoks - the wisemen of Ulgae - get to the Wreckage, discuss what to do, and get busy helping. Maybe someone in there has survived. And really, a part of the wreckage gives way, and the hero climbs out. He is unharmed. A secret door opens up, and whole army gets out of the vehicle. The Winter Army destroys the land. The hero is, in fact, a usurper. Ulgae and Melvick finally find each other. They flee the petri dish into an uncertain future.