Chapter 501: Chapter 501

"You?" Guli asked, "Why do you think so much?"

"I just can’t understand why we have to exist in the world. According to human knowledge, everything will eventually dissolve, and the universe will ultimately become a void... What is the purpose of our birth then?"

Upon saying this, Qiao raised his head and looked at the other three Great Bee Lords, "Aren’t you curious?"

"I don’t know." Kalina touched the bow on top of her head, "I just know humans have very nice-looking clothes, and some of them are so cute, I want to turn them into toys."

"The things that bring pleasure are the reason for our existence, aren’t they?" Guli said, "Isn’t it enough to kill to your heart’s content and feast to your satisfaction?"

"I don’t understand these complexities, but as for human things, I really can’t get into them, Qiao..." Malvite said, throwing away the cards and leaning back on his hands against the ground, sighing as he tilted his head back.

Qiao slowly put down his cards, bowed his head, and quietly pondered.

He turned his head and looked towards the base of the hive.

At the base of a tall mountain, a dense crowd of Bee Race were collectively raising their heads. Their bee stingers split open, revealing a mouth as fierce as a carnivorous flower, opening and closing, desperately consuming the thin sunlight in the air.

Moments later, a large swarm of Light-Eating Bees flew over from the edge of the island, each clutching a human corpse in their hands, resembling a dark cloud from a distance.

"The worker bees have brought those special humans." Guli licked the corner of his lips.

"We haven’t eaten this kind of human before, right? The Queen Bee says such humans are not only delicious but also beneficial to our evolution." Malvite drawled lazily.

"In human terms, isn’t this a ’gluttonous feast’?" Kalina laughed.

Qiao silently gazed into the distance, saying nothing. Sea wind blew from the horizon, hitting his face.

At the same time, near the border of Japan, a private plane was navigating through the sea of clouds.

The cabin was silent, and looking out the window, one could see a sea of clouds, sometimes resembling steeds, sometimes like looming dragons.

"Actually, upon reflection, I find it quite regretful," You Ruirui suddenly said.

"Regretful about what?" Gu Qiye turned his head to look at her.

"Back when we were in Li Jing, I seemed to have waited for you to accept the invitation, join the Rainbow Wings, then carry out the mission against the ’Ghost Bell’ together with you."

She raised her head, "Because then you can personally conclude the Ghost Bell, leaving no regrets..."

Gu Qiye suddenly fell silent. He held the handle with one hand, rubbed his forehead with the other, and closed his eyes to rest for a moment.

You Ruirui closed the game.

Garfield yawned, "I think we could definitely learn from the adjacent cabin, so quiet, no one is speaking."

"Is it odd for kids to sit at one table? Or do you want to bother those sulking adults next door?" Urushibara Ryuri teased, "But then again, I feel that someone over there is about to lose their composure."

She hadn’t finished speaking when someone suddenly opened the cabin door and walked in.

Gu Qiye looked up, and the newcomer was dressed in a tang suit with straight black hair, distinctly the "Vessel of Li Qing" Fan Dongqing.

Fan Dongqing inserted his hands into his pockets, looked up at the six people in the cabin, and sighed, "I can’t stand that group of mood killers next door, someone swap seats with me."

Urushibara Ryuri raised her hand like a child, smiling slightly, and then stood up.

"No, you can’t leave." Fan Dongqing seized her arm, preventing her from leaving.

"Why?" Urushibara Ryuri arched an eyebrow and turned to look at him.

"You make it boring without you here." Fan Dongqing said, "Let Garfield go there, wasn’t he going to sleep?"

"Alright, alright... big help." Garfield yawned, stood up from his seat, and then passed by the two.

He even neglected to remove the steam eye mask, just crafted a metal guide dog and a leash, and pulled the leash slowly forward.

Jiushijiu’s eye twitched as the seat beside her was vacated.

"Oh, isn’t that our pink-haired sister." Fan Dongqing greeted her, "Are we sitting together again?"

Jiushijiu raised her gaze to Fan Dongqing, biting off each word, "Narcissist guy, how about you let them sit together?" With that, she stood and moved to the back, sitting next to Kalina.

"Are those two very close?"

Gu Qiye asked while turning his head, glancing with the corner of his eye at Urushibara Ryuri and Fan Dongqing.

"Based on rumors, Fan Dongqing seems to have liked her for a long time." You Ruirui whispered, "Please don’t misunderstand, actually I don’t know what ’liking’ means, just heard it from others."

"I see." Gu Qiye withdrew his gaze.

He thought, Fan Dongqing shouldn’t be part of the Salvation Society, and when the time comes to capture Urushibara Ryuri with dad and them, Fan Dongqing will have to chase our family, such a scene would indeed be odd.

He sighed, glanced down at the time, according to the schedule, the plane was already nearing Japan.

"We’re almost in Japan, shall we continue with the game we were playing to pass the time?" Gu Qiye suggested.

"Sure." You Ruirui said expressionlessly, "But didn’t you dislike playing?"

"Actually, it’s quite fun." Gu Qiye said, "But you shouldn’t choose Ghost Bell."

She thought for a moment, lifting her icy blue eyes from under her bangs, staring at him motionlessly:

"Shall I choose Mu Long then? I think this may help guide your psychological behaviors."

"Forget it, why don’t you choose Ghost Bell instead."

The two played "Mutant Alliance" once more. You Ruirui let him win a few rounds, finally stopped holding back.

She was focused, fingers pressing buttons, swinging the lever, the screen depicted Ghost Bell roaring, suddenly summoning the Clock Tower.

In the clickety-clack sound, the Clock Tower’s pointer turned to twelve o’clock, and the entire world was covered in a layer of mercury, even the Black Cocoon was immobilized.

Then Ghost Bell screamed forward, delivering punch after punch through Black Cocoon’s abdomen, creating large holes.

The mercury covering the world disappeared, time resumed normal flow, Black Cocoon spat out fresh blood, knelt on the ground as its HP visibly dropped to zero.

"Too unfair, that character of yours." Gu Qiye said unwillingly, "Who designed it with two-second pauses, who can still beat him?"

"Then... shall we try different characters?" You Ruirui asked, looking up at him.

Gu Qiye raised his head to meet her gaze, and slightly paused. The sea of clouds suddenly sank, sunlight streamed through the gap, casting through the vehicle window onto the Icelandic girl’s face, her lips seemed to hold a faint smile.

"What’s up?" she asked.

"Turns out you know how to smile?" He thought for a moment, and then asked.

You Ruirui paused, then slightly rationed back, first shifting her gaze off his face before silently putting on Apple headphones.

Like a robot with a delayed response, she was silent for a long time before speaking, "Maybe it’s because... rarely anyone plays games with me."

Gu Qiye nodded in silent agreement.

He lowered his head, suddenly remembering that he would soon betray the Rainbow Wings, even stand against them. You Ruirui was unaware of the Salvation Society, so she would certainly support Rainbow Wings then.

Not that it mattered to say their friendship was shallow, even if she regarded him as a friend, it was meaningless.

When the time comes, what expression will she use to look at him, would she still smile like she did just now? Of course not, unlikely. The source of thɪs content is 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝕟𝕖𝕥

Gu Qiye took a deep breath, shook his head, dispelling the random thoughts.

He turned his head to look out the window, the glaring sunlight brushed across his face. Through the sea of clouds, in a trance, the city’s silhouette was already faintly visible. The plane was arriving in Japan, heading towards Osaka.