The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1044: Chapter 1044: The Sound of Death

Ji You stared at the Red-eyed Black Stinging Bee in front of her, a flash of doubt in her eyes, but she dared not be careless and said directly, ”Jiaojiao, use more force, crush it to death.”

No matter if it’s the Bee Queen or something else, as long as it’s a Black Thorn Bee, as long as it’s a Star Beast, it must be crushed to death immediately.

Human development up to now hasn’t been without attempts to communicate with Star Beasts, even actively raising them... but all these attempts have ended in failure. Human experience over thousands and tens of thousands of years has told everyone that Star Beasts absolutely cannot be tamed by humans. They are born hostile to humans, always regarding humans as food, and every hundred years, the Beast Tide is the time when all Star Beasts riot, causing devastating damage to the human world.

...

And yet the Star Beasts are ever-reproducing, no matter how many are killed, they are still birthed continuously.

Human technology keeps developing nonstop, but still cannot eradicate Star Beasts. On the contrary, the areas where humans can move have been continuously pressured and compressed by Star Beasts over the years...

Therefore, Ji You is never naive, nor does she have the wild idea of thinking herself distinctive enough to convert a Star Beast for her own use with personal power.

Her attitude towards Star Beasts is singular:

Kill!

Chu Jiaojiao clearly shares Ji You’s thoughts. She gripped the knife handle tightly and then, exerting great effort, this time she almost used all her strength to fiercely battle!

Boom!

In an instant, the entire stone column began to collapse.

The small piece of stone wall pressing against the Red-eyed Black Stinging Bee directly crumbled into powder.

However—

The next second.

The Black Thorn Bee, like a Little Flying Insect, was unexpectedly unharmed.

Chu Jiaojiao’s eyes darkened.

Ji You shouted, ”Retreat!”

”Quickly!”

Ji You grabbed Chu Jiaojiao, urgently dodging to the side of the stone column, but it was too late; the Red-eyed Black Stinging Bee behind them whizzed over, landing directly on Chu Jiaojiao’s head, and in the next second, its sharp stinger stabbed towards Chu Jiaojiao’s scalp.

At that moment, Chu Jiaojiao deeply felt what it meant for death to be near. In the silence, she even heard the sound of the Grim Reaper slowly cutting off her head with a scythe.

No way out.

No escape.

Every direction was a dead-end.

Chu Jiaojiao saw Ji You’s eyes filled with extreme anger and for the first time, saw tears rush forth from them; Chu Jiaojiao wanted to say something, wanted to do something, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t do anything.

Her spiritual power was being oppressed by something, unable to move at all. Her limbs, her bones, her every inch of skin, every cell, and even her hair felt a weighty pressure, immovable.

How... how could it be so strong?

Just its aura was already powerful to such a degree?

This—

This is what level of Monster?

Chu Jiaojiao wanted...

At that moment, she thought many, many things, countless thoughts emerged in her mind, vanished, emerged, and then obliterated...

Ultimately, Chu Jiaojiao seemed to see the smiling faces of her parents; they looked at her softly, gently, smiling...

Then—

When Chu Jiaojiao snapped back to reality, she was met with Ji You’s angry face!

Ji You punched directly towards Chu Jiaojiao’s head.

Crash—

Ji You’s fist smashed into the stone wall.

Boom!

...

Rattling, fragments of the stone wall fell down, dust spewed around...

Chu Jiaojiao had been pulled behind Ji You, the Red-eyed Black Stinging Bee’s wings flashed slightly, dodging Ji You’s attack, as it released Chu Jiaojiao. It gazed at Ji You’s eyes burning with rage amidst the smoke, its pair of glowing red compound eyes remained still.

A person and an insect, their gaze clashed in mid-air.

Crackle~

Seeming as if invisible sparks were exploding in the air.

Ji You clenched her teeth tightly, suppressing her shaking body, and head about to explode, forcing herself to hold on and not collapse.

Chu Jiaojiao held her knife again, ready for battle.

second.

seconds.

seconds.

...

Suddenly—

The Black Thorn Bee lightly flapped its wings and then, snap~

The outer layer of Ji You’s previous two-layer Protective Shield broke.

Ji You’s heart sank.

The Black Thorn Bee didn’t move but merely slightly flapped its wings, and then—

Snap~

The second layer of protective shield shattered too.

...

Running?

No escape possible.

This thing wouldn’t let Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao have any chance to flee. After breaking two layers of the Protective Shield with its wings, its originally still body suddenly flashed, rushing towards Ji You.

Its target shifted to Ji You.

Ji You’s scalp tightened, the gun in her hand was already firing away.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

...

In an instant, ten bullets were fired, but not a single shot hit; Ji You’s proud shooting ability seemed like a child playing with a toy water gun when faced with this Red-eyed Black Stinging Bee...

The Black Thorn Bee closed in.

Its mouthparts and stinger simultaneously aimed at Ji You’s forehead.

Evasion—

No way to dodge.

Ji You clenched her fists tightly, and in that instant, she shoved Chu Jiaojiao aside. She then swung her hand to grab the Black Thorn Bee in front of her forehead barehanded. But the Black Thorn Bee’s mouthparts and stinger had already stabbed down.

”Ji You—” Chu Jiaojiao leaped up, barehanded, trying to catch the Black Thorn Bee, but before her hand could reach out, she was immobilized.

This was Ji You’s first taste of death.

Not so wonderful.

Pretty bad.

Quite unpleasant.

Utterly unwilling.

To die like this, she definitely wouldn’t rest in peace.

Ji You’s Six Spiritual Threads encountered such a strong enemy for the first time, giving their all but still helpless. Now, they knew retreat was no longer an option, so they unanimously decided to go all out and perish together with this terrifying foe!!!

Just then—

Ji You clearly saw the Black Thorn Bee’s mouthparts and stinger halt at the moment they’d almost touched her skin.

Stopped?

Ji You was stunned, and Chu Jiaojiao was too.

Thud—

At this moment, a thin figure rolled down from the stone crack. Fu Feng struggled to get up, grabbed Ji You, then pulled Chu Jiaojiao’s sleeves, shouting, ”Why are you spacing out? Hurry, run.”

Woo—

Ji You and Chu Jiaojiao snapped back to reality; without needing Fu Feng’s pulling, they sped away, overtaking Fu Feng in the blink of an eye, rushing forward.

Seeing this, Fu Feng stumbled, almost falling.

Then—

Fu Feng’s spiritual power was exhausted to the point that he couldn’t maintain a high-speed run, his body swayed slightly, and he fell back. Just then, the temporarily immobilized Red-eyed Black Stinging Bee suddenly woke up, fluttering its wings and leaping, attacking Fu Feng’s back head. At this point, Chu Jiaojiao, running ahead, turned back and lifted Fu Feng suddenly.

Run!

Ji You led, Chu Jiaojiao slowed a step carrying Fu Feng, the three desperately fled for their lives.