28: Chapter 28 Greed
Evening.
Ji Yebai quietly doubled back.
Stepping over the police line, he quickly approached the location of the Red Fire Bees.
No one was there at this time.
Because they were deep in the mountains and lacked sufficient equipment, they couldn't completely clear out this group of Hornets all at once; therefore, the police set up a cordon and returned for the time being.
The sky was somewhat dim, but Ji Yebai spotted the Red Fire Bees at a glance.
The massive beehive emitted a faint red light in the darkness.
It was very weak, but it was enough for Ji Yebai to pinpoint it accurately.
Buzz!
The faint sound of vibrating wings rang out from time to time.
Occasionally, a few stray Red Fire Bees would fly in and out.
Swoosh!
Ji Yebai reached out and snatched one, pinching a Red Fire Bee by its wings.
"The degree of evolution is, after all, a bit shallow!"
Ji Yebai scrutinized the Red Fire Bee in his hand.
It was three centimeters long, with red fluff on its thorax just like the ones he had seen deep in the mountains in his previous life.
The difference was merely the degree of evolution.
The Red Fire Bees of his previous life were translucent throughout, like crimson jade.
But this Red Fire Bee only had rings of fiery red patterns.
In terms of level, it was far from reaching that of his previous life.
"That's normal enough!"
Ji Yebai nodded and then loosened his hand.
Startled, the Red Fire Bee hurriedly flew back to the hive.
Ji Yebai stood quietly without moving.
Red Fire Bees had a specific characteristic.
They were very vengeful.
Because of this trait, Red Fire Bees were extremely dangerous to ordinary people.
"Sigh, even if you are innocent, this world is ultimately dominated by humans!"
Ji Yebai sighed softly.
He decided to destroy these Red Fire Bees.
Keeping them would be too dangerous after all.
Even with the cordon, Ji Yebai could imagine it.
Driven by the curiosity of countless netizens, there was no guarantee that some idiot wouldn't come over.
Moreover...
The experts who study insects and biology would likely advocate for preserving these Red Fire Bees for research!
For the sake of potential danger and the injuries that might occur, Ji Yebai made his decision.
Buzz!
Amidst his shifting thoughts, a large swarm of Red Fire Bees took to the air.
In an instant, they charged toward Ji Yebai.
They were like a fleet of crazed fighter jets.
They surrounded Ji Yebai in a flash.
"Sigh!"
Ji Yebai gave a sigh, and his whole body jolted.
Under the vibration of his Internal Energy, the still-fragile Red Fire Bees instantly lost their lives and fell one after another.
Ji Yebai walked toward the hive.
More Red Fire Bees flew out in succession.
And one after another, they died under the resonance of Ji Yebai's Internal Energy.
"It seems the numbers aren't that high yet!"
Ji Yebai looked at the hundred or so dead Red Fire Bees on the ground.
He was now close to the hive, yet no more Red Fire Bees flew out.
Crack!
Ji Yebai did not hesitate.
Imbuing his palm with Internal Energy, he suddenly pressed down.
The main body of the beehive instantly fell from the rock.
This action seemed to anger the hive, and over ten more Red Fire Bees flew out.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
A series of soft sounds followed as these ten-odd Red Fire Bees all burst under the Internal Energy resonance.
Ji Yebai took a look.
He used the same amount of Internal Energy, yet these Red Fire Bees' bodies had burst.
They must be incompletely developed.
It seemed there were only this many Red Fire Bees in the hive.
Ji Yebai sensed the fallen beehive for a moment.
He smiled slightly.
He felt a weak aura.
It should be the Queen Bee.
Without staying any longer, he hoisted the beehive up.
The beehive, nearly five meters in size and weighing three hundred pounds, seemed weightless in Ji Yebai's hands.
Shouldering it, Ji Yebai adjusted its position to make it more comfortable.
Then he returned to the cave!
...
The cave.
Ji Yebai directly broke the beehive into pieces.
In the end, of the five-meter-sized hive, only a piece less than one meter remained.
"Tomorrow I'll put you deep in the mountains, far away from human habitation."
Ji Yebai said with a smile to the remaining fragment.
The Queen Bee was inside.
The Queen Bee could continue to produce Red Fire Bees.
And then form a swarm.
In the future, Ji Yebai planned to go and harvest honey regularly.
At the thought of this, Ji Yebai's face lit up with a smile.
Queen Bee: "..."
Trembling in fear.
...
The next day, the internet was shaken.
Xi Wei was dead.
In this day and age, with technology and medicine so advanced, he had been stung to death by Hornets.
For a time, there was a flurry of discussion among the public.
It was at this time.
Abroad.
In a dense jungle, an exceptionally burly figure was holding a tablet and watching.
"Interesting!"
"It has actually appeared in that country too!"
The figure watched the video with great interest.
It was exactly the report on the Xi Wei incident, along with photos of the Red Fire Bees.
"In that case, I'll take a trip over there!"
The figure said as he stood up.
Suddenly, a large shadow was cast.
That figure was actually a full two meters tall.
His massive thighs were far thicker than a normal person's waist.
His muscles were ferocious and incredibly terrifying.
Hansen Cornell moved his exceptionally burly frame forward.
There...
Stood a massive beast skeleton.
It was two meters high with a huge frame.
Even if only the skeleton remained, it still emitted the aura of a Vicious Beast.
At this moment, if there were an expert proficient in animals, they would surely discover that this was the skeleton of a male lion.
A conventional male lion was only a bit over a meter tall, yet the skeleton before him was already two meters high.
One could imagine how majestic and massive this lion must have been when it was alive.
"You made me what I am; I hope that country also has something that can allow me to go a step further!!!"
Hansen Cornell looked at the source of his achievement before him, his thoughts flying thousands of miles away.
His gaze was incredibly fanatical.
Three years ago, he was a mercenary; because of money, he killed his companions in a fit of rage.
He was hunted by his team and fled into the grasslands.
Exhausted of ammunition and food, his life was in peril.
He didn't expect to startle the King of Beasts, a behemoth nearly three meters tall.
While Hansen Cornell was desperately evading...
The King of Beasts engaged in a tragic and fierce battle with those hunting him.
One side was flesh and blood, the other was precision firearms.
Hansen Cornell never expected that both sides would perish together.
Later, Hansen Cornell discovered that after eating the lion's meat, he could actually become stronger...
Because of this...
His strength surpassed the limits of the human body.
His height approached two meters.
At forty, an age when one's blood and physical strength should be declining...
Hansen Cornell found that his body's blood and Qi were incredibly abundant.
He could shatter a millstone-sized rock with a single punch.
He was ecstatic.
And then...
He spent a year eating the entire lion.
He even found a fruit in the lion's territory; unable to resist the fragrance, he swallowed it.
Since then, his strength had undergone a world-shaking transformation.
It was like a myth.
A year later, he entered the mercenary hall alone and, in front of everyone, beat his former captain to death.
That battle terrified everyone.
Mercenaries were already tough individuals who had experienced life and death.
But in Hansen Cornell's hands, they were like little chicks.
He could crush a person's head with a single punch.
Not only that.
In a death struggle, the former captain pulled out a pistol and fired seven consecutive shots, every single one hitting Hansen Cornell's chest.
That thick, strong pectoral muscle was hit and vibrated violently.
But he was unharmed.
The seven bullets only entered the flesh by half an inch before getting stuck there.
As his pectoral muscles twitched, they fell out one after another.
For a moment, the entire hall was silent.
"Powerful strength is truly mesmerizing."
"I crave even greater power."
"Abnormal creatures are my rations!"
"As long as I eat them, I can go a step further. At that time, who will dare to stop me!!!"
Hansen Cornell's eyes flashed brilliantly, a raging fire in his chest.
A year ago, he received news that he wasn't the only one in the world who had become this strong.
There were others who had also become exceptionally powerful.
Those people, without exception, had all eaten abnormal creatures or fragrant plants.
"Once I find my rations, you people from Freemasonry, just you wait; I will crush you!"
Hansen Cornell's eyes gleamed with malice, a brutal aura filling the entire space.
The next moment...
Hansen Cornell turned abruptly and walked out.