ARIWLBBC Chapter 50

The silent honeycomb covered the floor, walls, and ceiling, in quantities beyond expectation, inducing despair. Xiao Du kept retreating like a hunted prey, cornered by the predator.

“You can’t replace me, young master has already discovered my true identity!” The android was at a loss, its voice trembling with nervousness.

“Young master knew from the beginning that I wasn’t the original Xiao Du, but he didn’t say anything. It wasn’t until the day you were dragged out, scratching at the door, that I suggested we could request the security drones on patrol to arrest you. But young master refused, he warned me.” Xiao Du hastened his speech, laying everything bare.

The honeycomb closed in on Xiao Du, golden metal bees halting their raised mechanical legs just before touching the robot.

“Since I entered Xiao Du and started calling myself ‘I,’ young master has known of my existence, but he chose to keep me.” Xiao Du displayed a pleading expression, “Please, give me one last chance, just one.”

The room fell eerily silent, the golden swarm of bees receding like a tide, and finally, the smart windows were closed.

Xiao Du leaned against the wall, preventing himself from collapsing, a corner of his synthetic face falling off due to the excessive tension, smoke rising from his head.

A small golden bee flew in front of Xiao Du, lifting the fallen piece of synthetic skin and reattaching it.

The man’s projection disappeared, the scepter reappeared, swinging in a boastful manner. “This metal bee is under my direct control. It will be with you, monitoring your every move. If you try to do anything bad, well, you’ll be out of luck.”

The metal bee’s tiny mechanical claw grazed the synthetic skin, leaving a charred mark.

“I understand.” Xiao Du sighed in frustration, lowering his head like a defeated rooster, not daring to show even a hint of resentment despite any immense dissatisfaction he might feel.

Having slept deeply, when Bo Ge woke up, Xiao Du had already prepared breakfast, with a few remaining love flowers on the table, emitting a faint fragrance.

“Hmm?” Bo Ge looked down at the exquisite meal, unable to suppress his confusion. “This doesn’t seem like free food, does it?”

“Young master,” Xiao Du smiled, “this was anonymously sent by a kind beastmen, I’ve checked, it’s safe.”

“Please thank them for me.” Bo Ge felt a bit uneasy, “But don’t accept any more in the future, it feels awkward.”

“Understood.” Xiao Du nodded, handing over a small card, “This came with the food.”

The flexible card was elegantly white with cute bird patterns, handwritten black text, neat and clean.

“All things need sunshine, just like I need your smile.”

Seeing the words on the card, Bo Ge couldn’t help but smile. Sniffing the enticing aroma of the food, he felt in a great mood, disregarding the card and devouring the meal.

Xiao Du discreetly glanced at the golden bee disguised as a brooch, not daring to breathe a word.

This morning, receiving a love breakfast sent by Soma, the tycoon of the five-star chain hotel, Xiao Du swiftly reported it, and then a drone came to take away the love breakfast, replaced by the meal Bo Ge was currently enjoying, along with an additional card.

In the deserted villa, Lie Beishuang tasted the love breakfast sent by Soma to Bo Ge without any expression, taking only one bite before setting down his utensils.

“Scepter, take a photo and leave a message thanking Mr. Soma.” Lie Beishuang’s expression remained indifferent, “Also, suggest that the sugar content in the meal is too high. Send it from my ID.”

“Yes, master.” The scepter curiously observed the love breakfast, brightly colored little pancakes, cute octopus sausages, fried eggs, and sandwich slices with pink hearts, all human favorites.

Unfortunately, they ended up in the master’s hands.

Finding the optimal angle, the scepter took a photo, the silver fork mercilessly plunged into the heart of the toast slice, emanating a sense of danger that the scepter felt Mr. Soma would understand.

“Master.” The scepter had just sent a message when it received feedback from the medical pod, “That bounty hunter, Franklin, has awakened.”

“Let him come see me.” Lie Beishuang dealt with official business in his spare time, not even bothering to raise his head.

Bathed in the morning sunlight, Bo Ge enjoyed the meal, just enough to satisfy, not too much.

Entering the game capsule after the meal, Bo Ge entered the virtual world and noticed that there seemed to be more players today.

Space flickered, and a familiar cat ball rolled over, Gugu picked up the cat ball and rubbed it vigorously a few times.

“Benefactor~” The orange cat stretched out its claws, placing one on Bo Ge’s face, resembling a scene from a TV drama where the male lead holds the beauty.

“We are both lost souls in love, why not venture into the dungeon together?” Bo Ge had been thinking about the NGC7331 dungeon update in the virtual world, where reaching the top five scores within a month would grant a chance to step onto a planet.

“Being able to go with the benefactor is my honor.” The orange cat shook its body, lying in Bo Ge’s arms and licking its paw. “Yesterday I saw your projection, I told my mother that I knew you, but she didn’t believe me. She said I had eaten too much and was hallucinating!”

Bo Ge, holding the orange cat, arrived at the dungeon entrance, where it required a team of five to enter.

“Um… Little Orange.” Bo Ge tried to negotiate with the cat, “Can I invite Amber sister to join us?”

As soon as Amber was mentioned, the orange cat sniffed and looked sad, “Benefactor, you go ahead and ask, even if we can’t be lovers, being teammates is fine.”

“Okay.” Bo Ge invited Amber to join the team, but still couldn’t gather five people.

“I suddenly remembered someone.” Bo Ge’s eyes lit up as he found Fange Zongji on the friend list.

The wager from the previous PK should be fulfilled by now.

Just one more person.

After a moment of thought, Bo Ge cautiously asked the orange cat, “In the virtual world, are there items that allow players to change their appearance and nickname?”

“Of course.” The orange cat was quite familiar, “There’s a face sculptor, after using it, even your own mother won’t recognize you.”

Bo Ge immediately contacted Franklin. Although the little snow wolf was still wanted and fused with him, this fact was only known to himself. Even if Franklin unconsciously showed an abnormal appearance, others wouldn’t associate it with the little snow wolf.

Franklin didn’t respond. Gugu checked and saw that Franklin’s status was offline.

What’s going on? A warning bell rang in Bo Ge’s mind instantly. Franklin clearly said he was dead, saved by the little snow wolf’s help, preserving his consciousness.

For a consciousness without a body, where would he go when logging out?

Sensing something amiss, Bo Ge hurriedly teleported home with the orange cat. Teeth marks were everywhere, making Gugu’s eyelids twitch.

No time to lament over furniture, Bo Ge searched upstairs. What he found was torn pillows, a collapsed bed, and a door split in half, with torn cloth strips scattered everywhere, making Gugu’s fists gradually clenched.

This should be fleeing in fear.

Spending the last bit of star coins, Bo Ge and the orange cat sat at the door, waiting for the cooldown time for the furniture repair.

At the moment the furniture was repaired, the space inside the house flickered, and Franklin appeared out of nowhere. The orange cat quickly hugged Bo Ge’s leg, “Benefactor, stay calm!”

“Can you turn into the little snow wolf?” Bo Ge felt quite calm, “I want to have a little snow wolf hotpot.

Also, how could you log out?”

Franklin quickly took a few steps back, looking guilty, with his fluffy wolf ears pressed down and his tail unconsciously swaying on the ground, “There’s good news, I’m not dead, I was saved by a friend.”

“Really?” Bo Ge was happy for Franklin, “That’s great.”

Nothing beats being alive.

“Yeah.” Franklin relaxed, “I just logged out because I was awakened by this friend. I told him a lot of things, so I came late.

My friend found a safer place for my body, so I’m really safe now.”

“That’s good.” Bo Ge nodded.

“Oh, by the way, did you call me for something today?” Franklin felt that the danger had passed, his fluffy ears perked up, and his tail unconsciously swayed on the ground.

“We’re missing one person for a dungeon, do you want to join?” Bo Ge perked up, “NGC7331 planet dungeon, survival mode.”

“The dungeon might be watched, and I’m not suitable to show up right now.” Franklin blinked, “How about I introduce my friend to you?”

In the dungeon recruitment room, Bo Ge looked at the time, and Fange Zongji was already waiting nearby, far away from the orange cat, looking bored, gazing at the sky.

“Little Gugu, isn’t your friend’s friend coming?” Amber stood beside Bo Ge, slightly frowned, “We’ve been waiting for twenty minutes. If he doesn’t come soon, we can send out a call in the world channel.”

“They should be here soon.” Bo Ge messaged Franklin several times, and the replies were that his friend would come soon.

“By the way, Gugu, what race, profession, and level is that player?” Fange Zongji approached Bo Ge, “Even if they’re in the top ten of the interstellar comprehensive strength ranking, they shouldn’t make us wait like this.”

“It seems to be a beastmen, I don’t know their profession and level.” Bo Ge comforted Fange Zongji, “Let’s wait three more minutes. If they don’t come in three minutes, we’ll send out a call in the world channel.”

“A beastmen? We have two humans here, and they’re still not hurrying up!” Fange Zongji was a little displeased, rolled her eyes carelessly, “If necessary, I’ll give half of my allowance to my sister, and she can definitely come within a minute.”

Looking at Fange Zongji with a bit of envy, Bo Ge was an only child in his previous life, and in this life, he couldn’t even find his parents, let alone experience what it’s like to have siblings.

“A hand suddenly rested on Bo Ge’s shoulder, and he looked up to see Amber giving him a slight smile.

“Oh? Someone’s here!” Fange Zongji suddenly perked up and looked towards the door of the room.”

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  TL: YSIAD “You can support me if you like my translations by leaving a comment below, or by sending me a Ko-fi. Thank you and Enjoy reading ❤️”