novelraw Chapter 698: Love Takes Root (143)
Chapter 698: Love Takes Root (143)
Who could have thought this was a premeditated attack.
The perpetrator was none other than the pilot of the plane, whose last communication with the control tower was his intent to destroy the aircraft, turning so many people into his funeral offerings.
As for why he would do such a thing, that remains unknown.
The plane crashed from such a high altitude that the chance of survival was zero.
It was basically impossible for anyone to survive.
Now, all one can hope for is to find their souls in the underworld.
Gu Lili could not wait for Long Yubei to return, and took it upon herself to go to the underworld.
"Xiao Bai, where is your highness?"
"He just left, went to the site of the plane crash."
"Are there no dead souls from the plane here?"
Xiao Bai shook his head, "Not a single one."
Gu Lili’s heart sank with a thud, "How could there not be a single one?"
"In such circumstances, it’s mostly due to the souls being scattered to oblivion. Usually, in major accidents, lots of ghost messengers would converge to capture the souls, but this time not one was captured," Xiao Bai reported. "His highness hurried over after hearing no souls were captured."
Gu Lili’s heart rapidly sank, and she felt waves of agony inside.
She stumbled and her figure swayed, falling to the ground.
"Miss Gu...," Xiao Bai hurried to help her up.
Her eyes stared blankly; she had thought that the souls would go to the underworld, but none had arrived. This essentially shattered all hope anyone might have had.
When she came to, Long Fengxi asked with red eyes, "Sister-in-law, did you see them?"
"Your brother has gone to the Nile Tal Sea. It’s said that when the accident happened, a large number of ghost messengers went there, but not a single dead soul was found," she said.
Dragon Mother pressed, "Does that mean no one died?!"
"Plunging from ten thousand meters in the air, do you think no one died?" Gu Lili found the question almost laughable when she heard it.
"But you said no souls went to the underworld. If there are no souls, doesn’t that mean there’s a good chance they didn’t die?"
"In such cases, there is only one significant reason for not capturing a single soul," Gu Lili really didn’t want to tell them the cruel truth, but knew it could not be concealed.
"What?!" Old Madam Long asked, "Lili, tell grandma, what is it?"
"Their souls have been scattered to oblivion."
Everyone nearly fainted collectively.
"But it’s not solely that, so now we wait for Yu Bei to return and hear what he has to say."
The living room fell into a moment of sorrow, as Gu Lili checked the rescue team’s search status headed to the Nile Tal Sea online.
At this point, the rescue team still hadn’t arrived.
She put her phone aside, waiting for Long Yubei to return.
It wasn’t until evening, after several hours, that Long Yubei finally came back.
Seeing him awake, everyone’s attention focused solely on him.
"Yu Bei! Did you find Tian Jiao?!"
Looking into Liang He’s expectant and reddened eyes, Long Yubei still shook his head.
"No, the wreckage of the plane has been salvaged by the rescue team, and over a hundred bodies have been recovered, while the remains of others are still missing and under search. None of these deceased have reported to the underworld. Two possibilities: their souls have been scattered to oblivion, or someone has taken all their souls away. The pilot might just be a scapegoat, with the real mastermind being someone else, someone with mana. Even so, the culprit does not want anyone to know of their actions. The best way to ensure that is to make the dead stay silent. The likelihood of souls being scattered is ninety percent. Under such circumstances, taking the souls away serves no purpose." Long Yubei closed his eyes and then opened them, "Tian Jiao is probably no longer in this world, and may never reincarnate."