Ocean World, Shark Valley.

In a specially designed cave, carved out by hand and filled with air, a metal cell, resembling a crouching beast, is embedded in one of the walls.

The entire cell had a distinctive metallic sheen that made people feel increasingly stressed just by looking at it.

[Ground] Sitting on a chair made of rock.

Looking down at the rock-decorated walls, floor, and furniture in his cell, he sighed softly.

In front of him, a petite and fair-skinned girl was pretending to stroke her chin and look around.

"The God of Light will treat you very well and will even decorate you."

Hera picked up a cup made entirely of stone, weighed it in her hand, and found that it was indeed carved from pure stone.

"I heard that the cell where Dream Wish is being held is exactly the same as the prisons on TV, and it's very dilapidated."

"The best thing is still the silk quilt that Ye Ciqing brought over."

As she spoke, Hera lay down on the uneven stone bed and rolled around on it a couple of times.

"Don't you feel uncomfortable sleeping on this kind of bed?"

"[Life] You've become more talkative."

[Ground] He rubbed his forehead, somewhat speechless, and said.

"Well, I don't feel embarrassed at all. Besides, I'm just an eight-year-old kid, so it's normal to be curious."

Although she said this, Hera's face showed no emotion, as if she were serious.

After turning over twice more, Hera got up from the stone bed, walked to the door, and opened it.

"Don't even think about escaping. You can't use much strength in the sea, and there are guards watching you."

After saying that, Hera turned and walked out of the house. Just as she was about to close the door, a sound came from inside the house.

"I still don't understand why you would help the Light God Society."

Hera paused in closing the door, then opened it again and went back inside.

“I’ve told you before, the God of Light wants to destroy all of humanity, and I am an alien species. Destroying humanity is the meaning of my coming here.”

"Helping the God of Light Society is fulfilling my mission."

Are you so sure that your purpose in being born was to destroy humanity?

"Aren't all mutants the same? You are too."

[Ground] Raise your golden eyes and stare at Hera with narrowed eyes.

"Do you have a natural aversion to humans?"

"..."

[Ground] slowly raised its hand, "As [Life], you should understand the nature of instinct better than anyone else."

"When hungry, one has the desire to eat; when in heat, one has the desire to reproduce."

"All of these instincts are for the purpose of enabling this creature to survive better and fulfill its mission."

"The other mutant species all possess the instinct to kill humans; their mission is naturally to exterminate humanity. What about you?"

"I don't even have the concept of instinct."

Hera sat down on the stone bed next to her.

"If I hadn't almost starved to death once before, I wouldn't even have the instinct to eat when I'm hungry."

"So, does that mean the meaning of life is to destroy other life forms? Aren't humans life forms?"

This sentence left Hera speechless for a moment.

[On the ground] Looking at the girl in front of him who had stopped speaking, he sighed silently.

"Like you, I do not have a natural aversion to humans, and our purpose is not to eliminate humans."

"Then tell me, what is my significance, and what is your significance?"

Hera suddenly asked a question in return.

This time, it was the ground that fell silent.

"You deny my significance, yet you can't articulate what my true significance is. What's the point of telling me all this?"

Hera stood up, opened the cell door without looking back, walked out, and closed the door behind her.

"One's own meaning is what one gives oneself..."

Just as the door was about to close, a sound from the ground drifted in from inside.

Bang.

The cell door closed completely, and Hera stood there quietly, her hand still in the motion of closing the door.

One's own meaning is what one gives to oneself...

Hera fell into thought.

How do we find meaning? And what is the meaning of her birth as a "life form"?

A series of questions echoed in Hera's mind.

"Never mind, if I can't think of it, then I don't have it."

Hera shook her head a couple of times, completely ignoring what the ground had said to her, and turned to walk outside.

As we approached the cave entrance, a young man stood there, looking at the water with a face full of curiosity.

Aikaren stared in disbelief at the water wall in front of her, then cautiously pointed at it with her finger.

Ripples spread slowly across the water's surface, attracting the attention of small fish swimming by. They came close to the bubbles in the bubbles' eyes and smacked their lips twice.

It was also the first time that Aikaren had seen this creature. He cautiously reached out a finger to touch it, and then quickly withdrew it.

After realizing that the other party had neither bitten him nor was poisonous, a childlike smile immediately appeared on his lips, and he reached out and touched it lightly twice again.

Just then, Hera walked over and saw Aikaren slacking off.

"Boss, hey!"

Upon seeing Hera approach, Ekaren hurriedly greeted her, a slight blush rising to her cheeks.

"Mmm." Hera nodded in response, then turned her gaze to the fish that was still licking bubbles.

Ekalen noticed Hera's gaze. "Oh, by the way, boss, do you know what kind of creature this is..."

Before Ekalen could finish speaking, Hera grabbed the fish, popped it into her mouth, and bit off half of it.

"Hmm?" Hera mumbled, chewing on her fish. "What were you trying to say?"

"...I, I want to know what this...creature is..."

"Oh, this is fish, it's delicious, do you want some?"

As Hera handed him the half-fish, its tail still trembling, Aikalen's eyes twitched uncontrollably.

"No, it's not necessary..."

"Alright, let's go then."

Hera walked over to Lin Wushuang, who was lying on the stone bed next to her, and picked him up.

Lin Wushuang suddenly woke up.

"Ouch! Who is it?!"

When he saw it was Hera, his struggling body froze for a moment. "Uh, is she getting ready to leave?"

"Okay, please take me back quickly."

"Okay, put me down first."

Lin Wushuang's attitude towards Hera was extremely polite, even to the point of being humble.

There was no other reason than that he almost died at Hera's hands because of his own life. Apart from Ye Yiqing, a monster who was not afraid of her, normal people would not be able to speak normally just by seeing her.

"Come closer, I'll take you back to Qingshui Mansion right away."

Just as he was about to use spatial teleportation, a huge figure slowly swam out of the ocean and covered the cave entrance.

Lin Wushuang, who was directly facing the cave entrance, suddenly looked as if she had seen something terrifying and waved her hand with a strange expression.

"Hi……"