Bai Ye proceeded down the street and soon arrived at the entrance of the mixed-fare shop that Gao Ming had mentioned.
There were four people in total, and Gao Ming was among them.
Bai Ye looked at Gao Ming with surprise and asked, "You're going too?"
Before Gao Ming could respond, a young man with a somewhat unruly expression stepped forward and said, "We've been waiting for ages for this guy? I don't see anything special about him."
As the young man spoke, he circled Bai Ye once, then suddenly reached out and patted Bai Ye's cheek.
"You're quite good-looking. I heard the team leader from the Hidden Dragon Society is a woman, so are you planning to use your handsome face to seduce her?"
Bai Ye looked at Gao Ming and said, "Get someone else."
Gao Ming said apologetically, "Sorry."
The young man was displeased. "Replace me? Why? Gao Ming, I was invited by Lin Jiaye. Now you want me to leave? Believe it or not, I'll quit the Evil Spirit Group!"
Bai Ye said, "You've got it wrong."
The young man looked at Bai Ye and asked, "Hmm?"
Bai Ye said, "When I said 'get someone else,' I didn't mean for you to leave."
*Zzzt!*
The moment Bai Ye spoke, a large amount of electricity surged from his body.
In the next instant, the lightning struck the young man. An intense stinging sensation and impact swept through the young man's entire body. Immediately after, the young man's body was sent flying and crashed heavily onto the ground.
*Zzzt!*
The sound of surging electricity arose again. Bai Ye transformed into a bolt of lightning and appeared beside the young man. Before the latter could get up, Bai Ye stomped on his chest.
"What I meant by 'get someone else' is..." Bai Ye reached out and conjured a lightsaber with his Steel Slime, saying, "Once one person is gone, a position will naturally be vacant."
*Slash!*
The young man quickly drew a long saber, but before he could even raise it, the lightsaber in Bai Ye's hand had already swept past his throat.
Immediately after, a head rolled to the side.
Gao Ming's face turned ashen. "Bai Ye, you..."
Bai Ye looked at Gao Ming, his gaze growing cold. "Do you have a problem with that?"
"No, no..." Gao Ming quickly shook his head. "Isn't this an absolutely safe zone? You told me it was!"
Bai Ye said, "Yes, it's protected by the World Battlefield."
Gao Ming was confused. "But, you..."
Bai Ye spread his hands. "The premise of being protected by the World Battlefield is entering a virtual game restricted zone. Since it's consciousness entering, the body remains in this area. Therefore, the body is protected by the World Battlefield, and no one can kill someone whose consciousness has entered a virtual game restricted zone."
Gao Ming asked, "Then now?"
Bai Ye spread his hands. "It's just a general neutral safe zone."
Gao Ming asked, "Then you won't have any trouble killing someone?"
Gao Ming glanced at the headless corpse, feeling a pang of regret.
It was true that the guy was arrogant and overbearing, but he was considered a high-level expert in the Evil Spirit Group. It was a bit of a shame for him to die like this.
The first-tier experts? Weren't they trapped in the virtual game? The other few were still within the Primordial Domain.
However, compared to this matter, Gao Ming was more concerned about Bai Ye. Killing someone in a neutral zone would cause huge trouble.
"It's fine," Bai Ye said indifferently. "Don't worry about me. Prepare to enter the virtual game."
Gao Ming said, "Are you sure..."
Before Gao Ming could finish his sentence, he felt that something was about to go wrong. Combat robots had already appeared around them and were heading in their direction.
Despite this town having no technological atmosphere, it was actually a futuristic technological zone.
Technological development had many routes, and the technology in this area primarily leaned towards life and entertainment.
Therefore, the futuristic technological feel wasn't very strong.
But that didn't mean there was no military force. Combat robots used for defense were still present, and although they were only entry-level, their standard wasn't low among entry-level models.
However...
Bai Ye turned his head to look at the robots, and then...
*Crash!*
The dozen or so combat robots that were approaching Bai Ye suddenly shattered into pieces, scattering on the ground as a pile of parts.
The members of the Evil Spirit Group were instantly stunned.
Gao Ming, in particular, was wondering if he should quickly pull people away and run, but then...
It was over?
It was over just like that?
"Let's go!" Bai Ye looked at Gao Ming. "Quickly call another person. It's time to get down to business."
Safe zone?
There was no truly safe place in the World Battlefield.
The so-called safe zones were merely guarded by powerful native inhabitants, deterring the chosen ones from acting rashly, thus forming the so-called safe zones.
When the strength of the chosen ones could overwhelm the native inhabitants maintaining order in the safe zone, the so-called safe zone would cease to be a safe zone.
If one were to say that Bai Ye could overwhelm all safe zones right now, that would be pure nonsense. However, in the futuristic technological zone, where combat robots were used to maintain public order, Bai Ye truly didn't pay them any mind.
Mechanical Reconstruction could directly teach them a lesson.
Gao Ming's mood was indescribable. Although it wasn't the first time he had seen Bai Ye in action, and he indeed knew Bai Ye was very strong, but...
Disregarding safe zones was truly monstrous.
Bai Ye urged him again, "Let's go, what are you still standing there for?"
Gao Ming snapped back to attention and quickly said, "Go, go, go, this way."
Although a group of combat robots had been dealt with, this was clearly not the end, so they should naturally evacuate as quickly as possible.
Although...
Bai Ye probably didn't care much either.
Leading the way quickly, Gao Ming brought everyone into a detached villa-style townhouse and said to Bai Ye, "This is our temporary base. We've rented this place temporarily."
As Gao Ming spoke, he pushed the door open.
Walking past the entrance into the living room, there were virtual reality devices set up. There were also five men and two women, along with some empty devices.
It was clear that the empty devices were there because the users had already died.
Gao Ming said, "Put on the helmet, connect the device to the vein in your wrist, and then place this pad on your heart."
Bai Ye would definitely know how to use it, so Gao Ming wasn't worried, but he needed to explain it to the remaining two.
Bai Ye sat down on the sofa and looked at Gao Ming. "You're going too?"
Gao Ming nodded. "Yes!"
Bai Ye asked, "Aren't you a cadre?"
Gao Ming chuckled. "Don't underestimate me. I can fight very well."
Bai Ye spread his hands, then said, "We're one person short."
Gao Ming shook his head. "There's no time for anyone else to get here, and besides..."
Gao Ming gave a wry smile.
"We really can't find any more experts."
"Huh?" Bai Ye asked, "No way?"
Gao Ming asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Bai Ye said, "So, you call that guy an expert?"
Gao Ming's forehead immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
The others were speechless.
Don't you know that showing off will attract lightning?
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