Bai Ye felt a sense of accomplishment.
It was finally a real lightsaber, no longer a flashlight.
Although Bai Ye didn't know when he would need to use it, flying swords were much more practical, but romance and dreams still had value.
Unless...
Someone offered a high price?
Bai Ye thought, then tossed the Skywalker into his inventory.
Allen and the others had already left. Bai Ye leaned by the window, gazing at the ruined city. So far, his debut had been smooth.
However, Bai Ye's goal was the wish mission, which he hadn't obtained yet, and the hidden missions still had follow-ups.
But this couldn't be rushed. Bai Ye had completed the first step, and the second step depended on Allen's negotiations with the Rhine Company. Based on Bai Ye's memories from his previous life, the negotiations were bound to break down, leading to the android rebellion.
At that time, Bai Ye could proceed to the next hidden mission.
As for now, Bai Ye could only wait.
Yes, wait!
Bai Ye felt this word was fitting. He needed to wait for the hidden mission and also for a reply from Yimi.
The Hidden Dragon Society, the Evil Spirit Gang, the Flower Street.
The Evil Spirit Gang had already established ties. The Flower Street was uncertain. Hua Zhixiao was currently just a woman surviving by her body. Although Bai Ye had given Hua Zhixiao a hand, whether she could rise again like in his previous life depended on Hua Zhixiao herself.
Simply put, Bai Ye had only cast some bait, and he wasn't sure if this bait would catch any fish.
But both major factions had a direction. As for the remaining Hidden Dragon Society...
Alright, to be fair, Bai Ye disliked the Hidden Dragon Society. Those guys had hunted him when he was weak in his previous life. Although he became powerful later and settled the score,
But grudges like that could only be resolved by death. Since he was given another chance, he naturally had to make them die again for the debt to be truly settled.
Therefore, Bai Ye hadn't initially factored the Hidden Dragon Society into his plans.
Bai Ye's plan was to use the Evil Spirit Gang to counter the Hidden Dragon Society and then accelerate the progress of the world battlefield through their conflict.
But now, with Yimi appearing at his doorstep, Bai Ye thought it might be a good idea to place someone in the Hidden Dragon Society.
As long as Yimi climbed high enough and gained enough importance within the Hidden Dragon Society, she could likely be used for many things then.
The only question was, could Yimi be controlled?
The Evil Spirit Gang was managed through mutual interests.
As for Hua Zhixiao, she was too weak now. She hadn't even shown any traits or potential that Bai Ye could anticipate. Thus, Bai Ye's choice was to let her grow naturally. He would see if Hua Zhixiao could stand up on her own; if not, so be it.
But Yimi couldn't be handled like Hua Zhixiao. She was already an expert, and while Hua Zhixiao was establishing the Flower Street, something Bai Ye couldn't help much with, Yimi was going undercover in the Hidden Dragon Society, which was different from Hua Zhixiao.
However, Bai Ye felt that making Yimi obedient wouldn't be too difficult.
As long as he was powerful enough.
Bai Ye didn't know if Yimi had a preference for strength, but Bai Ye believed that as long as he could consistently show Yimi his power, she should behave.
Because if Yimi wanted to fight the Divine Followers, Bai Ye was Yimi's greatest asset.
"Speaking of which, what exactly are these Divine Followers?"
Bai Ye murmured to himself as he thought about it.
Bai Ye found this matter quite interesting. Leaving the world battlefield was everyone's pursuit, and Bai Ye was no exception. But what about the truth of the world battlefield?
This was also something everyone wanted to uncover. However, compared to being able to leave, the truth was less important.
But if Yimi's speculation was correct, and the truth of the world battlefield was related to leaving the world battlefield, then it would be very important.
However, Bai Ye couldn't do anything for now and could only wait.
But what Bai Ye didn't expect was that instead of hearing news about Allen's negotiations with the Rhine Company or Yimi contacting him, he first received contact from Gao Ming.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Bai Ye." As Bai Ye picked up the communication device, Gao Ming's voice sounded, "How have you been lately?"
"Not great!"
Bai Ye pouted. He had been loafing around in the ruined city for two days, but there was no news from Allen, and Yimi hadn't contacted him. Naturally, this made Bai Ye unhappy.
"But..." Bai Ye said, "Judging by your tone, you seem to be doing well."
"I can only be doing well thanks to you!" Gao Ming laughed. "Seriously, aren't you considering joining our Evil Spirit Gang?"
Bai Ye said, "Not interested."
"Alright." Gao Ming sounded regretful. "Then our cooperation."
Bai Ye said, "See, that's more like it. Let's talk cooperation, why bring up joining the Evil Spirit Gang? Don't I know what your boss Harvey is thinking? If I really joined the Evil Spirit Gang, would you still be so willing to give benefits? As a member of the Evil Spirit Gang, serving the Evil Spirit Gang is only natural, isn't it?"
Gao Ming chuckled and didn't argue. Trying to recruit Bai Ye did have that intention behind it.
Bai Ye said, "I think the map from the Men in Black should be enough for you to get by. Although they are all entry-level future tech weapons, equipping the entire Evil Spirit Gang with black-quality weapons would greatly improve your overall strength. And you couldn't have achieved that in such a short time, right?"
Gao Ming said, "We naturally won't abandon that place. We have to eat the first crab, but I think it's even better to eat the crab clean."
Bai Ye said, "Then why are you looking for me?"
Gao Ming sighed. "Although overall strength is necessary, there's still a considerable gap between our cadre-level strength and the Hidden Dragon Society. The strength of the Hidden Dragon Society's enforcers is quite impressive."
"Oh?" Bai Ye said, "You're not satisfied with the low-end matches and want to bring out some experts for the high-end matches?"
Gao Ming smiled. "You can understand it that way, after all, we need experts to hold the line."
Bai Ye said, "Do you want a red-quality lightsaber?"
A man's romance...
As long as the price offered was sincere, it wasn't impossible to sell.
Gao Ming immediately said, "Of course!"
Bai Ye said, "What do you plan to exchange for it? By the way, you'll have to send someone to pick it up yourself."
"Ah?" Gao Ming said, "It's in your hands?"
Bai Ye said, "Why?"
Gao Ming said tactfully, "Although it's a good item, exchanging one red-quality item for another red-quality item doesn't make much sense."
Bai Ye said, "Don't you have anything you don't need?"
Gao Ming said, "There should be, but this matter isn't under my purview. I can go ask for you, but my point is that the previous cooperation model was quite good."
Bai Ye said, "You want information about the forbidden zones, right?"
Gao Ming honestly replied, "Yes."
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