Bai Ye pondered for a moment and said, "So, you mean?"
Li Jiadao replied, "Those cultists clearly intend to deal with us one by one. Hamel and I are purely being dragged down by you. They don't want anyone to know about their existence, so they want to kill us all. If this continues, no one will benefit. There's only one path forward."
Bai Ye asked, "Cooperation again?"
Li Jiadao gritted his teeth and said, "I can put aside our feud and seek cooperation with you, so what are you unhappy about? Every time you ruin my good deeds, every time you take advantage of me, and my assistant was even killed by you. What right do you have to be unhappy? I should be the one who's unhappy!"
"Don't get so worked up. I didn't say I wouldn't cooperate," Bai Ye said. "I'm worried you'll trick me. What was that vehicle called?"
"Sky Eye Wave Sense Tactical Vehicle," Li Jiadao replied. "Am I crazy to trick you? What benefit would I get? If I could have avoided them, why would I deliberately provoke the cultists? That vehicle can really find us, and we can't escape."
Bai Ye said, "Alright, continue."
Li Jiadao said, "There are five of them..."
Bai Ye interrupted, "Four."
Li Jiadao was stunned for a moment. "You killed one?"
"Mm," Bai Ye replied. "To be honest, he wasn't very strong."
Li Jiadao: "..."
Can't you die without showing off? If they were willing to fight me one-on-one, I could have killed one too!
Li Jiadao took a deep breath, telling himself not to get angry. Unity was key right now.
"Then four!" Li Jiadao said. "With our strength, three against one, we might not lose. Besides, we don't necessarily need to confront them head-on. We can find a way to destroy their Sky Eye Wave Sense Tactical Vehicle. Without that thing, it's easy for us to hide for three days."
Bai Ye pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "You seem to know a lot about the cultists?"
Li Jiadao was stunned for a moment, then resolutely said, "I don't know."
Bai Ye chuckled insincerely, "Heh heh."
Bai Ye continued, "If we're going to cooperate, we should be more honest. You clearly know something about the cultists. You knew they were cultists when you saw them, and you also knew that to hide their identity, they wouldn't let you and Hamel go. You're clearly familiar with their modus operandi."
"And cooperation requires a foundation of trust. If you don't tell me what you know, how can I know you're not playing games?"
Li Jiadao retorted, "Don't put it so nicely. Even if I know something, what does that have to do with our cooperation? You just want to pry information about the cultists from me, don't you?"
Bai Ye nodded. "Yes!"
Li Jiadao: "..."
Li Jiadao was speechless again. Bai Ye's honesty left him unsure how to respond.
Li Jiadao said, "I was hunted by them before."
Bai Ye asked, "Then how are you still alive?"
Li Jiadao replied, "I gave them what they wanted. Is that not enough?"
Bai Ye sneered, "They kill even those who know their identities. You gave them the item, and they would let you go? Do you take me for a three-year-old child to be fooled?"
Indeed, Yimi was also alive.
However, Yimi had a certain peculiarity. The cultists who hunted him at the time were his friends, and they had briefly recovered their memories. In the end, Yimi placed the item by the corpse of his friend and escaped.
And after the incident with the life crystal, Yimi might once again be on the cultists' kill list.
Li Jiadao said helplessly, "Do you have to bring this up now? If we delay any longer, Hamel might really be in trouble. Can we talk about this after we deal with the cultists?"
Bai Ye asked, "Are you sure you'll tell me?"
Li Jiadao replied, "I'm sure."
Bai Ye thought for a moment. "I'll trust you this time. Where is that bat now?"
Li Jiadao said, "In the East District, there's a river there. The fight is happening now. You should be able to see it when you get here, but we need to make a plan."
"Just say it," Bai Ye said. "Since you've come to me, you must have already thought of a plan."
Li Jiadao explained, "We don't need to fight them to the death. The main objective is that Sky Eye Wave Sense Tactical Vehicle. However, they've currently locked onto Hamel's location, so there's no need for them to bring out that vehicle."
Bai Ye thought for a moment. "So, the priority is to rescue Hamel and then escape successfully. Once the four cultists lose our trail, to find us, they'll have to bring out that vehicle you mentioned."
"But our escape is just a feint, designed to make them bring out that vehicle, and then we can destroy it. As long as the vehicle is gone, we can hide in the city, and they'll have almost no way to find us."
Li Jiadao confirmed, "Yes, that's the idea."
Li Jiadao suddenly remembered his beautiful assistant. She was indeed beautiful, but not very bright.
Looking at Bai Ye, it was so much easier talking to someone smart. He just had to start, and Bai Ye knew what he wanted.
Li Jiadao couldn't help but rest his chin on his hand. It would be great if he could get this guy to be his assistant.
Not to mention how smart he was, his intelligence was definitely online, and he was also a capable fighter. Although his mouth was a bit foul, and they disliked each other and wanted to kill each other, wasn't that just because they were currently in an adversarial relationship?
Come to think of it, since he was a man, and couldn't be appreciated for his looks or used for workplace "special treatment," Bai Ye was actually a pretty good candidate.
Meanwhile, Bai Ye stood up and smiled at the woman, bowing politely. "I apologize for disturbing you all night. I should leave now. I wish you a pleasant day."
After speaking, Bai Ye's body transformed into a bolt of lightning and he suddenly vanished.
East District?
Bai Ye recalled that he had been there before, which made things convenient. He could just open his electrical field and head straight for the East District without expanding in other directions.
About fifteen minutes later, Bai Ye's body once again transformed into lightning and flashed. He reappeared by the river, near a cross-river bridge that had been broken in half.
Bai Ye also remembered the broken bridge; it should be the one mentioned in the news. But where were Hamel and the cultists?
Rumble!
As if to answer Bai Ye, a deafening roar suddenly erupted on the other side of the broken bridge.
When Bai Ye turned his head, he saw a massive water column shoot into the sky, with large amounts of spray scattering down from above.
Even a fool would know what was happening.
Bai Ye immediately flashed his figure, transforming into electricity again, and headed towards the direction of the water column.
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