“I can help you!” Bai Ye said, “I can help you get promoted quickly, and I can also help you become stronger. Only by becoming a cadre faster can you build trust faster, or…”
Bai Ye curved his lips.
“Helping you become stronger is also an option. Sometimes, trust isn't that important; strength is the most important thing. As long as you are strong enough, the Hidden Dragon Society must promote you and rely on you. Whether they trust you or not won't matter, because they *have* to trust you and keep you in the Hidden Dragon Society.”
Yimi glanced at Bai Ye and said, “I admit you are very strong, but this isn't something that personal strength alone can achieve.”
“No, I can do it,” Bai Ye said. “Since I dare to say it, it means I can do it. What you need to do is believe that I can do it, and secondly, believe that you have such qualities and potential.”
Bai Ye actually felt that Yimi had quite a bit of potential in terms of strength.
In his past life, Yimi was a top-tier expert, just a step away from the peak of the pyramid, but looking at him now, Bai Ye thought this guy might have been held back by the Hidden Dragon Society.
The world war had only entered its mid-early stages, just two or three months at most, and Yimi was already capable of exploring the City of Ruins.
What did this concept imply?
Look at the opening of the Forbidden Zone in Laboratory No. 3. Besides Bai Ye and Yimi, there were no other chosen ones!
This wasn't an area anyone could just come to!
Even as an entry-level futuristic technology zone, the City of Ruins was still a futuristic technology zone. Most of the items here started from black rarity.
Putting aside things from his past life, as of now, Yimi was definitely among the top tier of experts.
As for how Yimi declined in his past life, only heaven knew.
At the very least, Yimi definitely possessed the traits and potential of a strong individual.
“I know you're curious now about how I can do it, but that's not important, because you don't need to do anything. Just join the Hidden Dragon Society according to your own plan,” Bai Ye said. “Then I will help you, and when I have helped you, you will know if I can do it. But…”
Bai Ye’s arm, which was draped over Yimi’s shoulder, suddenly tightened, causing Yimi a slight pain.
“I hope you remember one thing,” Bai Ye said. “I am a fair person. What I give you now, you will have to repay me that much in the future. If you refuse, I will take it myself. If I cannot take it, then I will destroy it.”
In that instant, the sudden ferocity emanating from Bai Ye startled Yimi.
The intense pressure made Yimi’s throat bob as he wanted to speak, but the words caught in his throat and couldn't be uttered.
Bai Ye looked at Yimi and asked, “Do you have a way to contact me?”
Yimi shook his head. “Leila could use magic to open a communication array. Now that she's dead, it's no longer possible.”
“It’s fine, I’ll be hanging around the City of Ruins for now,” Bai Ye said. “You have three days. If you've made up your mind, come find me at the hunting grounds in the slums. If I don't see you after three days, I’ll assume you’ve refused me. Be careful next time we meet.”
As Bai Ye spoke, he squeezed Yimi’s shoulders twice as a threat.
After speaking, Bai Ye released Yimi and walked forward.
“I’m leaving, I still have a hidden mission to complete.”
Bai Ye said, waving his hand as if bidding farewell to Yimi, and then…
*Zzzzap!*
Bai Ye turned into a bolt of electricity and vanished without a trace.
…
The next time Bai Ye reappeared, he was back on the outskirts of Laboratory No. 3.
It was quite coincidental that Alan and the others were just coming out of Laboratory No. 3.
“Bai Ye?” Alan was stunned, then his eyes lit up. He stepped forward and patted Bai Ye on the shoulder, saying, “You disappeared so suddenly, you scared us to death.”
Bai Ye shrugged, a little helpless about the situation.
His Forbidden Zone and hidden mission had overlapped. According to the rules of the Forbidden Zone, Bai Ye had to be teleported out. According to the rules of the hidden mission, he had to leave with Alan and the others. Clearly, the Forbidden Zone's rules took precedence.
“It’s nothing,” Bai Ye said with a smile. “How did you guys do?”
Alan took out a thin sheet, translucent in the center with metal on the sides, and said grimly, “Those crystal beings were the doing of the Rhine Corporation. They wanted to develop a fully controllable puppet warrior, the crystal beings, to replace artificial humans, and the research basis for crystal beings was artificial humans.”
Bai Ye exclaimed, “Ah? That’s truly terrible.”
A surprised expression flashed across Bai Ye's face, while his heart cheered: Got it, mission complete.
Alan said, “We need to leave here immediately. This matter is of grave importance.”
Gonzalez and Davis nodded. “We’ll go find a vehicle.”
“No need, no need,” Bai Ye said. “Didn’t we take down a lot of crystal beings earlier? We can go to that place.”
Alan asked, “How?”
Bai Ye explained, “The crystals that appeared on the outer perimeter, aren’t they the same as the crystals on the crystal beings? Since that's the case, the crystal effects should be the same, so as long as we have enough crystal being corpses, we can still leave here.”
Bai Ye paused, then added, “This is my conjecture.”
Bai Ye actually knew it was possible, but he couldn't explain how he knew, so he resorted to conjecture.
Alan said, “Then let’s do that.”
Returning to the place where they had fought before was not difficult. After Laboratory No. 3 was destroyed, the defense system was no longer manned, and the armed robots wouldn't attack.
As for the crystal beings…
Absolute obedience wasn't always a good thing. There were still some crystal beings left in Laboratory No. 3, and they could still pursue. But without someone to issue commands, those crystal beings were just inanimate puppets.
“However, we still need to transport the corpses,” Bai Ye said. “Based on the previous situation, the teleportation point corresponds to the original world. If we go back like this, we’ll appear directly in the affluent district.”
Alan nodded. “That’s indeed not ideal. Can we try to teleport some small items back first? If we can, we’ll move enough corpses to an uninhabited area in the slums before returning.”
Bai Ye replied, “It should be possible.”
Alan said, “Then let’s get to it, and hurry. We don’t know if the Rhine Corporation will discover this situation and take action, so we need to move as quickly as possible.”
Davis said, “I’ll go find a vehicle. We can’t just carry the corpses by hand, can we?”
Ji Ruyue said, “I’ll go with you. Starting the car might require deciphering passwords or something.”
Alan said, “The three of us will go find the corpses.”
…