Bai Ye walked down the street with his hands in his pockets, then entered the building.
Although Bai Ye thought assassinating a group of "zombies" was a foolish endeavor, as the captain, Allen had issued the order, so it had to be done.
Moreover, Bai Ye thought about it carefully and felt that it wouldn't be bad to have more contact with the crystalline beings. If he got lucky, he might find some clues to guide Allen and the others.
However, Bai Ye was not in a hurry about this matter.
Li Chengjie was dead, the only obstacle in the team was gone. As long as they continued to explore the border, the truth would be easily revealed.
What Bai Ye was more concerned about was Yimi.
From the current information, although Yimi's mission content was unclear, he was likely an adversary to Bai Ye.
The reason was that although Bai Ye's situation was not clear, Yimi knew about the concept of mission completion for Bai Ye, which meant Yimi had some understanding of Bai Ye's mission.
Since that was the case, Yimi still made a move, which naturally meant that their missions were, in all likelihood, in conflict.
This made Bai Ye extremely curious about Yimi's mission content. If there was a conflict, was Yimi from Rhine Company? If so, why kill Li Chengjie?
Bai Ye felt a headache coming on. The feeling of having a master lurking was not right, it was more likely that besides Yimi, there was another person.
The feeling of having two masters lurking was truly unpleasant.
While Bai Ye was contemplating, Ji Ruyue was going mad. She grabbed her walkie-talkie and said, "Bai Ye, are you sick? Why are you taking the elevator?"
Bai Ye snapped back to attention, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said, "Is there a problem?"
"Do you know how loud the elevators in these old buildings are? Do you think those crystalline beings are deaf?" Ji Ruyue said angrily, "Aren't you good at assassination? Is this how you do it?"
The elevator creaked and groaned, and then the iron gate was pulled open, revealing a crystalline being in front of them.
Bai Ye reached out and pointed forward, saying, "I am indeed good at it."
*Zzzt!*
Arcs of electricity leaped from Bai Ye's fingertips, and a current shot forward.
With a boom!
The current struck the crystalline being in the chest and then exploded.
Along with the arcs of electricity, the crystals on the crystalline being shattered, instantly splitting into pieces and exploding.
The next moment, with a thud, the crystalline being fell to the ground.
Ji Ruyue forcefully swallowed the words that had already reached her lips. From her perspective, as soon as Bai Ye finished speaking, a crystalline being was eliminated by Bai Ye.
After choking, Ji Ruyue could only say, "There are crystalline beings at the corner of the stairs ahead and at the zig-zag turns of the stairwell. Be careful not to alert them."
"Oh!"
Bai Ye replied, then swaggered forward.
Careful?
Careful about what?
Without anyone else around, Bai Ye could go all out and didn't need to play wrestling with those crystalline beings anymore. Could those crystalline beings be his match?
Bai Ye thought to himself, then turned the corner, and after loosely grasping the air to his side, the Steel Slime condensed into the form of the Thunderstorm Violet Lightning.
*Poof!*
The crystalline being waiting at the corner turned around, but the moment it made eye contact with Bai Ye, a flash of sword light suddenly swept past.
The crystalline being's head flew off, tumbling in the air.
Its body fell backward, and upon hitting the ground, large amounts of crystal fragments scattered.
The commotion attracted the attention of the crystalline beings on the upper floors, but the moment they poked their heads out, Bai Ye performed a sword incantation, and the Thunderstorm Violet Lightning transformed into a black current that shot out.
With one strike, the black current pierced through the crystalline being's body, and the immense force even carried the crystalline being three meters backward, slamming it against the wall.
Bai Ye continued to ascend. As he passed the corpses, he reached out, and the Thunderstorm Violet Lightning reverted to its sword form, returning to Bai Ye's hand.
Ji Ruyue paid special attention to Bai Ye's movements, and then...
Ji Ruyue was speechless.
She couldn't see where Bai Ye was skilled at assassination. He was simply walking forward.
But strangely, the moment Bai Ye passed by, those crystalline beings were inexplicably eliminated!
Ji Ruyue couldn't truly see through objects or predict the future. She merely had extremely acute senses and could make future deductions based on the information gathered by her senses.
Therefore, Ji Ruyue didn't actually know how Bai Ye managed it.
But Bai Ye did it...
So it didn't matter. The important thing wasn't the process, how it was done was irrelevant, as long as it could be done.
The result was what mattered!
Ji Ruyue turned to help the others, while Bai Ye continued to ascend.
"Huh?"
Seeing another crystalline being, Bai Ye paused, then picked up his walkie-talkie.
"I've found something interesting here. It looks like we need to keep someone alive."
Allen's voice came through, "What did you find?"
Bai Ye said, "There's a crystalline being wearing a white coat with a work ID on its chest. Yes, to be more direct, this person is a Rhine Company employee."
A surprised voice came from the walkie-talkie, "Why would a Rhine Company employee be here, and turned into a crystalline being?"
What else could it be?
Infected during an experiment, it also turned into a crystalline being, but it had no research value. It was a lowest-grade defective product, so it was discarded.
Bai Ye said, "I've captured the person?"
Allen asked, "Is it convenient? Or should we send support?"
"It's fine, I can handle it myself," Bai Ye said. "We'll meet on the street later."
After speaking, Bai Ye released Gengar and Goodra from their Beast Balls.
As soon as Gengar appeared, it stuck out its large tongue and licked Bai Ye's face, covering him in drool.
Goodra, not to be outdone, bit Bai Ye's head and held him firmly, anointing him with its mucus and making Bai Ye completely wet.
"Stop messing around!" Bai Ye affectionately patted Gengar and Goodra's heads, then said, "You two continue up the other stairs and take care of all the crystalline beings in this building."
Although Gengar and Goodra liked to be mischievous, they were very obedient when it came to business. After nodding, they followed Bai Ye's orders and continued up the other stairs.
Bai Ye, meanwhile, walked towards the crystalline being in the white coat.
From about three meters away, the crystalline being sensed Bai Ye's presence, suddenly turned around, and raised its right arm.
*Crack, crack!*
Crystals spread along its arm, covering its entire forearm and transforming it into a sharp cone.
"Oh?" Bai Ye grinned. "Not the worst defective product after all. It has some crystallization ability?"