"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 more quickly, or..."
Bai Ye hooked the corners of his mouth.
"I can help you become stronger too. Sometimes, trust isn't that important. Strength is the most important thing. As long as you are strong enough, the Cang Long Association must use 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 Cang Long Association."
Yimi glanced at Bai Ye and said, "I admit you are very strong, but this is not something that can be accomplished by individual strength alone."
"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 previous life, Yimi was a first-class expert, not far from the top of the pyramid, but looking at him now, Bai Ye felt that this guy might have been dragged down by the Cang Long Association.
The world battlefield had only recently entered its mid-early stages, at most two or three months, and Yimi was already capable of exploring the City of Ruins.
What did this mean?
Just look at the activation of the Level 3 Laboratory restricted zone. Besides Bai Ye and Yimi, there were no other chosen ones!
This was not an area anyone could come to!
Even though the City of Ruins was an introductory future technology zone, it was still a future technology zone. Most of the items here started from black.
Let's not talk about the past. As of now, Yimi was definitely one of the top experts.
As for how Yimi declined in his previous life, only heaven knew.
At the very least, Yimi indeed possessed the qualities and potential of a strong person.
"I know you're very curious now about how I can do it, but that's not important, because you don't need to do anything. Just join the Cang Long Association according to your own plan," Bai Ye said. "Then I will help you, and when I have helped you, you will know whether I can do it or not. But..."
Bai Ye's arm, which was hooked around Yimi's shoulder, suddenly tightened, causing Yimi a slight pain.
"I hope you remember one thing," Bai Ye said. "I am a fair person. How much I give you now, you will have to return to me in the future. If you refuse, I will take it myself. If I cannot get it, then I will destroy it."
At that moment, the sudden ferocity emanating from Bai Ye startled Yimi.
The extreme sense of oppression made Yimi's throat bob, and he wanted to speak, but the words got stuck on his lips.
Bai Ye looked at Yimi and said, "Do you have a way to contact me?"
Yimi shook his head. "Lailiya could use magic to create a communication array. Now that she's dead, it's naturally impossible."
"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 ground in the slum. If I don't see you after three days, I'll assume you've refused me. Be careful the next time we meet."
As Bai Ye spoke, he squeezed Yimi's shoulders twice as a threat.
After speaking, Bai Ye let go of Yimi and walked forward.
"I'm leaving, I have a hidden mission to complete."
Bai Ye said, waving his hand as if bidding farewell to Yimi, and then...
With a crackle!
Bai Ye turned into a bolt of electricity and vanished without a trace.
...
When Bai Ye reappeared, he was back on the outskirts of Level 3 Laboratory.
It was a coincidence that Allen and the others had just come out of Level 3 Laboratory.
"Bai Ye?" Allen was taken aback, then his eyes lit up. He stepped forward and patted Bai Ye's shoulder. "You disappeared suddenly, you scared us to death."
Bai Ye spread his hands, feeling a little helpless about the situation.
His restricted zone and hidden mission overlapped. According to the rules of the restricted zone, Bai Ye had to be teleported out. According to the rules of the hidden mission, he had to leave with Allen and the others. Clearly, the rules of the restricted zone prevailed.
"It's nothing," Bai Ye said with a smile. "How did you guys do?"
Allen took out a thin sheet, translucent in the center, with metal on both sides, and said in a low voice, "Those crystal people are the work of the Rhine Company. They want to develop completely controllable puppet warriors, the crystal people, to replace artificial humans, and the research basis for crystal people is artificial humans."
Bai Ye exclaimed, "Ah? This is truly terrible."
Bai Ye's face showed a surprised expression, while his heart cheered: Done, mission accomplished.
Allen said, "We have to leave here immediately. This matter is of great importance."
Gonzalez and Davis nodded. "We'll go find a car."
"No, no," Bai Ye said. "Didn't we defeat a lot of crystal people before? We can go to that place."
Allen asked, "How?"
Bai Ye explained, "The crystals that appeared on the outskirts are the same as the crystals on the crystal people, aren't they? If so, the crystal effect should be the same. Therefore, as long as we have enough crystal person corpses, we can still leave here."
Bai Ye paused, then added, "This is my guess."
Bai Ye actually knew it was possible, but he couldn't explain how he knew, so he guessed.
Allen agreed, "Then let's do it."
Returning to the place of their previous battle was not difficult. After Level 3 Laboratory was destroyed, the defense system was no longer manned, and the armed robots would not attack.
As for the crystal people...
Absolute obedience was not necessarily a good thing. There were still some crystal people left in Level 3 Laboratory, and they could still pursue, but without someone to issue commands, those crystal people were just motionless 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 will appear directly in the rich district."
Allen nodded. "That really won't do. Can we try to teleport some small items back first? If we can, we'll move enough corpses to a deserted area in the slum before going back."
Bai Ye replied, "It should be possible."
Allen urged, "Then let's get to work, and hurry up. I don't know if the Rhine Company will discover this situation and take action. We need to make as much haste as possible."
Davis said, "I'll go find a car. We can't just carry the corpses by hand, can we?"
Ji Ruyue added, "I'll go with you. Starting the car might require deciphering passwords or something."
Allen instructed, "The three of us will go find the corpses."
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