Screech!
Amidst the falling lightning arcs, Bai Ye's figure suddenly flashed, appearing before Xue Cheng in an instant.
Bai Ye met Xue Cheng's gaze and smiled, "Do you have any other tricks?"
Xue Cheng smacked his lips, wanting to say something, but the words were stuck in his throat, unable to be uttered.
Bai Ye said, "It seems you don't."
Poof!
In Bai Ye's hand, the Lei Huo Qing Ming was sent forward, easily piercing Xue Cheng's chest, aimed at the heart, and impaling Xue Cheng's body with a single sword.
"You have killed a participant (Modern Civilization World)."
"You have obtained thirty-seven God Stone fragments."
...
With Xue Cheng's death, Bai Ye felt he had completed his mission ahead of schedule.
The members of the Cang Long Hui within the virtual game restricted zone should not all be dead. There were likely still some people in another game instance.
However, with Xue Cheng, the leader, dead, what waves could the remaining stragglers possibly stir up?
Most importantly, Xue Cheng and Wang Ling.
Two captains of the Cang Long Hui elite group had died directly. The virtual game restricted zone had suffered a complete defeat. These fallen individuals would not be able to bring back what they had collected.
Given Cang Long Hui's methods, they would absolutely not let this matter rest.
There were already conflicts of interest between the factions. With this incident, the contradictions would inevitably deepen. Moreover, with Gao Ming's tendency to stir up trouble, he would surely publicize this matter extensively to expand the influence of the E Ling Hui.
Could the Cang Long Hui tolerate this?
A turtle buying watermelons, should it roll or crawl?
Absolutely not!
In this way, Bai Ye's objective was achieved.
Development alone could not advance the progress of the world battlefield; there had to be conflict. As the saying goes: war is the fundamental driver of civilization!
As for Bai Ye, he could temporarily retreat and watch the show.
"Right, I need to go out to sea!"
Bai Ye was already planning for what would happen after leaving the virtual game restricted zone.
The matter of Jin Sha needed to be resolved. He had to participate in the Summit War. Liu Shiyue's life needed to be claimed. Especially since, according to Gao Ming's intelligence, Fang Hu, mentioned by Li Jia Yi, might be overseas, which made Bai Ye even more determined to go.
Speaking of which, Bai Ye had never been out to sea in his previous life.
The world battlefield was vast, and Bai Ye couldn't possibly visit every place.
If the world battlefield were divided into four large regions: East, West, North, and South, in his previous life, Bai Ye had entered the world battlefield in the Northwest region, then operated in the North in his early days. As his strength grew, he gradually shifted eastward.
By the later stages of the world battlefield, because the ability of mechanical reconstruction was very suitable for futuristic technology regions, Bai Ye had rooted himself in the East region, earning the title of the "Twin Bai of the East."
During the war in the Central region, Bai Ye had also entered it directly from the East region.
The seas were also divided. Different seas might belong to different regions, but one thing was undeniable.
Over 80% of the sea areas were in the South region. Bai Ye had indeed visited some fringes of the South region, but they were areas bordering the East region and did not include sea areas.
So, how should he go out to sea?
Should he look for a ship? Or should he acquire a spirit beast capable of sailing?
"Right," Bai Ye mused, "there are still many spirit beast regions in the South. Jin Sha should have died in the South at that time."
Bai Ye returned to the entrance of the game instance as he pondered.
Since his side had wiped out the enemy, Gao Ming had not yet finished the instance with his team. Bai Ye simply leaned against a large rock to wait, then remembered that he hadn't drawn his gashapon for the day.
He quickly drew a gashapon to calm his nerves. Such a benevolent person like himself had killed so many people; he was almost scared to death.
Besides, Xue Cheng was indeed a cadre of the Cang Long Hui, possessing a truly large amount of God Stone fragments, a full thirty-seven.
Bai Ye didn't believe his luck was so good as to obtain the maximum amount of God Stone fragments someone could possess. It could only mean that Xue Cheng had an unimaginably large number of God Stone fragments.
Therefore, since he had come into unexpected wealth, why not splurge a little?
Bai Ye quickly threw out the gashapon machine.
As the mechanical whirring sound came from within the gashapon machine...
The first one: If you want to live a smooth life, your head must be somewhat adorned with green. Therefore, an unremarkable little green egg.
The second one: Bai Ye's eyes lit up.
Good Persimmon Happening (Item) (Black): Upon consumption, increases Strength by 30, Speed by 25, Stamina by 20, Spirit by 15, and Intelligence by 1.
Good Persimmon Happening was actually a frozen persimmon. Eating it could enhance physical attributes.
This item would definitely be most useful for Bai Ye. Even if it was a gashapon product, its attributes would not regress after consumption.
So, what were they waiting for?
Let's get to it!
Bai Ye directly threw the frozen persimmon into his mouth, resulting in a crunch...
Bai Ye was so pained that tears almost fell. His front teeth were almost chipped.
He forgot that frozen persimmons and frozen pears, etc., needed to be thawed with water before eating.
Bai Ye temporarily set this item aside to be eaten later, then consumed a God Stone fragment to draw a golden gashapon.
Soon, a golden radiance bloomed.
A day without surprises or delights. A golden weapon, named the Jade Water Sword. Then, following the procedure, it was absorbed and etched. Now, there was one more task: having the Two Poles Wheel absorb it.
After absorbing the Jade Water Sword, the Two Poles Wheel showed no significant changes, as it was only one item.
Whether this bug could be exploited would only be known tomorrow, but judging by the usual patterns, Bai Ye felt there shouldn't be any issues.
Meanwhile...
At the entrance of the game instance, a white light suddenly appeared, and then human-shaped outlines continuously emerged.
Gao Ming led his team out of the instance, warily ordering them to form battle formations.
"Stop fussing," Bai Ye waved his hand. "They're all dead."
Gao Ming was surprised, "Ah?"
Bai Ye said, "Blood scent, corpses, do you have eyes? Do you have a nose?"
Gao Ming glanced around and exclaimed in astonishment: "Holy shit, amazing!"
Gao Ming was somewhat numb now. Although he wanted to say something, he didn't know what to say, and could only lament his lack of culture again, relying on "Holy shit" to get by.
Bai Ye said, "How was your harvest?"
Gao Ming gave a thumbs-up, "Good luck. Only five items left. After defeating the floor boss, relying solely on the guaranteed red-quality items, we'll be 100% successful in collecting them. Aren't you still short one red-quality item? You can pick first later."
Bai Ye nodded, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's get it done. I'm in a hurry."
Gao Ming nodded. Whatever Bai Ye said, they would do. This restricted zone could be handled, it was entirely thanks to Bai Ye holding it together.
"Let's go!" Gao Ming said. "The demon tower where the floor boss is located is not far from here."
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