"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 curled his lips.
"I can help you become stronger too. Sometimes, trust isn't that important. Strength is the most important. As long as you are strong enough, the Cang Long Hui must use 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 Hui."
Yimi glanced at Bai Ye and said, "I admit you are strong, but this is not 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 lot of potential in terms of strength.
In his previous life, Yimi was a top-tier expert, just a step away from the pinnacle of the pyramid. But from Bai Ye's current perspective, Yimi might have been held back by the Cang Long Hui.
The progress of the world's battlefield had only recently entered the mid-stage, barely two or three months at most, and Yimi was already capable of exploring the City of Ruins.
What did this imply?
Look at the opening of the restricted zone of Laboratory No. 3. Besides Bai Ye and Yimi, there were no other chosen ones!
This was not an area that just anyone could enter!
Even if the City of Ruins was an entry-level futuristic technology zone, it was still a futuristic technology zone. Most of the items here were priced from black upwards.
Regardless of what happened in his previous life, in the present, Yimi was definitely one of the top experts.
As for how Yimi regressed in his previous life, only heaven knew.
At the very least, Yimi truly possessed the traits and potential of a strong person.
"I know you're curious now about how I can do it. That's not important, because I don't need you to do anything. Just join the Cang Long Hui 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 hooked around Yimi's shoulder, suddenly tightened, causing Yimi a slight pain.
"I want you to remember one thing," Bai Ye said. "I am a fair person. Whatever I give you now, you will have to return to me in the future. If you refuse, I will take it myself. If I can't get it, then I will destroy it."
At that moment, the sudden surge of ferocity from Bai Ye startled Yimi.
The extreme pressure made Yimi gulp, wanting to speak, but the words got stuck in his throat.
Bai Ye looked at Yimi and asked, "Do you have a way to contact me?"
Yimi shook his head and said, "Lailiya could use magic to create a communication magic 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 grounds in the slums. If I don't see you after three days, I'll assume you've rejected me. Be careful when we meet next time."
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 still have a hidden mission to complete."
Bai Ye waved his hand as if bidding Yimi farewell, and then...
With a crackle!
Bai Ye turned into a current of electricity and vanished without a trace.
...
Bai Ye reappeared on the outskirts of Laboratory No. 3.
The timing was quite coincidental, as Allen and the others were just emerging from Laboratory No. 3.
"Bai Ye?" Allen was taken aback, then his eyes lit up. He stepped forward and patted Bai Ye's shoulder, "You disappeared so suddenly, you scared us to death."
Bai Ye spread his hands, feeling a sense of helplessness.
His restricted zone and hidden mission had 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 took precedence.
"It's nothing," Bai Ye said with a smile. "How did you guys do?"
Allen took out a thin sheet, transparent in the center and metallic on the sides, and said grimly, "Those crystal men are the work of the Rhine Company. They want to develop completely controllable puppet warriors, the crystal men, to replace artificial humans, and the research for crystal men is based on artificial humans."
Bai Ye said, "Ah? That's really terrible."
Bai Ye's face showed surprise, while his heart rejoiced: Done, mission accomplished.
Allen said, "We need 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 men earlier? We can go to that place."
Allen asked, "How?"
Bai Ye said, "Aren't the crystals that appeared on the outskirts the same as the crystals on the crystal men? If that's the case, the effect of the crystals should be the same. So, as long as we have enough crystal man corpses, we can still leave here."
Bai Ye paused, then continued, "This is my guess."
Bai Ye actually knew it was possible but couldn't explain how he knew, so he resorted to guessing.
Allen said, "Then let's do that."
Returning to the place where they had fought was not difficult. After Laboratory No. 3 was destroyed, the defense system was no longer operated, so the armed robots would not attack.
As for the crystal men...
Absolute obedience wasn't necessarily a good thing. There were still some crystal men left in Laboratory No. 3. They could still pursue, but without anyone to issue commands, those crystal men were just immobile puppets.
"However, we still need to transport the corpses," Bai Ye said. "Based on the situation earlier, the teleportation point corresponds to the original world. If we go back like this, we'll appear directly in the wealthy district."
Allen nodded. "That really won't do. Can we try to teleport some small items back first? If we can, we'll transport enough corpses to a deserted area in the slums before going back."
Bai Ye said, "It should be possible."
Allen said, "Then let's get to it. Let's hurry. We don't know if the Rhine Company will discover this situation and take action. We need to seize the time as much as possible."
Davis said, "I'll go find a car. We can't carry the corpses empty-handed, can we?"
Ji Ruyue said, "I'll go with you. Starting the car might require deciphering passwords or something."
Allen said, "The three of us will go find the corpses."
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