"I throw a left front kick, I throw a right whip kick, then I parry and strike..."
Bai Ye yanked the crystal person and slammed it down in a flurry of motion.
It looked like Bai Ye was wrestling with the crystal person, but in reality, Bai Ye was holding the opponent down, preventing them from getting up, and they rolled around on the ground.
In an instant, dust flew everywhere.
Davis and Allen had finally dealt with the two crystal people they were facing and then looked towards Bai Ye's direction, their jaws dropping.
Was it that intense?
Even though the crystal person was troublesome, it shouldn't have been a fight that shook the heavens and the earth, right?
On the other side, Bai Ye glimpsed Allen and Davis out of the corner of his eye. They were done?
Then he should be done too!
With that thought, Bai Ye suddenly grabbed the crystal person by the neck and twisted, snapping its neck. Then, with a perfect cartwheel, he sprang up from the ground and, in the same motion, grabbed the crystal person's head and slammed it towards the ground.
With a clang, the crystal on the crystal person's head shattered into pieces, and then purplish-red blood flowed out. The crystal person gradually lost its life.
Allen stepped forward, took a look at Bai Ye, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Bai Ye replied. "I was careless and didn't dodge. Otherwise, why would it have taken so long?"
Li Chengjie walked up, crouched down, and examined the corpse. "They're dead."
This was a statement of the obvious, but out of respect for Li Chengjie's status, everyone found it hard to retort. After all, he was one of the leaders of the border androids. What if he held a grudge and made things difficult for them later?
Fortunately, Li Chengjie realized his words were a bit off and corrected himself, "What I mean is, they were dead before the fight."
As Li Chengjie spoke, he fiddled with one of the crystal person's corpses.
"This guy's elbow and knee joints are broken, old injuries, connected by crystal to allow movement," Li Chengjie said, wiping some blood off. "The blood isn't normal either, too viscous, and there's very little of it. It's not the state of a living person."
Davis remarked, "It's questionable whether these guys can even be called people."
Li Chengjie countered, "Once you remove the crystal parts, they were definitely people once."
"Ahem!" Bai Ye coughed lightly. "Does it matter whether we prove they were once people, or whether they were alive before we eliminated them?"
Allen replied, "I think it does. We need to uncover the truth of this world, and we can start by investigating the origin of these crystal people."
What an idiot!
Bai Ye cursed inwardly.
Uncovering the truth was crucial, and it was also part of Bai Ye's hidden mission.
However, due to his memories from his previous life, Bai Ye knew that Li Chengjie was from Rhine Company and was a mole.
So, what was Li Chengjie's objective?
It was definitely to prevent everyone from uncovering the truth!
Therefore, Bai Ye's intention was to divert everyone's attention away from the crystal people, at least not to show overt interest, so he could lull Li Chengjie into a false sense of security, and then...
Allen looked so enthusiastic...
Bai Ye sighed. "What I mean is, obsessing over these corpses is pointless. If we want to know the truth, we can capture a few of them alive. Then, whether these crystal people were alive or were once human will naturally have its answers."
Gonzalez clapped his hands. "Makes sense."
Li Chengjie secretly rolled his eyes, his assessment of Bai Ye dropping another notch.
A complete brute.
Bai Ye was unaware of Li Chengjie's thoughts. If he had known...
Bai Ye would have said he could be even more of a brute.
Li Chengjie stood up and said, "Regardless, let's proceed according to the original plan. We'll head to the border of this world first."
Allen nodded, then looked at Bai Ye. "Are you coming with us?"
According to the fabricated story Bai Ye had spun, he had to go back to Cowboy Town to save his companions.
Bai Ye replied, "I'll go to the border with you first. Even if I have to go to Cowboy Town, I'll need some preparation. At least I need to find a vehicle, right?"
Allen said, "Alright, you can take all the supplies. We can just hunt for food."
As Allen spoke, he gestured for everyone to start moving the supplies.
Bai Ye casually shouldered a supply box, his mind already strategizing how to kill Li Chengjie.
Regarding how to complete the hidden mission, which was to uncover the truth about the Mirror World and the crystal people, Bai Ye wasn't actually too worried.
His memories from his previous life provided him with an advantage. Bai Ye knew where the clues were, and he even knew the location of the factory that produced the crystal people and the crystallization experiment base in the Mirror World.
Then, things would be simple.
Bai Ye would take Allen to these places for a tour, and the truth would naturally be revealed.
Then, things should proceed as in Bai Ye's previous life. Allen would return to the true border, gather the androids, and contact the androids in the affluent district, spreading the news about the crystallization experiment.
Eventually, the android leader would fail to negotiate with Rhine Company and, after being suppressed by the crystal people dispatched by Rhine Company, would choose to resist.
Allen would also become a hero because of this.
But the problem was...
He had to kill Li Chengjie!
Li Chengjie was from Rhine Company and would definitely not let them go to those places, and might even try to harm them.
Allen was the key to the mission and definitely couldn't die. If others died...
Bai Ye would also be heartbroken!
This hidden mission was calculated based on completion. Although it wasn't explicitly stated how completion was judged, since they had formed a team and entered the Mirror World, the number of surviving team members would most likely be counted towards the completion score.
Therefore, not a single one of them could be killed by Li Chengjie.
Thus, Bai Ye concluded: those who act last will suffer, those who act first will be strong!
Bai Ye felt he had to find a way to get rid of Li Chengjie quickly.
As he thought, he walked out of the dilapidated factory building.
The sun had already risen.
As they stepped out of the factory, the warm sunlight shone on everyone, feeling cozy and a bit blinding.
Then...
Bang!
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out!
The next instant, a red energy beam appeared and hit Li Chengjie directly in the chest.
Li Chengjie's eyes widened, a bloody hole appeared in his chest, and then bright red blood slowly spread out.
Thump!
Li Chengjie fell backward rigidly, landing squarely on the ground. The weapon case he was carrying also fell to the side, scattering weapons and energy cells all over the place.
Everyone else was stunned for a moment, including Bai Ye.
What was going on?
He was just thinking about killing the guy, and now the guy was about to die?
"Could it be that I'm already invincible, and just thinking about someone can make them die?"
Bai Ye looked bewildered.
It was Allen who recovered first. He rushed forward, grabbed Li Chengjie's arm, and pulled him back, shouting, "Back into the factory! Quickly!"