Sizzle!
Amidst the descending lightning arcs, Bai Ye’s figure suddenly flickered, and he appeared right in front of Xue Cheng.
Bai Ye met Xue Cheng’s gaze and smiled, "Do you have any other moves?"
Xue Cheng smacked his lips, wanting to say something, but the words were stuck in his throat, unable to escape.
Bai Ye said, "It seems not."
*Puff!*
In Bai Ye's hand, the Lei Huo Qing Ming surged forward, easily piercing Xue Cheng's chest and aiming for the heart, impaling Xue Cheng's body with a single sword strike.
"You have killed a participant (Modern Civilization World)."
"You have obtained thirty-seven God Stone Fragments."
...
With Xue Cheng's death, Bai Ye felt his mission was completed ahead of schedule.
The members of the Cang Long Hui within the forbidden zone of the virtual game should not be entirely wiped out, and there were likely still some people in another game instance.
However, with Xue Cheng, the leader, dead, what kind of storm could the remaining few lesser figures stir up?
Most importantly, Xue Cheng and Wang Ling.
Two captains of the Cang Long Hui elite corps were directly killed. The virtual game forbidden zone suffered a complete defeat. These dead individuals could not take the items they had collected with them.
Given Cang Long Hui's modus operandi, 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 penchant for stirring up trouble, he would surely publicize this matter extensively, using it to expand the influence of the Evil Spirit Corps.
Could Cang Long Hui tolerate this?
Like a turtle buying watermelons, should they roll away or crawl away?
Absolutely not!
Thus, Bai Ye’s objective had been achieved.
Mere development could not drive the progress of the World Battlefield; there had to be conflict. As the saying goes, war is the engine of civilization!
As for Bai Ye, he could temporarily retire and watch the show.
"Right, I need to go out to sea!"
Bai Ye had already begun planning for what would happen after leaving the virtual game forbidden zone.
Jin Sha’s matter needed to be resolved. He had to participate in the Summit War. Liu Shiyue’s life needed to be collected. Especially since, according to Gao Ming's intelligence, Fang Hu, as Li Jiayi mentioned, might be overseas, which made it even more imperative for Bai Ye to go.
Speaking of which, Bai Ye had never actually been out to sea in his previous life.
The World Battlefield was vast, and Bai Ye couldn’t possibly traverse every corner.
If the World Battlefield were divided into four major regions: East, West, North, and South, then in his previous life, Bai Ye entered the World Battlefield in the Northwest region, then operated in the North early on. As his strength grew, he gradually shifted eastward.
By the later stages of the World Battlefield, because the ability of Mechanical Rebirth was very suitable for the futuristic technological regions, Bai Ye had established himself in the Eastern region, earning the title of the "Twin Whites of the East."
During the war in the Central region, Bai Ye also directly entered it from the Eastern region.
The seas were also segmented; different sea areas might belong to different regions. However, one thing was undeniable.
Over eighty percent of the seas were in the Southern region. Bai Ye had been to some fringes of the Southern region, but they were areas bordering the Eastern region, and there were no seas.
So, how should he go out to sea?
Should he look for a ship? Or should he acquire a spirit beast capable of traveling by sea?
"Right," Bai Ye murmured, "there are still many spirit beast regions in the Southern region, and Jin Sha should have died in the Southern region at that time."
As he pondered, Bai Ye returned to the entrance of the game instance.
Since they had wiped out the enemy here, Gao Ming hadn't finished the instance yet. Bai Ye casually leaned against a large rock to wait, and then remembered he hadn't drawn his gacha for the day.
He quickly drew a gacha to calm his nerves. He, such a benevolent person, had actually killed so many people; he was almost scared to death.
Besides, Xue Cheng was indeed a cadre of Cang Long Hui. He had a lot of God Stone Fragments, a full thirty-seven.
Bai Ye didn't believe his rotten luck would be enough to acquire the maximum limit of God Stone Fragments the other party possessed. It could only mean that Xue Cheng had an unimaginable number of God Stone Fragments.
So, since he had come into unexpected wealth, why shouldn't he indulge a little?
Bai Ye quickly threw out the gacha machine.
As the sound of mechanical rotation came from the gacha machine...
The first one: If you want life to go smoothly, your head must get a little green. Therefore, a plain and unremarkable little green egg.
The second one, Bai Ye's eyes lit up.
Good Persimmon Incident (Item) (Black): After consumption, increases Strength by 30 points, Speed by 25 points, Stamina by 20 points, Spirit by 15 points, and Intelligence by 1 point.
"Good Persimmon Incident" was actually a frozen persimmon. Eating it could strengthen physical attributes.
This item would be most useful to Bai Ye. Even if it was a gacha machine product, the attributes wouldn't regress after consumption.
So, what were they waiting for?
Let's get to it!
Bai Ye directly threw the frozen persimmon into his mouth, and with a *crunch*...
Bai Ye was so pained that tears almost fell. His front teeth almost broke.
He forgot that frozen persimmons, like frozen pears, needed to be thawed with water before eating.
Bai Ye temporarily set the item aside to be eaten later, then consumed a God Stone Fragment to draw a golden gacha.
Soon, a golden radiance bloomed.
A day without surprise or joy. A golden weapon, called the Azure Water Sword. Then, going through the process: devour, engrave. Now there was one more thing: let the Two Forms Wheel devour it. 138 Reading Network.
After devouring the Azure Water Sword, the Two Forms Wheel showed no significant change, as it was only one item.
Whether this bug could be exploited would only be known tomorrow, but according to the usual pattern, Bai Ye felt there shouldn't be any problems.
At the same time...
At the entrance of the game instance, a white light suddenly appeared, and humanoid outlines continuously emerged.
Gao Ming led his people out of the instance, cautiously forming combat formations.
"Stop fussing," Bai Ye waved his hand. "They're all dead."
Gao Ming was surprised, "Ah?"
Bai Ye asked, "The smell of blood, the corpses, you have eyes, right? And a nose?"
Gao Ming glanced around and exclaimed, "Holy crap, awesome!"
Gao Ming was somewhat numb by now. Although he wanted to say something, he didn't know what to say. He could only lament his lack of education again, relying on "Holy crap" to navigate everything.
Bai Ye asked, "How was your harvest?"
Gao Ming gave a thumbs-up. "Good luck. We're only five items short. After defeating the floor boss, we'll definitely be able to complete it just by relying on the guaranteed red-quality items. Don't you still need one more 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 forbidden zone could be handled entirely thanks to Bai Ye holding the fort.
"Let's go!" Gao Ming said. "The demon tower where the floor boss is located isn't far from us."
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