Bai Ye proceeded down the street, quickly arriving at the entrance of the food shop that Gao Ming had mentioned.
There were four people in total, and Gao Ming was among them.
Bai Ye gave Gao Ming a surprised look and asked, "You're going too?"
Before Gao Ming could reply, a young man with a rather aggressive expression stepped out from the side and said, "We've been waiting for ages for this guy? I don't see anything special about him."
As he spoke, the youth circled Bai Ye once, then suddenly reached out and patted Bai Ye's cheek.
"You're quite good-looking. I heard the leader from the Hidden Dragon Association is a woman, so are you planning to use your pretty face to seduce her?"
Bai Ye looked at Gao Ming and said, "Get someone else."
Gao Ming said awkwardly, "Sorry."
The youth protested, "Replace me? Why? Gao Ming, I was invited by Lin Jiaye. Now you want me to leave? Believe it or not, I'll quit the Evil Spirit Gang?"
Bai Ye said, "You've misunderstood."
The youth looked at Bai Ye, "Huh?"
Bai Ye continued, "When I said get someone else, I didn't mean for you to leave."
*Zzzt!*
The moment Bai Ye spoke, a surge of electricity erupted from his body.
In the next instant, the lightning struck the youth. A sharp stinging sensation and a jarring impact swept through his entire body. Then, the youth's body was flung backward, crashing heavily onto the ground.
*Zzzt!*
The sound of crackling electricity was heard again. Bai Ye transformed into a bolt of lightning and appeared beside the youth. Before the latter could get up, Bai Ye stomped on his chest.
"What I meant by 'someone else' is..." Bai Ye extended his hand, conjuring a lightsaber from his Steel Slime, and said, "Once one is gone, a vacancy naturally appears."
*Pfft!*
The youth swiftly drew a long saber, but before he could raise it, the lightsaber in Bai Ye's hand had already swept across his throat.
Immediately after, a head rolled to the side.
Gao Ming turned pale with shock, "Bai Ye, you..."
Bai Ye looked at Gao Ming, his gaze growing colder, "Do you have a problem?"
"No, no, it's not that..." Gao Ming quickly shook his head. "Isn't this an absolutely safe zone? You told me it was!"
Bai Ye replied, "Yes, it's protected by the World Battlefield."
Gao Ming asked, confused, "But, you..."
Bai Ye explained, "The premise of being protected by the World Battlefield is entering a virtual game forbidden zone. Since it's consciousness entering, the body remains in this area, so the body is protected by the World Battlefield. No one can kill someone whose consciousness has entered a virtual game forbidden zone."
Gao Ming then asked, "So, now?"
Bai Ye spread his hands, "It's just a normal neutral safe zone."
Gao Ming asked, "Then you won't get in trouble for killing someone?"
Gao Ming glanced at the headless corpse, feeling a twinge of regret.
It was true the guy was arrogant, but he was considered a top-tier expert in the Evil Spirit Gang. It was a bit of a shame for him to die like this.
The first-tier experts were trapped in the virtual game, and the others were still in the Primordial Domain.
But more than this matter, Gao Ming was genuinely worried about Bai Ye. Killing someone in a neutral zone could lead to big trouble.
"It's fine," Bai Ye said indifferently. "Don't worry about me. Prepare to enter the virtual game."
Gao Ming began, "Are you sure..."
Before Gao Ming could finish his sentence, he felt something was wrong. Combat robots had already appeared around them and were heading in their direction.
Despite the lack of technological atmosphere in this small town, it was actually a futuristic technological area.
Technological development had many paths, and this area's technology mainly leaned towards life and entertainment.
Therefore, the futuristic feel wasn't that strong.
But that didn't mean there was no military power. There were still combat robots for defense, and although they were entry-level, their quality wasn't low.
However...
Bai Ye turned his head to look at the approaching robots, and then...
*Crash!*
The dozen or so combat robots that were heading towards Bai Ye suddenly disintegrated, scattering into a pile of parts on the ground.
The members of the Evil Spirit Gang were instantly dumbfounded.
Especially Gao Ming, who had been contemplating whether to quickly pull them and run, but...
It was over?
Just like that?
"Let's go!" Bai Ye looked at Gao Ming. "Quickly call one more person over. It's time to get down to business."
Safe zone?
There was no truly safe place in the World Battlefield.
The so-called safe zones were merely protected by powerful natives, making the chosen ones hesitant to act recklessly, thus forming these safe zones.
When the strength of the chosen ones could overwhelm the natives maintaining order in the safe zone, the so-called safe zone would cease to be a safe zone.
If anyone claimed that Bai Ye could overwhelm all safe zones right now, that would be nonsense. But for future technology zones, which relied on combat robots for public security, Bai Ye truly didn't take them seriously.
Mechanical Reconstruction would teach them a lesson.
Gao Ming's mood was indescribable. Although it wasn't the first time he had seen Bai Ye in action, and he knew Bai Ye was strong, completely disregarding a safe zone was truly monstrous.
Bai Ye urged again, "Let's go, what are you waiting for?"
Gao Ming snapped back to reality and quickly said, "Let's go, let's go, this way."
Even though a group of combat robots had been dealt with, this was clearly not the end, so they should leave as soon as possible.
Although...
Bai Ye probably didn't care much.
Leading the way quickly, Gao Ming guided the group into a detached row house villa and said to Bai Ye, "This is our temporary base. We've rented this place for now."
As he spoke, Gao Ming pushed the door open.
Walking past the entryway into the living room, rows of virtual reality devices were set up. There were also five men and two women, along with some empty devices.
It was clear that the empty devices were there because the occupants had died.
Gao Ming instructed, "Put on the helmet, connect the device to the vein in your wrist, and then place this pad over your heart."
Bai Ye would definitely know how to use it, so Gao Ming wasn't worried, but he needed to explain it to the remaining two.
Bai Ye sat down on the sofa and looked at Gao Ming, "Are you going too?"
Gao Ming nodded, "Yes!"
Bai Ye asked, "Aren't you a cadre?"
Gao Ming chuckled, "Don't underestimate me. I can fight well."
Bai Ye spread his hands and said, "We're still short one person."
Gao Ming shook his head, "It's too late for them to get here now, and besides..."
Gao Ming gave a wry smile.
"We really can't find any more experts."
"Ah?" Bai Ye exclaimed, "No way?"
Gao Ming asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Bai Ye replied, "So, you called that guy an expert earlier?"
Gao Ming's face went dark.
The others were speechless.
Didn't they know that boasting too much would bring divine retribution?
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