“Why are you blocking the way? Are you an idiot?”
Bai Ye’s shoulder was bumped, and he snapped back to reality.
Bai Ye watched the man walk past him without bothering to argue, instead heading towards the Evil Spirit Group's standee.
The Evil Spirit Group's standee had two main points:
First, recruitment, and second, acquisition.
“Young man, are you interested?” A young man saw Bai Ye standing in front of the standee and immediately approached him enthusiastically, saying, “Do you know about the Hidden Dragon Society? Have they been chasing you? Those guys are incredibly vile…”
“Stop…”
Bai Ye knew that in the early stages of recruitment, the Evil Spirit Group used the Hidden Dragon Society as bait.
The general idea was to gather people who had been bullied by the Hidden Dragon Society.
If you hadn't been bullied by them, that was fine too.
The Evil Spirit Group would tell you that the Hidden Dragon Society was a very wicked organization, powerful and numerous, hunting others everywhere, snatching God Stone fragments, and collectively entering restricted zones to monopolize the rewards from restricted zone missions and slaughter other chosen ones within them.
So…
You don’t want to be bullied by the Hidden Dragon Society, right?
You don’t want to be isolated and helpless when the Hidden Dragon Society attacks you, right?
Besides these, there was, of course, a hidden implication…
You also want to bully others like the Hidden Dragon Society and snatch God Stone fragments, right?
You also want a group to monopolize restricted zones and get the mission rewards, right?
Excellent, we have reached a consensus.
Join the Evil Spirit Group, and you can have all of this.
Bai Ye knew these points all too well, so he decisively interrupted the other person.
Bai Ye had no interest in joining the Evil Spirit Group. Moreover, Bai Ye had always felt that the rise of the Evil Spirit Group in his previous life was not only because their leader, Harvey, was a smart person, but also because…
The early president of the Hidden Dragon Society was an idiot.
This was because the Evil Spirit Group’s offers were things the Hidden Dragon Society could also provide.
Joining the Hidden Dragon Society, of course, meant you wouldn’t be bullied by them.
Joining the Hidden Dragon Society also meant you could bully others alongside them.
So, why must it be the Evil Spirit Group?
If Bai Ye were the president of the Hidden Dragon Society, he would have started recruiting with the same conditions.
This was a winning hand, a clear advantage that could completely stifle the Evil Spirit Group’s development.
Unfortunately, the current president of the Hidden Dragon Society might not have had a good head on his shoulders, always focusing on developing his world’s chosen ones as the core.
Initially, they had only been gathering people and hadn’t considered recruitment at all, which gave the Evil Spirit Group an opportunity to develop.
Sometimes, a leader with brains was indeed very important.
At least in Bai Ye’s previous life, the Hidden Dragon Society couldn’t be said to have botched a good hand, but there was no comparison without harm.
If you understood the origin story of the Evil Spirit Group and then compared it to the Hidden Dragon Society, the levels of their leaders were clearly not on the same tier.
However, what did this have to do with Bai Ye?
Bai Ye didn’t plan to do anything about the Hidden Dragon Society; after all, they had a foundation and would surely develop. But for the Evil Spirit Group, Bai Ye didn’t mind lending a helping hand.
“I don’t plan to join you,” Bai Ye said, pointing to the “acquisition” sign. “I have something I want to sell, but it’s a bit special. I don’t think ordinary people can give me satisfactory compensation, but perhaps your Evil Spirit Group can.”
“Oh?” The man didn’t seem bothered by Bai Ye’s refusal and smiled, saying, “What is it you plan to sell that needs to be described as ‘special’?”
Bai Ye said, “Restricted Zones!”
The man was stunned. “Restricted Zones?”
Could restricted zones be sold?
Bai Ye glanced at the standee. “You really hate the Hidden Dragon Society, don’t you?”
The man nodded. “Of course. I was almost killed by those guys. So, don’t I have a reason to hate them?”
Bai Ye smiled and said, “Then you should be quite familiar with the Hidden Dragon Society’s operational patterns, right?”
The man replied, “I do know quite a bit.”
Bai Ye continued, “Then you should know how they deal with restricted zones. After finding a restricted zone, they don’t enter immediately. Instead, they gather enough manpower and then open the restricted zone.”
The man nodded. “This way, they have enough manpower to slaughter others wantonly within the restricted zone and have a high probability of completing the restricted zone mission.”
Bai Ye asked, “So, why can’t restricted zones be sold?”
As Bai Ye spoke, he took out a fragment of the Heart of Dawn and said, “With this item, one can enter the Primordial Domain.”
The man looked at the Heart of Dawn, hesitated, and said, “I need to find someone to discuss this. It’s the first time I’ve encountered someone selling a restricted zone.”
Bai Ye casually extended his hand. “Please do.”
The man took out a paper crane and handed it to Bai Ye. “I’ll need some time. You can wander around for now. I’ll contact you with the paper crane later.”
Bai Ye nodded.
The man extended his hand. “My name is Gao Ming.”
Bai Ye reached out and shook Gao Ming’s hand. “It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
After speaking, Gao Ming asked others to watch the standee and then hurried away.
Bai Ye watched Gao Ming’s retreating back. Was the person he needed to discuss with Harvey Stanson?
The Evil Spirit Group wasn’t very large at the moment, so Harvey might be personally involved. However, Bai Ye recalled that Harvey Stanson spent most of his time in magical areas and later rooted himself in cyberpunk areas.
Therefore, the possibility of him appearing here was not very high.
Bai Ye thought as he ambled to the side.
What Bai Ye currently possessed was one Insect Breathing style, two Blood Demon Arts, and also…
The most frustrating thing after obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was that…
The Thunder Breathing style and Instantaneous Movement were废了!
With the Instantaneous Movement via the electric field provided by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Bai Ye found he had no use for the Thunder Breathing style anymore. In fact, the value of Instantaneous Movement itself had diminished.
The Instantaneous Movement of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had no time limit and didn’t require positioning; as long as he was within the electric field, he could use it, almost eliminating the need for other movement abilities to complement it.
However, Bai Ye had already used both, so he couldn’t trade them.
Bai Ye walked through the market, lost in thought.
Suddenly, Bai Ye stopped and looked at a stall on the side, with a standee beside it.
The stall owner was selling a weapon – the Thunderfang Savage Beast.
Bai Ye knew this weapon. It was a black-quality weapon, resembling both a saber and a sword, making it difficult to classify precisely because it had a lightning-shaped,异形 blade.
The reason Bai Ye knew it was because he had once drawn it from the gacha machine.
Seeing it unexpectedly now made Bai Ye’s eyes light up.
The effect of the Thunderfang Savage Beast weapon was a perfect match for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!
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