The warrior took a deep breath and, after a moment of thought, decided to continue speaking.
No matter what, his own life was important, and besides…
The warrior glanced down at the gear he had taken off.
He had deliberately removed his equipment to lower Bai Ye's guard, both in terms of their current standoff and to prevent Bai Ye from noticing his subtle actions. Although the gear was off, the communication device was still active.
That's right, the warrior had called for backup!
So, as long as he could stall for a bit, others would arrive.
In that case, sharing some intel wouldn't hurt. After all, if he managed to kill Bai Ye later, what would be the point of any of this information?
"You must have seen the data on this restricted zone," the warrior said. "Right?"
Bai Ye nodded, emphasizing again, "But I'm not asking about the zone itself. I want to know what happened in this area?"
The warrior replied, "That's what I'm talking about. I believe the situation in this area has changed somewhat due to our arrival, but it's not directly related to us. Well, you can think of it this way: if this were a story, the plot has changed because of it."
Bai Ye pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't understand."
The warrior explained, "I don't know if you've noticed this, but the World Battlefield is composed of many different zones, and these zones actually exist within various worlds, or once existed within various different worlds."
Bai Ye interrupted, "I know that."
The warrior nodded. "Celtic, Cat Face, and Scar were real people to me, from about three hundred years ago. They were exceptional young elites at the time, especially Celtic and Scar, who were considered future elite Predators. But unexpectedly, they didn't even complete their coming-of-age rituals. This restricted zone is the story of their unfinished coming-of-age rituals..."
"About their coming-of-age rituals and the underground pyramid ruins..." Bai Ye interrupted, "I know the general idea, so you can skip this part."
The warrior shrugged and continued, "Then came our appearance. My companions and I are the Chosen. According to the restricted zone data, the Predator Commander dispatched a large number of Predators back to their homeland to search for Celtic, Cat Face, and Scar, and to confirm if a Xenomorph Queen had been reborn. This is both correct and incorrect."
Bai Ye asked confusedly, "What do you mean, both correct and incorrect?"
The warrior explained, "The incorrect part is that we are the Chosen, unlucky individuals forcibly sent into the World Battlefield. How could we have been dispatched by the Predator Commander? Moreover, does the Predator Commander have the ability to dispatch Predators into the World Battlefield?"
That indeed wasn't possible. The selection process for the World Battlefield seemed to have no logic; it simply threw a group of people from various worlds into it at random.
In the early days, there were indeed some who wanted to voluntarily enter the World Battlefield, especially from combat-oriented civilizations that considered themselves powerful. They had researched this matter, but none had succeeded.
The World Battlefield was not a place one could leave at will, nor was it a place one could enter at will.
Bai Ye asked, "Then, what is the correct part?"
The warrior replied, "We do need to search for traces of Celtic, Cat Face, and Scar, and confirm if a Xenomorph Queen has been reborn. If a Xenomorph Queen has been born, we need to kill it. If a Xenomorph Queen has not been born, we need to destroy the Xenomorph egg chambers to prevent the hatching of Queen embryos."
Bai Ye suddenly frowned and pondered, then said, "Your restricted zone mission is different from ours, right?"
The warrior's heart leaped, because Bai Ye had guessed correctly.
Although he was sharing information, the warrior had deliberately avoided some key points, or rather, he had deliberately used vague, ambiguous statements to share information with Bai Ye. The reason, of course, was that the other Predators hadn't arrived yet, and the warrior could only continue to stall for time.
But what the warrior didn't expect was that Bai Ye had figured it out so quickly.
Of course, the warrior didn't know that Bai Ye wasn't guessing. In his previous life, Bai Ye had experienced something similar. Initially lacking information, Bai Ye couldn't deduce anything, but after the warrior spoke, Bai Ye had a general understanding.
It was likely that the restricted zone in this area was originally divided into factions. When the warrior and his fellow Predators, as the Chosen, arrived here, they naturally became the Predator faction. Their restricted zone missions all belonged to the Predator restricted zone missions. This restricted zone was likely designed to screen for members of the Human faction, which was why the reward for Restricted Zone Mission Two was a distress signal beacon.
As for the Xenomorph mission…
Bai Ye was not clear about this for the moment, but the line of thought was like this. Perhaps there were even Chosen from the Xenomorph race?
As soon as Bai Ye finished thinking, he felt he was being a bit fanciful. It was possible for there to be Chosen among the Predators, as they were intelligent beings. Xenomorphs were closer to a beast-like form, and calling these creatures intelligent beings was a bit of a stretch, even though they had their own lineage continuation system, it was difficult to form a world.
Bai Ye thought for a moment and said, "So, your mission should be to hunt Xenomorphs and humans, right? And are there also missions related to entering the pyramid ruins, or rewards?"
The warrior nodded helplessly, "Yes, there are missions to hunt Xenomorphs and humans. As for rewards, we need to find an electronic map. This is a structural diagram of the pyramid obtained by the research team using instruments to scan the pyramid ruins from the outside. Based on the life data scans indicated on it, we can determine the location of the Xenomorph egg chambers."
Bai Ye asked, "Then what are your thoughts on the beasts that suddenly appeared in the glaciers? You know what 'beasts' are, right?"
"Of course, I've been in the World Battlefield for a long time and have encountered people from many beast-taming worlds. In fact, the glaciers were not the first area I reached after entering the World Battlefield," the warrior said. "Those beasts were just a coincidence."
Bai Ye asked, "A coincidence?"
The warrior explained, "This is information I gathered from some beast tamers. The fundamental reason for the large number of beasts appearing in the glaciers is a beast called Regias. This beast is very famous and powerful in a certain beast-taming world, known as a legendary beast, and is called the Ice Pillar."
Bai Ye nodded, "I already know this. The question is, what is the relationship between Regias, the Xenomorphs, and you Predators?"
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