Bai Ye pondered for a moment and said, "So, what you mean is?"
Li Jia Yi replied, "That group of divine followers clearly intends to defeat us one by one. Hamill and I are purely dragged down by you. They don't want anyone to know of their existence, so they want to kill us all in one go. If this continues, no one will benefit. There is only one path forward."
Bai Ye asked, "Cooperation again?"
Li Jia Yi gritted his teeth. "If I can put aside our grudges to cooperate with you, what do you have to be unhappy about? Every time you ruin my good deeds, every time you take advantage of me, and you even killed my assistant. What right do you have to be unhappy? I should be the one who's unhappy!"
"Don't get so agitated. I didn't say we wouldn't cooperate," Bai Ye said. "I'm just worried you'll trick me. What was that vehicle called again?"
"Sky Eye Wave Sense Tactical Vehicle," Li Jia Yi replied. "Am I an idiot? What benefit would I get from tricking you? If we could have avoided them, why would I have gone out of my way to provoke the divine followers? If that vehicle can really find us, we can't escape."
Bai Ye said, "Alright, continue."
Li Jia Yi stated, "The other side has five people..."
Bai Ye interrupted, "Four."
Li Jia Yi was stunned for a moment. "You took one down?"
"Mhm," Bai Ye replied. "To be honest, not very strong."
Li Jia Yi: "..."
Can you die if you don't show off? If they were willing to fight me one-on-one, I could have taken one down too!
Li Jia Yi took a deep breath, reminding himself not to get angry. Unity was paramount now.
"Then it's four!" Li Jia Yi said. "With our strength, three against one, we might not lose. Besides, we don't necessarily have to fight them head-on. We just need to find a way to destroy their Sky Eye Wave Sense Tactical Vehicle. Without that thing, it would be easy for us to evade them for three days."
Bai Ye pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "You seem to know a lot about the divine followers?"
Li Jia Yi paused for a moment, then firmly replied, "I don't."
Bai Ye grinned sinisterly. "Hehe."
Bai Ye continued, "Since we're going to cooperate, we should be more open. You clearly know something about the divine followers. You recognized them when you saw them and even knew that to conceal their identity, they wouldn't let you and Hamill go. You're also familiar with their modus operandi."
"Cooperation requires some basic trust. If you don't tell me what you know, how can I be sure you're not playing games?"
Li Jia Yi retorted, "Don't put it so nicely. Even if I know something, what does it have to do with our cooperation? Aren't you just trying to pry information about the divine followers from me?"
Bai Ye nodded. "Exactly!"
Li Jia Yi: "..."
Li Jia Yi was speechless again. Bai Ye's frankness left him unsure how to respond.
Li Jia Yi said, "I was hunted by them before."
Bai Ye asked, "Then how are you still alive?"
Li Jia Yi replied, "I gave them what they wanted, alright?"
Bai Ye sneered, "They kill even those who know their identity. Do you think they would let you go just because you gave them what they wanted? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child to be easily fooled?"
Indeed, Yimi was also alive.
But Yimi had a special circumstance. The divine followers chasing him at the time were his friends, and they briefly regained their memories. In the end, Yimi placed the item beside their corpses and narrowly escaped.
After the matter of the Life Crystal, Yimi might once again be on the divine followers' kill list.
Li Jia Yi said helplessly, "Do you really have to bring this up now? If we delay any longer, Hamill might really be in trouble. Can we talk about this after we deal with these divine followers?"
Bai Ye asked, "Are you sure you'll tell me?"
Li Jia Yi replied, "I'm sure."
Bai Ye thought for a moment. "I'll trust you this once. Where is that bat now?"
Li Jia Yi said, "East District. There's a river there. They're fighting right now. You should be able to see it when you get closer, but we need to make a plan."
"Just say it," Bai Ye said. "Since you've come to me, you must have already thought of a plan."
Li Jia Yi explained, "We don't need to fight them to the death. The main objective is that Sky Eye Wave Sense Tactical Vehicle. However, they've currently locked onto Hamill's location, so there's no need for them to bring out that vehicle."
Bai Ye thought for a moment. "So, the top priority is to rescue Hamill and then escape successfully. Once the four divine followers lose our trail, they'll have to use that vehicle you mentioned to find us."
"But our escape is just a feint, designed to make them bring out that vehicle. Then we can seize the opportunity to destroy it. Once the vehicle is gone, we can hide in the city, and they'll have almost no way of finding us."
Li Jia Yi concluded, "Yes, that's the idea."
Li Jia Yi suddenly remembered his beautiful assistant. She was pretty, no doubt, but not very bright.
Look at Bai Ye. Talking to a smart person makes things so much easier. He just had to start, and Bai Ye knew what he meant.
Li Jia Yi couldn't help but rest his chin on his hand. It would be great if he could get this guy to be his assistant.
He wasn't necessarily the smartest, but his intelligence was definitely online. Plus, he was strong. Although he had a foul mouth and they disliked each other and wanted to kill each other, wasn't that because they were enemies right now?
Thinking about it carefully, he was a man, so he couldn't be appreciated for his looks or used for office politics. Other than that, Bai Ye was actually a pretty good candidate.
Meanwhile, Bai Ye stood up and smiled at the woman, bowing courteously. "I apologize for disturbing you all night. I should be going now. Have a pleasant day."
After speaking, Bai Ye's body transformed into a bolt of lightning and suddenly disappeared without a trace.
East District?
Bai Ye recalled. He had been there before, so it would be convenient. He could just open his electric field and head directly towards the East District without expanding in other directions.
About fifteen minutes later, Bai Ye's body once again turned into lightning and flashed. He reappeared by the river. Not far away was a cross-river bridge, which had now been broken in two.
Bai Ye also had an impression of the broken bridge. It should be the broken bridge mentioned in the news. But where were Hamill and the divine followers?
BOOM!
As if to answer Bai Ye, a deafening roar suddenly erupted on the other side of the broken bridge.
When Bai Ye looked back, he saw a massive column of water shooting into the sky, and a large amount of spray rained down from above.
Even a fool would know what was happening.
Bai Ye immediately flashed his body and transformed into electricity again, heading towards the direction of the erupting water column.
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