Bai Ye pondered for a moment and said, "Are you planning for me to go in and help you bring the person out?"
Gao Ming nodded, "Yes."
Bai Ye asked, "What benefits do you plan to give me?"
Gao Ming was stunned, "Huh?"
Bai Ye said, "As I said, this matter has nothing to do with me. I provided the intel, and the intel was correct. If you can't handle the forbidden zone, that's your problem. If you can't defeat the Cang Long Hui, that's also your problem. If you want me to do work, you need to show sincerity."
Gao Ming scratched his head. This answer...
Was a bit unexpected.
From Bai Ye's words, it seemed he was willing to make a move, but he wanted benefits.
Gao Ming cautiously asked, "Aren't you at odds with the people from the Cang Long Hui?"
"Yes," Bai Ye replied, "but that's no reason for me to be your scapegoat."
Gao Ming thought about it. Was the news half good and half bad?
Bai Ye's willingness to act meant he wasn't part of the Cang Long Hui, and this was truly an accident. Secondly, this was Bai Ye's first time directly admitting he had a feud with the Cang Long Hui.
The bad news was that Gao Ming didn't know what benefits to offer, as his commander hadn't said.
Gao Ming thought for a moment and said, "I need to report to our commander."
Bai Ye smiled, "Alright!"
Having interacted with him more, Bai Ye had a good understanding of Gao Ming.
Gao Ming was capable, pragmatic, and not stupid, but he had a weakness: he wouldn't take charge if something was up to him.
Simply put, Gao Ming lacked the ability for self-decision. Anything that made him hesitate required him to go find Stenson.
People like him could get things done, but they couldn't achieve great things.
"By the way," Bai Ye added, "tell your commander that if I act, it won't just be about bringing the person back."
Gao Ming asked, "What do you mean?"
Bai Ye said, "I'll clear out all three levels."
Gao Ming exclaimed, "Are you serious?"
The virtual game forbidden zone that Bai Ye provided was similar to a dungeon game. The first level could yield blue-quality items, the second level could yield black-quality items, and the third level could yield red-quality items.
Furthermore, defeating the boss of each level meant clearing that level, and each person could bring back three items.
The boss on the third level was already difficult, and Bai Ye had warned Gao Ming earlier. Now, clearing it meant not only defeating the boss but also confronting the Cang Long Hui, which increased the difficulty by more than a little.
Bai Ye stated, "I never go into the forbidden zone empty-handed. Do you think I'm going sightseeing?"
"This..." Gao Ming hesitated and said, "Please wait a moment!"
Bai Ye nodded, "Go ahead!"
Hanging up the phone, Bai Ye hummed a tune and started heading towards the area he had told Gao Ming about.
Bai Ye was absolutely confident that Stenson would agree.
If the Cang Long Hui was also aiming for the third level, they would undoubtedly send experts.
Therefore, if it was a matter of sacrificing a pawn to save the queen, Stenson might not pay too much of a price.
However, if all three levels were cleared, not only would each person gain three blue, three black, and three red items, directly boosting their strength, but they could also strike a blow against the Cang Long Hui. Stenson would definitely go to great lengths.
The current issue was what price Stenson could afford and how much courage he possessed.
About fifteen minutes later, the phone rang again.
"Hello!" Bai Ye answered the call and asked, "Have you thought it through?"
Gao Ming replied, "First, we currently have a total of seven people in the virtual game. Our commander's intention is to assign four more people to you, making a total of twelve. This is the maximum team size for clearing the third level boss."
"Second, regarding the reward, our commander has given three options. The first option is that after clearing the third level, excluding what you personally obtain, you will receive half of the total items we acquire."
"The second option is that if you provide information, the Evil Spirit Group will spare no effort to find an item for you."
"The third option is that our commander is willing to increase the price."
Bai Ye said, "I'm not interested in the first or second. What do you mean by the third?"
A pile of red-quality items was indeed quite tempting. Bai Ye had to marvel at Stenson's willingness to spend, but Bai Ye knew the Evil Spirit Group's situation was dire.
Seven people?
You must be kidding me!
Bai Ye had told Gao Ming the team size limit for each level. If the Evil Spirit Group were to send people, they would definitely enter in groups of twelve.
Having only seven people meant that five had been eliminated by the Cang Long Hui. In such a situation, let alone that item, it would be difficult for the remaining seven people to clear the third level, and they might even encounter the Cang Long Hui again.
Therefore, it was a last resort. If Bai Ye actually succeeded, he could at least get half the items.
The problem was that Bai Ye no longer cared much for red-quality items.
Here, "cared much" didn't mean that red-quality items wouldn't improve Bai Ye's strength.
In the current environment, where everyone was happy to get even one black-quality item, and possessing red-quality items could propel one into the ranks of the strong, red-quality items still offered improvement for Bai Ye.
However, this improvement was insignificant. Bai Ye's strength was already enough to bully most people, and in contests between the strong, the focus was more on top-tier combat power.
For example, if Bai Ye were to fight Li Jia Yi, would the outcome be determined by who had more red-quality items?
Of course not. It would be about whose primary combat items and abilities were stronger.
Was Li Jia Yi's Wu Liang Kong Chu more terrifying, or was Bai Ye's Thunder-Thunder Fruit more earth-shattering?
To put it more directly...
A pile of red-quality items could significantly raise Bai Ye's floor.
But Bai Ye's floor was already not low. What difference would it make to raise it further?
Bai Ye wanted to raise his ceiling!
As for the second option, it was also tempting but essentially an empty promise. Regardless of whether the Evil Spirit Group would go back on their word, with Bai Ye's pragmatic nature, anything not obtained was considered trash, let alone something he wouldn't even see.
Gao Ming didn't waste any more words, so it was the third option.
"Our commander has an item called..."
"Holy crap!" Bai Ye's pupils dilated instantly, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Are you kidding me? You guys managed to get something like that?"
Gao Ming replied, "Wish Task!"
Bai Ye retorted, "Are you fooling me? Current Wish Tasks can't yield this kind of item. If a Wish Task with a golden quality reward appears, you simply can't complete it."
Gao Ming said, "That's right, so we used a Wish Stone."
Bai Ye was momentarily speechless. This was possible. A Wish Stone relied on luck, as it randomly generated the Wish Task content. If one was lucky, they could indeed randomly get a Wish Task with a very high reward limit.
Bai Ye continued, "But it's still very difficult. You can't directly wish for this item."
"That's right, so we have to gamble on luck again," Gao Ming explained. "First, use the Wish Stone to wish for content that allows for Wish Task rewards without quality restrictions. However, you generally can't directly wish for golden quality or even super quality items, as there are restrictions on wishing. This is where a little trick is needed."
Bai Ye asked with curiosity, "What trick?"
Bai Ye was genuinely curious. He had spent ten years in his previous life and participated in countless Wish Tasks. Were there still tricks he didn't know?
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