Bai Ye walked down the street with his hands in his pockets and entered the building.
Although Bai Ye thought assassinating a group of "zombies" was a foolish endeavor, as the captain, Allen had given the order, so it was to be done.
Moreover, upon closer consideration, Bai Ye felt that interacting more with the crystal people wouldn't be bad. If he got lucky, he might find some clues to guide Allen and the others.
However, Bai Ye wasn't in a particular hurry about this matter.
Li Chengjie was dead, and the only stumbling block in the team was gone. As long as they continued to explore the frontier, the truth would be easily revealed.
What Bai Ye was more concerned about was Yimi.
Based on the current information, Yimi's mission objective was unclear, but they were likely adversaries to Bai Ye.
The reason was that although Bai Ye's situation was not fully understood, Yimi knew about the concept of mission completion for Bai Ye, which meant Yimi had some understanding of Bai Ye's mission to a certain extent.
Since that was the case, Yimi had still made a move, naturally indicating that their missions likely conflicted.
This made Bai Ye quite curious about Yimi's mission objective. If there was a conflict and they were with the Rhine Corporation, why would they kill Li Chengjie?
Bai Ye felt a bit of a headache. The feeling of a skilled individual lurking was unsettling. No, it was highly probable that besides Yimi, there was another person.
The feeling of two skilled individuals lurking was truly unpleasant.
While Bai Ye was contemplating, Ji Ruyue was having a meltdown, holding her walkie-talkie and exclaiming, "Bai Ye, are you insane? Why are you taking the elevator?"
Bai Ye snapped back to attention, picked up the walkie-talkie, and asked, "Is there a problem?"
"Do you know how loud the elevators in these old buildings are? Do you think those crystal people are deaf?" Ji Ruyue said irritably, "Aren't you good at assassination? Is this how you do it?"
The elevator creaked and groaned, and then the iron gate was pulled open, revealing a crystal person in front.
Bai Ye reached out and pointed forward, saying, "I am quite good at it."
*Zzzlap!*
Electric arcs leaped from Bai Ye's fingertips, and then a current shot forward.
With a *boom!*
The current struck the crystal person's chest and then exploded.
Shattered along with the arcs were the crystals on the crystal person's body, which instantly fragmented into pieces and exploded outwards.
The next moment, with a *thud*, the crystal person crashed to the ground.
Ji Ruyue forcefully swallowed the words that were already on the tip of her tongue. From her perspective, as soon as Bai Ye finished speaking, a crystal person was eliminated by him.
After being momentarily stunned, Ji Ruyue could only say, "There are crystal people at the corner of the stairwell ahead and at the zigzag turns of the stairwell. Be careful not to alert them."
"Oh!"
Bai Ye agreed and then walked forward brazenly.
Careful?
What was there to be careful about?
With no one else around, Bai Ye could unleash his full power and no longer had to play wrestling with those crystal people. Could those crystal people be his match?
As Bai Ye mused, he turned the corner and, with a slight cupping of his hand to the side, his Iron Slime condensed into the form of the Thunderous Purple Lightning.
*Puff!*
The crystal person lurking at the corner turned around, but the moment its eyes met Bai Ye's, a sword light suddenly flashed.
The crystal person's head flew off, tumbling through the air.
Its body fell backward, crashing to the ground, scattering a large amount of crystal dust.
The commotion attracted the attention of crystal people on the upper floors, but the moment they peeked their heads out, Bai Ye formed a sword seal, and the Thunderous Purple Lightning transformed into a black current that shot forward.
With a single strike, the crystal person's body was pierced by the black current. The immense force even propelled the crystal person three meters backward, slamming it against the wall.
Bai Ye continued to ascend. As he passed by the corpse, he reached out, and the Thunderous Purple Lightning transformed back into its sword form, returning to Bai Ye's hand.
Ji Ruyue had been paying special attention to Bai Ye's movements, and then...
Ji Ruyue was speechless.
She really couldn't see where Bai Ye was skilled at assassination; he was just walking directly forward.
But strangely, the moment Bai Ye passed, those crystal people were inexplicably eliminated!
Ji Ruyue didn't actually have the ability to see through walls or the future. She only possessed extremely keen senses and could infer the future based on the information gathered by those senses.
Therefore, Ji Ruyue didn't actually know how Bai Ye had managed it.
But Bai Ye had accomplished it...
So, it didn't matter. The process wasn't important, and how it was done was irrelevant, as long as it was achieved.
The result was what mattered!
Ji Ruyue turned to help others, while Bai Ye continued his ascent.
"Hmm?"
Seeing another crystal person, Bai Ye paused, then picked up his walkie-talkie.
"I've found something interesting here that might require keeping it alive."
Allen's voice came through, "What did you find?"
Bai Ye said, "There's a crystal person wearing a white coat, with a work badge on its chest. Yes, to be more direct, that person is a Rhine Corporation staff member."
Surprised voices came from the walkie-talkie, "Why is someone from the Rhine Corporation here, and why have they become a crystal person?"
What else could be the reason?
They were infected during an experiment and also became crystal people, but they had no research value, making them the lowest-tier defective products, so they were discarded.
Bai Ye said, "I've captured the person, haven't I?"
Allen asked, "Is it convenient? Or should we wait for backup?"
"It's fine, I can handle it myself," Bai Ye replied. "We'll regroup on the street later."
After speaking, Bai Ye released Gengar and Goodra from their Beast Balls.
As soon as Gengar appeared, it stuck out its large tongue and licked Bai Ye's face, leaving him covered in slobber.
Goodra, not to be outdone, bit down on Bai Ye's head and then firmly embraced him, drenching him in its sticky mucus, leaving Bai Ye completely wet.
"Stop fooling around!" Bai Ye affectionately patted Gengar and Goodra's heads, then said, "You two continue up the other stairwell and eliminate all the crystal people in this building."
Although Gengar and Goodra liked to mess around, they were very obedient when it came to important matters. After nodding, they followed Bai Ye's orders and proceeded up the other stairwell.
Bai Ye, meanwhile, headed towards the crystal person in the white coat.
At a distance of about three meters, the crystal person sensed Bai Ye's presence and suddenly turned around, raising its right hand.
*Crack, crack!*
Crystals spread along its arm, covering the entire forearm and transforming it into a sharp cone shape.
"Oh?" Bai Ye grinned. "Not the worst defective product after all, but capable of some crystallization?"