Bai Ye nodded. "Then that's settled. Contact me if you have any news."
Bai Ye stood up again and pushed the door open to leave.
Although he had agreed to Jin Sha's request to kill Liu Shiyue, the name Liu Shiyue felt unfamiliar to Bai Ye.
As the vice-chairman of the Hidden Dragon Society, Bai Ye should surely know them.
However, in Bai Ye's memories from his previous life, there were three vice-chairmen of the Hidden Dragon Society: Lin Lindong, Xia Cheng, and Lestervis Levi.
This meant that Bai Ye had no recollection of anyone named Liu Shiyue, and he knew nothing about this name.
However, it wasn't entirely unexpected.
The Hidden Dragon Society had undergone several transformations as it developed, evolving from relying solely on its own world to recruiting members.
Survival of the fittest meant that many positions would change hands.
The three names Bai Ye remembered, Lin Lindong, Xia Cheng, and Lestervis, were not from the world of abilities. Before joining the Hidden Dragon Society, they were all considered masters in their own right.
Among them, Xia Cheng even had some past dealings with Bai Ye.
These were genuine past dealings.
After Bai Ye became one of the "Twin Whites" of the East District, many people wanted to align themselves with him. After all, following a strong individual was a way of survival.
Xia Cheng was one of them. He had once charged into battle for Bai Ye and had also received Bai Ye's protection.
As for how he later ended up in the Hidden Dragon Society, it was quite ordinary. It was because the Hidden Dragon Society offered too much.
Bai Ye didn't blame Xia Cheng at the time. Xia Cheng's trump cards back then were the super-quality ultimate skills "Six Meridian Divine Swords" and "Spiritual Rhinoceros Finger."
The Hidden Dragon Society tempted Xia Cheng with the last incomplete scroll of the Six Meridian Divine Swords and the final incomplete finger technique of the Spiritual Rhinoceros Finger.
It was no wonder Xia Cheng agreed. Who would give up an opportunity to transform from a top-tier master into an ultimate expert?
Bai Ye shook his head and then came back to his senses.
The topic had drifted too far; he needed to focus on the present.
In short, Bai Ye had no impression of this person named Liu Shiyue. Since that was the case, he would have to borrow the influence of the Evil Spirit Gang.
Thinking this, Bai Ye left the restaurant.
"Well then, it's time to travel!"
Bai Ye stretched and then left the ancient town.
The East District, as the name suggested, was the easternmost part of the world battlefield.
Bai Ye had been to Mount Nantian Spider in his previous life, so he knew that Mount Nantian Spider was also in the eastern region.
Therefore, he just needed to keep moving in that direction.
However, it was impossible to reach the future technology region so quickly.
In the later stages of the world battlefield, the East District encompassed all areas on the eastern border of the world battlefield.
The key here was the word "border," which meant he had to traverse many regions.
But Bai Ye was not in a hurry. He had time. Bai Ye knew very well that he had passed the "searching" phase.
That is, Bai Ye no longer needed to actively search for anything to rapidly increase his strength.
The Thunder-Rumble Fruit, the Steel Slime, and the Five Element Incantations were all very valuable. Therefore, Bai Ye only needed to systematically improve these three aspects, and his strength would naturally increase.
Of course, he still had to go to the restricted zones, take what good things he could find, and diligently collect fragments of the God Stone.
However, Bai Ye believed that his current strength was gradually forming a cohesive system. Before completing this existing system, he didn't need to deliberately seek out new ones.
But if any presented themselves, Bai Ye would not refuse.
...
Five days after leaving the ancient town, Bai Ye finally saw a huge regional boundary.
After passing through it, a cityscape of tall buildings appeared before him.
"A modern world region?"
Bai Ye looked around. From the buildings, he could tell it was a modern civilization area.
But it was hard to say what kind of region it was specifically.
Modern civilization contained many regions; for example, ability regions and supernatural regions could both have modern environments.
Even some future technology regions, although they used energy weapons, were not very advanced in other aspects, and it was normal for the living environment to still resemble modern civilization.
"No matter what..." Bai Ye looked up at the night sky and said, "I'll find a place to stay first."
Thinking this, Bai Ye walked forward along the pedestrian crossing.
It was already very late at night.
Occasional vehicles could still be seen on the street, but there were no pedestrians on the sidewalks.
After walking for a while, Bai Ye stopped in front of an ATM. After looking around, he snapped his fingers.
The nearby surveillance camera suddenly sparked, and then Bai Ye looked at the ATM, which also emitted sparks and began spitting out money.
Bai Ye casually collected the money.
Although he didn't know how big this region was, he would definitely need money to stay here tonight.
Just as Bai Ye took the money and was about to leave, he heard rustling sounds from a nearby alley.
Bai Ye paused and then looked into the alley.
Deep in the alley, a figure was crouched on the ground, doing something.
But...
There was the smell of blood!
Bai Ye narrowed his eyes and walked into the alley.
As he ventured deeper into the alley, Bai Ye discovered that the person crouched on the ground was a man in a suit, and in front of the man in the suit lay a woman.
The woman's abdomen had been cut open, and her internal organs mixed with blood were scattered everywhere.
At that very moment...
The man suddenly turned his head and looked at Bai Ye.
Under the dim starlight of the night, the man's face was incredibly ferocious, as half of his face was covered in blood.
Furthermore, a palm-sized piece of flesh dangled from the man's mouth, which he was continuously chewing!
Bai Ye's expression instantly changed, and he felt a surge of nausea.
Cannibalism!
That man was eating people!
"Food..." The moment the man saw Bai Ye, his eyes lit up, as if he suddenly became excited. He looked at Bai Ye and mumbled, "Food, I'm hungry!"
Suddenly, amidst his muttering, the man charged at Bai Ye, his mouth agape.
Bai Ye frowned. Was this place a supernatural region?
Or something like a post-apocalyptic zone?
Was the opponent something like a zombie?
But zombies couldn't talk, could they?
While thinking, Bai Ye looked at the suited man charging at him and forcefully raised his leg, kicking him in the chest.
Bang!
Bai Ye didn't use too much force; he just wanted to kick the opponent away.
However, the kick to the man's chest sent him flying, crashing heavily against the wall behind him. Due to the pain, his expression twisted into a grimace.
Bai Ye tilted his head...
This guy is so weak!