Baiye and His Friends / A Messenger from Laterano

Bai Ye pressed the silver chain on his arm, severing the mental link. Although it was supposed to be a collaboration, Bai Ye still held the advantage in terms of intelligence, because while he could withhold information about the land from Ishar-mla, he could still connect to the Swarm and gain knowledge of the deep sea.

That's good. Bai Ye likes it very much.

For the next few days, Bai Ye spent most of his time in the Core City.

With the help of skilled Rhodes Island operators and utility Players, Bai Ye set up windmills and loops for "Hanging Return Circuit," connecting the smart terminals and the Core City's systems, and adapting to his further enhanced right arm, enjoying a rare period of leisure.

However, soon, at the tail end of summer, representatives of various forces invited by Bai Ye quietly arrived at the former Core City of Chernobog.

Among them were old friends, as well as messengers who appeared merely as representatives.

Chapter 46 Bai Ye and His Friends

(The Three-Body Problem is so good, it took me three days to finish reading it.)

"Speaker Witte, it's been a long time."

Bai Ye stood in the port area of Core City, watching Ifrit Witte appear at the entrance.

He was a minister of the Ursus Empire, the speaker of the Imperial Parliament, and a favorite of Ursus Emperor Feodor Ursus.

Speaker Witte was somewhat surprised by Bai Ye's sudden appearance.

He arrived in secret, without sending a messenger or informing Talulah beforehand. Moreover, Bai Ye appeared here almost immediately after his arrival.

Seemingly noticing the speaker's puzzled expression, Bai Ye smiled and explained, "The weather's nice today, so I was taking a walk in the port area. Looks like quite a coincidence. Hahaha—"

"Looks like I'm in luck." Speaker Witte smiled knowingly, of course he could guess that there were Bai Ye's spies here.

"Please."

Bai Ye glanced behind Speaker Witte, where the light was slightly distorted, and there seemed to be some unnatural outlines in the transparent air.

Clearly, some people also used the tricks that Bai Ye usually employs, activating optical camouflage to become invisible.

Bai Ye had fought against this group of people before, so he naturally knew that they were the Ursus Inner Guards, a powerful and top-tier fighting force that the Ursus Empire could mass-produce, known as the Emperor's Blade.

Behind Speaker Witte were two Inner Guards.

It's like two old women.

—Although the prestige of the Inner Guards has been declining as the game progresses, from top-tier combat power to a unit of measurement for extraordinary combat power, this does not diminish their immense strength.

"This is His Majesty's great favor," Witte said softly.

Obviously, Tai He the Inner Guards to appear openly on the infected's legal territory, so they were all equipped with optical cloaking.

This suggests that the Empire's attitude towards the Talulah March was very amiable.

This is also a form of kindness.

"The Speaker's safety is of utmost importance," Bai Ye said with a smile. "However, the Core City is very safe. Hopefully, our old friends won't be too stressed—provided they still have that kind of thing."

The Ursus Inner Guards are not humanoid entities; their bodies have long been corrupted by the Demons interdimensional energy, turning them into pure energy forms. Only their outer military uniforms can restrain them and maintain their humanoid bodies.

"The road isn't very safe. There have been many vicious assassinations in the Empire recently, and many nobles have been hanged from their own roof beams," Speaker Witte said meaningfully.

Bai Ye remained unfazed. "Perhaps it's because they've realized the sins they've committed. I hope Gryphon can accept their souls."

"Your Majesty means we shouldn't go too far." The Speaker shook his head and said nothing more.

Clearly, they knew that this was done by the Bai Ye Ghost Squad, and even the Core City was thoroughly cleansed—the royalist spies were politely expelled, while the enemy's were completely destroyed in the Core City's incinerator.

Speaker Witte admired Bai Ye greatly. He knew very well that Talulah, that little girl, couldn't have done all these things. Only Bai Ye, the young man standing behind Talulah, was the true implementer.

Especially cleaning.

Cleaning is easy, but few can do it as thoroughly and precisely as Bai Ye.

The entire Core City of Chernobog is like the lines on the palm of Bai Ye's outstretched hand.

"Come with me, the reception area is all set up."

Bai Ye walked through the streets of the Core City with Witte and his bodyguards.

Witte hadn't been here for over six months, yet in that short time, the Core City had completely transformed.

The number of infected people has increased at least tenfold, two new plots of land have been added to the city, and the number of Players is even more difficult to count.

This is a terrifying force.

Witte glanced at Bai Ye walking in front of him.

According to the intelligence currently held by the Empire, if this young man so desires, he can mobilize a terrifying armed force with an enormous number of soldiers who are fearless of death and immortal, simply by raising his arm.

It was precisely for this reason that when Bai Ye invited his old friends to meet in the Core City, Ursus Emperor attached great importance to it and sent his trusted confidants to the Core City person.

Yes, the Empire wouldn't care too much about the number of infected people here, but the undead are indeed an extremely unstable factor.

"You are wasting your talents here. If you come to Saint Junbao, I am willing to give you the position of Speaker," Witte said.

Bai Ye shook his head. "The governance here is thanks to Talulah. I only did some insignificant little things for her."

He paused, then added, "Besides, I can serve His Majesty and share his burdens just as well here."

Speaker Witte is the first old friend to come to the Core City.

But he is by no means the last one.

In the following days, many guests came to the Core City.

Bai Ye always manages to be the first to arrive at the port to greet you.

The next day, the president of the Snowfield Multinational Corporation, the SilverAsh boss, arrived, accompanied by Yela, the Holy Maiden's personal maid. The Holy Maiden's maid naturally represented the religious leader of Sierakow.

Of course, both SilverAsh and Bai Ye knew that this maid was no ordinary person; they had seen her in person and recognized her as the incarnation of Yelagand, the god of the Snowfield.

On the third day, the owner of Penguin Logistics and Aak from Columbia showed up. They seemed to know each other and started joking with each other as soon as they met.

Distinguished guests were also brought to Lungmen.

It wasn't Wei Yenwu. A governing official naturally wouldn't easily leave his city.

He was replaced by Chen, along with two visitors who came as tourists.

One of them is Lin Yuxia, the daughter of the Rat King; Chief Chen represents Wei Yenwu; and the slum is represented by Lin Yuxia.

As for the other one—

"Lady Wen-yue."

Even Bai Ye was somewhat surprised to see her.

"Can't I come? I just came to see the child." Lady Wen-yue blinked, and the ninja Bai Xue behind her bowed to Bai Ye.

That makes perfect sense.

Wei Yenwu couldn't come, but his wife was a perfect fit.

With this, along with Bai Ye, representing Rhodes Island and the Core City, all the various factions should now be present.

It was a small gathering with Bai Ye and his friends.

If you include the two Abyssal Hunter who act as bodyguards, it encompasses more than half of the political entities on this land, and even spans humans, the deep sea, and gods.

All of this is the result of Bai Ye's hard work in just one and a half years.

However, what Bai Ye didn't expect was...

Before the party began, a strange visitor appeared at the port of the Core City...

Chapter 47 The Messenger of Laterano

Bai Ye was surprised to find that Laterano had also sent people.

To be honest, as Players, Bai Ye is quite familiar with every open area on this land.

Aside from truly remote places like the Sargon rainforest, Bai Ye has visited most other countries and political entities to varying degrees.

However, his knowledge of Laterano was limited to having been there and having some understanding of it.

That place is a holy grail for gunners, but it's not particularly valuable to Bai Ye. After all, he's good at shooting in real life, but not so good at Firearm Shooting in the game.

It's less of a gun and more of a special staff that fires Etched Bullets. The shooting technique is also classified as a special type of Originium Arts.

That's outrageous.

The angels of Laterano are very special, especially skilled with firearms, even more so than other Terra. If you've chosen this weapon as your primary Players, not going to Laterano would be practically a no-brainer.

A qualified gunner Players can only obtain the best gear and skills in Laterano.

There was a gunner in the "The Revelry Tea Party" where Bai Ye used to be. His main weapon was a long-barreled gun, which he mainly used for support, and his other weapon was a hand cannon for close-range attacks.

Bai Ye accompanied him to Laterano to do some reputation quests, so she was quite familiar with that place.

But that's all there is to it. Moreover, after the time travel, Bai Ye had absolutely no interaction with Laterano Church.

Surprisingly, people from Laterano also attended this meeting.

Could it be a letter from the Typing Girl?

That kid has such a big reputation.

In any case, the guests are already in front of us.

She was a tall, blue-haired Sarkaz girl—no, perhaps calling her Sarkaz is Tai He. The halo above her head and the Light Wings behind her were dimmed, unlike the bright, radiant glow of a normal angel like Typing Girl.

At the same time, Bai Ye also sensed a strange power from the two staffs she was carrying on her back.

Whenever Bai Ye encounters someone unusual, he silently assesses their strength and threat level.

The power carried by this staff is ancient and peculiar, posing a certain threat to Bai Ye, but not a significant one.

Ultimately, whether a weapon can be effective depends mainly on who controls it.

While the girl is indeed remarkable, she can only be described as a capable individual on the Terra. Moreover, she is still young.

Besides the weapon, what surprised Bai Ye was the girl's appearance. According to some secrets he knew in the past, angels with this feature were all fallen queens.

It's amazing that someone who fell from grace would still be sent out.

However, this does explain the red-haired Liberi beside the blue-haired angel.

They must be the so-called guards.

"Welcome, both of you." Bai Ye stepped forward.

Both girls are far too young to have any decision-making power; they are most likely just messengers.

As he expected, the blue-haired girl spoke up, "We are here on the orders of the Pope to participate in your meeting as observers. Mr. Bai Ye, hello. I am Mostima, Envoy of All Nations, and this is my companion..."

Mostima was about to introduce the red-haired Liberi girl beside her when the girl suddenly interrupted her.

Before the words were even out of his mouth, Bai Ye clearly saw a sly smile playing on Mostima's lips. However, because of the girl's interruption, her plan had likely failed.

"Hello, I am the messenger's bodyguard from the Laterano Notary Office. It's a pleasure to meet you," the red-haired girl said.

"Why don't you tell me your code name or title?" Mostima clearly didn't want to miss the chance to tease his companion.

"..."

The red-haired girl fell silent.

"Uh..." Bai Ye blinked, probably guessing what was going on.

Could this child's code name be the kind that's hard to talk about?

This is the kind of mistake that Players are most likely to make.

"Northeast Tornado Jumping Monkey" is considered a fairly common name; there are even more embarrassing and outrageous nicknames.

You might feel funny at first, but you'll feel ashamed after a while.

After all, NPCs are addressed by their first names, and no matter how unpleasant they may be, they will mostly respect the strange customs of the undead.

In the end, only the Players themselves feel awkward...