When everyone saw that Lu Chen and Du Jingzhe had successfully taken Bai Ye as their master, they all began to get ideas and were about to step forward when Bai Ye stopped them.
"Master and disciple need not be bound by titles. If you remember the kindness of today's teachings, then you may call me Teacher. But if you forget your roots in the future... don't blame me for being merciless! Heh heh heh..."
Everyone froze. Their earlier gratitude instantly turned back into fear. They had nearly thought Bai Ye was a good person.
"Enough. Hurry up and familiarize yourselves with Blood Qi Martial Arts. Once you're more or less used to it, every last one of you will go into the city to serve as can... go into the city to draw the robots away. Form groups of two and spread out. Try to lure away as many robots as possible."
After saying that, Bai Ye ignored their stunned expressions and turned to leave.
The group stood there in a daze for quite some time before someone finally said, "Did Mr. Bai just tell us to go be cannon fodder?"
"Why are you saying the quiet part out loud? We're going to defend Green Vine City!"
"But I clearly heard cannon—"
"If you don't go, you'll die now. If you go, you might survive. Are you going or not?"
"...I'm going."
Bai Ye returned to Doctor Yi's laboratory. Doctor Yi was still bent over his experiments, completely unaware of his return.
"How much longer?"
Without looking up, Doctor Yi said, "One day."
Damn it, that was another minute less to build up.
Bai Ye missed home more and more. This simply was not a place fit for a God.
Bored, he began wandering around the laboratory, poking at