Bai Ye quickly left the room and, upon stepping outside, found many people gathered at the entrance.
With a casual push, Bai Ye parted the crowd.
While not everyone targeting the Ice Pillar God Thunder Gieas might be from the Beast Taming World, it was possible individuals from other worlds might be interested in such a powerful beast. However, it was certain that at least sixty to seventy percent of those at the glacier were chosen ones from the Beast Taming World. This was their specialty, and they were naturally more drawn to such a beast.
Therefore, without their beasts, the physical bodies of these beast tamers were no match for Bai Ye; he easily pushed them aside.
After clearing the crowd, Bai Ye spotted Jin Sha and asked, "What happened?"
Jin Sha replied, "Someone's dead."
Bai Ye looked up and saw a woman lying in the snow, her back stained crimson.
Jin Sha explained, "She probably came out for a smoke, and not long after she left, a scream was heard."
Bai Ye nodded, knelt beside the body to examine it, and then frowned.
There was only one fatal wound. Someone had used an extremely sharp and keen weapon to pierce the woman's body from behind. Near her lay a pack of slim ladies' cigarettes, suggesting, as Jin Sha had said, she had come out for a smoke and was ambushed.
However, this didn't feel right!
This was a vast snowy plain with no cover whatsoever. It was impossible for someone to approach without suspicion and be foolishly attacked from behind. Even with a significant power difference, one should at least face their attacker directly, take a blow to the chest, and fall backward, not be struck in the back and fall forward.
Bai Ye's gaze slowly shifted sideways, and he noticed footprints.
The footprints resembled human ones, but strangely, at the tips of the toes, there were hook-like imprints, similar to a beast's claws, though such short claws were unusual.
Nevertheless, Bai Ye understood what had happened.
Following the direction of the footprints, which led around to the back of the monitoring station, Bai Ye understood.
Bai Ye immediately stood up, walked back to the main entrance of the monitoring station, grabbed Jin Sha's hand, and gestured with his eyes for her to follow.
Jin Sha looked bewildered. After being pulled about ten meters by Bai Ye, she couldn't help but ask, "Hey, hey, Bai Ye, wait a moment. What's going on?"
Bai Ye released Jin Sha, took out his cigarette case, and lit one.
Exhaling smoke, Bai Ye said, "I'm not one to pry into other people's business, but for the sake of that hot cocoa, I'm willing to save your life."
Jin Sha looked confused. "Save my life?"
Bai Ye gestured towards the main entrance of the monitoring station. "Those people, they're all going to die."
Jin Sha's expression turned serious. "Can you explain more clearly what happened?"
Bai Ye replied, "You can think of it as a monster appearing at the monitoring station, and that monster will kill everyone here."
Jin Sha responded, "If that's the case, we should tell everyone."
Bai Ye shrugged. "I have no way to prove the existence of that thing, so how can I make them believe me? Just because a dead body appeared? When I pulled you away, didn't you hear what the people around were discussing? They were guessing that someone among them killed the woman. A group of people who just gathered together, do you expect them to trust each other? No, their first reaction would be to suspect the people around them."
In truth, what Bai Ye really wanted to say was, why should he care about the lives of others?
Bai Ye wasn't someone who liked to meddle, but Jin Sha had been very helpful and provided him with valuable information. Therefore, Bai Ye decided to escort Jin Sha out of here as a favor. However, the key word was "favor." If Jin Sha insisted on meddling, Bai Ye would definitely escape on his own. With Jin Sha's personality, it was clear she hadn't yet experienced the brutal baptism of the world battlefield.
This damned place was already difficult enough just to look after oneself!
And at that moment...
Jin Sha's gaze inadvertently swept across the snowy ground behind Bai Ye. She suddenly froze, then shouted, "There are footprints behind you!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Bai Ye lifted his clothes, drew his Zanpakuto, and swung it backward.
Clang!
A clear metallic clash echoed.
In front of Bai Ye, a faint, humanoid silhouette appeared.
"Invisibility cloak!" Bai Ye gritted his teeth and said forcefully, "It's really a Predator!"
In terms of strength, Bai Ye was evenly matched with the Predator before him, perhaps even slightly stronger.
However, while the Predator's body was powerful and they were skilled in combat, they didn't rely solely on their physique. They also relied on...
Technology!
Bang!
A dull thud sounded, and Bai Ye felt a sharp pain in his ribs, causing him to lean slightly and contort his face in pain.
Bai Ye knew he had been struck by a knee to the ribs, but there was nothing he could do. The opponent was wearing an invisibility cloak, and Bai Ye couldn't see the knee strike coming.
"What's going on!"
At this moment, two men seemed to have heard the commotion and were walking towards Bai Ye and Jin Sha, calling out loudly.
And just then...
Bai Ye suddenly felt the pressure on his Zanpakuto loosen as the Predator withdrew its weapon!
"Run, run..." Bai Ye shouted to the two approaching men, "Hurry up and run!"
The two men were confused, and then...
Splat, splat!
The sound of flesh tearing suddenly rang out. Openings appeared on the throats of the two men, and large amounts of blood sprayed out, dyeing the white snow red.
The two men didn't even understand what had happened before they met their demise.
Bai Ye spat on the ground, cursed, and then decisively pulled Jin Sha and ran.
If the Predator dared to engage in a direct confrontation, unless it was a particularly strong individual, Bai Ye was confident he could defeat it. But this was only if the Predator was willing to fight him head-on.
Predators were mostly of the assassin type, as they came equipped with three standard items: wrist blades, shoulder cannons, and invisibility cloaks!
The function of the invisibility cloak was, as the name suggested, quite obvious. Moreover, due to the existence of the invisibility cloak, unless absolutely necessary and their invisibility was broken, Predators would choose to fight as assassins.
This was the most troublesome aspect of dealing with Predators: how to counter their sudden appearances and disappearances. However, once this was resolved, most of the other technological weapons in their hands could be dealt with through sheer power.
Bai Ye thought as he pulled Jin Sha towards the rear of the monitoring station. Suddenly, Bai Ye stopped, his gaze falling upon several snowmobiles.
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