"You want to know why I killed Li Chengjie, right?" Yimi said directly.
Bai Ye nodded. "Yes, that's the one part of the process I couldn't figure out. The reason you covered for us should be that Allen's team arrived at Lab Number Three, and only then was Lab Number Three activated as a restricted zone, correct?"
Yimi nodded, then said, "I killed Li Chengjie because he had a hidden identity as a spy for Rhine Company, sent by them."
"One reason was to prevent the Mirror World from being discovered, and the other was that Dr. Dale's recent behavior has been unusual, repeatedly failing to report research progress to the company. Therefore, Li Chengjie's other mission was to retrieve the Life Crystal."
"As for whether you mentioned the Life Crystal belonging to a restricted zone or a mission, it's actually neither. You should be very clear about the rules of possession. Even if someone is killed, the killer cannot take anything from the possessed item."
"But the Life Crystal isn't considered a possessed item. In other words, it can be forcefully taken. If you die, others can take it from your body."
"It's just that the Life Crystal is inside the restricted zone, and without it being activated, it can't be obtained. There are no missions related to the Life Crystal, but it's not impossible for some items to be related to certain missions."
Bai Ye asked, "What do you mean by 'some items'?"
Yimi replied, "The things the God-Chosen want to obtain aren't just the Life Crystal."
"So, the crucial point is..." Bai Ye probed, "What is a God-Chosen?"
Yimi explained, "God-Chosen are people who died on the World Battlefield. They have come back to life, but their identity is no longer the Chosen, but a God-Chosen. I don't know the specifics, but you can understand it this way: God has found some dead people and brought them back to life to do his bidding."
"Working for God? I've never heard of that!"
Bai Ye raised an eyebrow.
Bai Ye had never heard of God-Chosen, not even in his previous life.
This was what Bai Ye found unbelievable.
If it were some ability, equipment, restricted zone, or mission, it would be normal for Bai Ye not to know.
Even though Bai Ye had lived to the end in his previous life, it was impossible for him to traverse every area of the World Battlefield, visit every restricted zone, or complete every mission.
But the term "God-Chosen" sounded significant. As a high-level player in his previous life, Bai Ye felt it was strange that he hadn't heard of it.
Yimi, unaware of Bai Ye's inner thoughts, said, "It's normal that you haven't heard of it; most people don't know."
"Firstly, the number of God-Chosen is very, very small. In other words, not everyone is qualified to serve God. Otherwise, with so many people dying every day, wouldn't God-Chosen be everywhere? In fact, only those whose abilities are recognized receive such treatment."
"Secondly, God-Chosen can be understood as God's puppets. They have no memories of their past lives..."
Yimi hesitated at this point, then continued.
"It's not that they have no memories of their past lives, but their memories are sealed by God. They don't know their past, nor do they interact with their past."
"Thirdly, you can't distinguish God-Chosen from their appearance. Simply put, you might have seen them but not recognized them. For example, those two just now, do you recognize them?"
Bai Ye replied, "Yes, I sent them away."
Yimi: "..."
Yimi was speechless. Fortunately, the God-Chosen didn't remember their past. Otherwise, if today didn't end with two deaths, this matter might not be over.
"If you hadn't killed them, if you had never seen them before, would you still think they were God-Chosen?"
Bai Ye pondered.
Speaking of it this way, it made sense.
Bai Ye had killed many people in his previous life, but he wouldn't remember minor figures. In the later high-level confrontations, there weren't many deaths, as these were all skilled individuals with life-saving methods.
Occasionally, a few might have fallen, but it wasn't necessarily by Bai Ye's hand. As long as such an awkward "resurrection" situation didn't occur, even if the other party was a God-Chosen, Bai Ye would indeed be unable to distinguish them.
In other words, Bai Ye might have encountered them in his previous life but simply didn't know they were God-Chosen.
Bai Ye then asked, "So, what does it mean to work for God?"
Yimi replied, "I don't know."
Bai Ye pressed, "What are the things they want to obtain?"
Yimi answered, "I don't know."
Bai Ye inquired, "Is there anything special about the Life Crystal?"
Yimi stated, "I don't know."
Bai Ye asked, "Are you tired of living?"
"I don't know..." Yimi paused, then gave a wry smile. "I'm not hiding anything. This matter doesn't involve any personal gain for me, so it's not something I can't talk about. On the contrary, I don't object to more people knowing about the existence of God-Chosen, because this matter might be related to how to leave the World Battlefield."
"Oh?"
Bai Ye's eyebrows shot up. If it was about leaving the World Battlefield, he was suddenly wide awake.
"Tell me everything you know," Bai Ye urged.
Yimi glanced at the corpse of the female mage. "I have two companions. Both are from the same world. Besides Lailia, there was another named Clyster, but Clyster died in a previous restricted zone."
"In the World Battlefield, death is normal. But in a subsequent restricted zone, I unintentionally found something called the Origin Stone within it. I didn't pay it much mind, but afterwards, I was pursued by God-Chosen."
Bai Ye asked, "Were the God-Chosen chasing you your companion?"
"Yes," Yimi confirmed. "He was a very, very close friend of mine. No, we were brothers, family. We grew up together in an orphanage, and even after leaving, we lived together. We were together for thirty years. We were an unforgettable presence to each other, and we were sent to the World Battlefield together."
"This is also why I survived," Yimi continued. "His past memories were sealed, but not erased. The memories were still deep within his heart. Emotions, such as love, are indelible."
Yimi pointed to his chest.
"He stabbed me here, but at the moment of killing me, he cried. He remembered everything," Yimi recounted. "He told me about the God-Chosen, because after he died, he became one. He also told me about God and about the God-Chosen searching for certain things for God, all of which he told me."
Bai Ye nodded and made a gesture for him to continue.
Yimi shook his head. "That's all."
Bai Ye pressed, "Then tell me what he told you!"
Yimi explained, "He was only conscious for about five minutes, so he could only say so much. When his consciousness began to fade again, he chose to commit suicide."
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