reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

At this moment, Bai Ye was examining the laboratory that had been teleported there. Under the bright spotlights of Hanai 2, the concrete building frame was strangely embedded in the irregular cavern.

This is a side effect of teleportation. Bai Ye remembers that when he was experimenting with teleportation in space before, someone entered the wrong coordinates and ended up being teleported into a tree.

The scene was quite eerie; half of a person's face was sticking out of the tree trunk, and the person was even alive.

Bai Ye also saw a girl who was teleported get stuck in a wall, and in the end she developed a resistance to teleportation and a psychological trauma.

These accidents and incidents, of course, laid the foundation for research into hyperspace technology.

The laboratory walls were made of a grayish-white metal, and in the middle of the laboratory frame, Bai Ye saw a huge, strange device. This thing seemed to be composed of two parts, and it actually looked quite rough, with a barbaric and rugged feel.

This is probably what Russian technological creations look like; they appear very sturdy and durable, completely different from the sophisticated experimental instruments we usually imagine.

This thing is probably the trigger that caused the teleportation.

In fact, through the descriptions of the Rainbow Squad members, Bai Ye learned that the so-called Magnet Mountain No. 2 Laboratory had been suspended after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was Levi Klitschko who secretly restarted the laboratory and changed its original purpose and research projects.

This means that research funding isn't actually that abundant, and even with backing from others, they probably can't be too blatant about it. Being able to produce something like this is already quite remarkable.

While Bai Ye was pondering, he heard Ash asking him how to deal with the mad scientist they were trying to capture.

In fact, the decision-making power for this matter does lie with Bai Ye, since both groups are considered outsiders to him.

……

Bai Ye's solution, however, was much simpler and more direct.

He wasn't sure how to deal with the guy yet, so he decided to just give him a good whack on the head.

"Bang!"

Bai Ye pulled out a stick from somewhere and hit Levi Klitschko on the head.

The old man fainted immediately.

"Take him back first, we'll talk about it later." Bai Ye didn't kill the guy right there.

He pointed to the strange machine beside him:

"If you want to go home, you'll probably need this thing. You'll probably have to look for him again then."

Although this thing could probably be studied by the old woman Kal'tsit, Bai Ye decided to take it back as a precaution.

In fact, Bai Ye had no good temper towards him whatsoever. It wasn't because of the Rainbow Squad's preconceived notions. The fundamental reason was quite simple—this guy was the culprit behind the time-travel incident.

As mentioned before, there must be some trigger for time travel. It's impossible to be reincarnated and time-traveled just because you were hit by a dump truck. Even if the dimensional barrier is thinner and the space is extremely unstable, it was because this old bdden activated the teleportation device that the time travel event occurred.

If it weren't for this guy, Bai Ye would probably be in Victoria by now. Instead, he has to run around dealing with the mess this guy left behind, causing further complications.

It's only because these operators need to go home; that old man's head is probably gone after that attack.

"Hannah 2, move him back."

Bai Ye then instructed Alexander to place the old man on top of the rice cooker. Since the near-ground-floating Hanai 2 wouldn't shake, there was no need to worry about it falling.

……

"And then, this is it."

Bai Ye turned around and looked at the laboratory, which was now only half intact, and the equipment inside. Bai Ye also saw a sample of black Originium crystals in a glass container; it seemed that this was what had attracted Levi Klitschko to Terra.

Bai Ye tried to disassemble the device, but found that it was fixed in the laboratory and couldn't be moved easily. Moreover... Bai Ye couldn't easily touch it, fearing he might cause another accident.

"It seems we can only seal it off for now and build a research institute here later."

Bai Ye sighed; it seemed he would have to travel back and forth again.

I just hope the locals in Sargon don't notice anything unusual here, since this is indeed their territory, at least in name, they have the legitimacy and justification.

"First, we need to obtain the legal mining rights to this abandoned mine, and then establish a good relationship with the lord here..."

Bai Ye looked thoughtfully at the device in front of her.

At this moment, his disgust for Levi Klitschko had only intensified. Wasn't this just asking for trouble? Bai Ye hadn't intended to have anything to do with Sargondo anyway; he was busy enough with things elsewhere.

Unable to take the device with him at the moment, Bai Ye could only leave the place with the Rainbow Squad operators. Before leaving, Bai Ye used Rhodes Island's portable infrastructure materials to seal the entrance and disguised it with falling rocks, temporarily sealing the device and the laboratory together.

Chapter 127 Disrupting the Situation

"Let's go first."

Bai Ye glanced at the hidden device, then turned and followed behind Hanai 2.

Ash and Alexander exchanged a glance, then followed Bai Ye out of the mine.

“You all have something to say, so don’t hold back and speak freely,” Bai Ye said.

Ash nodded, then asked:

"What are you planning to do with that device, and that scientist?"

"Didn't I just say that? Okay, I can't take the device with me for now. I plan to seal it here for now. Later, I will set up a research institute here for geological exploration, and by the way... um, I'll study the creations of your world."

Although the "Earth" from which the Rainbow Squad came was about 300 years behind Bai Ye's hometown in timeline, Bai Ye was certain that Earth 300 years ago did not have such a device or equipment capable of spatial transfer.

“As for this guy…” Bai Ye glanced at the scientist lying on the robot, “he still has a lot of value to be developed and explored.”

“He’s cunning; you have to be careful he doesn’t do anything dangerous in the shadows.” Ash frowned, worried that Bai Ye might be careless and allow Levi Klitschko to cause an even more terrible disaster.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Bai Ye certainly didn't believe that a fanatical scientist would listen to him; who knew if this guy was up to something behind the scenes?

However, keeping this guy alive and locking him up to farm gold coins would probably be more valuable than simply killing him...

As he spoke, he suddenly frowned:

"Tsk, that's troublesome."

"What's wrong?" Blitz, the Shield Guy, picked up his... half shield, looking somewhat nervous.

"Someone's coming... We're still not fast enough. The commotion this guy caused when he teleported over has probably already attracted the attention of someone with ulterior motives."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Ye first turned off the lights in Hanai 2, and then gathered the Rainbow Squad members together.

"Don't make any rash moves later. They can't see or hear us. In their eyes, the place where we are standing now is empty," Bai Ye reminded him, and then activated the "Wind King Barrier" and the vacuum soundproof shield.

"So you can use magic too, as expected," Blitz remarked.

“Well, it’s not a problem to treat it as magic…” Bai Ye didn’t stubbornly refer to magic as Originium Arts like the locals of Terra.

Then they stood there and watched a Reberba man lead a group of Sarkaz mercenaries past them.

"What...is this...person?" Frost looked in surprise at the mercenaries with strange horns and tails following behind a man with dog ears.

“It’s definitely not a Halloween party.” Blitz stuck out his tongue.

“Those are Sarkaz, another demi-human race. As for those in front of them, they are Reberba.” Bai Ye introduced the races of this land as much as possible.

However, for these Rainbow Squad operators, it is certainly a difficult thing to understand immediately.

"They don't seem like the lord's guards here. I feel like they're even more sneaky than we are," Bai Ye then complained about their movements.

Obviously, it's impossible for Sarkaz mercenaries to appear out of thin air in Sargon.

“I remember there seems to be a Rhodes Island safe house in Longspring Town nearby.”

Rhodes Island will only set up offices in key city locations; for example, the nearest office to this area should be in Twin Rivers.

However, in addition to its offices, Rhodes Island also sets up safe houses in various settlements across the land to provide rest and resupply for operators participating in field operations.

Of course, the security department can't just be built whenever it wants; it needs the consent of the settlement's lord, which in modern terms would be signing a contract.

This means that the lords of Rhodes Island and Longspring Town are in a cooperative relationship.

In the Sargonian ruling class mentioned earlier, the lords are the lowest level, but they are also the direct rulers, possessing absolute control and authority over their fiefdoms.

"It seems the situation isn't too bad." Bai Ye was no longer worried. If these people were checking the situation according to the lord's will, then the situation would be somewhat complicated. But if these guys also had illegitimate origins, then Bai Ye could take the initiative, reach an agreement with the lord first, and then deal with these guys who coveted the mine under a legitimate pretext.

"Columbia's reach is a bit too far." Bai Ye couldn't help but complain after seeing the insignia on the weapons of the Sarkaz mercenaries.

These mercenaries are likely backed by a Colombian technology company, Volvo T. Koczynski.

Since modern times, young Colombia has risen rapidly thanks to advanced technology, while its neighbor Sargon has become synonymous with backwardness and corruption in the eyes of some people who have become inflated by power and wealth. The Colombian government and tycoons coveted Sargon's land and wealth and sent mercenaries into the vast desert, while some local kings and chieftains also colluded with these outsiders.

As similar incidents occurred more and more frequently, the empire's upper echelons remained inactive, while the invaders and traitors became increasingly unrestrained. They regarded this silence as the empire's weakness and incompetence, believing that they could crush Sargon at will without paying any price. They were oblivious to the silent watchful eyes and ignored the power that could make the vast desert sands submit.

Mercenary squads disappeared into the vast sandstorm without anyone noticing, but many more entered Sargon with the idea of ​​making a fortune, trying to seize what they wanted from this ancient empire.

In fact, it wasn't just corporations and conglomerates; the Colombian government itself was even plotting to overthrow the Sargon Empire. According to some of the action records provided to Bai Ye by Dr. Kal'tsit, Bai Ye knew that many years ago, Dr. Kal'tsit had thwarted the Colombian military's "Sand Soldiers" plan in Sargon.

—The Colombian military kidnapped a major shareholder of Brian Creation Technologies, thus involving this civilian research institute in the Colombian military's "Sand Pawn" project. The institute became a pawn in the Colombian government's intervention in Sargon. They, along with mercenaries, transported environmental destruction weapons disguised as Originium engines to Sargon, attempting to incite internal strife. However, with Kal'tsit's intervention, the plan ultimately failed.

Classic Columbia method.

……

"Looks like we're going to have to snatch something from Colombia again this time."

Chapter 128 What a coincidence!

This wasn't the first time Bai Ye had gone against Columbia, so he certainly didn't feel any psychological burden about it.

Even within Colombian territory, Bai Ye was not afraid of them, let alone now that they were outside Colombian borders, in this remote Sargon desert, no one would care about the life or death of this group of mercenaries.

Um, but Bai Ye suddenly realized that these mercenaries seemed somewhat familiar.

Bai Ye had no doubt about his memory. A moment later, he remembered that these Sarkaz mercenaries were probably from the group that W had developed in Colombia.

White Night had sent W to Columbia with a group of Sarkaz mercenaries who were unwilling to stay in the core city of Chernobog and live a peaceful life, and had continuously provided them with funds, equipment and other support.

They did indeed grow stronger there afterward, gaining considerable fame in the mercenary world. These guys even helped Bai Ye perform once in Sherag, and their performance was quite good.

However, towards the end of the previous version, White Night had W and her loyal followers secretly infiltrate Victoria. These guys were basically the same group that had been brought out back then.

However, this did not mean that W would give up the business she had been running in Colombia for nearly a year. Therefore, the mercenaries she had recruited in Colombia were still kept and sent to various places to continue their work.

Bai Ye had previously browsed through the list of mercenaries, so he had a slight impression of these guys. At the same time, he also noticed that the mercenaries wore special tokens used by their own people for identification.

This logo was designed by W herself; it seems that crazy woman actually has a knack for art.

"You actually came here to earn extra money." Bai Ye rolled his eyes.

However, this was W's idea. She divided the mercenaries into small groups, pretending they had no connection with each other, and then, before leaving Columbia, she had the mercenaries disperse to take on various commissions from Columbia's employers. Not only could they make money, but they could also indirectly infiltrate and learn about their situation.

Of course, the entities that post these tasks are usually not companies or corporations themselves; they are more likely individuals, subsidiaries of large corporations, studios invested in by large corporations, or even shell companies used as a cover. However, these individuals always have intricate connections with those behemoths. After all, the matters requiring mercenaries are basically the same old things, and only a few companies dominate the market.

You can probably always guess which big company is the real boss.

However, it's quite a coincidence that I ran into these guys here.

Since they were on the same side, there was no problem. Bai Ye immediately deactivated the optical invisibility effect and stepped out of the shadows.

"Who?!"

His appearance, along with the Rainbow Squad operatives, immediately alerted the Sarkaz mercenaries.

"It's me, Bai Ye. W didn't show you my photo?" Bai Ye had no more intention of joking with them and directly revealed his identity.

Hearing this, the Reberba man was somewhat confused, while the Sarkaz mercenaries looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What's going on? This guy mentioned the boss's name."

"Hiss, Bai Ye—that name sounds familiar? Wait, isn't that the boss's boss? That big boss."

"Huh? Is the boss's boss still our boss?"

"Go away, isn't that obvious?! How can you be so stupid!"

It is evident that W and her Sarkaz loyalists have established extremely high prestige and unquestionable authority among the mercenaries recruited in Colombia, which makes these desperados who dare to sign red-label contracts immediately behave themselves just because of a name.

"How can you prove that you are the big boss that the boss is talking about?" one of the mercenaries asked with some doubt. Obviously, they still had some concerns, which is in the nature of mercenaries. If they were not careful, they would have been buried in some nook and cranny long ago.

Bai Ye nodded, then put his hand into his pocket.

Immediately, the mercenaries aimed their crossbows at Bai Ye.

A moment later, under the cover of his pocket, Bai Ye took out a somewhat worn-out knife from his inventory.

"This is the token, the one she used to peel potatoes... Of course, potatoes can also be used to make bombs and landmines."

Upon seeing this, the Sarkaz mercenaries immediately dispelled their doubts and laid down their weapons.

Bai Ye gave a signal, and immediately, they subtly surrounded their original employer, the Reberba man.

"How much money is he willing to give you?" Bai Ye raised an eyebrow.