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It has to be this group of people.

The best miners that Bai Ye immediately thought of were them. Now, Bai Ye doesn't even need to personally recruit players; he just needs to add a pinned post on the Adventurers' Guild's quest posting platform, and players will come to him on their own.

At the beginning, Bai Ye might have needed to personally recruit players, and even gather them in Lungmen to travel to the northwestern tundra of Ursus. But now, he no longer needs to play the role of a mentor to new players or a mysterious merchant. His influence has already reached every player through the Adventurers' Guild. He will never appear in person again, yet he is omnipresent.

However, Bai Ye will still occasionally make an appearance. For example, he will attend the opening ceremony of the Kazimierz Knights Major and appear in person in front of the players.

Although "White Night" is a past hot topic and will no longer dominate the top three topics on game forums as it once did, every appearance of "White Night" accumulates influence. Perhaps one day, "White Night" will still need this influence among players.

……

"Boss, how can you be sure the old lord will agree to your plan?" A Sarkaz mercenary who had witnessed Bai Ye's actions asked with some doubt.

"Then I have to thank you all," Bai Ye replied with a smile.

"Your presence and that of Druch have created a sense of imminent crisis for the old lord. In addition, he knows that he is getting old and that if he leaves, Pigal alone will not be able to protect the mine. Therefore, he has no choice but to agree to this option."

"At least, I made a different promise than those scumbags at Columbia, and I have connections with Rhode Island. A company you're familiar with makes you feel more at ease. I also have to thank Rhode Island for its almost saintly image and style; it's definitely a very useful brand."

Upon hearing this, the mercenary scratched his head:

"But I feel like you're pretty much the same, boss... No company would be willing to help with local development or proactively address the pollution from Originium mines. The companies I've seen only try to squeeze the last bit of value out of the local area."

"That's the difference between us. They only want to seize and plunder, while we want to cooperate and achieve mutual benefit. Therefore, we are civilized, while they are barbarians in the guise of civilization."

Chapter 134 The Significance of Firearms

Of course, the debate between civilization and barbarism is meaningless; strength is the only reason for becoming king, and the foundation of everything is still powerful strength.

White Night is stronger than Colombian technology companies, both in terms of combat power and economic size. It also has the support of the core city of Talulah Cernoberg, which is why it is able to steadily cut off Colombia's tentacles reaching towards Sargon without worrying about a counterattack from Colombian domestic forces.

This is the source of Bai Ye's confidence in communicating his views with the Sarkaz mercenaries here with peace of mind.

As Bai Ye had predicted, the lord of Changquan Town agreed to Bai Ye's request and granted him limited mining rights to the Originium Mine.

In this way, Bai Ye can establish a research institute at the location of the underground mine travel device while mining, and study this travel device that was created by Earth three hundred years ago.

……

After arranging for Sarkaz mercenaries to be stationed near the mine, Bai Ye decided to temporarily return to the core city. He no longer needed to handle the rest personally, and he planned to return to the core city of Chernobog with scientist Levi Klitschko and the four operators of Rainbow Squad.

In fact, Levi Klitschko had woken up more than once in the past two days, but his movements were completely restricted. Bai Ye had not been lenient with him at all, and had even canceled his food intake, instead switching to intravenous nutrient injections.

However, this guy seemed to be in good spirits. He seemed to have confirmed that he had successfully traveled to the new world, so he still had some hope for the future.

Bai Ye didn't communicate with him. Instead, she removed the rice cooker Hanai 2 from the car and put it back into the cockpit of the aircraft. She also completely sealed off the cargo hold. Then, she and the Rainbow Squad members prepared to return to base first.

“Until we fully analyze the time-travel device, you probably won’t have a chance to go back,” Bai Ye said with a smile. “You should try to learn to adapt to life here.”

“It will probably be difficult… but we will try our best. Or rather, we have to learn to adapt.” Machine Gunner Alexander nodded.

"There is a lot you need to learn, and the situation on this land is actually quite complex. You will gradually come to understand it. There are other outsiders here besides you who are not the only transmigrators here."

Bai Ye then told these transmigrators, who were also from another Earth, about the players' situation.

……

"You mean, some Earth in a future timeline is using this place as their game server?!" Blitz exclaimed incredulously.

This was clearly a departure from their understanding. They simply couldn't imagine what Earth would be like three hundred years from now.

"Although it's a game, it's not something to joke around with for us. We're preparing to escape, projecting the players' images onto this planet, establishing coordinates, and then pulling the entire Earth over to avoid a catastrophe that could destroy the entire solar system," Bai Ye explained with a smile.

"Us?" Ash caught the key word in Bai Ye's words.

“Yes, that’s right, us.” Bai Ye said, pointing to his head. “Look, I’m almost the same as you, without those standard features of demi-humans—ears, tails, and horns.”

"I came here three years ago as a pioneer, secretly guiding players and natives, and incidentally dealing with the situation on Terra, in order to provide a relatively peaceful environment for the future arrival of Earthlings."

“No wonder you weren’t surprised at all when you saw us, and you even understand our language…” Blitz suddenly realized.

“I knew as soon as you arrived. After all, to some extent, the commotion you caused by your crossing was quite significant, and I quickly detected the spatial fluctuations.” Bai Ye revealed most of the details, while concealing Luna’s existence.

"As a transmigrator from another world, I can be considered your senior. In the core city, you can rest assured and learn the common sense of this world. By the way, I can also study your weapons."

As Bai Ye spoke, his tone became somewhat strange:

"Honestly, I haven't seen such a primitive weapon in a long time. I've only ever seen this kind of thing in museums. Maybe there are some similar things, like... a bomb gun?"

"What weapons are you using?" Blitz asked tentatively.

"The spaceship has light spears and macro cannons, while the ground has power armor, blaster guns, and energy weapons. Actually, within the atmosphere, kinetic weapons are quite lethal, but in space, blaster guns are more useful," Bai Ye replied.

This answer was clearly beyond the Rainbow Squad's comprehension; they couldn't imagine how Earth would arm itself three hundred years from now.

……

In fact, since his cognitive impairment had been overcome due to his time travel, Bai Ye had considered replicating some Earth weapons on Terra. However, their weapons were too advanced; Bai Ye felt he lacked the theoretical and industrial foundation to replicate them. Furthermore, Bai Ye could only master and understand the most basic theories, not be a professional weapons expert, and couldn't offer much assistance. Rather than expending effort developing these weapons, which might take years or even decades without results, it was better to use the weapons available on Terra for now.

Unexpectedly, this group of Rainbow Squad transmigrators brought over ancient relics from two or three hundred years ago. Although they are somewhat primitive to Bai Ye, they seem to be just right for the current Terra.

Terra is not without firearms and explosives, and their power may even be stronger than that of firearms on Earth, but they all have a fatal problem—the barrier to entry for using them is too high.

Only the Sarkaz are skilled with the Lateran gun, while few other races can use firearms other than short guns. In fact, the Lateran long gun is basically only circulated within the Sarkaz, with very few guns leaking out.

The same applies to explosives. These explosives usually require professional training to use safely, and there is a certain threshold to their use.

This resulted in firearms being a niche weapon, usable only by elites; explosives and magic, the weapons of war, were also extremely rare, leaving ordinary people with only melee weapons and a few simple spells. The disparity in strength between individuals was thus magnified to an extreme degree.

There is a powerful individual who can single-handedly defeat an army and turn the tide of battle solely through their own strength; while most ordinary people can do nothing.

For Terra, the significance of Rainbow Squad's firearms lies not in their lethality or strength, but in their low price, extremely low equipment threshold, and ease of use through simple training.

Chapter 135 The Wandering Singer and the Instrument Box

"This is the core city of Chernobog?"

Onboard the aircraft, the four operators of Rainbow Squad looked down through the porthole of the "Cyclops" aircraft.

Because Bai Ye had been flying at a high altitude the whole time, they did not notice anything unusual about the city that the aircraft was passing over.

However, now that Bai Ye has adjusted the altitude of the aircraft, they are immediately attracted by the uniquely shaped city buildings.

“That’s right, this is the main city of the Talulah Marquisate, Chernobog’s core city.”

Bai Ye lowered the aircraft's altitude further before flying over the city.

Compared to two years ago, the core city has changed dramatically. Although it's still called the core city, in the past two years, it has expanded outwards by at least four urban base plots and two agricultural plots. Currently, the fifth and sixth industrial plots are under construction and are expected to be ready for use in the first half of this year.

After entering the airspace of the core city, Bai Ye turned off the optical cloaking device and flew openly. Pedestrians below waved and cheered when they saw Bai Ye's aircraft.

“Sargon is too primitive and cannot be considered a representative of cities on this land.” Bai Ye smiled and introduced to the four operators of Rainbow Squad. “What you see now is what a normal large city on this land should look like.”

"You... you've put a base and wheels on the city?" Frost asked in surprise.

"That's right. In fact, besides Originium, this land also experiences natural disasters in the market. To avoid these disasters, mobile cities were created. Normally, cities remain in place, but when a disaster messenger announces an impending disaster, the city breaks free from its block lock and moves to a safe location as individual blocks. We usually start our operation a week in advance, and after the disaster ends, we resupply and repair our equipment in neighboring cities." Bai Ye explained the basic situation of this world to the transmigrators of the Rainbow Squad.

“Ursus seems somewhat similar to Russia over there…” The machine gunner looked at the city buildings below the aircraft and the city radio broadcasts received by the aircraft.

Ursus language does indeed share some similarities with Russian languages, and even certain cultural aspects are similar. Terra has always had intricate connections with Earth.

"However, it might be more appropriate to describe it as Tsarist Russia, since His Majesty Fyodor Vladimirovich was in charge of Ursus."

“Uh…” Alexander hesitated for a moment.

“His Majesty Fyodor Vladimirovich was a benevolent emperor, and somewhat of an idealist with many great ambitions to realize. Compared to the late emperor, he could almost be called a conscientious ruler,” Bai Ye explained.

If it were the late emperor, he certainly wouldn't have allowed the infected to occupy the core city of Chernobog, but the current emperor has chosen the reformers over the conservatives.

“It’s unrealistic to expect a dictator to have a conscience, and the change of monarch means instability.” Alexander shook his head.

"Therefore, we need to accumulate strength while he is still alive, so that no matter what changes happen in the future, we can use that strength to protect ourselves, and then we will have more room for discussion."

As Bai Ye spoke, he slowly landed the aircraft on the helipad.

Before opening the hatch, Bai Ye turned to look at the Rainbow Squad operators' attire.

“No way…” Looking at these guys’ out-of-place attire and their deceptively clever weapons, Bai Ye shook his head.

You see, these guys are all armed with large guns. If all the non-Sarkaz mercenaries were equipped with large firearms, it would definitely become big news. If the people in Blacksteel's equipment development department found out about this, they would absolutely go crazy.

If those guys from Laterano find out, they'll probably come to the core city and cause trouble. Then we'll have to explain that these so-called large Laterano guns have nothing to do with the guns on this land, which will be even more troublesome.

"We need to add the necessary disguise and prevent this kind of troublesome thing from happening in the first place."

Bai Ye pondered for a moment, then looked at Ash and the others:

"You can't just go out like this; you have to disguise yourselves first."

With that, Bai Ye sealed the hangar and led the Rainbow Squad members into the maintenance room next to the hangar.

……

“Where is this…” Blitz looked at the neatly arranged equipment and weapons, and for a moment he even thought he had returned to the Rainbow Team safe house on Earth.

However, there was something strange about this place, reminding Blitz and his companions that this was no longer their world.

"This is where the team that will be boarding the aircraft for special operations will prepare," Bai Ye explained with a smile.

"What's that in the corner?" Frost asked curiously, pointing to a huge box covered with a canvas in the deepest corner of the preparation room.

That thing was so huge that even if it was placed in the deepest, most inconspicuous spot, it would still attract the attention of anyone who entered the office.

“Hmm…” Bai Ye blinked, then replied with a smile, “That’s our oversized model.”

In fact, what was placed in the corner was naturally Big Dad's power armor.

Originally, the test had been completed in the core city and they were ready to take it to Victoria Londinium. Unfortunately, the sudden transmigrator incident forced Bai Ye to temporarily unload it from the cargo hold of the aircraft and store it in the maintenance room.

Ash shrugged. Anyone with common sense would know that there were no "toys" in this armory, but they didn't press the matter.

"What kind of camouflage do we need?" Blitz looked around at the equipment, feeling a sense of novelty.

“First of all, you need to put your weapons away.” Bai Ye snapped his fingers. “These firearms are too easy to confuse with the large guns in this land. If you run around with guns and the Sarkaz see you, they won’t be happy, and the Sarkaz might come and rob you.”

As he spoke, Bai Ye opened a cabinet, revealing various... musical instrument cases.

"Our usual method is to store weapons in instrument cases. These cases are made with reinforced materials provided by Rhodes Island's engineering department. They are extremely strong and can even be used as shields."

As Bai Ye spoke, he patted the cello case next to him, opened the lid, and inside was a whole block of gelatinous material.

"Bring your weapons up for scanning, and then we can carve out a hole in this gel-like material that fits the weapon perfectly. Finally, just insert the weapon and you're all set."

"After that, you can pretend to be a street musician."

Chapter 136 Cat-Eared Colleague

"Ash, M120CREM high-explosive round launcher, R4-C assault rifle. If it's a two-layer design, it should be able to use E-c and B-c saxophones."

"Alexander, DP-28 light machine gun and SHUMIKHALAUNCHER 'Roar' launcher... Goodness, you've got some serious firepower. Let me see, if we disassemble it, this big box seems usable, and this... cello case."

"Blitz, one P12 pistol. Forget about the shield; I'll figure out a way to repair it later, or just replace it. As for the pistol, a flute will do."

Flash Shield Bro's G52 Flash Tactical Shield has been punctured by the Giant Crab, it's most likely destroyed. Forget flashes, it doesn't even offer bulletproof protection. Bai Ye remembered a friend named Razer, whose weapon seemed similar to Flash Shield Bro's. They'd probably have something to talk about, and he'd try to get Flash Shield Bro a usable shield then.

"Frost, SUPER90 shotgun and MK1 9mm pistol, and uh, as for the 'welcome mat,' I suggest you don't bring it. That thing needs to be modified before it's put into use."

Bai Ye expressed her opinion on the mechanical trap pressure plate of "Clip Girl".

"Modification?" Frost looked up at Bai Ye with some confusion, then took out his "welcome mat".

“That’s not enough force,” Bai Ye shook his head.

"I'm not sure... I only know that it's enough where we are. It's very difficult for someone whose legs are trapped to break free."

Bai Ye smiled and said:

"But such force definitely won't work here. Leaving aside the use of Originium Arts, most Terrans could easily break free from that force. This is what I mean by you need to learn. Having come to a strange world, your adaptation needs to be comprehensive. For example, you need to understand how effective your weapons are here, and how much damage they can inflict on the Terrans, etc..."

He paused, then continued:

"As for dealing with someone like me, the mechanical structure would probably just break down..."

Bai Ye already possessed the physique of a deep-sea hunter, so metal materials from Earth two or three hundred years ago were naturally no match for his body.

“Uh…” Frost looked at Bai Ye seriously, as if to confirm whether he was really joking, but the operator quickly realized that Bai Ye was serious.

Clearly, he wasn't joking; he genuinely didn't take this thing seriously.

“This is really bad… Small-caliber weapons aren’t working, and even the traps need to be improved. Weapons just aren’t providing any sense of security anymore…” Blitz scratched his head.

In fact, the Rainbow Squad members are not unpeaceful, but they frequently find themselves in crisis situations, and the need for self-preservation and safety has become a natural instinct for them.