CHAPTER 177: CHAPTER 177 IMPERSONATING AN ELDER

Yu Nian curiously asked, "How do you know this?"

Ye Chen chuckled softly, "Because these are the old tricks of pyramid schemes!"

"Pyramid schemes? What’s that?" Zhu Qiang asked with wide eyes.

Ye Chen forgot that this wasn’t his original world; pyramid schemes might not even exist here.

Yu Nian looked at Ye Chen in surprise; she initially thought Ye Chen was just physically strong, but didn’t expect him to be quite intelligent as well.

The many youths gradually regained their senses, slowly standing up.

When they saw Ye Chen and the other four, they were a bit confused.

Upon seeing the bodies of their mentors again, their eyes were filled with anger.

"Who are you! What did you do to our mentors!"

"Our mentor Martial Artist is dead!"

Among the crowd of youths, upon learning of their mentors’ deaths, they immediately expressed intense anger.

"You killed the mentors!"

"Brothers, they killed our mentors; they are the enemies of our Cyan Alliance. Let’s kill them together!"

"Kill them, avenge our mentors!"

Ye Chen took a few steps forward and shouted to the crowd, "Silence!"

But the many youths still weren’t moved and continued to speak loudly.

Ye Chen glanced at the Vajra Ape.

The Vajra Ape immediately understood.

Roar!

The Vajra Ape let out a thunderous roar!

At this, everyone shut their mouths, fearfully looking at the Vajra Ape!

After all, they were ordinary people, and no matter how many of them there were, they were no match for a Pet Tamer.

Seeing everyone quiet down, Ye Chen said coldly, "Now you know how to shut up? A group of people blinded by anger, what use are you?"

The youths, somewhat ashamed, lowered their heads.

These teenagers, in the prime of their youth, had very strong ego.

Ye Chen put away his stern expression, replaced it with a smile, and said, "Alright, I know you’re angry about your mentors’ deaths, which is a good thing. It means you are very loyal and righteous people."

Ye Chen’s words made the youths’ faces show smiles again.

Ye Chen asked again, "Do you know who I am?"

The youths shook their heads.

"Then do you recognize this?" Ye Chen took something from his backpack, held it up, and faced the crowd.

Seeing this, the youths immediately knelt to the ground and loudly said, "Greetings, Elder!"

What Ye Chen held was indeed a token-like item!

It was the Elder Token of the Cyan Alliance, which Ye Chen had obtained last time in the Aggregation District, after hunting the Cyan Alliance Elder who came after him.

Ye Chen had always kept it on him, and didn’t expect it to come in handy today.

Ye Chen shouted, "That’s right, I am Ye Chen, an Elder of the Cyan Alliance! Your mentors betrayed the Cyan Alliance, colluding with other alliances. The companions you left with earlier were all sold by them to other forces!"

"Ah!"

Among the crowd, exclamations of surprise arose, their faces filled with incredulous expressions.

"The mentor... the mentors betrayed the Cyan Alliance!"

"This! How can it be! The mentor always told us to be loyal to the Cyan Alliance, to become a qualified Pet Tamer of the Cyan Alliance! How could he betray the Cyan Alliance!"

"What do you know, you can never fully know a person! Would the Elder deceive us?"

"Exactly, the mentors were only at Captain Level, the Elder holds a high position, how could he lie to us!"

Some were immediately rebutted by others.

Soon, the crowd no longer had any voices of doubt.

Ye Chen’s lips curled into a satisfied smile, continuing, "So you tell me, how should those who betray the Cyan Alliance be dealt with?"

"Kill without pardon!"

A unanimous voice arose from the crowd.

"Exactly, kill without pardon. I carry out the highest order from the Cyan Alliance to come and clean up these traitors!"

After Ye Chen finished speaking, he looked at the crowd’s reactions.

This time, there was not a trace of anger on their faces, only a sense of servitude!

After a moment, someone in the crowd asked, "Elder Ye, will the alliance send us a new mentor?"

"Elder Ye, why don’t you stay and teach us!"

"Yes, Elder Ye, you should teach us!"

In their hearts, the Cyan Alliance Elders were lofty figures, and having an Elder teach them would be a great honor.

Ye Chen laughed, "I can, but it is no longer safe here. These traitor mentors have already revealed this location to other forces. If they find out that the matter is exposed, they will surely come here to attack us with the mindset of mutual destruction. So, for now, we must retreat from here!"

"Alright! We’ll follow Elder Ye!"

"Elder Ye, we’ll all follow you!"

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Good, then follow me!"

With that, Ye Chen and the other four began to move forward, with the many youths trailing behind them.

Lin Nuoyi whispered, "Ye Chen, why are you pretending to be someone from the Cyan Alliance? By doing this, they’ll still believe they’re part of the Cyan Alliance to the core. If they find out the truth later, wouldn’t it be like nurturing a tiger to one’s own detriment?"

Ye Chen patted Lin Nuoyi on the shoulder and said, "Don’t worry, taking them away is only the first step. It’s just a strategic retreat. To truly make them want to follow us, we must first break their faith in the Cyan Alliance and let them see the true face of the Cyan Alliance."

Lin Nuoyi nodded, still somewhat curious, "Then what do you plan to do?"

"I have my ways. First, we’ll go back, find a new base, and arrange for these people to be isolated for now, preventing them from contacting the people of the Star Alliance."

Lin Nuoyi agreed with a nod.

Yu Nian suddenly said, "Ye Chen, I know a place that should be suitable."

"Where?" Ye Chen asked.

Yu Nian thought for a moment and said, "Near the United Building we visited last time, there’s an indoor live-action shooting experience venue. It’s quite large and can accommodate all these people with no problem."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Alright, lead the way!"

Exiting the mountain, the rain outside had stopped, though the road was still quite muddy.

Ye Chen quickly counted; there were a total of 1018 youths.

All were sixteen or seventeen years old.

There were fifty-seven people who were ten days away from turning eighteen.

These were the reserve forces.

The force doing this, to Ye Chen’s knowledge, was likely only the Law Enforcement Alliance.

The Law Enforcement Alliance established safe zones, perhaps to continually supply new blood to the alliance.

After all, in battles against monsters, there will inevitably be casualties.

Without the replenishment of fresh blood, a force will slowly decline, eventually falling.

The Cyan Alliance might have this thought as well.

The ambition of this Cyan Alliance Leader cannot be underestimated.

By the time they arrived at the place Yu Nian mentioned, it was already four in the afternoon.

Shortly after arriving here, it started raining again outside.

Qing County, surrounded by mountains, was naturally a rainy area.

This place was formerly known as the Firepower Real-Life Shooting Experience Pavilion.