Just then, a strange voice suddenly arose in the channel, "Hello, hello..."
Telo looked down in surprise and said, "Boss, it’s Lu Bi’s frequency."
"Is that you? You actually dare to contact me," Atom quickly recovered, his tone indifferent.
"With a common enemy, why can’t we contact each other?" Li Ming chuckled lightly.
"A common enemy?" Atom’s expression flickered, "What do you mean?"
"The people who died recently weren’t killed by me. I have a video clip here."
While Atom had someone pinpoint the location, he received the file and opened it, only to snort coldly.
"Not surprised? Seems like you had guessed it too." The voice was intermittent, heavily distorted.
"What exactly do you want, just spit it out," Atom said sternly.
"Very simple, cooperation. I just ambushed Duke Bai Ye, and now he’s missing an arm, severely reducing his combat effectiveness," Li Ming said, "We could cooperate to take down Duke Bai Ye together."
"Hm?" Atom looked surprised, "You severely injured him?"
There was no answer, only a video clip that seemed to be shot from a distance, and upon zooming in, it clearly showed Duke Bai Ye with a grim expression, holding a white spear, missing an arm.
Atom’s heart skipped a beat; Duke Bai Ye’s strength was probably even greater than his, and he also had weapons specially crafted for him by the Sela Civilization.
And this guy had managed to chop off one of his arms.
"How did you do it?" he couldn’t help but ask.
"One word: fast." The voice carried a hint of amusement, and Atom, considering his options, realized that this person seemed completely relaxed, confident about escaping, and even planning to kill Duke Bai Ye.
"What’s in it for me if I cooperate with you?" Atom probed.
"You get to live," Li Ming said airily.
"Heh..." Atom scoffed, before the other continued, "Just kidding, after we defeat him together, the person goes to you."
"A Class-B Life Form, the Sela Civilization would probably be willing to spend quite a bit to redeem him."
Atom was tempted, glanced at the gesture made by his subordinate, and had already pinpointed the other’s location. He said nonchalantly, "Half of that cargo you have, give it to me, and I’ll agree."
"Haha..." Li Ming laughed, "Impossible, team up with me to defeat Duke Bai Ye, and you’ll have a chance to recoup your losses."
"Otherwise, once the Sela Civilization’s reinforcements arrive, you’ll be in trouble, given that you have..."
Before he could finish, Atom’s expression darkened - the other side also knew about the Golden-Eyed people.
At the same time, this also suddenly gave him an idea. Could it be that Duke Bai Ye also targeted his people because of the Golden-Eyed ones?
As he was contemplating, the corner of his eye caught his subordinate’s hand motion. He looked up and saw that the location identified was vastly different from the original position.
The speed was too fast!
"Alright, I agree," Atom seemed to have made up his mind, "What’s the plan?"
"To avoid ambushing Duke Bai Ye and thereby provoking an uprising by the Sela fleet, you need to lure him into the Thunderstorm Zone, claiming to have spotted my trace," Li Ming had already planned, "At that time, I will also show some traces."
"Good," Atom nodded involuntarily, "The plan is indeed thorough. We’ll go by your strategy. Remember, we must leave Duke Bai Ye alive."
"Pleasant cooperation." The channel transmitted one last sentence.
After the communication ended, Telo cautiously said, "Boss, are we really going to cooperate with this guy?"
Atom did not speak but simply waved his hand to dismiss Telo, then he opened his smart terminal.