Impersonating an elder

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

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

"Pyramid schemes? What are pyramid schemes?" Zhu Qiang asked, his eyes wide.

Ye Chen forgot that this was not his original world, and pyramid schemes might not necessarily exist here.

Yu Nian looked at Ye Chen in some surprise; she had originally thought Ye Chen was only good at fighting, but she hadn't expected his intelligence to be quite high as well.

The many youths had gradually regained consciousness and were standing up one after another.

When they saw the five of them including Ye Chen, they were somewhat confused.

When they saw the corpses of their instructors and the others again, their eyes were filled with anger.

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

"Our Martial Master instructors are dead!"

Among the crowd of youths, upon learning of the death of their instructors, they immediately became incredibly angry.

"It was you who killed the instructors!"

"Brothers, they killed our instructors! They are enemies of our Azure Alliance! Let's attack together and kill them!"

"Kill them! Avenge our instructors!"

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

But the many youths remained unmoved and continued to talk loudly.

Ye Chen glanced at the King Kong Ape.

The King Kong Ape immediately understood.

"Roar!"

The King Kong Ape let out a thunderous roar!

This time, everyone finally shut their mouths and looked at the King Kong Ape in fear!

They were ordinary people after all; no matter how many of them there were, they were no match for a Pet Master.

Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Ye Chen said coldly, "Know how to shut up now? A bunch of people whose brains have been clouded by anger—what use are you!"

The youths lowered their heads in shame.

These youths, right in the midst of adolescence, were at a time when their self-esteem was very strong.

Ye Chen put away his serious expression, switched to a smiling face, and said, "Alright, I know you feel angry about the death of your instructors. This is a good thing; it shows that you are all people who value loyalty and righteousness."

After Ye Chen said this, smiles appeared on the faces of the many youths again.

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

The youths shook their heads.

"Then do you recognize this?" Ye Chen took an item out of his backpack, held it up, and faced the crowd.

Upon seeing this, the youths hurriedly knelt to the ground one after another and said loudly, "Greetings, Elder!"

In Ye Chen's hand was indeed a token-like object!

It was the Elder token of the Azure Alliance. This token was obtained by Ye Chen last time in the Aggregation Zone when he hunted down the Azure Alliance Elder who came after him.

Ye Chen had kept it on his person; he hadn't expected it to actually come in handy today.

Ye Chen said loudly, "That's right, I am indeed an Elder of the Azure Alliance, Ye Chen! The instructors betrayed the Azure Alliance and colluded with other Alliances. The companions who walked out earlier were all sold by them to other factions!"

"Ah!"

Sounds of shock and doubt rose one after another in the crowd, and their faces were all filled with expressions of disbelief.

"The instructors... the instructors betrayed the Azure Alliance!"

"This! How is this possible! Usually, the instructors told us we must be loyal to the Azure Alliance and become qualified Pet Masters of the Azure Alliance! How, how could he betray the Azure Alliance!"

"What do you know? You can know a person's face but not their heart! Could an Elder possibly lie to us!"

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

Some voices of doubt were immediately countered by the others.

Soon, there were no more voices of doubt in the crowd.

A satisfied smile appeared at the corner of Ye Chen's mouth, and he continued, "Tell me, how should those who betray the Azure Alliance be dealt with?"

"Kill without mercy!"

A unified voice came from the crowd.

"That's right, kill without mercy. Acting under the highest orders of the Azure Alliance, I have come to purge these traitors!"

After finishing, Ye Chen watched the crowd's reaction.

This time, there was not a trace of anger on anyone's face; instead, it was replaced by the feeling that they deserved it!

A moment later, someone in the crowd asked, "Elder Ye, will the Alliance send us new instructors?"

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

"Yes, Elder Ye, you teach us!"

In their hearts, Azure Alliance Elders were high and mighty existences; if they could be taught by an Elder, it would be a great honor.

Ye Chen smiled and said, "That is possible, but it is no longer safe here. Those traitorous instructors have already told other factions this location. If they find out the matter has been leaked, they will surely come here to launch a sneak attack on us based on the principle of 'if I can't have it, neither can you.' Therefore, we must evacuate from here first!"

"Okay! We will follow Elder Ye!"

"Elder Ye, we will all follow you!"

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

After saying this, the five of them led the way, and the many youths followed behind them.

Lin Nuoyi asked in a low voice, "Ye Chen, why are you still impersonating someone from the Azure Alliance? In this way, don't they still think they are Azure Alliance members at their core? If they find out the truth later, won't that be like raising a tiger that will turn on you?"

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 delaying tactic. To make them truly willing to submit to us, we still need to dismantle their faith in the Azure Alliance and let them see the true face of the Azure Alliance."

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

"I have my own methods. Let's go back first, find a new stronghold, and arrange for these people to be together separately. For now, don't let them come into contact with the people from the Star Alliance."

Lin Nuoyi gave a sound of acknowledgment.

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

"Where?" Ye Chen asked.

Yu Nian thought for a moment and said, "Right near the United Building from last time, there is an indoor live-action shooting experience hall. It's quite large, so accommodating these people at the same time shouldn't be a problem."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Good, you lead the way!"

Walking out of the mountains, the rain outside had already stopped, but the road was a bit muddy.

Just now, Ye Chen counted, and there were 1018 youths in total.

They were all sixteen or seventeen-year-old youths.

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

These were all reserve forces.

As far as Ye Chen knew, the only faction doing this was the Law Enforcement Alliance.

The Law Enforcement Alliance established the Safe Zone, likely also to provide a steady stream of new forces for the Law Enforcement Alliance.

After all, when fighting against monsters, casualties were inevitable.

Without fresh blood to replenish it, a faction would only slowly go downhill and would sooner or later perish.

The Azure Alliance doing this was probably with the same intention.

The ambition of this Azure Alliance leader could be said to be immense.

By the time they reached the place Yu Nian mentioned, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

Not long after arriving here, it had already started to rain on and off outside again.

Qing County was surrounded by mountains and was itself a rainy area.

This place was formerly known as the Firepower Live-Action Shooting Experience Hall.