Li Ke frowned: "Couldn't you have explained it more clearly?"

Xiao Yi looked at Li Ke and said, "If you want to know more, you'll have to join us. But then your life won't be easy."

Li Ke fell silent upon hearing this. Xiao Yi recalled the thick brown paper bag. If it weren't for this information that had heightened his vigilance, he would have already died in an ambush by his own people. Although he had died, he had still managed to come back to life.

He sighed: "I have to go back to the island to interrogate some people in a while. You can come with me, and then you can make a decision after you've questioned them."

Li Ke sensed that Xiao Yi was using special privileges on her, and of course she wouldn't refuse arrogantly. This was precisely the purpose of her return, and it would be foolish to refuse now.

Li Ke: "Thank you."

Xiao Yi's expression was complicated: "Actually, I should thank you. You are the one who helped us a lot."

Some things are better left unsaid, but it's enough that the two of them understand each other. Li Ke changed the subject and asked, "Is your right hand injured?"

Xiao Yi drew a line on his right side with his left hand, diagonally down to his waist and abdomen near his neck: "This half of my body is gone. I replaced it with a mechanical one, and it's working quite well now. If you want to join our team, you'll have to get past me first."

Seeing the part he was gesturing to, Li Ke could already imagine the difficult process he had gone through to survive.

Xiao Yi spoke casually, and Li Ke replied in return, "Okay, let's have a match then. I think I'm incredibly strong right now."

Looking at Li Ke's serious expression, Xiao Yi was both angry and amused. This woman really had no charm and didn't know how to care for him.

After a half-hour speedboat ride, Xiao Yi and Li Ke returned to the island. The area with the wooden stakes had been cleared away, but Li Ke still felt a lingering bloody and gloomy atmosphere as she passed by.

Seeing the change in Li Ke's expression, Xiao Yi knew that she was recalling those horrific scenes. He said, "The chief here, Ruan Bang, is both cowardly and cruel. The wooden stakes he put up at the entrance were to intimidate outsiders and suppress his own people. Many of those who died were his own people whom he had captured. There weren't many prisoners from other places. It was the accumulation of deaths and killings over time that led to that scene."

Li Ke remained silent for a moment before saying, "Killing this kind of person would be too lenient."

Xiao Yi thought to himself that he wouldn't let him off easy. There were many things he could use against this kind of person, but since it was a confidential matter, he couldn't say more, so he just nodded.

After disembarking, Gotan, along with Ruan Chun and Xiao Yi's men, waited on the shore. Li Ke, now dressed in the same combat uniform as the islanders and wearing a mask, followed behind Xiao Yi. Since it was night, Ruan Chun didn't recognize her.