It seems the middle-aged man sensed the silent thoughts of several people, and his only intact right palm, full of cracks, immediately said:
"Before you, countless batches of confident trash like you came. They charged forward one after another, getting easily slaughtered by Lai San's men. Our weapons, ammunition, and passion have long been depleted. It doesn't matter anymore, whatever happens, happens."
"The Lai San you mentioned, is he the so-called King of the Contaminated?" Yuan Shi asked, "Please trust us, we are different from those before. This time, we have very powerful Transcendents leading us, we will definitely be able to deal with them."
"What are you thinking? Are the soldiers in your world all this foolish?" The middle-aged man replied sarcastically, "Every time you come overflowing with confidence, and then you're gone in a flash. I just don't get it, where does your confidence come from? Powerful? Ha..."
"Old Deng, can't you speak without sarcasm, huh? Really treating goodwill as donkey liver! Today your wild father will teach you pup how to speak properly for free! How didn't I charge you against the wall back then!"
Super Niu Niu couldn't take it, his mouth full of metaphorical flowery language as he held a watermelon knife, ready to teach him a lesson.
Now everyone knows how he enrages others to attract monsters.
Though the Spicy Strips duo wasn't angry, their eyes also showed some discontent.
Lu Wenwu reached out to block him: "Niu Niu, don't be impulsive, we're civilized people, we speak reason."
"Brother Wu, but this Old Deng keeps on..."
"Ah! We can't talk like that. I just said, we're civilized people, we need to understand the principle of convincing others with virtue."
Lu Wenwu, hands behind his back, walked smilingly in front of the middle-aged man.
"When encountering someone unreasonable, we should talk reason with them, why get angry? Brother, I want to ask you, is Lai San the King of the Contaminated of this city?"
"Can't you understand words?"
The middle-aged man was extremely indignant, he simply closed all seven of his eyes.
Lu Wenwu brought his hands together to form a sword gesture, suddenly stabbing down.
"Puff! Puff!"
Under powerful force, the two eyes on the chest of the middle-aged man instantly burst.
Before he could utter a scream, Lu Wenwu fiercely grabbed his throat with his left hand, making it impossible for him to cry out.
His right hand struck with two consecutive punches, actually smashing the opponent's two left arms so hard that bones broke and muscles tore, blood splattering.
"Why do you insist on forcing me to reason with you?"
Lu Wenwu exerted force with his left hand, easily pinching the middle-aged man's neck and lifting him up.
The powerful force almost crushed his cervical vertebrae.
The remaining five eyes on his body all rolled back, even struggling was weak.
According to the detection of the Eye of Insight, this middle-aged man was merely D-level, already the strongest here.
With Lu Wenwu's monstrous strength, he couldn't possibly have any chance to resist.
"You... you're too bully!" The middle-aged man managed to speak with his mouth in the palm, "You... rude... barbarian!"
Lu Wenwu still wore a laughing face: "Don't slander, aren't I reasoning with you?"
"You... what kind of reasoning is this!"
"Physics, isn't physics reasoning? You're discriminating against physics, huh?"
Lu Wenwu confidently replied, slapping him hard, directly shattering the bones on the left side of his face.
"Come, now calculate the elastic potential energy of the left side of your face, along with the acceleration of my right palm."
"Shameless!" The middle-aged man was still struggling, "Aren't you... convincing others with virtue? Where's your... virtue?"
Lu Wenwu smiled and punched him in the abdomen.
A shell-like layer, reminiscent of scale armor, completely shattered, revealing muscles and blood vessels without skin coverage inside.
"Oh? Are you saying my Martial Virtue isn't abundant enough? Isn't Martial Virtue just a kind of virtue? Why haven't you yielded to my abundant virtue?"
"Yield... dammit..."
"Bang!"
A tentacle was crushed.
"Yield yet?"
"I..."
"Bang!"
Another tentacle was crushed.
"Yield yet?"
"No..."
"Rip!"
The middle-aged man's left shoulder was completely torn off, becoming a one-armed Yang Guo with three tentacles.
"Yield..."
"Yield, yield, yield, yield, yield! Father! No, Grandpa! Respected Forefather! I yield! I completely yield!"
Before Lu Wenwu could finish speaking, the middle-aged man cried out in despair, fearing more parts of his body might be dismantled.
"Tsk, what sweet words, but actually still afraid of death. If you've truly lost hope, why not just commit suicide instead of pretending bravado here."
Lu Wenwu's voice held disdain, and like throwing away trash, he casually tossed him aside, glancing at Super Niu Niu.
"Look, he's now convinced by my abundant Martial Virtue and profound physics, that's what it means to convince through virtue and reason, learn from this in the future."
The three collectively gulped, only Ye Hongyuan seemed thoughtful, even his eyes gleamed.
...
An hour later, the assassination squad mercilessly packed up the remaining few weapons and ammunition, along with plenty of living supplies, and left the survivor camp without looking back.
With Lu Wenwu's Eye of Insight, coupled with Mao Mao's nose, they easily found a nice place to stay—the top floor of an old building.
Not only does it provide a wide view from above, but several low buildings nearby allow for tactical transitions, it could be attacked or defended.
Inside the small room on the building's top floor.
Besides Mao Mao crunching on dog food, each member of the assassination squad had seven or eight egg pancakes, eating like starved ghosts reborn.
Transcendents have big appetites, eating more is normal.
"Damn, Peak Realm egg pancake cooking skills, I swear it's worth it even if I die now!"
Super Niu Niu, the first to finish eating, held his belly, half reclining against the wall, groaning in exhaustion, even breathing was hard.
Even the normally serious Ye Hongyuan couldn't help but praise: "Those who haven't tasted Brother Wu's egg pancakes are destined to have a failed life."
He was completely won over by Lu Wenwu's egg pancakes, subconsciously using honorifics.
The Spicy Strips duo cradled guns in their left arms, holding pancakes in their right, nodding appreciatively.
"You guys enjoy eating, I'll discuss my plan first."
Lu Wenwu spread out a map in the center of everyone, with Mao Mao lying on the side as a paperweight.
"According to the guy I convinced, Lai San is the King of the Contaminated in this city, suspected to have C-level strength."
"Of course, this group of contaminated calls themselves Evolvers."
"Lai San has one trusted aide at C- level, dozens of D+ level leaders, and over a thousand D-level subordinates, mostly scattered across different locations."
"Originally, Lai San had tens of thousands of followers, later gradually dwindling, now only this many remain, suspected of sacrificial methods."
As he spoke, Lu Wenwu pulled out a marker and drew several circles on the map.
Right in the central area of the City of Evolution.
The direct distance from their current location is about seven or eight kilometers.
"Because those pioneers before us acted too rashly, if we want to go the normal assassination route, there's no way to complete the mission."