Chapter 13 Satan calls the expert

"Lai San doesn't leave the base camp at all now. Except for some of his tens of thousands of minions who are out on patrol, the rest are all piled up on the edge of the base camp, acting as human shields."

"That guy has suffered losses before, and even pushed down a nearby tall building. Brother Long has no sniper position. We can only solve the problem through close-range assassination, which is almost an unsolvable problem."

"To solve the human wave tactic, we must lure the snake out of its hole. Now, let me tell you my proposal."

After a moment, Lu Wenwu looked at the other four people with a smile, while they stared at him as if he were a devil.

It's nothing, just because the seemingly harmless Lu Wenwu proposed a solution that the old Russian anti-terrorist personnel called an expert.

Spread the location of the survivors to lure the contaminated people out in droves, and take the opportunity to create a time difference to reduce the difficulty of the assassination.

Anyway, they will be teleported away directly after completing the main task, so there is no need to worry about being surrounded and killed when they come back.

What?

What if I can’t complete the main storyline?

Just send it then, what else is there to say?

Under the premise that the survivors are unwilling to help, if the army of the contaminated has been mobilized and the assassination cannot be completed, there is no other possibility of completion.

It's easy to tell that the survivors who were fighting are no longer willing to help.

Otherwise, when Lu Wenwu won people over with his virtue, would no one come out and even say a word?

Come to think of it.

Those who were brave enough would have probably already died along with the players in front of them, and the remaining survivors were all cowardly, fearful and weak.

"This plan is too cruel," Wei Long said dryly.

The honest special forces squad leader felt that his worldview had been greatly impacted, but he didn't know what to say because of Lu Wenwu's strength and contributions.

Yuan Shi hesitated and said, "Brother Wuwu, aren't we doing this a bit too much?"

"How inhumane?" Super Niu Niu, having recovered, struggled to take another bite of the pancake. "Do you have any better solution?"

Yuan Shi thought for a moment with a bitter face. "Well, logically speaking, shouldn't we use both reason and emotion to persuade the survivors to help us, learn about their worldviews and backgrounds, and find the weaknesses of Ma Guang and the contaminated people, and then..."

"Then we'll be like those guys before us, and our assimilation rate will soar to over 40%. We'll be forever humiliated for having implicated Fifth Brother." Ye Hongyuan sighed. "Xiao Yuan, you don't want to go into battle with a bunch of idiots, do you?"

Yuan Shih hesitated and said, "I don't want to."

"Do you think asking them to lend their full support, or passive support, counts as support?" Ye Hongyuan asked again.

"Let's do the math."

"You said you wanted to understand the worldview and background, and find the weaknesses of the contaminated. Have we found them out?"

". It turns out the pollution has been going on for eight years now. The population of Evolution City has been drastically reduced during the civil war, and those affected by the pollution are now very unresponsive to the smell."

"That's it, isn't it? Don't be so rigid in doing things."

Ye Hongyuan spread his hands and a smile appeared on his face.

"As you young people would say, your understanding of the game is still far behind Fifth Brother's. Only by utilizing all available resources can we go further, earn higher ratings, and save more lives."

"Well, even if that's not very humane—if those guys can still be considered human."

Lu Wenwu looked at Ye Hongyuan in surprise.

This chief physician, who is nearly sixty years old, is surprisingly insightful.

No wonder he is the one who is doing the best among them.

Wei Long sighed and patted Yuan Shi on the shoulder, saying everything.

Coming from a military background, their conventional way of thinking may be impossible to change.

"Well, let me ask a serious question." Wei Long sighed again, "How can we ensure that the contaminated people will come out in full force and fall for our trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain?"

Lu Wenwu said affirmatively: "Hungry."

"Hungry?" Everyone was stunned.

Lu Wenwu nodded. "You may not be able to tell, but from what I've observed, whether it's the members of the polluted patrol or the mutated beastmen, their eyes are filled with hunger."

"Hunger is a temptation that no creature can resist, especially a group of guys who have been hungry for who knows how long. Uncontaminated creatures should have a fatal attraction to them."

"Of course, I don't have any basis for this. It's just a reasonable guess about the contaminated people based on the information and some literary works."

"Ah, this... this... You mean, they captured the survivors to eat?" Yuan Shi was a little vague. "And the part about them being hungry. Fifth brother, is that really true?"

"We're 80% sure. We'll know after some reconnaissance and an experiment tomorrow." Lu Wenwu said calmly, "As for whether it's reliable in judging hunger, I'm a cook after all, and I've seen plenty of hungry wolves."

Hunger, this is seen directly through the eyes of insight.

Lu Wenwu speculated that the contaminated people wanted to capture the survivors and eat them.

They had previously learned that more than eight years had passed since the end of this world began.

Except for some food left in the war-prepared fortress in the survivor camp, which already had a lot of resources stored, the food in the city should have been eaten up long ago.

The people affected by the pollution don’t farm or produce anything, so where does their food come from?

In addition to what the middle-aged man who was deeply impressed by "Virtue" said before, the number of Lai San's subordinates has become fewer and fewer in recent years, but their average strength has increased.

Lu Wenwu began to guess.

They are most likely devouring each other.

The losers become food, while the survivors become stronger and stronger.

This is not an uncommon occurrence.

There was a great famine that year and people ate each other.

The city was so empty that there was not a single corpse, not even the classic stray cats, dogs, and mutant beasts seen in apocalyptic works. It was very likely that they had all been eaten.

It is very likely that Ma Guang's group of people have been starving since a long time ago, so almost none of them have full health bars.

It’s just that they are no longer ordinary humans and can resist for a longer time, which is why they have been able to maintain until now and still ensure sufficient combat effectiveness.

"Let me ask one last question." Wei Long thought for a moment, "If all the survivors die, will our mission fail? Or, will it affect the mission evaluation?"

"What is our main task?" Lu Wenwu asked back.

"Sorry, I'm fine now." Wei Long realized it later, "Xiao Yuan and I agree on this plan."

"I agree with the Five Gods' ideas," Super Niu Niu said. "Whatever the Five Gods say, that's what it is!"

"I agree." Ye Hongyuan also said.

"Woof woof!"

Maomao, who had been playing the role of a ruler on the ground for a long time, also came to join in the fun, waving his paws and nodding.

Five people and one dog reached a consensus.jpg

Lu Wenwu smiled slightly: "Very good, then let me tell you about our plans for the next few days."

(End of this chapter)