Karry didn't fly into a rage but instead looked at Chen Wei with great interest. The Huaxia warriors were famous in the Underworld—people said their character was like a rock in a latrine: foul and unyielding!

"Truly, seeing is believing. That temperament… as expected, foul and unyielding!" Karry thought to himself, then said aloud, "Captain Chen Wei, our Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps isn't here to annihilate you—we came to invite you as our guest!"

"Be a guest?" Chen Wei sneered and said, "I've never seen anyone invite guests while aiming guns at them! How about you have your men toss all their weapons, and I'll let my people follow you to be your guests. How's that?"

Karry stared straight at Chen Wei. "Captain Chen, if you put it that way, that's lacking sincerity! Of course, if you could have your warriors discard all their weapons and come out, I might consider having my men do the same. How about that?"

"Heh!" Chen Wei sneered. "If you want to invite us, shouldn't you at least reveal the host's name? Who exactly sent you to attack us?"

"Sorry!" Karry shrugged and said, "As a professional mercenary, revealing the identity of the client is absolutely out of the question! But I believe once you meet him, you'll understand!"

Chen Wei furrowed his brows and thought for a moment before saying, "What if I refuse?"

"You Huaxia have a saying, 'A wise man submits to circumstances!'" Karry chuckled and said, "Do you really have any other options now? You're already surrounded—apart from cooperating, there's no other path."

Chen Wei looked calmly at Karry and said, "That's right, in the eyes of your Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps, we might indeed appear to be at a dead end. If we don't compromise, death is our only destination!"

A faint smile appeared on Karry's face. He believed that if Chen Wei were intelligent, he would understand the rational choice.

But reality was bound to differ from his expectations. Chen Wei shed his smile and said, "But sorry, we are not like you mercenaries who know how to weigh advantage against risk! We are Huaxia Warriors—warriors who would rather die standing than live kneeling! So… if you have the ability, then take our corpses back!"

With that, Chen Wei turned and walked toward the base.

"Damned bastard!" A mercenary next to Karry said coldly, "Commander, let's just shoot him in the head!"

At that moment, a small red dot fell onto Karry's temple.

"Commander, watch out! There's a sniper!" the mercenary beside Karry hurriedly called out.

Karry moved swiftly, stepping back to avoid the sniper's aim.

This brief delay allowed Chen Wei to return to the base.

"Commander, what should we do now?" a mercenary asked. "Their people might be few, but the Dragon Group's base is easy to defend and hard to attack. If we force our way in, it'll cause significant losses!"

Karry let out a cold snort. "Then use the rocket launchers to blow it open! I refuse to believe any bone could be harder than a rocket launcher!"

Inside the base, Chen Wei spoke gravely through his earpiece. "Everyone, we're now at the moment of life and death! It's also a time to demonstrate the spirit of the Huaxia military—Huaxia Warriors: '宁死不屈' (Rather die than yield)!"

"Huaxia Warriors: '宁死不屈' (Rather die than yield)!"

The resolute voices of his comrades echoed through the earpiece, bringing a faint smile to Chen Wei's face. With brothers by his side, what did it matter if he perished?

"Onwards to the underworld to summon past comrades, a hundred-thousand banners to slay Yama!" Chen Wei murmured to himself. "Brothers, on the Road of the Yellow Springs, we'll walk together!"

Just then, Chen Wei's earpiece crackled with urgency from the sniper. "Captain, bad news—our opponents are setting up rocket launchers!"

As the words left his mouth, a deafening boom rocked the ground. Several shells hit the base hard, creating a massive breach as dust and remnants filled the space.

"Hold the line!" Chen Wei shouted. "Don't let them breach further! Xiao Yang, don't bother contacting HQ anymore—initiate the destruction protocol. We can't let them obtain any data!"

Xiao Yang hesitated. "Captain, but we…"

"Cut the chatter!" Chen Wei ordered. "Do it quickly, or we'll be too late!"

"Captain, wait a second!" The sniper's voice came through the earpiece again, this time tinged with confusion. "It seems like there's a Jeep approaching from the distance…"

…

"A Jeep?" Karry heard the report and grumbled. "If it's unrelated, just kill them!"

"But that Jeep has already broken through our outer defenses!" a mercenary reported from the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps. "And it's heading straight toward us now!"

Karry snorted coldly. "A Jeep breaking through our defenses? What kind of joke is this! Do you think it's a tank?"

"Commander, the vehicle's here…" Raising their heads, they saw a roaring Jeep barreling through toward them with a fury like an impending storm.

"Stop it!" Karry barked the order, and the attackers turned their weapons from the base toward the approaching Jeep, firing wildly.

But to their shock, as the bullets approached the Jeep within ten centimeters, they seemed to bounce off an invisible shield—a transparent dome deflecting every round!

"What's happening here?!" Karry was wide-eyed with disbelief at the sight before him.

"Use the rocket launcher!" Karry bellowed. "Let me see if a shield can withstand this!"

A vague sense of dread gnawed at Karry, warning him that the Jeep must not come any closer.

With a thunderous roar, the rocket launcher was fired, hitting its mark squarely amidst clouds of smoke and dust that blanketed the Jeep.

"What's the status now?" Karry asked.

The mercenary who had fired the launcher smirked. "Rest assured, Commander, direct hit—it's likely reduced to debris now!"

Just as Karry breathed out in relief, he heard the familiar roar of an engine. Through the haze, the Jeep emerged, practically upon them.

"A monster—it's a monster!" shouted members of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps, their voices trembling in terror.

To survive a direct rocket hit without a single scratch was far beyond the scope of their understanding.

"A Demi-God Domain expert!" Karry's eyes dulled in realization as he stared at the approaching Jeep. Any thought of resistance evaporated. To possess such power, the driver must undoubtedly be a master of the Demi-God Domain!

Oh god, we just dared to provoke a Demi-God Domain expert earlier! Karry wanted nothing more than to rewind time by ten minutes—he would have never acted as he had!

Offending a Demi-God Domain expert was a disaster for the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps.

Among mercenary groups, aside from the Super First-rate ones, most didn't have Demi-God experts in their ranks. As a second-rate corps, the strongest member of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps was merely the A-rank peak-level leader.

With the grinding sound of brakes, the Jeep came to an abrupt halt not far from Karry.

A young, oriental man stepped down from the Jeep. His words hit like an icy dagger: "Do you want to die—or live?"

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