CHAPTER 499: CHAPTER 190: ENDING THE MYTH, LIFE IN FULL BLOOM, ASPIRATION SOARING TO THE SKIES

First, ask your conscience before doing anything. If your heart is clear, then you will have no regrets.

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Nothing is difficult in the world for those willing to risk their lives.

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A man about to die dares to speak the truth.

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From her professional standpoint, Ma Xiaoling believed Ren Zhong had zero chance of winning.

This judgment was reasonable and absolutely had no issues.

She didn’t know that Ren Zhong was intent on dying and had already prepared two powerful items—ten times the dosage of a Fourth Level mental stimulant and a Super Armor Frenzy Potion, which even high-level citizens could not afford.

With these two extreme items in hand, Ren Zhong believed he truly had the strength to fight.

He didn’t plan to take the medicine before the battle but intended to rely on real skills first, and only use them if he realized there was truly no hope.

After listening to his words, Ma Dafu remained silent for a long time.

He was not as straightforward as Ma Xiaoling, a simple-minded organism.

He knew the professional standard of his own daughter.

Ma Xiaoling’s earlier conclusion was certainly well-targeted.

So, the so-called "trick" Ren Zhong mentioned could only be a life-draining drug.

Besides this, he considered nothing else.

When Ren Zhong admitted to lying and that there was no so-called team behind him, Ma Dafu was initially angry, but after analyzing Ren Zhong’s underlying meaning, the anger disappeared, leaving only confusion and shock.

Ma Dafu: "Why?"

Ren Zhong smiled: "No reason."

Ma Dafu: "I represent..."

Ren Zhong waved his hand, "No need for that."

He glanced at the sleeves of the three and straightforwardly said, "Old Ma, in fact, you represent no one. You might have the intent, but until you understand the true root of the problem, you can only represent yourself."

Ma Dafu was stunned for a long time, "What do you mean?"

Ren Zhong asked again, "Do you know why Yang Bingzhong could do things under your nose for over a decade, and you didn’t discover it?"

Once again reminded of his pain, Ma Dafu shook his head helplessly, "It’s my incompetence."

Ren Zhong asked again, "Are you sure?"

"Then why? Can you teach me?"

Ren Zhong took a deep breath and said slowly, "You empathize with the wasteland people, which is your greatest difference from ordinary citizens and the reason I appreciate you. You would run around and make various efforts because of this empathy. But you have never truly slept a night in the concentrated sleep chamber, nor have you eaten a real meal of the poor in a destitute wasteland family."

"You live in the Town Government Tower, which even a Level Five Ruined Beast cannot break, with your mahogany tea table worth thousands of Contribution Points, drinking tea that costs dozens if not hundreds of points per pound. So, you still see yourself as a citizen. Your empathy extends only to empathy. You have never genuinely felt up close the pain of the wasteland people, and you do not know, or it could be said you do not care about who lost their husband and whose wife and daughters were insulted."

"You have completely confined yourself in the rules set by the Source Star to enslave the citizens, issuing minimal empathy in a self-congratulatory way. This is the reason why your township population shrunk from forty thousand to twenty thousand, and outside of the professional team, there are almost no other Second Level Professionals left, and yet you still did not discover the problem."

"This is the first time I’ve said this to you, but I might say it many times in the future. I know that, Old Ma, you’re already remarkable among the citizens, and I shouldn’t be too demanding of you. But precisely because you’re a good person, I want to tell you this. You’re not doing enough now, far from enough. But I also believe you, someday you will surely do better. Goodbye."

After speaking, Ren Zhong turned and left without saying more.

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The next day, in the afternoon.

Under the true gaze of the public, the arrogant and domineering Cold-blooded Butcher launched a full public challenge against the wasteland people of Starfire Town, but no one dared to respond.

According to the rules, Starfire Town would be directly judged as having failed the Pu Cha.

At this moment, Ren Zhong, a Second Level Citizen and a firm owner controlling the Ruined Beast hunting rights of two small towns, entered the scene in an even more arrogant and reckless manner, stunning everyone.

Yet, he truly qualified to participate in the Pu Cha assessment.

Just as Ren Zhong made his move, his wrist watch immediately received inquiries from the Tanggu Group headquarters.

Ren Zhong maintained the same confident attitude as before, merely stating that Starfire Town was his territory, and he intended to protect it.

The Cold-blooded Butcher is unlucky to have met me, Ren Zhong.

The unbeaten legend of the Cold-blooded Butcher will end today.

His outward display of confidence was so overwhelming that it sowed some confusion in the minds of the related personnel from the secretariat of the Tanggu Group on the opposing side.