Resurrection Empire-Chapter 1047 - 408: Back to the Starting Point Again (Part 2)

"In accordance with your requirements, I have assembled a development team of elite researchers consisting of two hundred thousand people. Some of them are the students we initially brought out, some are professionals who have recently joined us, some were sent by Source Star Military Industry as aid scholars, and a portion comes from Mr. Qian Wangshen's department. The people from Mr. Qian's side are involved in large-scale equipment research, and they happen to be free now. I won't affect his progress."

Ren Zhong gave a thumbs up, "Well done."

Ju Qingmeng: "I've also divided the improvement directions for your armor into five directions: power module, detection module, combat module, defense module, and AI support module enhancement, with five project teams developing in parallel in each direction. Then we'll validate the effectiveness. In no more than twenty-four hours, we can begin the modification. Oh, by the way, I've already instructed the materials department to start collecting components and materials globally, striving to cover all needs ahead of time to avoid scrambling later."

"A correct decision." Ren Zhong praised her with a remark, and looked at her side profile.

Ju Qingmeng continued: "Anyway, although I don't know exactly what you plan to do, since you've made this request, I'll do my utmost to create the best equipment for you. I'll be spending the next couple of days staying up all night with the help of potions, I can handle it, you don't have to worry."

Ren Zhong suddenly said a bit mindlessly, "Once we're through this period, you should go for cryogenic preservation first."

Ju Qingmeng questioned in surprise, "Why?"

Ren Zhong smiled, "Because I'll also be freezing. Our journey is long, and some things need to be advanced over time. However, the length of our lives is limited, so we must learn to maximize our limited life to accomplish more."

Ju Qingmeng touched her face, "Is that the only reason?"

Ren Zhong told a benevolent lie, "Yes."

They both tacitly agreed without speaking further.

Ju Qingmeng is aging faster than Ren Zhong, which is an objective fact.

Compared to over four years ago when they first met, her skin no longer has the same lustrous quality as it did.

Although the old smart wrist watch and Contribution Points system have collapsed, Ju Qingmeng, like other Source Star humans, is still constantly being infiltrated and plundered by the dodecahedron rules lurking at the Electron Cloud level.

Thus, the same duration of time leaves different depths of marks on each of them.

After handling Ju Qingmeng's matters, Ren Zhong went to Sun Miao's Biological Research Institute.

At this moment, Sun Miao was in the underground base, unable to extricate himself.

Ren Zhong first called Hua Yuelan over.

He instructed Hua Yuelan to prepare for an influx of vast knowledge, mainly including Level Nine programmer materials, AI core architecture, and the programming source code Hua Yuelan took 366 revolutions and a total of 30.5 years to find.

Ren Zhong told Hua Yuelan that by utilizing these, she could create a more complete new "pseudo-net" and directly infiltrate the information network controlled by the nine cryogenic Elders.

Hua Yuelan left with exuberant joy.

Ren Zhong then sat in front of Sun Miao.

At this point, Sun Miao had aged significantly compared to three years ago, with more white hair on his head, and a few traces of melancholy in his face.

For the past three years, Sun Miao has been dealing with the volunteer group and personally pushing these people step by step into a deep abyss of despair.

This wasn't easy.

Subsequently, Ren Zhong's demands became even more excessive, even to the point of madness.

This imposed immense psychological pressure on Sun Miao, making him nearly collapse multiple times, repeatedly questioning Ren Zhong's motives and condition, worrying that Ren Zhong might have "changed" during their communications.

Similar words, Sun Miao and Ren Zhong discussed repeatedly more than three hundred sixty times.

"Sun, how are the volunteers doing now?"

Ren Zhong inquired.

Sun Miao opened a chart listing the current mental states of the hundreds of volunteers.

"Most of them are still holding up, and the combination of the Tree Plan and Legion Beast Plan is basically on track, now just waiting for Hua Yuelan to finish writing the system, not sure how long it'll take."

Ren Zhong: "Within three days."

Sun Miao: "What?"

"After three days, Hua Yuelan will deliver the complete system of the pseudo-net to you. The first test run will be successful."

Sun Miao: "How can you be so sure? So confident in her?"

Ren Zhong shook his head, "I'm confident in myself. Once the system is successfully test-run, the core computational needs of the Group will gradually shift here. The Dragon Slayer Camp has accumulated many urgent problems needing solutions. The next issue is steadily increasing the number of subjects and elevating the computational power limit of the pseudo-net."

Sun Miao nodded heavily, "Then what do you plan to do to recruit more people to undergo this cruel transformation?"

Listening to Sun Miao's words, Ren Zhong's expression became briefly twisted.

After a long pause, he sighed, "Three sources. Firstly, heavy criminals sentenced to death in our territory. Secondly, learning from Mengdu Group, recruiting volunteers on the brink of survival in other unliberated areas and granting the volunteers' families the privilege to settle within Ren Corporation. Thirdly, prisoners of war from the forthcoming conflicts."

Sun Miao carefully pondered his words, made an approving sound, "Indeed, there's no better solution."

Ren Zhong: "Yes."

Sun Miao was unaware, after making this new decision, that Ren Zhong quietly laid down a significant burden from his heart.

He once again picked up principles he had previously discarded, sparing the two hundred million innocents who sought refuge in the Underground City.

This decision would considerably slow the formation speed of the "pseudo-net," but Ren Zhong believed that as time went by, he would eventually gather enough people, obtain sufficient computational power, and projects such as controllable nuclear fusion research could be completed on schedule.

When given a choice, adhering to principles sustains long-term interests, more important than excessively pursuing short-term benefits.

After all, Ren Zhong now seeks the Star Sea, not merely the internal gains and losses of Source Star.

Time swiftly moved to noon two days later, and according to the arrangement, Ren Zhong was supposed to arrive at Military Industry City in the evening to host a mobilization meeting, but instead, he donned the newly remodeled Red Blade Armor, stepping alone into the single-person space shuttle just completed by Qian Wangshen.

With the shuttle gradually ascending under the propulsion of the Anti-gravity Engine, Ren Zhong lay on the seat, looking through the blue sky.

He felt an illusion, as if he had returned to when he first awoke in the dense forest, constantly battling Ruined Beasts to find a way out.

This journey is destined to be fraught with dangers, but he has long been an adept player repeatedly resurrecting to tackle challenges.

Let me try first, to explore the depths.

No matter what level of defensive capability the old ice popsicles have, they absolutely cannot stop me.

No shield can withstand the Time Spear.

He clenched his fist tightly.