Some commanders love war and are deeply immersed in the immense sense of achievement, satisfaction, pride, and a touch of vanity brought about by commanding millions to charge forward with a single order, eagerly anticipating the moment of victory, yearning for the immense pleasure of trampling the enemy leader underfoot.

This type of commander can become a relatively good general but will never become a great leader because they are dictated by the fleeting euphoria that will eventually vanish, and they become absorbed by war.

There is another kind of commander who hates war, and with each order to charge, a moment of immense guilt and pain flashes through their heart. Some commanders become so mired in this pain that they cannot extricate themselves, ultimately sinking into another abyss due to extreme aversion to war and their blood-stained hands.

Yet there is a third type of commander, who also hates war and feels guilt and pain, but is driven forward with pain by a more resolute goal. In the process of war, they become as selfless as the first type of commander and forget their pain. This type of commander participates in war to end war, to end the eternal, immense suffering that covers everyone. Yet, during this process, they must continuously face the process of life being as trivial as grass, something they never want to see.

This third type of commander either dies gloriously or lives to become a leader worthy of praise.

Ren Zhong is striving to become the third type.

After he issued the order for a general attack, warriors formerly affiliated with the Mengdu Group, Source Star Military Industry, and the Military Department began charging.

Ren Zhong even keenly noticed among them the special forces members who once dealt with him and executed Yang Bingzhong.

Those Seventh Level Mechanical Warriors no longer embodied the absolute violence that once needed his admiration but have become insignificant players among his multitude of soldiers.

He doesn't even reminisce with these people.

Yet he will still feel regret someday for the loss of these people. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Ren Zhong's direct forces, including Zheng Tian, Yu Chengde, Song Mu'en, Wang Qiao, and Yuan Qinh, did not leave their warships; they all stayed in their command posts, providing real-time command support to front-line soldiers through the Ghost Particle Communication channel rebuilt with Sun Ai's assistance.

This is, of course, for Ren Zhong to preserve his strength.

In this war, driving tigers to eat wolves while depleting the strength of both Frozen Elders and Li Yang allowed Ren Zhong's Ren Group and Starfire Army to leap to become the absolute dominators of Source Star Civilization, which was originally part of Ren Zhong's plan.

This is standard behavior for a schemer.

However, compared to ordinary schemers, Ren Zhong also has a bit of shame and guilt.

But now, focused on the Empire, Ren Zhong has long trained himself to view everything with an iron-cold gaze through repeated self-sacrifice.

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The thin camel is still bigger than the horse; although the Frozen Elders lost control over Source Star's army due to their blind faith in the reliability of the "Network," they never brought the "inferior armaments" produced by Source Star into the Tracers, resulting in some lack of firepower. Although the essence of the Tracers is indeed not Imperial Battleships, just Colonization Ships, this ship still possesses certain Star War Ability.

Despite lacking heavy artillery, its defense capability and the small combat units it carries are indeed substantial.

The first to rush out were top warriors from the Ice Sealing Army.

The Ice Sealed Army Soldiers starkly contrast in number to Ren Zhong's eight million elite troops, each Frozen Soldier facing at least eight thousand enemies and a Star Sky Ruined Beast of varying abilities. But each individual is an ultra-rank Professional, their quality not at the same level.

This terrifying battlefield phantom, clad in Empire-manufactured lightweight War Armor, navigated the universe with incredible mobility and maneuvering abilities, evading each other's front-fired artillery from Ruined Beasts and Viper Fighters.

The distance between both sides suddenly shortened, each Frozen Soldier resembling a tiger among a flock of sheep, like death itself, bringing devastation wherever they went.

Moreover, behind the Frozen Soldiers, Ninth Rank Ruined Beasts, controlled by Tracer's intelligent brain, flew out one after another.