Resurrection Empire
Chapter 1200 - 460: That’s All I Have to Say
"In short, the simulated video you created can pass for real, fooling everyone. I have done everything I should, and I have a clear conscience. That's enough."
Sun Ai: "But you have lost the loyalty of many people."
Ren Zhong: "Apart from life and death, nothing else matters. Even the most fervent loyalty is not as important as the lives of eighteen billion people. Alright, next, after your main body and the Star System Level Main Cannon catch up with the fleet, you'll reveal the truth to everyone left on Source Star through the fake network avatars in the underground base of Starfire Town."
Sun Ai: "What truth? Which level?"
Ren Zhong: "Tell them what kind of lie I told for their sake."
"Tell them the nature of the Tracer colony. Tell them the true millennial history. Tell them the truth of the Great Migration Plan. Tell them the truth about humans and Ruined Beasts being doubly farmed, lifespan exploited, brain computing power stolen, and all such matters."
"Just say that Source Star is merely a colonial production base, responsible for producing Ruined Beasts, metals, virtual currency, brains, humans, and energy. The human history on Source Star is not billions of years, nor ten thousand years, but only a thousand years. Source Star's history is brief and sorrowful. The history you see is all falsehood. Your ancestors came from frozen embryos, and your roles are merely tools. From birth, you were destined to be tools, commodities. You cannot resist this fate and are meant to die, becoming stored brains."
"The nine administrators from the Empire never truly intended to establish civilization on Source Star, which is why there's the heavy tax on personal transfers, why there's knowledge suppression and military strength suppression. Obviously, such powerful humans end up continuously entangled with Ruined Beasts, never ceasing. Because you, like the Ruined Beasts, are livestock. But I, Ren Zhong, changed this situation. I will change even more. Now, I hear cries from farther away, cries that echo through the sky, filled with the cosmos. My journey will not stop; I aim to save and change even more."
"My battle in the distance is closely related to you. But Source Star is not a Utopia; the order I created is still rootless duckweed, easily destroyed at any moment. Currently, your fate remains dependent on luck. Whether it be the Mechanical Empire, the Ascenders, the Pilgrims, or the Spirit Demon Race, if any of these four forces discover there's still life on Source Star, that civilization exists, you'll be effortlessly obliterated."
"I have revealed all knowledge, left you internal combustion engines and controllable nuclear fusion, left you silicon chip technology, left ample resources… I wish only one thing from you: remember, you are a species not permitted to continue existing in the universe, so strive by any means to become stronger while lurking, strong enough that someday, no matter which force it is, they must allow you to continue existing."
"Next, do not live in obscurity, do not kill each other, do not waste time; rally together, unleash all your talents, to advance scientific progress, advance war potential, advance everything you can advance! Each one of you has already died once; you must continuously strive until you find the real path out."
"Because, in this universe, you are universally opposed! Move forward, or perish!"
"I hope one day you can stand up with dignity and shout out in this universe, say loudly to everyone. We are all ants, but ants also have the right to exist. If others won't give it, we'll take it ourselves."
"Of course, I will continue my ventures in the Empire too. I hope someday I can return or receive help and support from you."
"I am Ren Zhong, and I'm finished speaking."