It was precisely because Ren Zhong possessed the resurrection benefit, making countless large and small adjustments during his numerous resurrections, continuously improving from overall strategy to detailed fine-tuning, that he finally achieved the perfect war with a casualty rate of less than 20%.

Furthermore, Ren Zhong conducted dual validation through Sun Ai's data simulation and his premonition illusion, confirming that this 20% casualty rate was already the limit. Even trying ten thousand more times would yield little improvement and might instead result in greater losses due to chaotic, unpredictable factors triggering a butterfly effect.

Even within the Ice Sealing Army, the professional elites counted as a core force in the Mechanical Empire's combat lineup, capable of undertaking significant offensive tasks.

While the glamorous barrages of giant battleships were an eternal theme of the starry sky, no one could deny the importance of special operations strategies brought by professional elites.

In battles such as boarding, special operations, ground warfare, regional contests, and other war scenarios, a professional elite with independent combat capabilities could also have a heaven-turning effect.

The Source Star Fleet's ship cannons, missiles, and small fighter aircraft were fundamentally not standard Imperial products but merely outdated equipment.

The armed warships had mediocre reconnaissance capabilities, targeting abilities, and lethality.

The Star System Level Main Cannon had matchworthy lethality but took too long to recharge, had high targeting difficulty, and long intervals between volleys, being useful only for attacking large targets.

The Weilon X-type, derived from Ren Zhong's ideas and supplemented with core components of the Water Drop Flying Device, reluctantly qualified as a space battle fighter, but piloting such a Weilon X-type was inherently a privilege of professionals.

Faced with potentially encountering enemy forces composed of top combat power, the current Source Star Fleet was large and cumbersome, difficult to match. It could even be said to be fragile enough to shatter with a single blow.

Because apart from Ren Zhong and top professionals like Ma Xiaoling, the Source Star Fleet had no means to counteract the enemy's special combat forces.

Therefore, what confronted Ren Zhong urgently was not to orderly arrange the cryogenic plans but rather to find another method to quickly fill the combat power void left by the loss of the Ice Sealing Army.

"Firstly, maintaining sufficiently intense military training on each armed battleship and transport ship is a must."

"Secondly, advancing military technology cannot be halted. However, the fleet's internal resource types have already been fixed, and no new energy can be collected. Progress in technology must thus be confined to the concept of 'feasibility', as the processes for scientific research and its transformation into achievements are constrained by both material and energy. The blank paper in front of me has solidified; the ink in the watercolor pen is limited. The optimal solution must be found to maximize the effectiveness of finite resources."

"Thirdly, the core knowledge from the Knowledge Ball submitted by the Alson Group has almost been digested. According to Imperial law, after the nine old icicles complete the Tracer colonization mission and successfully return, they can obtain the baron title. I, as a temporary viscount, lack authority, but I can reasonably receive the technology support a baron would get. It's time to consider reestablishing Sun Ai's contact with the Empire to seek technical assistance."

"Fourthly, the previous three points form the preconditions. So, inevitably, some people cannot go into cryogenic sleep. Exactly which personnel and industries... still needs gradual specification. Starfire Military Industry's Energy Cannon development project team, Focus Beam Reaction development group, Controllable Fusion Engine Miniaturization development group... Rock Group's high-energy battery regeneration research project team, Ruined Beast energy battery ionization reaction... Purple Crystal Mining... Mengdu Group..."

"If necessary, I can still act as a Time Thief, serving as a knowledge transfer station, accelerating research progress through continuous resurrections."

An entire day passed, and Ren Zhong, after pulling an all-nighter again, rubbed his slightly swollen temples and stretched lazily as he stood up.

After a full night of grueling labor, he managed to piece together a rough plan.

He once had a complete think-tank, but now these people had deserted him for the same reasons, and he did not quite trust the vast majority of individuals within the old power structures. Major matters involving overall strategy could only be decided personally by him, so now he must shoulder this responsibility.

"Sun Ai."

"Here."

"Three things."

"Uncle, you speak."

"First, distribute these ideas I've outlined to the original Elder Council of the Association, the Nine Major Groups, and the technical leads and management within the Ren Group who haven't quit, and let them help me make suggestions, spot omissions, and compensate for deficiencies."