In the images before everyone's eyes, there appeared a vast Black Zone, indicating that the Reconnaissance Ship over there had already lost contact.

Vincent Fanhuoyi, who was in charge of intelligence, frowned and said, "Army Chief of the Third Reconnaissance Army, Ding Canghai, has arbitrarily shut down the Military Command Center node station prematurely. The Ghost Particle Communicator on the Reconnaissance Ship lacks sufficient power, and the information flow is not sufficiently concentrated, unable to establish direct contact with us. Now we can only grasp the general situation through scattered information flows indirectly captured by other Reconnaissance Corps. We only know that the Third Reconnaissance Army's ships are rapidly disappearing, yet we neither receive battle images nor can know the real-time reconnaissance information they obtained. Ding Canghai has seriously violated the rules, and even if he has served the Viscount longer than I have, I still propose to punish him when he returns!"

Vincent's attitude was nuanced, as if he was still considering factional disputes at this moment.

But Ren Zhong did not explicitly reprimand or warn him, because it was inconsequential, and simply said lightly, "Do not pursue responsibility with any individual in the Reconnaissance Corps. Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. Every scout who went out did not plan to return, whether they are grassroots soldiers or the Army Chief, the same applies. Since I have used him, I naturally trust him completely. We are now comfortably standing in the command center, directing, while they are likely to lose their lives at any time. They have the right to make autonomous decisions. As for us, we should believe in the intelligence they exchanged their lives for. Orders are to be passed down: the whole army is to cease advancing, conceal themselves locally, set up minefields, construct defenses, and after five days, launch high-speed three-phase missiles and high-explosive missiles in advance towards the calculated predicted route of enemy force advancements."

After issuing the command, Ren Zhong turned and left.

The detailed instructions that followed were matters for Zheng Tian, Vincent, and other members of the command center along with Sun Ai.

He no longer participated.

In reality, Ren Zhong's mind was very chaotic at this time.

Because he realized that after completely leaving the gravitational range of the Source Sun, he might lose the Resurrection Ability.

For a long time, he had gotten accustomed to relying on the Resurrection Reset without any taboos.

It was precisely by relying on this capability that he had forged his way forward until today.

During the course of his struggle, although his intellect and combat talent had played a considerable role, Ren Zhong, who was quite self-aware, still felt that Resurrection Reset was his most core secret to victory.

He had once thought that he could rely on resurrection to open up a situation within Source Star, and once reaching the Empire, he could repeat the same trick, albeit with a more complex process, stronger opponents, and more individuals and forces involved in each decision.

As long as he persistently continued trial and error, no problem could stump him.

But now, the greatest foundation of Ren Zhong's boundless confidence seemed to be at risk of collapsing.

He even considered not moving forward, turning back, retreating into Source Star, turning his Resurrection Reset ability into an impregnable Great Wall, blocking all risks and enemies.

As long as he had resurrection, whether it be the expedition army of the Empire or the patrol teams of hostile forces, Ren Zhong was confident he could slowly grind them down.

Without resources, energy, or technology, they could be seized from invading enemies, and development could still proceed, albeit at a slower pace and with particularly slow progress.

Yet Ren Zhong also thought, since the reset area was limited, it proved that the energy supporting his Resurrection Reset was finite, then is the number of resurrection resets also limited?

If rapid development couldn't occur, and someday Source Star encountered an unimaginably large fleet whose control energy and material scale rivals even larger Star Domains than Nanxiang Star Cluster, would it need at least billions of resurrections to defeat them? Would he then die so much that he suddenly truly dies?

His mind was uncertain about this, and just thinking of such a scenario filled him with particular despair and fear.

After much consideration, he still felt the need to use the repatriation of the Colonial Team as an opportunity to enter the Empire society.

However, if I lose resurrection, what else can I accomplish?

Ren Zhong let out a soft sigh.

For the first time in a long time, he felt uncertain about the future.

…

Ding Canghai remained curled up, hidden in a crevice of the rocks.

He hadn't spoken a word to anyone for ten days.

Before his eyes was also a deep darkness.

The interior space of the Sniper Armor was particularly cramped, making it difficult for Ding Canghai to even turn over or lie flat.