Resurrection Empire-Chapter 1091 - 425: The Torment King and the Imperial Apostle

Ma Zhongfei was a bit bewildered by Ren Zhong's slightly carefree attitude.

But Ren Zhong's next words secretly delighted him.

Ren Zhong put away the Murdering Knife in his hand, "Considering each of your performances has met my expectations, I've decided not to kill any of you for now. How does that sound?"

The eight frozen Guardians exchanged glances, all suppressing the joy on their faces, only showing gratitude.

They were all calculating the time. Since Ren Zhong's team appeared outside the white sphere, nearly an hour had passed.

The return path of the super-level Professional, the Ice Sealed Guardian, was already halfway traveled; soon, they might survive.

Ren Zhong from the opposite side: "Happy? You should be thankful for my mercy."

Beside him, Ying Feng, whose face was deathly pale, stammered: "Yes, thank you for your mercy."

Ren Zhong: "No need to thank me, it's expected."

After saying this, Ren Zhong winked at Ying Feng.

Seeing this, Ying Feng felt reassured, experiencing a strong feeling of survival after a disaster.

Ren Zhong then looked towards the "mincemeat" of the Tianlong High-tech founder.

Leaving this person's half-life brought him surprise.

But in some sense, it wasn't a surprise, just a certainty under his strategic foresight.

Even before taking action, Ren Zhong had anticipated this possibility.

This was too routine.

He never fought battles without preparation.

He also had ample time to ponder and analyze the state of these frozen Guardians.

Firstly, since these nine people served as the real controllers dispatched by the Empire to Source Star, they would undoubtedly maintain some form of contact with the Empire.

This contact could be the identification they could present upon returning to the Empire, or some connection codes with other Empire-dispatched personnel, or even control over the super device "Net."

No matter the type of information, it was crucial.

Moreover, through pondering human nature, Ren Zhong also deduced the Empire's plans to maintain control and prevent internal strife among outgoing staff, which would lead to mission failure. It was surely to split the complete "password" into nine parts, with these nine individuals each holding one indispensable part.

From their viewpoint, the "Net" recognition code and Apostle codes indeed operated like this.

Ren Zhong also speculated that the Apostle code likely had two versions. Currently, he saw the version where each of the nine held one segment. If they were a true Imperial Apostle, they might possess another, more complete code, ensuring validation could occur even if some staff members died unexpectedly and codes were lost.

Regarding the "Net" recognition code, it should also have dual precautions to prevent systemic collapse from unforeseen accidents.

But this was no longer significant; what mattered was he successfully breached the mental defenses of the eight frozen Guardians by the small trick of only "killing" the Tianlong High-tech founder halfway.

Next, proceed to the next phase—isolated interrogation.

The restrictive net covering the frozen Guardians continued to expand, becoming snugly tight, dragging everyone to the ground, arranged into eight neat mummies, along with a still alive brain flower.

Meanwhile, the restrictive net blocked these individuals' mouths, eyes, noses, and ears, entirely sealing off their communication channels, leaving them to rely on the brainwave synchronization system provided by Ren Zhong to communicate with the outside.

Next, Ren Zhong simultaneously posed questions to the nine individuals, with slight variations in the question content.

Apart from Ying Feng and Ma Zhongfei, the other six received the same question simultaneously in their minds.

"Surrender the 'Net' recognition code and Apostle codes."

Ying Feng received: "Surrender the 'Net' recognition code."

Ma Zhongfei received: "Surrender the Apostle codes."

With Ren Zhong's clear requests, things became more complicated.

Some immediately realized the gravity of the situation and guessed they could rely on stalling with defiance while awaiting rescue.

Because even though the Tianlong High-tech founder was already "dead," this information still held value for Ren Zhong.

Therefore, as long as Ren Zhong wanted to extract this information, he absolutely couldn't take their lives.

As for Ren Zhong possibly using forceful interrogation to torture them?

Hehe, as long as he doesn't really kill, let him torture as he pleases.

The frozen Elders had thought it through well and even began to fantasize simultaneously about enduring until rescue arrived, then capturing Ren Zhong alive.

Hmm, at that time, we must severely torture this guy, making him unable to live or die at peace.