Resurrection Empire-Chapter 1105 - 429: Flashback, Possibility of Repairing the "Net" (Part 3)

Ma Zhongfei: "Uh..."

He felt that Ren Zhong's words seemed somewhat familiar.

He carefully recalled, and then realized, these words were straight out of the standard materials of the Source Star Census Officer Management Department.

Back when the census officer system was first established, it was he, Ma Zhongfei, along with two others, who finalized the census officer materials through simple deliberations.

This sentence was indeed in the materials, only that "Imperial Apostle" was replaced with Census Officers on Source Star.

Before Ma Zhongfei could speak, Ren Zhong continued, "I also studied the Census Official College courses you created on Source Star. Your materials are quite good, surprisingly aligning with my mentor's views."

Ma Zhongfei was a bit embarrassed by the praise, scratching his head, "Angel Envoy, you flatter me." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Ren Zhong nodded, then suddenly said again, "Go ahead, what do you want to ask?"

Ma Zhongfei swallowed, "Angel Envoy, you know. Among the nine administrators, my main job is to provide maintenance services for the 'Network.' Although the Deep Communication Group currently seems to be developing quite well, for the Empire, these are trivial and insignificant. My family and I now don't even have our primary jobs, which is quite uncomfortable."

Ren Zhong smiled slightly, "I understand what you mean. You want to ask if there is any way to reactivate the 'Network,' right?"

Ma Zhongfei: "Yes. I know this idea is a bit presumptuous, and might even bring unnecessary risks to you and everyone, so I'm just asking as an individual now. If it doesn't work out, so be it. I won't insist."

Saying that, Ma Zhongfei somewhat awkwardly pushed his gold-rimmed glasses.

Ren Zhong strongly suspected that Gao Ya's habit of wearing glasses was mimicking Ma Zhongfei's appearance that he had seen at some point.

Ren Zhong squinted his eyes, "Insist? Mr. Ma, you don't need to worry, you can't insist on me."

Ma Zhongfei awkwardly said, "That's true."

But the old Ma at this moment didn't know yet that Ren Zhong's mind had already become completely active following his words.

Ren Zhong inferred a new conclusion from Ma Zhongfei's words which he hadn't captured before.

That is, even though he had already 'truthfully revealed' his means of severing himself from the "Network," these nine Tracer administrators still mastered a method which, in theory, could restore control over the "Network."

Ren Zhong still held the identification code for the "Network," but he couldn't think of a good way to take over the "Network" for the time being.

He didn't even know to what extent the interplay between the "Network" and Sun Ai had evolved, nor did he know how to input the identification code into it without being able to connect to the "Network."

Now, the opportunity seemed to have reappeared before him.

Ren Zhong remained calm, seemingly casually asking, "Although this indeed carries risks, with the help of the 'Network,' our return journey would indeed be much safer. What is your plan? I'll make a decision after listening."

Ma Zhongfei: "Angel Envoy, you know, our Tracker Spaceship has a set of backup external systems."

Ren Zhong hummed, "I know. And then?"

In fact, he didn't originally know, but now he knew.

He didn't specifically ask Ma Zhongfei what exactly this backup external system was or what principle it operated on.

But Ren Zhong could deduce, similar to 21st-century computers, it was probably akin to an external system USB used to install an operating system on a computer, capable of booting the computer without calling on hard drive data.

"We could try to connect the external system to the emergency data interface of the 'Network', then start it in safe mode. After that, input the highest-level identification code and try to forcibly shut it down and completely format it."

Ren Zhong's pupils shrank, "But there would be risks. After all, the core of the 'Network' has been completely infiltrated by the Pilgrim. It might have been endowed with Wise Level artificial intelligence by the Pilgrim. We may not easily complete the formatting. Moreover, you know, my assistant is currently locked in combat with it within the numerous computing power modules of the 'Network', trying to wrest control, embroiled in struggles. Both sides are mutually restraining and wearing each other down. If at the moment of startup, my assistant happens to have the upper hand, it would be fine. But if my assistant is at a disadvantage, there could be uncontrollable variables, right? The current 'Network' has already detected my existence. The same operation, I can't do it a second time."

Ma Zhongfei nodded painfully, "Yes, this is exactly our concern."

Ren Zhong pretended not to understand the "we" in Ma Zhongfei's words.

Obviously, Ma Zhongfei inadvertently exposed one more thing.

Re-enabling the "Network" was not just the idea of he, the founder of Deep Communication Group, but a collective decision of the other eight people as well.

The thoughts of these eight people were very practical and straightforward.

Their absolute control over Source Star had always been based on the "Network."

Without the "Network," they couldn't change the overly dominant objective fact of Ren Zhong, the Imperial Apostle.

Once they return to the Empire, the merits of the nine would inevitably be greatly discounted as they'd be seen as having messed up the "Network" by slacking off.

But if the "Network" could be repaired with the help of Apostle Ren Zhong, then though they wouldn't necessarily turn the tables on Ren Zhong, they could at least barely maintain a balance, and their treatment upon returning to the Empire would improve somewhat.

At this moment, both Ren Zhong and Ma Zhongfei were immersed in their own thoughts, caught in a dilemma.

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