Resurrection Empire-Chapter 857 - 329: What Is a Surprise

The events that followed were rather mundane, no different from the past.

Ren Zhong already understood the character of each of his fellow inmates.

He knew who could be befriended.

And who had no value even for a nodding acquaintance.

He was clear on all these.

Now, Ren Zhong just needed to reintroduce and market himself.

Similar to when he first entered prison, Ren Zhong gained the admiration and respect of Hua Yuelan, Qian Wangshen, Huo Donghua, and others due to the reasons behind his imprisonment.

In this atmosphere of mutual appreciation, Ren Zhong managed to build basic friendships with the inmates in the Second Prison within a day, quickly deepening them.

Ren Zhong also made some changes.

After learning through two timelines (showing off), he had already become a very skilled programmer and military designer.

He could engage in conversations with Hua Yuelan about topics in the programming field, and exchange ingenious ideas with Qian Wangshen in the realm of war machinery.

The erudition and sharpness of Ren Zhong astounded everyone.

Most residents of S-class villas had their own information channels; they were well aware of when Ren Zhong became a Citizen and knew his ascent via the network. Yet no one anticipated that this new inmate could acquire such vast knowledge in such a short time.

He seemed to possess boundless energy and omnipotent intelligence.

He was so smart that he did not appear human, resembling another "web".

After Ren Zhong once again presented his detailed personal perspective on the architecture of the Chip Intelligence instruction set, Hua Yuelan remarked with a sigh, "I suspect, Ren Zhong, that you might be born knowledgeable. Your breadth of knowledge... is utterly unreasonable."

Having suffered once from the "born knowledgeable" phrase, Ren Zhong shook his head repeatedly and quickly displayed a paper using the projection system of his Wrist watch, "It's impossible for me to be born knowledgeable; I just have a passion for reading."

To build a solid foundation for his knowledge, ever since he was resurrected, aside from physical training, executing plans, and other trivial matters, he had spent most of his free time and time in hibernation space reviewing materials.

He had already tripped over idioms once; he couldn't afford to fall in the same pit a second time.

After seeing his browsing history, their initial shock diminished slightly, turning instead to praise his astonishing comprehension and memory.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, five days had passed. On the 148th day of the Ren Zhong Era, he concluded this brief vacation, paid the full billion-dollar fine, and smoothly exited prison.

This time, Ren Zhong did not extract the Dream Inn key from Hua Yuelan.

He no longer needed to use the same trick to enter Deep Communication Group.

Similarly, the "story" between him and Ma Xiaoling faded slowly under the dust of time, coming to an end.

Compared to Earth's 21st century, Source Star's pace was exceedingly fast, as if everything had been placed on fast-forward.

In just five days, Starfire Town and Chongyi County underwent earth-shattering changes.

Starfire Military Industry's new factory was about to be completed.

Employee training had already begun in advance.

This large new factory drove the employment rate in Starfire Town up to over 80%, leading to a labor shortage.

Ma Dafu reasonably relaxed Starfire Town's residence permits.

Many strangers from afar arrived at Starfire Town in the past few days, becoming new blood.

This time, Ren Zhong did not even send Ou Youning, Yujin, or Shi Xuan to persuade them; the strangers followed their instincts and came of their own accord.

In a sense, after fully integrating Tianyuan Military Industry, the entire Chongyi County became Ren Zhong's territory.

Mengdu Group seemed to adjust its strategy as well, no longer capturing tribal outlanders in Liao Yuan County and Chongyi County, choosing instead to focus on developing West Lake County within Yangsheng Three Counties.

The source of all these changes stemmed from Ren Zhong's overwhelming triumph in the battle against Tianyuan Military Industry.

By swallowing the century-old Chongyi Wang family's industry and presenting some technological achievements, announcing his continued commitment to developing new positioning technologies, Ren Zhong officially transcended the "emerging noble" class, entering the upper echelons of Source Star's system.

Ren Zhong was no longer the greenhorn who had rashly infiltrated Source Star Society's framework but had become one of the ruling class.

Even if he did not engage in negotiations, Purple Crystal Mining, Tanggu Group, and Source Star Military Industry's support for him would naturally and quietly increase.

Mengdu Group's hostility toward him would similarly gradually diminish.

Ren Zhong observed all these changes clearly.

In the past, he might have felt a bit pleased.

But now he had seen through everything.

He understood that the entire Source Star was merely a plaything of the "web".

The so-called Business Association, nine major enterprises, Elder Council, and Promotion Association, seemingly possessing immense power to command vast resources and life-or-death control over outlanders, were still powerless before the judgment of the "web".

That evening, Ren Zhong arrived in Starfire Town.

He first held a brief meeting at the Ren Corporation headquarters, summarizing the company's recent business conditions, and then looked ahead to the corporate war set to begin at noon tomorrow.

Ren Zhong concentrated his efforts on Starfire Military Industry.

Ju Qingmeng had completely separated from the Military Weapon Store system, becoming the leader of Starfire Military Industry, which had swallowed Tianyuan Military Industry.

Under Ju Qingmeng's comprehensive planning, the original Tianyuan Military Research and Development Center was already half-restored.

The production line for the Hunter ion beam cannon had resumed capacity.

The construction of other basic equipment production lines in Starfire Town was advancing at lightning speed.

Ren Zhong was satisfied with this progress.

After the meeting, Ren Zhong called Zheng Tian to his office, gave some simple instructions, and let Zheng Tian handle the arrangements while he went to the Biological Laboratory.

Zheng Tian then convened Ma Xiaoling, Shi Xuan, Chen Hanyu, Bai Feng, Yujin, Tang Shuying, and others to the adjacent top-secret meeting room. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Zheng Tian first had everyone check whether they were carrying any electronic devices, confirming no errors, before slowly saying, "The boss has just instructed me to suggest we proceed slowly."

Everyone was immediately bewildered, full of confusion.

Given the current strength of Starfire Army and Ren Zhong's influence, if he wished, he could take over all of Yangsheng City within a week, possibly without losing a single soldier.

Shi Xuan spoke first, "Once the war begins, Chongyi Three Towns will surely surrender immediately. Wangdong Town and Zhaoshan Town in Liao Yuan County also wouldn't dare to resist us. How can we slow down the war? We can't just send soldiers to die intentionally, can we?"

Zheng Tian shook his head, "That's not necessary."

"Then what should we do?"

"The boss only gave me one keyword: delay! Position Chen Bing at the junction of West Lake County and Chongyi County, but do not actively attack or infiltrate. Focus instead on developing our Ruined Beast resource hunting capabilities. As for the four township groups within West Lake County, they won't dare initiate an attack on us. Time can be stalled."

Ma Xiaoling shook her head, "But that doesn't make much sense; we can't explain our actions."

Zheng Tian: "The boss also said that the company's primary business direction will temporarily shift to military and biomedical industries. So it is reasonable, as his focus is adjusting, and strategies will naturally change. He just needs to explicitly demonstrate a stance, showing he thinks that the benefits offered by Tanggu Group for this enterprise war are not appealing enough to him. After all, Tanggu Group represents an industry in decline, with no prospects."

While the high-level meeting here was fervently underway, Ren Zhong was conversing with Sun Miao and Sun Ai about the "web".

Sun Ai informed him that she had converted all 21 tons of Alien Ore into signal amplifiers.

The three requirements she initially proposed to Ren Zhong had achieved one.

Ren Zhong nodded, "Then the next step is to obtain more Ghost Particle Communicators, right? The Tianyuan Military Industry's R&D center had quite a few. Unfortunately, I blew it all up. Now, we need to reasonably purchase them, using the reconstruction of the R&D center as a cover. I'll start approaching Alson Group to place orders after half a month, we need to wait a bit."

Sun Ai sighed again, "There's also the third issue. The 'web' can be anywhere in Source Star's information. Even if we use new positioning technology, I can only scan one area at a time. By my estimates, it would take at least three to five years to locate the 'web'. But... my lifespan is approximately four years. I'm afraid I won't live to see the day we find the 'web'. I'm sorry, uncle, I withheld this information because I feared you wouldn't want to attempt it."

Ren Zhong waved his hand, "No worries, I know where the 'web' is."

"What!"

Sun Ai and Sun Miao widened their eyes simultaneously.

What constitutes a surprise?

This is a surprise!