Resurrection Empire-Chapter 866 - 334: The Slow Death of the Old Era, Freedom to Breathe

From a macro perspective, Source Star has almost transformed overnight, completely changing its appearance. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

There are many typical cases.

For example, the stock market, which dictates the flow of most funds on Source Star and never rests, has crashed on the spot.

All the stock market's databases and communication methods are built within the core system of the "Net," and due to the vast data and complexity, only Deep Communication Group has a backup on the human side.

But the current problem is that electromagnetic communication simply cannot support this volume of information, and most people on Source Star are accustomed to using information flow communication indirectly through their wristwatches.

Now that the wristwatches are out of order, no one knows how to log back into the stock market or check their accounts.

But this is not the most serious issue.

Since Source Star operates on a paperless system, all financial information, including but not limited to individual and anonymous account data, is stored in the "Net." With the demise of the "Net," all of it has evaporated.

All debt relationships and existing assets have evaporated. In a sense, all people of Source Star became paupers at the same time.

The material means of production on Source Star lost their monetary attributes in a very short time, and only tangible goods retained value.

Furthermore, as one unmanned or trustee-operated transport vehicle after another lost communication and broke down on the road, the ever-running logistics system on Source Star also came to a halt temporarily.

No one knows how long it will take to repair all of this, and no one knows what will happen during this process.

The embattled Association is trying to analyze the situation, attempting to issue interim decrees to control the situation.

It's relatively easy for the Association's orders to reach various districts and counties, but implementing them in every small town and reaching every individual's ears is complex.

Unlike before, no matter how complex the order was, a broadcast through the wristwatch would instantly convey the information to everyone.

Now, until the Association rebuilds the information pathways, the vast majority of small towns have become information islands.

However, even so, the people of Source Star did not lose faith in the Association upon waking up, and no one immediately started a storm.

The Association has ruled Source Star for too long, and the ubiquitous "Net" and the relentless Hunters gave the people of Source Star a feeling of immense oppression, making most people afraid to speculate in the direction of the "Net's" disappearance, merely considering it a small bug that will be fixed soon.

Those who truly know the inside story are probably only a few people within Deep Communication Group, the senior members of the Association, the awakened nine Great Elders, and the instigator Ren Zhong and the Night Watchman Captain Shi Lin, who happened to encounter Ren Zhong at the first moment.

In Shi Lin's bewildered gaze, Ren Zhong waved his hand, remotely activating the town's self-developed backup intelligent core using the Intelligent Brain Core of the Red Blade Armor as the core, and simultaneously activated the electromagnetic wireless communication base station built at the top of the Town Government Tower.

The performance of this base station cannot compare with the Ghost Particle Communicator, with data transmission capabilities roughly equivalent to an authentic early 21st-century 5G station, which is basically sufficient.

Immediately after, Ren Zhong remotely activated the backup communication chips carried by each Night Watchman through this base station.

He didn't say much, only simply said: "Everyone, I am Ren Zhong. Do not panic, this is just a technical adjustment by the Association. Highly integrated intelligent equipment is temporarily unusable, but your firearms remain stable. Please immediately adjust your mindset, change your equipment, and return to your respective posts. Even if we only have guns, our equipment level is still far beyond six months ago, there is nothing to be nervous about."

Ren Zhong's speech was unremarkable, almost like idle chatter, but miraculously, upon hearing his voice, these people felt at ease.

Immediately after, the electromagnetic communication in the other ten towns under his jurisdiction also basically returned to normal.

All of this was thanks to the high-power directional antennas he had strategically placed in various towns in advance, as well as the ten dedicated orbital communication satellites sent into the sky by Ren's Group for two billion points not long ago.

Ren Zhong's speech was also transmitted to the ears of people in the other ten towns, stabilizing the situation.

The Nomads under his jurisdiction have absolute trust in him, partly due to his long-standing dominance and rapid wealth accumulation ability, and partly due to the generosity and benevolence displayed in his policies.

Most importantly, the vast majority know he just spent over a trillion in cash to purchase supplies not long ago.

No matter what happens next, or how chaotic things become outside, at least within the domain of Ren's Group, food and clothing are assured.