Resurrection Empire-Chapter 872 - 336: Swelling Ambition, Credit and Currency

Ren Zhong took ten minutes to "digest" this explosive news.

During this time, his expression changed multiple times, sometimes bewildered and melancholic, sometimes with eyes shining brightly.

After a long while, Ren Zhong finally regained his composure and cautiously asked, "So, what are your next plans, Chairman? What role should someone like me play?"

He seemed to be at a loss but was full of anticipation for the future.

Ying Hao smiled, "On the surface, this is a disaster, but thankfully, it gives us enough time to adjust and remedy the situation. I am currently urgently reallocating resources to promptly modify the Intelligent Brain Core structure of the ships. The Source Star Military Industry can complete the full artificial modification of all ships within fifteen years, with little loss of transport capacity, so the grand migration won't be severely affected."

Ren Zhong gave a thumbs up, "That's worthy of the Chairman."

"My side is stable only because it's the high-rank structure of Source Star Society. As I mentioned earlier, there will definitely be earth-shattering changes at the lower levels. I am now unsure of what kind of chain reactions the combination of citizen system reforms and the collapse of 'The Net' will trigger. I don't know how many people will ultimately die, but that's not important. I've come to tell you about some new developments."

Ying Hao first informed Ren Zhong that due to the anomalous performance of 'The Net,' the nine frozen Elders have awakened and formed the Supreme Cabinet.

Ying Hao himself is also a member of the Supreme Cabinet.

During the Cabinet meeting, he had a brief encounter with his ancestor.

Speaking of this matter, Ying Hao said, "Before this, the total time I've spent meeting with my ancestor in my life is less than twenty hours. In my memory, I revered him. They seemed omnipotent, and each time they awoke, they could take control of the overall situation in the shortest time and make absolutely correct important decisions. I used to think it was their talent that allowed them to create the Nine Major Groups and emerge from competition to finally complete the rule over the entire Source Star. But..."

At this point, Ying Hao seemed to be hesitant to speak further.

Ren Zhong pressed, "But what?"

"Through this encounter with my ancestor, I discovered that although he appeared calm on the surface, his resolve wavered once it was determined that the defect of 'The Net' could not be repaired. Moreover, we waited a whole two hours and did not get a clear directive from them."

Ren Zhong nodded slightly, realizing that Ying Hao's mindset at this moment seemed to feel as though the divine entity he had respected for so long had suddenly disillusioned.

Ying Hao finally realized that the decision-making capability of the frozen Elders, which was almost comparable to that of Prophets, was not their own talent but was primarily based on their mobilization of information from 'The Net.'

Once 'The Net' was lost, the nine frozen Elders immediately lost their "godliness" and displayed the same fragility and helplessness as ordinary people.

Most people realized the existence of 'The Net' usually after the wrist watch system was established.

Now, the facts prove that 'The Net's control and influence over Source Star preceded the Nine Major Groups and also the first year of the New Origin Calendar.

Initially, the Nine Major Groups seemed to have emerged through normal business competition, but now it seems these nine people were entirely reliant on 'The Net' from the beginning, to eventually create the Nine Major Groups that changed the form of civilization.

This process appears accidental but is actually inevitable.

"Let me first tell you about some important upcoming decisions. They demand complete consolidation of military structures; core military factories and almost all professional soldiers will be gathered near all cities. Citizens of Fifth Level and above in counties and towns can enter various cities nearby. The cities will be designated as safe zones, absolutely prohibiting warfare, and forbidding any non-professional soldiers from carrying weapons nearby."

Ren Zhong nodded, "That's very reasonable. When the situation is unclear, controlling the military naturally ensures security. Shrinking the population structure can also minimize public security management costs, since the lives of wild people don't matter anyway. But how will the county towns and towns, as well as the wild people outside towns be handled?"

"Implement autonomy, restart the era of fortress cities. Completely relax control while secretly promoting war; the ultimate goal is to reduce the entire Source Star's population to within five billion within twenty years. When most people have died, there naturally won't be any need to handle them." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Ren Zhong's pupils contracted sharply, "Then the human brain..."

"Including your Starfire Military Industry, all the enterprises in the Hunter industry chain will soon receive a large number of orders. The Association will increase the number of Hunters tenfold within three years to ensure the efficiency of harvesting human brains."