Resurrection Empire-Chapter 888 - 341: A Failed Brainwashing (Part 2)

"Secondly, I deeply sympathize with the Scavengers tormented and enslaved by the Wang family. In that moment, my emotions lost control, and I even stopped caring about trampling Source Star's rules. I believe, if I didn't act that way, I would always regret my past cowardice."

Then, Ren Zhong pointed to the three people and said, "You are all talented. Like me, you have some dissatisfaction with the current rules on Source Star. This dissatisfaction has always tormented you, swaying your emotions, eventually bringing you here."

As he spoke to this extent, Huo Qianhua and the others had already sensed a dangerous atmosphere.

Huo Donghua twitched his lips, seemingly wanting to retort, but ultimately kept silent.

"Of course, perhaps your understanding is not yet clear enough, not knowing where your dissatisfaction comes from, not knowing how to vent that latent anger, or how to change and what you can change. That does not matter. I will show you step by step. We have over a hundred fellow prisoners, but for now, I only share my true thoughts with you three, because of your capabilities and because I trust you the most."

"Note, I won't force you to join me by what I've done here. After leaving here, each of you will attain real freedom. I will respect your choices. I am not preaching to you, not acting as some know-it-all. I just display what I see and let you know how these things have changed my thoughts."

About forty minutes later, Ren Zhong boarded the airship with a hundred individuals towing suitcases.

Others rested in the crowded cabin, while Ren Zhong, Huo, Qianhua, the smuggling trio, Wang Qiao, and other core members gathered in the VIP meeting room.

Ren Zhong briefly introduced the venue first, "This is my private airship. The two pilots in the cockpit are employees of Deep Communication Group, but they are unaware of what happened here. Our communication is absolutely confidential. Next, I will show you some information."

After speaking, images began to appear on the projection screen, showing tragedies Ren Zhong personally recorded since his awakening from freezing in Starfire Town, Chromium Carbon Town, Liao Yuan County, Chongyi County, and other places.

There were elderly people meeting their end, a dandelion girl's tragic death, zombie-like Scavengers on the streets, and his teammates narrating the tragedies in their lives.

"This was once Starfire Town, where, before my rule, these people lived such lives. In contrast to others, you can take a look."

The image switched to show tea costing dozens of Contribution Points per pound, pure natural food worth tens or hundreds of points casually discarded, and expensive decorations and collectibles.

Ren Zhong continued, "All of you present basically lived such a life before imprisonment, including myself even now. Putting the two together for comparison is not meant to criticize you or myself. We can enjoy wealth and wield power because we are smarter and more outstanding than ordinary people, so naturally, we should be able to command more wealth. But there are others, who may be worthless, yet born into a good family. This family holds a systematic advantage on Source Star, and as long as they don't make a fatal mistake, they can create a prosperous life for descendants, like the Chongyi Wang family, which fell to me. By this point, these phenomena still seem reasonable, but we shall continue to amplify and deepen both scenarios."

Next, Ren Zhong began to play footage collected by Starfire Town's Scavengers while working outside, some from other small towns, others from Scavenger tribes globally.

The living standards of Scavengers were suddenly further lowered.

In famines, exchanging children for food; in Beast Tides, life and soul devastated; cruelly exploited and oppressed by a vicious Mayor or corporate owner...

The footage transformed again into the hedonistic lives of high Citizens. These videos were either from hibernation space's daily headlines before the internet broke or recorded by Ren Zhong himself.

After a long while, Ren Zhong asked again, "Actually, you've seen these things before, felt them too. But I think you seldom put both together for such focused comparison due to fear of the 'net.' You can see, these Scavengers, all appear inhuman and ghostly. Did they do anything wrong? They did not! And these so-called Citizens, I don't deny that a portion is highly talented, yet many more only rely on their elders' legacy to casually control others' bodies and Souls. How is this justified?"