Resurrection Empire-Chapter 890 - 342: When Fate Arrives, Heaven and Earth Work as One

In any era, true talent is a precious and scarce resource.

No matter how strategic and talented a founding emperor is, he still needs capable ministers.

Those who drift with the current often find themselves at a loss, bewildered, after accidentally reaching a new height.

The success of these people comes from chance, from luck.

Their abilities and vision are insufficient to support their height, so after achieving a small success, they often don't know what to do next. Their minds are filled with thoughts like, "Since I'm already prosperous, I should take a break, enjoy life, rediscover the true meaning of destiny, and then continue moving forward once I've grown."

Within these individuals, there is typically a process of self-persuasion with vastly differing details, summarized into three concise conclusions: "Destiny has bestowed a gift upon me; if I ignore it, I'm betraying destiny," "I've already mastered so much social resource; if it's not transferred through consumption, it hinders the development of the era," and "Power is meant for exchanges of interest. Making money is for spending. If I have wealth and power, shouldn't I enjoy it?"

In a rational era, regardless of how high luck elevates such people, they typically fall eventually and quite severely.

Truly strong individuals who can control their own destiny are different.

While still capable of progressing, the strong rarely look back on their accomplishments or completed tasks, keeping their eyes fixed forward.

Ren Zhong always understood this principle, but he rarely used it intentionally to regulate his actions. Yet, unknowingly, he conformed to this principle in his actions.

Twelve hours passed, and by the evening of the 248th day of the Ren Zhong Era, the airship finally arrived at Starfire Town.

Ren Zhong was away for less than two days, but Starfire Town did not stand still; the gears of time kept rolling forward.

Starfire Town's expansion progress increased once more; the outer city is gradually taking shape as planned, with more professionals from other places settling here.

The factory of Source Star Military Industry, which merged into Starfire Military Industry, has been fully taken over. It officially announced that Starfire Military Industry is no longer just a supplier of Hunter's main cannon parts but has transformed into a comprehensive military industrial factory, currently focusing on mid-to-low-end military equipment.

The semi-automated logistics network between Chenhui Mine and Ren's Group's storage center has been rebuilt. Dozens of modified heavy wheeled trucks, each with a load of up to a hundred tons, have been deployed, and each vehicle has been staffed with three personnel, meeting basic transit conditions as roads have been solidified. The first transport truck completed a round trip under the escort of Yujin, Chen Meng, and Wang Zhaofu. Moreover, wheeled trucks are being rapidly deployed with a daily production capacity of ten vehicles.

The pharmaceutical factory led by Sun Miao also completed its first batch of products, with the special transport team using floating motorboats to distribute them swiftly to the affiliated Eleven Towns.

As for the Starfire Army, an elite force of twenty thousand personnel has completed a full equipment upgrade and restored combat effectiveness first after the network was cut off. These twenty thousand, all Second Level Professionals. Additionally, there is a main force comprising eighty thousand First Level Professionals who have independently completed basic re-equipment and restored 50% combat effectiveness. These eighty thousand are all senior First Level Professionals. The remaining fifty thousand reserve troops are not idle either and have completed partial re-equipment under the guidance of veterans. They are forming teams searching for prey, hunting advanced Ruined Beasts of Third Level and above, training through battle. About thirty thousand in the reserves have reached mid-level First Level Professional standards.

Moreover, using the food production factory previously purchased by Ren Zhong from Tianlong High-tech as a hub, the new food production base is also completed. While the production capacity of pure natural high-end ingredients can't be quickly increased, the mutated microbial strains for manufacturing synthetic nutritious meals have been successfully cultivated, with production capacity increasing by the moment. Before the inventory runs out, it will certainly meet the daily supply standard for two million people. Hence, even if the external logistics system halts completely and is unable to recover for a long time, the population within Ren's Group's territory won't face the risk of hunger. Furthermore, in the foreseeable future, Ren's Group can also shoulder the grain supply for Liao Yuan, Chongyi, and West Lake counties.

Every task Ren Zhong completed earlier reveals its significance in this very moment.