Resurrection Empire-Chapter 908 - 349: Forced March

Hundreds of battle vehicles, manufactured by Starfire Military Industry, appeared for the first time, forming an array that advanced majestically forward, raising smoke and dust all over the sky, beneath the blue-brown sunset, heading eastward.

Ren Zhong watched this scene, feeling a slight surge of excitement, unable to control himself.

In this timeline, he had prematurely swallowed the entire sphere of influence of the Wang Corporation, claiming the Chongyi Three Towns, thus neutralizing the corporate war without a trace.

Therefore, in a sense, this expedition was his first venture into warfare.

Unlike the past few corporate wars, at that time he fought the Nine Towns Alliance within Yangsheng City with the strength of just one town.

Against such a historical backdrop, he still achieved victory with overwhelming force.

Now he was using the strength of the Eleven Towns under his command to fight against the mere Seven Towns Alliance, having long completed resource integration and adapted to the disconnected era at a far greater speed than his opponent, after months of accumulation.

From a strength comparison, Ren Zhong's forces had an overwhelming advantage against the Seven Towns Alliance of Zhan Sha County with zero possibility of defeat.

The highest demand of the Seven Towns Alliance was not to defeat him; they did not dare to dream of it.

What they wanted was to use the hostages in Chromium Carbon Town to achieve the opportunity for both sides to sit down at the negotiation table again.

However, the Seven Towns Alliance thought they were the ones initiating the warfare, yet they were unaware that the whole affair was under Ren Zhong's orchestration from beginning to end.

Ren Zhong had no intention of negotiating, only wanting to take the first step in external expansion here.

From a surface-level perspective, Ren Zhong was the "passive" victim, yet from the essence of the matter, he was the true mastermind behind the scenes.

"Ren Zhong, the air battle troops have completed equipment adaptation training, and fifty double-seater modified fighter aircraft are also fully prepared. According to your pre-established battle plan, they will set out at eleven thirty in the evening, conduct slow low-altitude flight, and reach the scheduled attack position at zero thirty."

A voice communication sounded in his ear, coming from Ju Qingmeng, who had returned to Starfire Town long ago.

Ren Zhong responded with a hum, "I will take off at midnight to rendezvous with them."

Ju Qingmeng: "Another thing. The new model of the ground mechanized troops' speedboats was named Starfire Type One, so what should we name these fighter aircraft?"

Ren Zhong thought for a few seconds, "Dragon Roar. Majestic dragon roar."

Ju Qingmeng was slightly startled, "Dragon Roar? Why?"

"Don't you find the roaring sound of its high-powered propulsion engine very loud and pleasant to hear? It reminds me of the special skill Dragon Roar of the ancient legend's Level Nine Ruined Beast — the dragon. Right?"

"Makes sense, then that's decided."

After hanging up the communication, Ren Zhong sighed quietly to himself.

Undoubtedly, many people would die tonight.

As the true manipulator behind the scenes and a revolutionary leader determined to change the era, he had already thought through the rationale.

He certainly knew that wars inevitably resulted in deaths, revolutions required bloodshed.

He also realized that if he did nothing, just lived peacefully as a wealthy man, the wastelanders on Source Star still had no future and would inevitably die.

Hence, a "minor blood sacrifice" now compared to the greater goal seemed to yield great returns.

But, rationale aside, knowing aside, he still harbored a strong sense of guilt in his heart, that whenever he closed his eyes, he would envision crumbling ruins and heaps of corpses amidst raging flames, and his ears seemed to echo the despairing cries of people close to death.

In his subconscious, he would still think that his hands were stained with blood.

This blood was no differentiating between friend or foe.

Whether it be the current enemies, future enemies, or even the blood of his own people, he did not wish to witness.

Yet despite his inner reluctance, his actions remained ruthless.

Ren Zhong's actual behavior and mentality were severely distorted.

This was his inherent human instinct.

He even knew the root of this distortion in instinct.

It lay in being born in the 21st century, growing up under the red flag, receiving traditional education, and experiencing a peaceful social atmosphere.

The experiences of the first half of his life shaped the foundation of his worldview, laying the tone of his life.

But after arriving at Source Star, what he encountered was indeed a completely different era atmosphere.

He was deeply shocked by the era of man-eating, beast-eating.

Everything on Source Star was overthrowing his original worldview, reshaping his personality.

His experiences were inherently highly complex, self-contradictory.

Internalizing the experiences of both life stages naturally molded a distorted mentality.