Resurrection Empire-Chapter 929 - 358: Ren Zhong’s Cunning

Without a single gunshot or hint of fire, under the blank stare of the Mayor and the stunned gaze of the garrison, the vast East Expedition Army marched silently and resolutely into the heavily guarded small town, smoothly as if riding jet skis down the wide main road of Starfire Town at midnight.

After entering the city, the soldiers of the East Expedition Army quickly dispersed, emotionlessly confiscating the now ineffective weapons from the hands of the astonished and fearful enemies.

Several Fifth Level and dozens of Fourth Level Mechanical Warriors lay like dead fish, either on the city wall or hidden away in some secret fortification.

They had been "betrayed" by the armor they relied on for survival. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The heavy armor turned into ropes that bound them.

As for the other Professionals, the situation was not much different.

The Gunsmiths and Blast Masters were essentially rendered useless.

The Armored Soldiers were not severely affected, but these people clearly lacked the will to fight to the death for the Seven Towns Alliance. Seeing the inevitable defeat, they decisively lay down.

To avoid being mistaken for having intentions of rebellion, the Armored Soldiers simply lay prostrate on the ground, completely surrendering.

In less than fifteen minutes, this small town was officially taken over.

The town's garrison was sent to centralized sleep pods.

The over one hundred thousand starving cannon fodder were released, finally able to eat and drink.

Unlike any previous scenes of a city being overtaken, outside the White Wall, not a single household was plundered.

This was not only because the Third Army already had many residents of this town but also because this army belonging to Ren Zhong was unlike any other.

The soldiers were very clear-headed, knowing who their real enemies were, knowing that plundering and humiliating those desolate people who were like themselves was meaningless.

They were fighting for themselves, but not to enslave others.

They hoped Ren Zhong would keep his promise.

They knew that only by first abiding by the rules set by Ren Zhong could those rules spread to farther places.

If these rules cover a larger area, protect more people, they themselves become more robust and can be maintained longer. Instinct drove them to seek a future for their descendants through self-restraint.

Silently, the ideology once used to liberate old China was reinterpreted by Ren Zhong in another way on Source Star.

But at this moment, within the White Wall, it was a different scene.

Some small and medium-sized business owners were dragged out of their villas, then bound and pushed to the square to be recorded.

Then, Zheng Tian came forward and set up thousands of tablets below the stage, letting the desolate people of the town queue to input their views on these business owners one by one.

This entire process lasted over five hours, achieving almost no omissions.

During this process, Zheng Tian used an AI screening program written by Hua Yuelan and some Actuarial Programmers to simultaneously analyze and distill the keywords entered by the desolate people.

Next came a stage unprecedented on Source Star, one that Ren Zhong had never personally witnessed, but which had left a heavy mark in twentieth-century history, officially termed "Seize the Wealth of the Landlords and Distribute the Land," abbreviated to "Criticism and Struggle."

Of course, there would be some differences between the two.

Under Ren Zhong's directive, Zheng Tian would not advance to a true "land distribution," only utilizing the rules of the autonomy order to reasonably confiscate property, where the beneficiary must be the Ren Group.

Ren Zhong must play the villain. At least, he must in name gather these people's wealth to himself alone to mask the essence of the revolution.

Afterward, Zheng Tian took two hours to individually disclose and try these business owners publicly.

Those who usually did good deeds but were forced to join the wrong crowd this time were released, properties returned, and even given appointments.

Those who usually behaved moderately, had committed minor wrongs, but were willing to make amends to victims and received forgiveness from them were released, with properties returned.

Some who had committed misdeeds and had deep grievances against them, had their properties confiscated by the Ren Group, were expelled from the town, left to fend for themselves.

Those who were excessively evil, unforgivable, and stirred up public resentment totaled more than thirty. These individuals would have their properties confiscated and sentenced to death, but it would not be executed immediately. The East Expedition Army would leave a Law Enforcement Team of one hundred special team members to verify charges against these individuals accurately and confirm judgment correctness before executing publicly.