This is certainly difficult, but extremely important and necessary.

Because he must understand everything clearly, he cannot walk into the Empire's territory with a fluke mentality, as it concerns the success or failure of everything.

"Even though I was mentally prepared, and felt I already possessed a strong enough will. But when it comes down to it, I realize it isn't that simple. Alas..."

He once thought that opposing the Mengdu Group, "the Network", the Association, and the Frozen Elder within Source Star was difficult enough, but now he realizes that was just the "appetizer", or perhaps the "Newbie Village" with newbie protection.

Thinking that after leaving, he would likely lose the invincible ability of resurrection reset, without newbie protection, facing powerful civilizations that have developed for millions of years like the Mechanical Empire, Ascenders, Pilgrims, and Spirit Demon Race, and the unseen but inferred behind-the-scenes civilization, he felt even more exhausted.

This kind of hardship is even more torturous than the physiological and psychological agony of dying.

In the past, no matter how many times he died, or how much pain he suffered, or how close he was to collapse, his mind always held on to the belief that he could resurrect, the errors he committed could inevitably be rectified, which made him steadfast even after experiencing more than seven thousand cycles of life and death.

The expectation of resurrection was like an invincible halo protecting him in his subconscious, escorting him and sending him to the altar of Source Star.

But now, this invincible halo might disintegrate due to irresistible forces and his personal choices.

Facing such a significant decision, he had no one to confide in or consult with.

Ren Zhong sighed.

He felt somewhat nervous and even more tired.

Before, when he felt troubled and fatigued, he could joke around with Sun ge, tug Sun ge's intellect, have warm exchanges with Ju Qingmeng, tease the nerves of Sister Ma, or sometimes simply gaze upon Chen Hanyu's true visage to feel healed.

But now, all of these have left him.

"Uncle, according to calculations, the enemy should be arriving soon. Yet, we haven't received any intelligence from the frontline reconnaissance corps, the situation is very strange. In space combat, the importance of information and intelligence outweighs even the power of weaponry. Based on my simulations, I fear our chance of victory is less than one in a thousand. I suggest we initiate a second aid request to the Empire South Nine Star Domain, informing them of our predicament. Even if reinforcements can't arrive in time, they might at least serve as a deterrent to the enemy."

At that moment, Sun Ai said so through the communication system.

She noticed Ren Zhong's frustration and despair but chose not to console him.

Sun Ai understood Ren Zhong's character, instead of futile comfort, it would be better to keep Ren Zhong's mind busy and free from wandering thoughts.

Sun Ai's words indeed hit a crucial point in Ren Zhong's heart.

A thought flashed through his mind like lightning, startling him to his feet, and he unconsciously muttered, "Something's not right!"

Before Sun Ai could ask what happened, he immediately waved his hand, "No aid request to the Empire! By the way, you haven't communicated the ambush to the Empire, nor reported our intelligence to them yet, have you?"

Sun Ai replied with a slightly puzzled tone, "Of course, you haven't given the order, I wouldn't act on my own."

Ren Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

"What exactly happened?"

Ren Zhong waved his hand, not giving an explanation, "Nothing. Our direct line distance to South Nine Star area is over three light years, requesting aid is meaningless, we have to rely on ourselves."

"Oh, alright."

Sun Ai responded, accepting his explanation for now.

But what Ren Zhong was thinking was that if he was banking on using resurrection reset to deal with invading enemies, then he must not send any aid request information to the Empire before achieving victory.

If the scope of the reset truly was only within this region, any information sent out and known to the Empire couldn't be reset.

If they reported heavy casualties and later returned to the Empire almost intact, it would create a contradiction that couldn't be explained.

As for the earlier matter of asking Sun Ai to query the transmission speed of information flow, drawing the attention of the Empire Super Network, it didn't involve a logical paradox or treason, thus there was room for denial.

Sun Ai resisting the Super Network's probing infiltration could be completely attributed to the ambushers. After all, the ambushers have demonstrated the ability to block information flow communications, it could also be said that our side was preparing to interface with the Empire Super Network but was disrupted by the ambushers' interference, cutting off the communication by external interference.