Resurrection Empire

Until asteroid No. 73259 turned into cosmic particles in a violent explosion, at least a hundred people in the hall thought Ren Zhong was just joking.

The Source Star has many small settlements built on planets, space and asteroids.

The settlement farthest from the source star and with the most difficult conditions is on asteroid 73259.

The length of No. 73259 is 87 kilometers. It is not spherical, but has a long structure.

The purpose of this settlement is not mining, nor is it responsible for producing resources.

The mission of the nearly ten thousand people living here is to serve as observers on the outer reaches of the galaxy. Together with hundreds of other asteroid settlements located in different areas, they form the outermost "eye" of the source star galaxy to prepare for possible events. of outer space enemies.

They have to maintain equipment, replace faulty parts, and occasionally fly out with small spacecraft to repair space exploration telescopes floating in farther orbits.

Although the source star has never suffered an external attack in a thousand years, the observation station settlements on asteroids such as No. 73259 have never been vacant.

Due to limited conditions and high material transportation costs, no large space station has been established here. As a result, the living area of ​​the people here is very narrow and the activity area is extremely limited. Apart from surfing the Internet, there is almost no joy in life.

Almost no one can persist here for more than five years, especially after the "internet disconnection", which can only use radio communication, which is even more inconvenient, and the living conditions here have become even more difficult.

In order to ensure work efficiency, the association has maintained an average rotation period of every five years.

What's even more unfortunate is that due to the heavy responsibility, the untrustworthy Huangren is not even qualified to suffer here.

This is a matter for citizens. .

Among the citizens of Yuanxing, there is also such a saying.

"Either you become a useless person, or you must not be the last person, otherwise you have to count the stars on No. 73259."

Parents of lower-class citizens often use this sentence to encourage their children to study or quit, so that the small 73259 Asteroid Observatory enjoys a reputation that is completely unequal to its size.

But now, with a violent explosion, it disappeared.

People on the Seeker, which was only 10 million kilometers away from it, saw the close-up from the large optical telescope more than thirty seconds later.

Some people who once thought they understood the burden fell silent.

Even Ma Xiaoling covered his mouth, speechless and choked.

In her knowledge, Ren Zhong would never kill innocent people.

Ren Zhong had also sworn to tell her that everyone who died in his hands had their own way of dying.

But now, Ren Zhong swallowed hard what he had said.

There were ten thousand people up there, all evaporated.

Since Ren Zhong can kill 10,000 people without batting an eyelid, he can also kill another 18 billion people.

Once a person lifts the butcher's knife, he becomes a non-human being. There is actually no essential difference between killing 10,000 people and killing a trillion people. They are all butchers anyway.

Of all the people present, only Ren Zhong knew the truth.

When Sun Ai just recovered, an empty transport ship completely controlled by Sun Ai arrived at No. 73259.

At the same time, another transport ship that had been docked here set sail, returning nearly 10,000 people who had been working here for four and a half years to the forward transport ship No. 1717.

These 10,000 people were drilled into the idea that they were simply finishing their shifts early.

Their work will be taken over by another 10,000 people, and their successors have already arrived at the observation station.

They can even communicate with their successors and hand over work through the restored "network".

They also saw the list of successors.

Of course, these ten thousand people do not actually exist, because the people on this list still live in Spark Town.

They didn't even know that they had been sent to asteroid 73259.

Ren Zhong, who knew the truth, did not want to clear his name. He just waved his hand and said: "'Net' has completed the cleaning work. This is 'Net' re-synthesized based on the information captured by optical telescopes and cameras established in various areas." The projection screen. After we leave, these related facilities will self-destruct. You can watch it by yourself and disperse the meeting."

After finishing speaking, Ren Zhong stood up on his own, stepped on the conveyor belt behind the throne, and quickly disappeared into the distance.

After Ren Zhong left, there was a brief silence in the hall.

Everyone was paying attention to the figure gradually disappearing into the darkness, and the invisible sense of oppression did not disappear with his departure.

Then, I don’t know who screamed first, "Oh my God! Look at Yuan Xing!"

Only then did everyone react and looked up.

The people belonging to the old forces showed no expression. After all, in their eyes, this is the fate of deserters and lower-class citizens, which is reasonable and reasonable.

It would be happier to die in a violent explosion than to have your brains harvested one by one. At least it would be painless and fearless.

That is to say, time is too tight and we must leave immediately. Otherwise, if the leaders of the old forces feel that they have a heavy responsibility, the Viscount may choose to harvest everyone's brains before leaving.

Although the Source Star colony has already exceeded its quota for human brain transplantation, the starship larvae are now dead and injured, and the losses can be described as heavy. After all, they are 18 billion human brains. They are hard currency and hard assets in the empire, and they can more or less compensate for the vacancies of starship larvae.

The senior staff from Ren Group had a different expression.

Their pupils suddenly dilated and their mouths opened wide.

Because they were too shocked, everyone's nostrils also enlarged unconsciously, and their bodies began to tilt backward involuntarily.

In the eyes of everyone, the originally blue Source Star had turned into a huge fireball.

Mushroom clouds are rising into the sky one after another, violently breaking open the atmosphere belonging to the Source Star and shaking out the air.

A huge beam of light shot from the slant, like a flying knife piercing the source star, breaking away the clouds on the surface of the source star, causing ripples like water waves, spreading in all directions.

Some people's eyes followed the beam and moved into the distance, and they saw the galaxy-level main gun that was being recharged for the second time.

Looking further away, the sky above Venus and Mars also lit up with a glow representing destruction and death.

The four major gas planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, also seemed to be wearing wreaths of flames.

Between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, and outside the orbit of Neptune, there are also dots of fire spots that light up in the two inner and outer asteroid belts.

Only the former source Mercury, which is now the body of the "Net", has survived. It has already left the ecliptic plane and risen to a high position. It is also being pulled by hundreds of transport ships operating at full power and with the help of its own propulsion engines. They were chasing down the fleet.

There was a popping sound from the front of the hall, and suddenly there was wailing, and then hysterical roaring.

"It's over, it's all over! It's all over! Chen Hanyu, Wen Lei, Yu Jin... it's all over! Why, why is this! Why the hell is this? Boss, why are you doing this! Everyone trusts you so much, you obviously I said...I don’t understand! I don’t understand!”

Ou Youning was lying on the ground, beating the floor hard and questioning the darkness ahead at the top of his lungs.

Next to Ou Youning, Zheng Tian clenched her fists, her face was pale, and her whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

If it were Zheng Tian in the past, he would probably fall to the ground and roll around like Ou Youning, crying bitterly. But now she also knows that her identity is the second military commander in the fleet, so she must hold on.

No matter how many doubts, sorrows and incomprehensions are in my heart, I must hold on to the end.

Zheng Tian's eyes seemed to be a little dark, and the darkness hidden behind the throne seemed to turn into a flood, making her shaken.

She simply bit her tongue hard, using the severe pain to stimulate her brain, and nailed her legs to the ground to support herself not to fall.

Further ahead, Ma Xiaoling also sat softly on the ground, muttering to himself, "I was wrong. I was really wrong."

She is a fearless warrior on the battlefield and is capable of almost anything.

She kills people without blinking an eye, and hundreds of millions of people have died at the hands of the Morality Committee she established over the years.

Although Ma Xiaoling always had a clear conscience, he occasionally felt a little depressed. He questioned whether he had killed too many people, and he also asked whether comfort was more important than comfort.

Ren Zhong told her that as long as all the people killed were those who deserved to be killed, she would be free from guilt. You are the holder of the law, you are the arbiter, you only act on behalf of the law, you are not the executioner, the ones who really kill those people are themselves.

Ma Xiaoling believed it and just walked out of the shadows.

But now, she is on the verge of collapse.

She thought of Yu Chengde. Before leaving, she had persuaded this great-great...grandfather, hoping that this lost blood ancestor would board the ship together.

But Yu Chengde said this: "Xiao Ling, your father has passed away. My great-grandfather, I only have you as a blood relative. The other family members have already been buried here. Wherever they are, that is my home. I am also old. Gao, I don’t want to be too far away from home. I can leave the affairs of the empire to you young people. Xiaoling, you also know that I am good at training people. I don’t know if you will need our help in the empire in the future. I might as well stay here. On the Source Star, what if we find a few more combat geniuses like you and Ren Zhong among the 18 billion people? What's more, since you are all gone, there must always be masters here, so naturally I You will do your part. You can go ahead with peace of mind."

Ma Xiaoling thought that this was reasonable, and then thought that Ren Zhong had taken over the "Net" anyway and could still communicate remotely even if he left, so he didn't persuade him anymore.

Who would have thought that this separation would be an eternal separation between heaven and man.

She never expected that it was Ren Zhong who personally killed her last blood relative.

"Sister Qingmeng, go and ask him, what is he doing?" Ma Xiaoling gritted her teeth and raised her head, looking at Ju Qingmeng who was wearing a red dress next to her, and reached out and tugged at the hem of Ju Qingmeng's skirt.

Ju Qingmeng lowered his head and looked at her, but tears were streaming down his face and his eyes were red.

Ju Qingmeng has been in charge of government affairs at the Ren Group for a long time. Before leaving, he also called together the team of confidants he had formed and asked them one by one.

Some people want to follow, and some feel that their abilities are limited. There is probably no use in traveling across decades to the turbulent empire. It is better to stay in Source Star and take care of the affairs of the base camp for Mr. Ren.

Anyway, the future Source Star will no longer be as dark as it was when the Business Association took power. In a sense, it has become a utopia in dreams.

There are indeed many people who yearn for the stable life to come.

So at that time, only half of Ju Qingmeng's team left and half remained.

At this time, Ju Qingmeng was also regretting why he didn't force everyone to leave.

She had just thought about questioning what Ren Zhong was thinking, but she had always been so considerate and always trusted Ren Zhong blindly. She never doubted any of his decisions and always felt that he was There must be a deep meaning behind every move.

Until now, she witnessed with her own eyes that Ren Zhong personally destroyed the cause he had worked so hard to create, the transformed Origin Star Civilization.

All this happened in just a moment, and there was no time to save it.

Although her heart was already bleeding, deep down in her emotions she still couldn't believe it.

The group of high-ranking people belonging to the old forces turned their heads and stared at these former cronies.

The corners of some people's mouths slightly curved, as if they were about to show a sarcastic expression, but they immediately controlled their expressions vigilantly.

Everyone knows that treating people with responsibility is still a bit distant.

Ren Zhonghui almost slaughtered the Augustus family because of his conflict with Hewitt Augustus, but now he turned a blind eye to Ou Youning, who was screaming and roaring in the hall.

He must be watching, but the fact that the man is still alive shows that these cronies have a different status in his heart and cannot cause trouble.

Coincidentally, the group of people from the old forces who were not closely related to Ren Zhong quietly left the scene one after another, leaving only the people from the Ren Group.

But they never got the slightest answer.

Finally, Xiao Xingyue and Hua Yuelan walked to Ma Xiaoling, who was limp, and helped her up one by one.

Xiao Xingyue whispered to Ju Qingmeng next to her: "Maybe... he really can't be wrong. What else can we do besides trusting his decision-making? Sister Qingmeng, let's go."

After Ju Qingmeng was silent for a long time, he hummed softly, "I think that even if he made his own decision, he may not feel good now. Alas, let's go."

Ju Qingmeng waved his hand and led everyone out of the hall one after another.

Ren Zhong, who was hiding in the rest room at the back of the hall, leaned his head against the wall, his eyes fixed on the projection in front of him.

What is projected is the scene in the hall.

He had his hands in his pockets and his eyes were unfocused. There was no joy of a winner or the indifference of a dictator on his face, only endless desolation and loneliness.

"Oh, uncle, let me ask you why you are in trouble."

Sun Ai's voice rang directly from the sound system.

Ren Zhong shrugged.

"According to the last information from the old popsicles, the other three forces will know that our Great Migration Fleet has been prepared. They also know the consistent principles of the Machinery Empire, so they will naturally assume that we have completed the cleanup of the Source Star colony ahead of schedule. Work. Their eyes will not be set on the source star system that is destined to have only abandoned ruins and squeezed wasteland planets. They will not even look at it, and will only focus on the fleet. Maybe the mind demon The descendants have begun to send out rangers in advance to prepare for this powerful wild kin who is wandering outside, but they will not come from the source star."

"As for the empire, we will restore contact with the empire next. We must make the empire think that I, the successor indigenous administrator, have also done a good job. Under normal circumstances, the empire will not send people to investigate because it is not necessary. . There is only a very small probability that one day in the future, a patrol and reconnaissance ship from an empire or a patrol ship from the three major forces will come to this place, causing everything to be exposed, and then I can only admit that I am unlucky. "

"In short, the simulated video you made can look real and fake, and can hide it from everyone. I did everything I should do, and I have a clear conscience. That's enough."

Sun Ai: "But you have lost the loyalty of many people."

Ren Zhong: "There is nothing important except life and death. No matter how fanatical loyalty is, it is not as important as the lives of 18 billion people. Okay, next, after your body and galaxy-level main guns catch up with the fleet, you will pass The pseudo-net avatar in the underground base of Spark Town announced the truth to everyone left in the Source Star."

Sun Ai: "What truth? Which level?"

Ren Zhong: "Tell them what kind of lie I told for them."

"Tell them the nature of the Tracer Colony. Tell them the true millennium history. Tell them the truth about the Great Migration Plan. Tell them the truth about humans and beasts being doubly bred, lifespans squeezed, brain power stolen, and everything else."

"Just say that the Origin Star is just a colonial production base, responsible for the production of beasts, metals, virtual currencies, brains, human bodies and energy. The human history on the Origin Star does not have hundreds of millions of years, nor does it even have ten thousand years, it only has one thousand years. . The history of Source Star is short and sad. The history you have seen is all hypocrisy. Your ancestors came from frozen embryos, and you are just tools. From birth, you are destined to be tools and commodities. You cannot resist this fate. , and should have all died and become the brains of the inventory.”

"The nine administrators from the empire never really intended to establish civilization on the Source Star, so there was heavy taxation on personal transfers, suppression of knowledge, and suppression of military power. It is obvious that such a powerful human being would be at odds with the Ruin Beast. , never ending. Because, like the beasts, you are all livestock. And I have changed this situation. I will change more. Now, I hear the cry from a more distant place, this cry It resounds through the sky and fills the universe. My journey will not stop, I want to save and change more things."

"My battle in the distance is also closely related to you. But Source Star is not a utopia. The order created by me is still rootless and may be destroyed at any time. At present, what determines your fate is still luck. Whether it is The Mechanical Empire, the Ascended Ones, the Pilgrims, and the Psychic Demons, if any of these four parties discovers that there are still living people and civilizations on the Source Star, you will be decimated and destroyed."

"I have disclosed all my knowledge, leaving you with internal combustion engines and controllable nuclear fusion, silicon chip technology, and enough resources... I have only one expectation for you. I hope you remember that you are As a group that is not allowed to continue to exist in the universe, then you must do everything you can to seize the day and become stronger while lurking, so that one day in the future, no matter which force you are, you must be allowed to continue to exist."

"Next, don't live in an ignoble existence, don't kill each other, don't waste your time, unite and unleash all your talents to promote the progress of science, the advancement of war potential, and everything you can! Everyone has died once, and you must keep fighting until you find the real way out."

"Because, in this universe, you are the enemy of everyone! If you don't move forward, you will perish!"

"I hope that one day, you can stand upright and make such a voice in this universe, saying loudly to everyone. We are all ants, but ants also have the right to survive. If others don't give it to us, we will take it ourselves. .”

"Of course, I will continue my career in the empire. I also hope that one day in the future, I can come back again, or get help and support from you."

"I am responsible. I have finished my words."