Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1109 431: Two Ways to Eat a Fish

The reason Ren Zhong previously ordered the old ice lollies not to expose his "true form" as the Imperial Apostle was precisely for this purpose.

The old ice lollies are a very important piece on the chessboard, but Li Yang is equally important.

The reason Ren Zhong could make a breakthrough with the old ice lollies and first become "friends" with Li Yang, using Li Yang's "circle of friends" to completely open the situation, is by no means coincidental.

By utilizing the Dragon Head Enterprise War guided by Li Yang, Ren Zhong ascended to the position of Commander of Source Star Military Industry, able to simultaneously use the resources of Mengdu Group, Source Star Military Industry, and his own Ren Corporation. Only then could he mobilize almost a third of Source Star's productivity to achieve such a feat.

But this is only the beginning, not the end.

Now, Ren Zhong will continue to leverage Li Yang's "circle of friends" to further complete the integration of resources in Source Star Society.

After handling communication with Li Yang, Ren Zhong jumped off the shuttle and headed straight for his top-floor office, where Sun Miao, Tang Shuying, and Hua Yuelan were already waiting.

...

"You've always wanted to know what happened to Sun Ai. But she didn't let me tell you before, so I didn't. But now I've received new information, and I suspect Sun Ai may still be alive. I hope you can help me find a way to see if we can bring her back."

Ren Zhong opened with these words, instantly igniting the hearts of Sun Miao and Tang Shuying.

As for Hua Yuelan, she was somewhat confused. She asked, "Who is Sun Ai? What did she do before?"

Ren Zhong then explained Sun Ai's entire story in detail to Hua Yuelan, the top programmer.

After hearing it, Hua Yuelan was utterly shocked, "How is this possible? People are people, Ruined Beasts are Ruined Beasts, and machines are machines. Even if the technology of Armored Soldiers is used to barely grant people the characteristics of Ruined Beasts, they are still not the same concept. How could someone understand everything from birth, and even hack into the Intelligent Brain Core with their mind?"

Ren Zhong: "It's a long story."

Another half hour passed, and Hua Yuelan finally understood the complete origins of Sun Ai.

But the shock in her heart did not diminish, only perceiving reality as more absurd.

She murmured, "I know Nameless City, and even admire it. But for a hundred thousand memory fragments to merge into a complete personality, then combining the traits of Legion Beast and Descending Demon Baby, using cancer cells as a foundation, and another person's genetic information as a template, to synthesize a complete person out of thin air, then this person turning into a program, even entering the 'Web's computational module, is too incredible. I almost feel like you're telling a story, but the 'Web' truly has disappeared. I..."

Ren Zhong waved his hand, "In the pseudo-history of Source Star, it once described the understanding of ancient humans towards fire. At that time, humans regarded fire as a gift from the Heavenly God. Although they didn't understand the principle of fire, they learned to use it for warmth, driving away beasts, and cooking food. I do not agree with fabricated history, but I acknowledge the logic of this pseudo-history. Humans have the ability to imagine, to tentatively reason about natural phenomena they don't understand, and apply them. Similarly, our understanding and use of Ruined Beast, Intelligent Brain, and the human body is the same. You already know, the entities Source Star trades with in interstellar commerce is the Empire, right?"

Hua Yuelan, Sun Miao, and Tang Shuying nodded in unison.

Ren Zhong: "The Empire's full name is the Mechanical Empire. The main race in the Mechanical Empire is still humans. Yes, humans identical to us. As for the enemies of the Mechanical Empire..."

Ren Zhong paused his tone slightly, giving everyone a moment and space to ease their minds, then slowly said, "They are also humans, just following a different evolutionary branch. They are the Ascenders, Pilgrims, and the Spirit Demon Race. Among them, the existence method of the Pilgrims is to virtualize and data-fy human thinking, with their primary activity space not in the physical real world but in a virtual world composed of data and information. The 'Web' is precisely the invention and creation of the Pilgrims, and what the Mechanical Empire obtained is just an inferior imitation."

"Sun Ai's form of existence differs from ours, yet it aligns with the characteristics of the Pilgrims. The things you don't understand, Hua Yuelan, are, in another Star Country you cannot temporarily access, as commonplace as eating and drinking for us. Is my explanation clear now?"