Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1111 431: Two Ways to Eat a Fish_3

When dealing with the frozen elders, part of Ren Zhong's sense of relief was built on the residents of the underground city.

He initially thought he wouldn't have to torment this group of pitiable lower-class people who pinned their hopes on life onto him.

But now...

The goal to obtain more CPU power has changed.

The purpose is different, but the process seems remarkably similar.

Ren Zhong's gaze fell on Sun Miao's face.

Previously, whenever Ren Zhong told Sun Miao he would involve the underground city residents, Sun Miao always opposed in vain.

He would always convince himself with the lack of choice, and simultaneously force Sun Miao.

The guilt he once felt surged in his heart once again.

At that moment, Sun Miao unbelievably saw through Ren Zhong's thoughts.

Sun Miao exclaimed in shock, "Ren Zhong, stop those wild thoughts! Sun Ai is a kind person. If she knew we were tormenting two hundred million innocent people to save her, she wouldn't feel good!"

Ren Zhong was also surprised.

Sun's insight was too precise.

"Sun, how… how did you know?"

Sun Miao was taken aback, "Yeah, how did I know? It's baffling."

Ren Zhong sighed, waved his hand, "Forget it, let's not dwell on this now, let me think... think carefully..."

Six hours later, Ren Zhong appeared again in the Tracker Spaceship, wearing a noble robe.

He sat at the head of a long table of unknown material, with nine frozen elders on either side.

Ren Zhong cleared his throat and said, "Ma Zhongfei had consulted me privately about restoring the 'net' functionality. But I believe it wasn't an idea solely from Ma Zhongfei. Don't you agree? I hate it when others hide things from me and play mind games. You understand?"

The room was dead silent, with everyone lowering their heads, afraid to look up.

The silence lasted for a full thirty seconds before Ren Zhong lightly tapped the table, "Just this once, not again."

Only then did the group dare to speak.

Ying Feng said nervously, "Thank you, Angel Envoy, for your generosity."

Others expressed similar sentiments.

By opening their mouths and admitting fault, it signified Ren Zhong's psychological manipulation was successful.

He then said, "Of course, although your plan is a bit risky, it is indeed valuable, and I think it can be tried. I've already thought of a way, but I need your cooperation."

The group was overjoyed.

Ma Zhongfei spoke first, "Angel Envoy, please go ahead."

Ren Zhong explained Hua Yuelan's idea with slight modifications, "You should know, my assistant was once a person. Her essence is somewhat similar to the Wise Man among the Pilgrims."

Ma Zhongfei nodded, "Yes."

Ren Zhong continued, "Now my assistant has been digitized, becoming a program devoid of emotion, but I still have a chance to reignite her emotional response to me. I believe we can write the shutdown and format program into her, and execute it subsequently."

The group, upon hearing this, thought it indeed seemed feasible.

Ren Zhong said, "But before that, we need to establish a new CPU hub to provide external support for my assistant. According to my calculations, the external CPU hub must at least achieve one-tenth the performance of the 'net'."

Upon hearing this, Ma Zhongfei's expression changed, "It's impossible, unrealistic. Even if we take out all the stock chips and crystal cores on Source Star, and connect all the Ghost Particle Communicators containing human brain cells, it's impossible."

Ren Zhong grinned, and pointed at himself, then asked back, "What are you talking about?"

The rest immediately understood.

The emblem on this Angel Envoy has gears and integrated circuits! He knows more!

Since he has raised this issue, he must have a plan.

"Ma Zhongfei, aside from the resources you've mentioned, don't we have ready resources? Exactly human brains! Although you Tracer administrators may just be the lowest-tier workers not knowing how to utilize human brains, I, Ren Zhong, am not like you!"

The frozen elders were shocked.

Bessodes Alson stood up excitedly, "Our transport ship's cold storage already has many readily available…"

"No, I don't want these ordinary resources," Ren Zhong waved his hand, "Brains that have already been taken are Empire property, and even I can't easily use them. What I want is the brains of the living."

Barton Augustus said, "That's easy, then."

Ren Zhong glared at Barton.

Barton promptly shut his mouth.

After a slight pause, Ren Zhong said, "What I need are rather evil souls. The more evil the soul, the deeper their obsession, and the better they work. As for what counts as evil? I have an ancient moral benchmark here. You can use it as a reference."

With that, he took out a thick newly printed document.

The prototype of this document was actually the Chinese Criminal Law.