Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1122 435: Morality and Law_2

Ma Xiaoling's gaze gradually became more determined, and she said heavily, "No problem!"

After speaking, she abruptly stood up, stamped her foot, and turned to look at Ren Zhong, "Hurry back to the town, I haven't even memorized that big tome you gave me."

The big tome she referred to was the "Moral Standards."

Ma Xiaoling wasn't someone who enjoyed poring over books, but this time, she showed her resolve.

Ren Zhong also jumped up, tidied up his somewhat disordered Red Blade Armor, and followed the soaring Ma Xiaoling.

Looking at the heroic silhouette of the Silver Armor ahead, Ren Zhong thought to himself, this should count as being married, right?

But actually, it seems like nothing has changed.

Let it be, after all, we are all emotionless monsters.

Earlier, Ren Zhong had asked her if she wanted to hold a grand wedding, but Ma Xiaoling said it wasn't necessary as long as the core members of the group knew that they were already as good as married.

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Over the years, the security environment on the First Continent under the Ren Group had undergone a tremendous transformation.

The group had dispatched many middle and grassroots managers to various towns and counties on the First Continent.

Most of these people were graduates from Starfire Academy.

Before taking their positions, these students had been deeply exposed to Ren Zhong's worldview at the academy.

With these people heading out to take on roles, the upper-middle-level framework of the local administrative management system was basically reliable.

Of course, as with the former Starfire Town, where there's light, there must be darkness.

Outside the core areas such as Yangsheng City and Huaihai City, the Ren Group's control wasn't as strong, and many local indigenous powers still held sway.

These clever local indigenous people were very astute and quick to adapt.

Facing the Ren Group descending like a flood dragon crossing the river, these local powers quickly recognized the situation and acted very cooperatively.

Considering that management personnel were still needed, Ren Zhong did not order a complete eradication of these defectors, only requiring some basic public opinion surveys, and adopting a conciliatory policy towards those local power holders not guilty of heinous crimes.

These people, as long as they behaved well after aligning with the Ren Group, could be forgiven for past deeds.

In the following years, some defectors truly integrated into the atmosphere of the Ren Group, no longer engaging in illicit activities or oppressing others, but learned to leverage their intelligence to seize wealth with a more positive, sustainable development mindset, and to elevate their Citizen Level.

In Ren Zhong's words, these people inherently had a good side; they were merely influenced by the general social atmosphere in the past, becoming conformist and collective, and are objects that can be "saved" and "transformed."

But there's still another portion of people, naturally cold-hearted and ruthless, who, after integrating into the Ren Group, only restrained themselves for a while before reverting to old ways, albeit with more hidden methods.

Back then, even with the "net," people like Wang Jinsou could find loopholes, engaging in borderline activities.

Now without the "net," and with city managers replaced by the Ren Group, the monitoring intensity across places plummeted, making it impossible to prevent these shady dealings entirely.

Thus, tragedies continued to occur daily everywhere, better than before yet far from the societal atmosphere Ren Zhong envisioned.

Ren Zhong always wanted to clarify the rule of law, but previously, he was merely a boss of the tenth-largest enterprise on Source Star, burdened with numerous obligations.

What he could do in his domain was quite limited.

He had to disguise all his actions with a profit-maximization facade, unable to reform purely for the sake of changing the social atmosphere and benefiting the underclass.

But now, Ren Zhong no longer had such concerns.

In the short span of half a year, the Moral Judgement Committee established around Ma Xiaoling was publicly framed as collecting "evil souls" for Ren Zhong, while secretly conducting acts of eliminating treachery and benefiting the underclass.

A respected old-fashioned resource recovery business owner in a certain town was discovered to have a family that ran a masked bandit group locally, the source of many urban legends, specializing in robbing scavengers. To investigate this, Ma Xiaoling personally collected evidence, then publicly tried and sentenced them all to "death." During this, Xiao Xingyue asked Ma Xiaoling if she needed help. After all, with top-tier Telekinesis Masters like Xiao Xingyue, no secrets could remain hidden. Ma Xiaoling gently declined, reasoning that the First Continent had tens of thousands of towns, each likely with similar people, and they couldn't rely every time on Telekinesis Masters; instead, they must enhance their subordinates' crime detection skills through practical training.