Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1137 439: Fifteen Years Like a Song (Part 2)

"In the timeline we don't know about, have you done many shameful things to us? Let me tell you a secret, sometimes I dream of things that never happened, yet seem so vivid. Unfortunately, every time I wake up, I can never quite remember them. I vaguely recall you repeatedly bringing cancer cells to my shop, from the start when I conned you into giving them for free, to later when I was bleeding you dry."

"I used to be terrified because the Source Star people don't dream much, and dreaming is never a good sign. But actually, none of that really matters. Honestly, I would prefer your ability to be time reversal. Because that's even more unbeatable than foreseeing the future. It means whatever you want to achieve, you definitely can, which is pretty good. But I have to say, the more I delve into the technology left by the Empire in the Knowledge Ball, the more fear and helplessness I feel. The Empire was just too powerful."

"However, I believe you can win. But you shouldn't always rely on your Resurrection Ability. I can't even imagine how much it would cost to reverse time across the universe. What if one day you lose this ability? Are we to give up on our dreams?"

"In any case, you need to be mentally prepared. From a scientific and logical perspective, everything I've mentioned could happen. You also need to believe in yourself more, and don't get discouraged no matter what. Even without this shortcut, you, Ren Zhong, are the strongest among the hundreds of billions of people who have appeared throughout the history of Source Star."

"You once told me that the history of Source Star is fabricated, but I believe there's one phrase in it that rings true: Man triumphs over nature."

"I have a basis for saying this. You also told me that as carbon-based life, our brain thinking processes are generated through quantum entanglement of electrons in countless phosphorus atoms. Our original thinking ability should be a completely random and unpredictable chaotic quantum entanglement set. But the thinking of Source Star people, myself included, has been constrained, making it predictable."

"You said you're different, that you have completely unpredictable thinking abilities. So, you have no limits, right? Because of this, you can win, and you must win."

"I'm leaving, don't miss me. Remember to burn this paper after reading it, just like when we were at the Dream Inn."

...

Ren Zhong picked up a gas lighter from the desk beside him and lit the paper, then placed it back on the alloy desk.

The flames leapt joyfully, swaying timidly and then boldly, rising upward with a distinct regularity, two times a second on average.

Ren Zhong blew a breath, causing the fire to lean forward, then stand upright again.

See, people are unpredictable, never playing by the rules.

If this fire had intelligence, it certainly wouldn't expect its pattern to be broken by a bored person blowing on it.

Once the paper was completely burned, Ren Zhong sat at his desk and started skimming through the fifteen-year development reports other people had submitted.

First, he looked at the major events.

In July, 690 of the New Origin Calendar, Ma Dafu passed away. When he died, Ma Xiaoling was still in cold sleep. Ma Dafu quietly died outside Ma Xiaoling's frozen storage, instructing that she not be awakened. He said, "This is the inevitability of the frozen era. We must learn to say goodbye quietly."

In January, 691 of the New Origin Calendar, Wang Zhaofu passed away.

In October, 692 of the New Origin Calendar, Shi Xuan passed away.

In July, 693 of the New Origin Calendar, Jiang Kai passed away.

In December, 696 of the New Origin Calendar, Chen Meng passed away.

In June, 697 of the New Origin Calendar, Sun Miao passed away. In August of the same year, Tang Shuying passed away.

In August, 701 of the New Origin Calendar, Bai Feng passed away.

...

Ren Zhong lost some people, but some have intermittently entered cold sleep over the years and are currently maintaining their condition well.

For example, Hanyu, Yujin, Hu Yang, Wen Lei, Yu Chengde, and others.

The sacrifices of those who died were not in vain; they completed Ren Zhong's plans perfectly and each trained several useful successors.

...

Rewind fifteen years, shortly after Ren Zhong changed the mindset of the old "popsicles."

Hugh Augustus, besides cooperating with Ren's Group openly, under Li Yang's guidance, also took some additional actions.

All the while, the Mengdu Group never stopped using the Anti-aging Potion to secretly control others in the Nine Major Groups, providing procedural justice to shield Mengdu Group's arbitrary exploitation of volunteer "lab rats."