Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1143 441: Lord Ren Truly Stands Out

"Hmm, understood."

Ma Zhongfei nodded repeatedly.

Now, he truly felt that Ren Zhong considered him as part of his own family.

He was secretly delighted, and made no attempts to hide it, smiling happily.

Seeing the timing was right, Ren Zhong continued, "I've thought it over, and once the backup system is activated, there will be very little time to input the recognition code. If anyone is even slightly slow or uncoordinated, it might be noticed by the 'Network' and my assistant, potentially disrupting the process. So, I'll be the one to input the complete Ninth Rank recognition code by myself."

"Alright, no problem." Ma Zhongfei instinctively responded, then quickly realized, saying in amazement, "This... this is against the rules. Besides, Angel Envoy, you don't even know the complete recognition code."

Ren Zhong chuckled and shook his head, "No, I know it."

Ma Zhongfei: "Ah?"

Ren Zhong: "Before I departed, considering the 'Network' was out of control and contact was lost, the Administrative Department thought you might all have perished, so they provided me with the full recognition code for Network 154332."

Ma Zhongfei: "This..."

"Although it's somewhat hard to accept, and may hurt your feelings, it's the truth." Ren Zhong said, shrugging.

"Oh, I see." Ma Zhongfei sighed softly.

He was indeed a bit discouraged.

"Like I said before, keep this matter to yourself. You can still set up data entry ports for the other eight people, but there's no connection underneath. I'm the one who will actually operate it. We really shouldn't let them know about this. For instance, if they realize they might be abandoned by the Empire, and we encounter enemy attacks on the way back and fall into a disadvantage, there's a possibility they might betray. After all, it's only after returning to the Empire that we can reinstall the monitoring program. Our rebuilt 'Network' doesn't have the same strong auditing capabilities as before. Although this is an extremely extreme situation with a very low probability, I have to take precautions. My fundamental goal is simply to safely restore the 'Network'."

Ma Zhongfei: "Hmm, I understand. But if they discover the connection failure..."

Ren Zhong smiled, "They'll just be afraid that they've already been replaced by the 'Network' infiltrated by Pilgrim. That would be a devastating blow to their status, and they'll pretend as if nothing happened. After all, a Telekinesis Master can't investigate them, and no one will know their true thoughts."

Ma Zhongfei suddenly understood, "Got it."

Seeing that he successfully deceived the other party, Ren Zhong breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he's the only one operating the whole time, and others have no right to participate, no one will notice his little tricks.

...

The not-so-huge Source Mercury, also known as the main body of the "Network," quietly floated in space.

Though Ren Zhong had dealt with the virtual projection of the "Network" many times while working at the Deep Communication Group, examining it closely at satellite orbit height was still a first.

The hollow structure made it look like a giant vine ball, dazzling and enchanting under the close proximity of the Source Sun.

It was this thing that had enslaved the humans of Source Star for thousands of years, precisely controlling everything, like the brain controlling the endocrine system of the body.

Seated in the hall, Ren Zhong commented, "You made quite a physique for the 'Network'."

Ying Feng, to his right, felt proud, "Thank you, Angel Envoy, for the compliment. I redesigned this lattice structure. This form facilitates maintenance and offers better performance. To fabricate its body, we even used half of the Tracer's energy reserves, completely dismantling this mainly metal-composed planet. Many C-grade Tracer colonies don't have such configurations; after all, they don't have such good natural materials."

Ren Zhong: "And precisely because you gave it such a high-performance body, with excellent information transmission capabilities, it got easily connected and invaded by the Wise Man among the Pilgrim."

Ying Feng: "..."

Ying Feng's face burned with embarrassment.

As everyone was talking, a huge space station, similarly massive in size, was slowly approaching with the help of its propulsion engines. It had been responsible for the frontline maintenance and module replacement work for the 'Network'.

As of now, the people in this space station have been unemployed for nearly twenty years.

Ren Zhong instructed, "Let's begin."

Ma Zhongfei responded with a hum, then activated the cooling Elder's authority, commanding the space station to quickly deploy the remaining reserve batteries into space using the space bridge.