Resurrection Empire

Chapter 606 - 228: The Next Day, the Observer, I Myself Am the Trump Card

That night, Ren Zhong didn’t sleep well.

Although he activated hypnosis, his mind never ceased.

Before detonating the pre-buried array of high-explosive traps, he closely monitored the battle situation in Starfire Town, analyzed every detail, and accurately captured the moment when the Legion Beast unveiled its first card and deployed the Third Level Ruined Beast Assault Regiment. He then ordered Yujin to activate the traps five minutes in advance.

The unmanned drilling machine, buried deep underground, received the command via wired data transmission, activated, advanced towards the surface, and detonated when it reached 5 meters below ground.

During this process, Ren Zhong also precisely calculated the advancement speed of the Ruined Beast Assault Regiment.

The explosion range perfectly covered the entire Third Level Ruined Beast Assault Regiment. No Ruined Beast had escaped the blast zone, nor were any left trailing behind by chance.

What seemed like a simple act of giving an order and having Yujin press a button actually concealed a lot of calculations behind the scenes.

As the decision-maker, Ren Zhong needed to thoroughly consider various factors such as Starfire Town’s defensive firepower, the assault speed of the Ruined Beasts, the geological terrain outside the town, and the speed at which the unmanned drilling machine advanced underground.

Ren Zhong’s command style was completely different from Zheng Tian’s.

Zheng Tian excelled at impromptu performance and coordination, whereas Ren Zhong excelled at calculation.

The massive explosion was beyond many people’s expectations.

The watching citizens were dumbfounded, and the Mengdu Group was completely caught off guard.

It seemed the Mengdu Group had intended to complete their mission in one fell swoop with this night assault, only to find themselves ambushed and suffer a significant drop in their follow-up forces.

Half an hour after the massive explosion ended, sporadic Ruined Beasts started emerging from the wild again, attempting to approach the town.

Logically speaking, most of the town’s active forces were asleep, and the one-time blast trap had already been expended. If they deployed the same scale of forces as during the day, they could naturally break through the town and slaughter its inhabitants.

But this did not happen.

The reason was simple: the Ruined Beasts deployed by the Mengdu Group had been exhausted.

Seeing the situation stabilize, Ren Zhong ordered Yujin to rest and transferred the on-site command authority to Shi Xuan, who had been under hypnosis and resting due to injuries until he got up at 2 a.m.

As a former Guard Captain at the town level, Shi Xuan had once resisted a Beast Tide and was considered experienced.

Although that Beast Tide was far less intense than the current one, the defensive strength of the two towns then was also incomparable.

Shi Xuan was capable.

Having entrusted the work to him, Ren Zhong was very reassured.

Afterward, Ren Zhong didn’t idle. He reopened the daytime battle records, focusing his attention on various combat details from the first day.

He was continuously exploring, observing, and recording every bright spot in the battlefield.

Regardless of whether he had known them or not, and whether the brilliance came from intelligence or combat prowess, he ensured to engrave them deeply in his mind.

He would remember who achieved what kinds of performances.

Additionally, he was also striving to recall everyone’s major mistakes.

For instance, Shi Xuan’s severe injury, and Ma Xiaoling, who, in the throes of battle, forgot about her energy reserves and nearly got stranded outside due to exhausting her armor’s energy.

If it weren’t for Shi Lin and Bai Feng, two fast-acting Fourth Level Armored Soldiers who happened to be nearby, and Yujin providing fire support from afar, the current top warrior in the town, Ma Xiaoling, might have been lost for nothing.

Such situations were not uncommon.

There were also teams that made significant mistakes causing the entire team to be wiped out, allowing the Ruined Beasts to successfully climb the town walls, forcing the lower-strength reserve teams to launch costly counterattacks, and only then were they able to painstakingly reclaim the positions.

These were all experiences and lessons that Ren Zhong would firmly remember.

He didn’t care much about money.

Because he knew that money is something you cannot take with you when you’re born or when you die.

But experiences and lessons could "rebirth" along with his memory.

He had done a lot of preparation in advance, and the results obtained on the first day shocked the world. Yet, as a perfectionist, he remained dissatisfied with himself, still feeling that many details could be improved.

The next time, Ren Zhong would personally step in, making targeted fine-tuning of every shining point and unexpected point.

He also carefully reviewed the casualty records, which amounted to about one thousand two hundred thirty-three people.

If someone died due to an accident, he would correct the accident.

If they died due to lack of strength, he would adjust the position, and replace them with someone capable, further optimizing the allocation of forces.

He also observed some personnel he valued highly. If these individuals failed to meet the growth targets in this battle or if the focus of training deviated, he would adjust the training strategy a few days in advance.