Resurrection Empire

Chapter 607 - 228: The Next Day, the Observer, I Myself Am the Trump Card_2

For example, originally six teams were affiliated under Lin Wang, and later one of his half-professional captains defected to him. This person had always been a Balanced Mechanical Warrior, but in this battle, due to severe equipment damage, the logistics couldn’t send replacement parts in time. So he simply picked up the Defensive Heavy Armor of a fallen comrade nearby.

Unexpectedly, with this change of equipment, he immediately realized he’d been on the wrong path all along.

With incredibly fast reflexes and a composed mindset, he, at a mere Second Level, with the assistance of a few comrades, held a shield and withstood the fierce onslaught of three Third Level Ruined Beasts, transforming into an iron wall atop the castle. He held on for a full two minutes until reinforcements arrived.

So, what if next time we cultivate this person towards becoming a Heavy Defense Warrior early on?

All these details will be remembered by Ren Zhong and used for improvement next time.

He will transform into a humanoid intelligent AI Commander, executing refined comprehensive control.

Ren Zhong is now getting better at stealing things from the crevices of time.

This direction for detail improvement is one of the "wealth" he seeks this time.

He kept busy like this until 5:57 AM, when the hypnosis was about to end, and only then did he finish recording all the important details from yesterday.

Day 120, 6 AM, Ren Zhong suddenly opened his eyes.

He didn’t rush to get up and wash but instead had a brief exchange with Zheng Tian, who had just woken up as well.

He stopped Zheng Tian from planning to form a second Suicide Squad around Jiang Kai and Shi Xuan for an execution operation.

"Yesterday’s execution operation failed not because of insufficient strength, but because the Mengdu Group doesn’t follow the rules. This isn’t a fair confrontation. When we’re only dealing with ordinary Ruined Beasts, it’s just a confrontation between humans and beasts, seemingly fair. But when we execute beheading operations, we have to face the unusually strong defensive forces that the Mengdu Group assigns to the Legion Beast. The Mengdu Group knows the situation in the town very well and will definitely have targeted plans. Even if all the Professionals above Fourth Level form an elite squad and go all out, it’s impossible to surpass the upper limit of the Legion Beast’s defense forces."

Zheng Tian suddenly realized this and broke out in a cold sweat, "Understood, thank you, Ren Brother, for the reminder. I almost made a big mistake. Alas, before I heard you mention the radiation range of the Legion Beast, knowing that it certainly couldn’t stray far, I always wanted to use this as a breakthrough point, I was overthinking. I wish I had known yesterday..."

Ren Zhong shook his head again, "Your first test yesterday was not a problem. Without testing, naturally, you won’t know if it’s wrong. Keep trying, and you’ll eventually find a solution."

"Unfortunately, after yesterday’s battle, we’ve consumed a lot of our ammunition reserves, and the Scavengers are physically and mentally exhausted, inevitably suffering some damage. I’m afraid..."

"Fear is human instinct, but when fear does not increase the hope of solving the problem, it is meaningless."

Zheng Tian: "I understand."

"Mm, go ahead."

After ending the communication with Zheng Tian, Ren Zhong had another conversation with Ma Dafu, mainly about the situation of the families of those killed in action.

Ma Dafu’s words carried a hint of compassion, and Ren Zhong wasn’t much different.

He merely appeared calm, but in fact, he was more touched than anyone else.

This large-scale Beast Tide siege war was a first for many Scavengers, but it was also the first time Ren Zhong witnessed real war.

Unlike the people of Source Star who grew up in the era of cannibalism, Ren Zhong still had a soul from the peaceful 21st century inside him.

He had seen war in many films and had seriously pondered over some disaster histories at the turn of the century, thinking he had empathized well, could feel the cruelty of war, and empathize with the fate of civilians caught in disasters.

But now that he was truly part of it and became an "inducing factor" causing this disaster, he realized how pale and hollow his previous empathy was.

When someone who still counts as a person sees one after another die because of him, the heart skips a beat, blood heats up, and the cerebral cortex is constantly bombarded by adrenaline, causing continuous tingling.

When reviewing the casualty records, to capture details, he didn’t cold-bloodedly just look at textual files but carefully reviewed the holographic recordings, trying to analyze the subtle clues within.

He succeeded and noted down many improvement ideas.

But his mind was uncontrollably filled with images of too many people being torn apart by Ruined Beasts, bodies pierced through, writhing in agony on the ground with pained screams just before dying.

Even knowing all this could be reset, those bloody images continued to assault his soul time and again.

That was hell, both irrelevant to him and caused by him.

Another day of a bloody and bitter fight.

Time unknowingly slipped into the evening again.

The town hospital was long since overcrowded.

On this day, the Legion Beast again produced a large quantity of Ruined Beasts from the "Void," with an average level even higher than yesterday’s 1.4, reaching 1.9.

The number of deaths in Starfire Town soared from hundreds yesterday to thousands.

Some people Ren Zhong once knew were already deceased.

Shi Lin, Jiang Kai, several half-professional captains, Yang Yi...

In the weary eyes of the city wall defenders, the azure remnant sun on the horizon seemed a bit reddish.

That was the blood shed by comrades and themselves on the city wall, reflecting the blue sun’s light.

However, as if with endless sources, the Legion Beast gave no time for humans to breathe. The Beast Tide in the evening did not weaken; instead, its intensity continued to increase.

Everyone in the command sequence knew that tonight might see a repeat of last night’s situation, with more high-rank Ruined Beasts ambushing under the cover of night.

But tonight, there were no pre-set array-style high-explosive traps.

Ma Xiaoling asked Ren Zhong what to do.

Ren Zhong couldn’t answer her question, only gave instructions in a seemingly indifferent tone, "Inform all adult Scavengers to go to the Military Weapon Store to collect firearms and ammunition. We must give the Scavengers who fought for two days enough rest, or there will inevitably be complete annihilation tomorrow. Tonight, it has to hold with these people."

Ma Xiaoling asked again, "When on earth are you coming back? What exactly are you waiting for?"

Ren Zhong was taken aback, "What am I waiting for?"

He did not answer Ma Xiaoling.

In fact, besides observing the war, he was waiting for the Mengdu Group’s second trump card.

Currently, the Beast Tide was only intense, but no other anomalies appeared yet.

Ren Zhong believed the Mengdu Group could not have only this preparation, and there must be some other trump card he hadn’t seen yet.

Even if this time can’t be won, at least he must hold on to see it.

That night, Burrowing Ruined Beasts infiltrated the rest area.

Yujin, Ou Youning, Wang Zhaofu died in their sleep.

Ren Zhong was deeply saddened; he had actually also prepared Life-or-death medicine for Yujin and others, but dying in one’s sleep was too sudden, even catching him off guard.

Moreover, the lower-level Scavengers without Professional capabilities suffered heavy casualties.

In just one day, the death toll exceeded 30,000.

However, the wall still stood.

The line was still unbroken.

...

Another day dawned, time unknowingly reached the third day, the 121st day of the Ren Zhong Era, and with the blue sun climbing over the horizon, the Mengdu Group’s second trump card finally surfaced.

Ren Zhong got up early, cleaned up, and began mounting equipment piece by piece under mechanical assistance.

The Mengdu Group was actually also waiting for Ren Zhong’s trump card.

Nobody knew that he actually had no trump card; he himself was the trump card.

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