Resurrection Empire

Chapter 620 - 233: Dazzling Glory, Perfect Performance

Ren Zhong Era, Day 91, 7:27 AM.

He was standing in the washroom of the VIP suite at Alson Hotel in Liao Yuan County, holding a warm face towel in his hand.

Slowly putting down the face towel, he splashed some cold water onto his face.

The icy touch sent chills as he tilted his head back to look at his face covered in water droplets in the mirror.

After a long time, his pounding heart gradually cooled down.

Only when all the dust settled could he jump out from being an insider.

He also "saw" what the live broadcast audience saw.

He and the people of Starfire Town made it.

Faced with the dual crushing force of technology and resources from the Mengdu Group, these tens of thousands of people survived a terrifying beast tide capable of destroying the county, and there were survivors.

This was a miracle.

Even though he died in battle, Starfire Town did not lose.

He and the people of Starfire Town proved that humans can conquer nature.

Getting up and returning to the study, Ren Zhong flipped open a paper notebook and began summarizing the gains and losses of the last encounter and planning a rough action plan for this time.

The first time they faced the Legion Beast, he and the Starfire Town’s performance was already perfect, with little to fault.

Despite almost no intelligence support, having to respond impromptu, the adequate preparation in advance and the unity of the ’荒人’ still played a crucial role, worthy of praise.

The only issue lay in the gap of absolute strength.

The ultimate focal point of this gap was the Sutured Giant Beast, the pseudo-Level Seven Ruined Beast.

According to the explanation provided by the Mengdu Group and his own collected intelligence, this giant beast’s expertise lay in its massive size and the concentration and integration of the core components from numerous Ruined Beast carcasses to form an ultra-high total Energy Level.

The Legion Beast within it played a central role similar to that of the human Mechanical Warrior.

The Sutured Giant Beast was akin to the Legion Beast’s "Exoskeleton Armor," but the armor’s strength was limited by the quality of the Ruined Beast carcasses, not particularly tough.

This time, the hacker and the Information Flow Shield Master took more than two days and finally deciphered the encrypted code used by the Mengdu Group to remotely control the Legion Beast.

Utilizing this code, they could infiltrate the Legion Beast to a certain extent, steal information from within its Crystal Core, and write compressed data packets.

According to the time-line convergence characteristic, if this time as well they faced the same Legion Beast at the same time, the initial encryption code set by Mengdu Group should be exactly the same.

So, if they could subtly lurk in right as the Legion Beast appeared, using the information flow transmitted by the Mengdu Group to write data into the artificially controlled Crystal Core of the Legion Beast, plant a Trojan, and continue writing information into the composite Crystal Core of the Sutured Giant Beast during its formation, what then?

Then, at the instant the Sutured Giant Beast completes its formation, suddenly increase the intervention intensity and launch a control takeover; even if they couldn’t seize the Legion Beast, there would still be a chance to seize the Sutured Giant Beast indirectly controlled by the Mengdu Group through the Legion Beast.

Then, the war would end.

Furthermore, this time, there might not even be a war.

Because this time, he would demonstrate his "true" value to Purple Crystal Mining.

After breakfast, Ren Zhong rode a solo floating Flying Device straight to Liao Yuan Science College.

It was time to obtain the Level Six Mining Engineer certificate again and advance to a Third Level Citizen.

...

"Mr. Ren, won’t you reconsider? Although you are indeed very smart, you have studied for such a short time, there’s no need to be so rushed."

The beautiful academic assistant stared at Ren Zhong with bewildered eyes, making one last effort.

The college did not want to lose this prodigious student, so it was hard to refuse his unwarranted request.

But the college leaders were worried; what if he messed up the exam with this rashness?

On the one hand, it would lower the qualifying rate.

On the other, it wouldn’t look good if it got out; people would say, your Liao Yuan Science College couldn’t even teach a genius to pass, the problem lies with the college, not the genius.

Ren Zhong smiled while looking at the woman.

Last time, when he took the Level Six Mining Engineer completion certificate exam for the first time, this woman said the exact same words.

At that time, his answer was: I have made up my mind, let the college leaders rest assured.

In the end, he indeed passed with just a barely passing grade smoothly.

The college leaders regularly found it astonishing but also a bit regretful.

Even considering the study duration, he was still the "top scorer," but this barely passing "top scorer" was hard to promote, flawed.

However, this time Ren Zhong changed his strategy.

First, to showcase his talents.

Second, that passing standard last time was indeed a Waterloo in his life. Barely passing was really a disgrace.

He smiled slightly and said, "Actually, the level of one’s knowledge mastery and the length of study time are not absolutely related. Perhaps all of you think seven days is too short, but I have something to say."

"What?"

"Seize every moment; I don’t want to wait another day. I believe if I can do it today, there’s no point waiting for tomorrow. Please convey to the college leaders, if I don’t achieve full marks today, tomorrow I’ll go to the principal’s door to apologize with a humble heart!"

Academic Assistant: "Huh?"

The academic assistant widened her eyes, somewhat in a daze.

The intense self-confidence exuding from Ren Zhong made it impossible for her to even think of refuting.

She really wanted to know what had happened to Ren Zhong.

It seemed like only a few days had passed, but he seemed like a different person.

His eyes were deep, though a smile was on his face, there was a hint of buried sorrow, yet at the same time, there was an unyielding tenacity shooting up into the sky.

...

At 5:30 PM, Ren Zhong’s third exam—experimental project scoring ended.

Subsequently, he stood up, stepped aside, watching the on-site grading teacher and online grading teachers cross-evaluate, exchanging views, while chatting with people beside him.

His "enlightening mentor," an old professor, was beaming with a glow on his face, yet anxious.

The old man asked, "How confident are you in a perfect score?"

Ren Zhong responded without thinking, "Actually, I’ve never considered this question."

The old man: "Huh?"

"Something that’s bound to happen doesn’t involve confidence."

The old man widened his eyes.

The next to him, watching the scene with excitement, Wu Big Mouth silently gave Ren Zhong a thumbs up, "Boss Ren is such a show-off."

The meticulously dressed socialite Li Ruoling glared at Wu Big Mouth, "What nonsense are you spouting? How could this be called showing off? That’s not elegant. Brother Ren already scored full marks on the first two subjects, a full score for experiment is very normal, as expected. Unlike you, Wu Big Mouth, retaking for a Fourth Level certificate."

Wu Big Mouth didn’t get angry: "People are not comparable to each other. But I know Boss Ren, Boss Ren is amazing, so I’m amazing too."

Li Ruoling: "Dream on."

Ren Zhong didn’t interject, only laughed.

Although a bit naive and childish, these "classmates" in the academy, on the last time-line, when he needed to stock up on medical supplies, Wu Big Mouth and a few others more or less helped think of some ways.

Perhaps he and these people would never form life-and-death friendships, but they could be friends with mutual exploitation value.

Long after, the scoring results were out.

Unsusprisingly, it was perfect.

Adding the previous full scores from the theoretical and engineering fields, Ren Zhong obtained the Level Six Mining Engineer certificate with a perfect score.

Six Level certificate, seven days study period, three perfect scores.

This is no longer a concept that "annual top scorer" can summarize.

Looking across the history of Source Star, with the thousand-year heritage of Purple Crystal Mining, a study god of his caliber is unparalleled.

A true historically top scorer unprecedented, unrivaled!

The matter even startled the higher-ups of the Business Association.

In this examination, there was no possibility of cheating, what needed verification was Ren Zhong’s study hours.

To verify this, the Education Department under the association even sought special department approval to review Ren Zhong’s wrist watch and internet browser records.

A few minutes later, the special department provided an explanation that Ren Zhong indeed did not study knowledge related to the Level Six Mining Engineer in advance, his study time was indeed just seven days!

The verdict is affirmed!

No one could have thought that in the border town of Liao Yuan County, a history-level study god would emerge.

While Ren Zhong was signing the portrait rights authorization contract with the academy for an annual fee of ten million, he received a communication request expected yet unexpected.

"Ren Zhong, hello, I am Gao Sheng, the Chief Executive Officer of the First Continent Branch of Purple Crystal Mining."

Ren Zhong grinned, communicating back in his mind, "Hello, Mr. Gao. Pleasure to meet you."

He knew that just by this one communication, his class status in the Source Star Society had been elevated.

He advanced into the sight of the higher-ups.

A new history began here with a fresh page turned.