Resurrection Empire

Chapter 681 256: Confession and Love [Thanks to the 2014 Junior Book Friend for becoming Alliance Hierarch!]_2

Ren Zhong first looked down at his watch; it was six fifteen and eight seconds in the morning.

He looked at the mirror again.

The person in the mirror appeared refreshed and full of energy.

In the previous timeline, he was living quite a comfortable little life at this moment.

His wealth continued to appreciate in the stock market.

Starfire Town was thriving in an orderly and bustling manner.

He himself was learning (showing off) in the laboratory with ease and joy.

Now, with everything starting over again, what's inevitable for the Mengdu Group is bound to be an even more dismal defeat.

Yet, Ren Zhong had no expectations about it anymore.

He first dialed to contact Deputy Team Leader Ding from the project group to take a day off, then returned to the study in his suite, flicked open the projection computer, turned on the current affairs news, and his mind was in turmoil.

He emptied his mind first, conducting a deep reflection.

What do I truly want?

Revolution, liberation.

Whom do I want to save?

On the surface, it seems to be the wilderness people. But the deeper reason for this so-called rescue complex is a human, a concern for the future of humanity.

Because in his view, no matter what temptations are outside, no matter how brilliantly the Empire sketches the future, the current system of Source Star is bound to end in destruction.

Whether citizens or wilderness people, there will be no good outcome, it's just that the wilderness people suffer especially badly.

What he actually wants to save is the hope of human civilization.

This ideal seems a bit presumptuous, but for every scientist who has reached the extreme in academia around the 21st century, there's a lofty ideal in their hearts to strive for the future of humanity.

For top-tier researchers, as long as they reach a certain academic level, they could sit on their laurels and enjoy a life of comfort and luxury without worry.

If not for harboring a grand dream, why exhaust one's energy and life to continually overcome one challenge after another?

Ren Zhong certainly also has this grand dream, it's just that now, it has taken a different direction.

Sigh.

Ren Zhong sighed deeply.

He won too easily before, as if just by relying on continuous resurrection, he could solve all problems. It was too smooth, too complacent.

I seek the most ideal love and want to build the greatest enterprise.

I want everything.

To satisfy my perfectionism, to pursue absolute clarity of thoughts, to live openly and with integrity, I forcibly refused to integrate, which resulted in swallowing this bitter fruit and causing everyone's demise.

I am selfish and greedy.

I thought I could control everything, but in the eyes of the "net," I've already been full of loopholes.

I failed due to perfectionism.

I must conduct a thorough summation and comprehensively refine the plan.

Ren Zhong slightly clenched his fist.

He knows that if nothing changes, if he still proceeds along the previously set path without mending the loopholes, what's waiting for him is inevitably another bitter end.

The three major loopholes are the cancer infant, idioms, and sexuality.

There are three remedies for the cancer infant: completely stopping the plan, cutting off communication in the high-temperature furnace, and preserving the infant's life.

The first option is the last resort.

Ren Zhong mainly considered the latter two.

During the days of being controlled, whenever he had spare time, he thought about the solution more than once.

He fully reviewed the detailed process of Sun Meng's death in his mind and found new inspiration.

Since the soul of the Demon Infant is too fragmented, why not embed a framework first, like building a keel first in ancient shipbuilding?

First, hang the fragments of the Demon Infant's memories like hanging ornaments on a Christmas tree, one by one, then engrave the formed entirety together, wouldn't that work?

As for where this framework comes from?

Conjure it out of thin air?

Unrealistic.

He didn't know what a person's soul should look like either.

But he had a bold guess.

The Crystal Core data of a Legion Beast is far less than the Demon Infant, but the Legion Beast exhibits extremely anthropomorphic thinking patterns and judgment capabilities, and also experiences emotions like anger and fear.

In some definitions, the Legion Beast has a "soul."

Then, how about merging the Crystal Core data of Legion Beasts and Demon Infants like a game version update?

Using the information framework of the Legion Beast as the soul's skeleton, integrating it with the human memories in the Demon Infant Crystal Core?

Ren Zhong thought it was worth a try, even if it failed, he wouldn't regret it.

The second loophole—the idioms, is a fait accompli and can no longer be covered up. It's a crucial flaw that directly made it impossible for him to ever gain the "net's" absolute trust.

This was Ren Zhong's greatest regret.

In his heart, he wanted to fit in perfectly, but verbally, he stubbornly maintained the habits formed since childhood, and words that shouldn't be said always slipped out.