Resurrection Empire

Chapter 694 261: The Return of the Master's Style to the Martial World

In the opulent living room of the villa, Ren Zhong sat calmly on the sofa.

Xiao Xingyue came in, led by a housekeeping robot.

She seemed to have dressed up intentionally. Besides her carefully prepared makeup, beneath her loose casual wear was a tight vest that accentuated her figure.

Her purpose for coming was not simple.

Ren Zhong stood up, gestured toward the sofa opposite him, inviting her to sit, and said, "Please sit."

Xiao Xingyue nodded and sat down.

Ren Zhong then pointed to the tea leaves on the coffee table, "It should be cool by now, you can drink it directly. Please have some tea."

Xiao Xingyue picked up the finely crafted paper cup, felt the warm temperature of the water with her fingers, and asked with a slight hint of confusion, "Ren, how did you know I'd come?"

Ren Zhong smiled inscrutably, "Because you're not alone."

Xiao Xingyue was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

She found Ren Zhong to be a bit different tonight.

No, he was very special!

He exuded confidence and strength, with an air of complete control in his gestures and expressions.

Ren Zhong seemed to be glowing, recklessly radiating the brilliance of wisdom outward.

As Ren Zhong's dedicated observer in the Promotion Association, Xiao Xingyue prided herself on understanding him thoroughly. Yet, in this moment, this instant change caused a crack in her confidence.

She felt she couldn't understand Ren Zhong anymore.

Ren Zhong laughed, "I mean, Reporter Xiao, that there's an organization behind you. By the way, I should thank you for helping me with the alien ore matter."

He didn't spell it out, but the other person understood that he was referring to her helping him conceal the ability to deceive psychological scrutiny.

Xiao Xingyue nodded, "Go on, how did you know I came on behalf of the organization?"

"The matter of alien ore can be big or small. I clearly committed a major crime but am living as if nothing happened. You also severely violated the responsibilities of a Telekinesis Master, yet you're fine and even showed up tonight. It's impossible for all this to be orchestrated by the power of a single person."

At this point, Ren Zhong intentionally omitted his covert dealings with Sun Miao, pretending he hadn't noticed.

She wasn't naive enough to expose herself, either.

Xiao Xingyue took a moment to digest Ren Zhong's words, then pointed to the teacup, "And what about this tea?"

Ren Zhong smiled again, "Since you came, I'll offer it to you. If you hadn't come, I'd drink it myself. Of course, I thought there was a high probability you'd come. I suspected that tonight you'd come on behalf of your organization to recruit me. If this assumption holds true, then you would definitely come."

Xiao Xingyue was stunned.

Ren Zhong waved his hand again, "Before you speak to me about your organization, allow me to make some predictions. See if I guess correctly?"

Xiao Xingyue was intrigued, "Sure, go ahead."

Ren Zhong: "Due to differences in opinion about the events after space migration, the upper echelons of the Association are now roughly divided into two factions."

Xiao Xingyue raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Go on."

"One faction is extremely enamored with the Empire, believing it to be the ideal destination. In their eyes, Source Star does not possess civilization, existing purely to depend on the Empire. The other faction harbors doubts about the Empire, believing that every possible effort should be made to enhance competitiveness and pursue the values of Source Star civilization before migration."

Xiao Xingyue was stunned, "You... how did you..."

Ren Zhong: "You mean to ask, how someone like me who holed up in a small town, barely visited a county let alone a city, could know these things? From the information 'the Net' provided you, no one ever told me these, right?"

Xiao Xingyue nodded, "Yes."

Ren Zhong stood up, leaned his head back slightly, and assumed a commanding posture. "Behind all things in the universe lies a pattern. The pattern is internal, and phenomenon is external. Once you understand the pattern, it's simple to deduce the unseen yet objectively existing phenomena."

"Through Yang Bingzhong's words, Purple Crystal Mining's Thousand Mines Plan, Mengdu Group's exploitative strategies, and the movements in the stock market, I analyzed the inevitability of space migration. I also observed the Citizen system and the knowledge of space migration among other citizens around me. I deduced that only Fifth Level Citizens and above are eligible to obtain a ticket for space migration."

"Why not higher than Fifth Level Citizens? The reason is simple. We possess space elevators and the unbelievable metal extraction technology that can aggregate metal from the Earth's crust to a point. With Source Star's productivity, creating a fleet capable of carrying a billion people is not difficult. If the Association is willing, it could even take everyone away."