Resurrection Empire

Chapter 703 264: Ten Thousand Years of Pseudo-history, War Phantom_2

Of course, humanity has not been without progress.

In these five hundred years, humans formed Head Hunter teams using interstellar Level individual weapons, persistently venturing out to assassinate the powerful High Rank Legion Beasts.

By now, the Legion Beasts are nearly extinct.

Nine thousand five hundred years ago, the last King of the Top Rank Legion Beasts led hundreds of Level Eight Legion Beasts, controlling an astronomical number of Ruined Beasts, to form an unprecedentedly large army, launching a desperate final assault on the mega-cities.

This battle lasted nearly a decade.

Ten years later, the Legion Beasts were massacred, and the Ruined Beast civilization officially collapsed.

Humanity also exhausted their final interstellar weapons.

The mega-cities were razed to the ground, archive libraries were destroyed, and all the data stored in the virtual world was lost.

Humans suffered heavy losses as well.

The homeless were forced to disband and disperse to various corners of the Source Star.

Additionally, with the loss of all electronic equipment, humans experienced a cultural decline, and civilization began to regress, entering a Wilderness Era.

Small settlements were established in strategic terrains like cliffs, peaks, islands, and lake centers that were easy to defend but hard to attack.

The Underground City of the Qi Mountain tribal humans in the earliest "history" was likely such a small settlement.

The territories of humans and Ruined Beasts began to intertwine.

To prevent their extinction, humans embarked on a dark era of propagation for three thousand years.

During these three thousand years, humanity relentlessly propagated, yet their settlements were always breached by Ruined Beasts, and they were massacred village by village.

Civilization continuously hatched, only to be repeatedly destroyed.

Until about seven or eight thousand years ago, Xia Yu, by collecting vast amounts of historical materials, recompiled and summarized writings to record knowledge, and dispatched fearless emissaries carrying these writings globally, allowing knowledge to return to the historical stage.

Thereafter, one genius after another mastered the use of the remains of the Ruined Beasts, and humans began to build larger settlements.

Four to five thousand years ago, a genius politician named Ying Zheng, through diplomatic alliances, gathered the strength of numerous tribes and established the first small dynasty on the First Continent — the Qin Dynasty, leading humanity into the era of fortresses.

The historical backdrop of the game "Wilderness Era" is precisely the period when Ying Zheng had not yet been born, and the Qin City State Alliance was gradually expanding and developing.

In the years that followed, Ren Zhong had basically seen it all in the records stored in his wrist watch.

Having read through this fabricated thousand-year history, Ren Zhong couldn't help but marvel at how convincingly real it seemed.

Anyone born on the Source Star would undoubtedly believe it to be true.

Especially when one immerses themselves in those grand stories through the retrospection feature of "Ten Thousand Years of History," they would be moved to tears by the intense impact of those narratives.

Even him, knowing full well it's fake, would still daydream, "If the story of Source Star humans is really this heroic and tragic, how wonderful it would be."

Sigh.

...

Day 118, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the team that had been training outside for several days returned triumphantly to Starfire Town.

Ren Zhong again assembled the middle and high-level managers in the newly built small conference room of Starfire Resources. He didn't say much, only outlining some key points.

"I have already shared the complete strategic plan with you in advance. Now, it's time to execute. During these days, you must have seen my strength. I have also seen your progress. I am very pleased and confident of victory."

"Of course, victory is one thing; creation is still in our own hands. In war, I am not your nanny. Whether the people of Starfire Town survive, and how many, depends on how much effort you put in."

"Go! Show your brothers, sisters, and friends the results of our fierce battles over these days. Share your insights with them, and teach your synchronized cooperation to others as much as possible. Do not hold back; every Wildling in Starfire Town is your comrade-in-arms."

This time, a total of over seven hundred people went out, and seven hundred and eight returned, with more than twenty deaths.

By Ren Zhong's past standards, this was unacceptable.

But comparing this horizontally in his mind, he knew everything was worth it.

He could be sure that the warriors who had undergone such intensive training would have a high survival rate in the Battle of Starfire Town.

They could also share their gains with others.

This time, he would give it his all, and the casualties would certainly be fewer, much fewer than last time!

...

On Day 121, at half-past eight in the morning, as the Jellyfish Giant Beast self-destructed, Ren Zhong donned Red Blade Armor, personally taking down the Legion Beast, and the war concluded.

Ren Zhong glanced at the battle reports of the entire town.

Casualties: 657 people.

Severely wounded: 2655 people.

Lightly wounded: 31222 people.

Though he didn't want to admit it, this was indeed a complete victory.

Gazing over the not-so-long but not-so-short death list, he thought to himself, I did my utmost.

I gave it my all.

But wars inevitably involve death.

The difference now is, I will make every death as meaningful as possible.

...

Ren Zhong met Xiao Xingyue in his office.

Xiao Xingyue: "Congratulations."

Ren Zhong: "Same to you."

"No wonder you refused our help; you did far beyond our expectations."

Ren Zhong smiled confidently, "And beyond countless others' expectations."

"Indeed. Right, as a reporter, I would like to ask you a few questions."

Ren Zhong waved a hand, "I'll answer them directly."

"Huh?"

...

About twenty minutes later, Xiao Xingyue left with a buzzing head.

What was all that!

Not long after stepping out, her communicator sounded again with the voice of the Chairman of the Promotion Association.

"I will come to Starfire Town tonight to have a face-to-face talk with him."

"Uh... okay, Chairman, should I make a reservation with him?"

The Chairman: "No need... wait, it's better to notify him in advance. I must give him enough respect."

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