Resurrection Empire

Chapter 726 274: The Young Nangao Town

The truly smart people on Source Star all know that trying to secretly kill someone under the surveillance of the "Net" without being noticed is almost impossible.

If a Citizen is killed with improper reasons and means, the direct perpetrator must die.

Wang Jinsou fancied himself a clever person, yet in his anger, he made a rash decision.

If his father, Wang Dingyuan, knew about this, he would have stopped him immediately.

Unfortunately, Wang Dingyuan did not know.

The situation developed in the direction Ren Zhong hoped for.

Wang Jinsou was not afraid.

In his eyes, although the law is strict, there is still room to maneuver.

If a Citizen does not act directly but hires a hitman, and if this desperado is clean-handed enough and does a neat enough job of cleaning up after, it might not be exposed.

Moreover, not every Citizen is worth the "Net's" attention.

It's even more unlikely that the death of just any person would lead the higher-ups to seek help from the "Net" for an investigation.

At least someone like Ren Zhong, who has just recently risen, hasn't established a family, and has never even been to a metropolis, without the chance to contact top-level Citizens, couldn't have that special treatment.

Moreover, even if it was exposed, he, Wang Jinsou, is still the heir of Tianyuan Military Industry, the future Seventh Level Citizen.

He has his social role as well.

The living are always more valuable than the dead.

Revenge is the most worthless behavior.

Consistently choosing to maximize benefits is in line with the "Net's" style.

The Association naturally knows how to balance.

If Wang Jinsou's past deeds were strictly judged by Source Star's laws, he should have been sentenced to the death penalty of Seventh Level at least ten times.

But he is still alive because he has his own method of avoiding the "Net's" tracking and the system's judgment as much as possible.

Even if he were to be found out, he was not particularly worried.

Did he say anything to his subordinates?

Nothing at all.

He would express his deep condolences for this tragedy.

All this was merely the result of a tactless subordinate mistakenly interpreting his intentions and committing this illegal act.

It's the subordinate's matter to be judged; what does it have to do with me, Wang Jinsou?

As for why the subordinate, knowing full well who bears the greatest risk, dared not resist and chose to take a reckless gamble based solely on guessing their superior's intentions?

The reason is simple: the subordinate is a slave.

Just beneath his neck skin lies a patch bomb lawfully implanted, which Wang Jinsou could detonate with a mere thought.

That's all there is to it.

In playing dirty, Ren Zhong is actually not as cunning as Wang Jinsou.

Ren Zhong often feels constrained by the presence of the "Net," while Wang Jinsou swims freely in it.

The difference between the two lies in Ren Zhong having a bottom line, always thinking to find loopholes from a technical standpoint rather than breaking through from a human psychological standpoint.

Wang Jinsou, who has done evil for many years yet always evaded the law, is different. He uses the manipulation of people as a starting point, exploring a whole set of loophole techniques in Source Star's "people-oriented" laws.

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Around 6:30 in the morning, Ren Zhong's private Airship landed on the central square of Nangao Town.

From the state of the buildings, it could be seen that compared to the previous Starfire Town, the economic situation of Nangao Town was much better.

At this time, the central square was sparsely populated; most of the wastelanders had gone outside the high walls.

When Ren Zhong and his team arrived on motorcycle boats, over forty thousand people were gathering on a large flat land, split into two clearly opposed factions, with an atmosphere of tense confrontation.

As for the Mayor, he was standing on the high wall with dozens of well-equipped Guardians.

Ren Zhong activated the anti-gravity suit, landing by the Mayor's side, "Mayor, what is going on here?"

The Mayor, who chatted happily with Ren Zhong at the banquet yesterday, said with a smile, "The selection for the sacrifice is decided by drawing lots. Earlier, by coincidence, two quite influential wastelanders were drawn. Even more coincidentally, both belong to the same faction. People from their faction believe there is something fishy about the drawing algorithm and are demanding a redo. The other faction disagrees, and now it's turned into a ruckus."

Ren Zhong, seeing the Mayor's composed demeanor, asked doubtfully, "Aren't you afraid both sides will actually start fighting?"

"Why should I be afraid? It's merely some wastelanders dying," the Mayor shook his head. "Besides, Mr. Ren, do you know why Nangao Town used to be stronger than Starfire Town?"

"Why?"

"Mr. Ren, if you look at the crowds on both sides, do you see any elderly people?"

Ren Zhong frowned and looked, only to realize that there was indeed not a single elderly person with gray hair among the two opposing sides.