Resurrection Empire

Chapter 774 291: Hypocritical Merchant, Ruthless and Cold-blooded_2

The professional team leader responsible for nighttime command muttered to himself.

But he quickly received an answer.

The defensive capabilities of these Assault Armors were ridiculously strong. Although they were only of Third Level material, the outer layer covered with Reactive Armor performed at a Fourth Level.

Unless two fragments happened to hit the same spot front and back or simultaneously create multiple impacts hindering the Reactive Armor's replenishment, they were practically unscathed.

In just two minutes, Ren Zhong deftly dodged over a dozen artillery shells from city defenses and was the first to reach the base of Zhaoshan Town's city wall.

He leapt off the motorboat, feet stepping forward, parallel to the ground, he landed on the metal city wall. Countless small but sharp spikes extended from the foot armor, and he increased the power of the magnetic suction pads to the maximum.

Then, Ren Zhong sprinted upwards along the wall in a continuous Z-formation.

Along the way, small bulges kept appearing on the wall, from which various firearms fired at him.

But these firearms, which relied on sheer numbers, couldn't break through the defense of the Red Blade Armor at all.

Ren Zhong was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Red Blade Armor had developed a new function called "Energy Protection Shield."

He had encountered opponents with Energy Protection Layers more than once and knew the intricacies of this function. He'd always pondered how to install such a function himself. Unexpectedly, as a mature self-evolutionary armor, the Red Blade Armor gathered enough information after fighting the Armored Soldier giant to evolve this function on its own.

Bullets and energy beams struck his body with crackling sounds, but the stability index of the Energy Protection Shield never dropped below 90%.

In just seconds, Ren Zhong was the first to leap onto the top of the wall.

The next second, several high-caliber sniper bullets came from all directions.

Dozens of warriors from Zhaoshan Town, ranging between Second and Third Level, closed in, led by two Fourth Level professionals.

Ren Zhong finally saw the situation inside Zhaoshan Town; over ten thousand people were rapidly moving in all directions from the town square.

Clearly, Liu Wanxiong and his son also intended to decide the outcome tonight.

Besides the conventional ten thousand Night Watchmen equipped, they also mobilized another ten thousand-man reserve team.

Ren Zhong gritted his teeth, conjured a giant shield in his hand, protected his face, and charged forward amidst the barrage of sniper bullets.

At the same time, he cried out in his heart, "Sun Ai! Activate!"

The next second, the city defense artillery, which had just turned to target him, suddenly paused and then pointed in another direction.

The gunner responsible for operating the turret from the protection pod turned pale, frantically twisting the joystick, but to no avail—the previously agile control stick suddenly became unresponsive.

The city defense artillery turned from outward to inward, targeted at a team advancing towards the city wall along the main road of the small town.

Bang!

A thunderous shot rang out.

This team lacked the protective capabilities of Ren Zhong's elite troops, and inside the wall, with buildings everywhere, unlike the open space outside the wall, there was no room to dodge.

With just one shot, the team fell like wheat being mowed down.

From the first city defense artillery being commandeered, nearby artillery quickly fell out of control one by one.

Hidden in the front compartment of Ren Zhong's Red Blade Armor, Sun Ai laughed heartily, "This is fun, this is fun."

Ren Zhong looked at the bloody scene but thought to himself, this isn't fun at all.

He slightly turned, wielding the Corrosive Blade, and gently uttered a word.

"Die."

Zhaoshan Town dared to resist Ren Zhong's second army for three reasons.

First, to buy time and space for the nighttime assassination.

Second, they exploited Ren Zhong's need to maintain his "benevolent" persona, showing compassion for subordinates and mercy to other scavengers.

Third, in siege warfare, a good cannon's destructive power was even greater than a Fourth Level professional.

But now, these three basic conditions no longer existed.

The assassination failed.

An enraged Ren Zhong decided to abandon his "hypocritical" businessman persona, revealing a ruthless side.

Starting from one point, all city defense artillery systems within the same command system successively lost control, being commandeered.

With no threat from above, the remaining twelve hundred elite under Chen Meng's leadership also stormed the city walls.

The powerful ones like Chen Meng directly sought out the opponent's Fourth Level professionals; killing if possible, or at least stalling them.

Those slightly weaker immediately formed groups on the wall, nine-member teams grouped in threes.

The strongest spearhead team was responsible for advancing forward.

The spearhead team's allocation was two for defense, one for attack.

Two side teams provided firepower cover.

One of the side teams mainly used high-power artillery or rocket weapons to eliminate enemy strongholds.

The other team primarily used high-velocity sniper weapons, responsible for countering enemy ambushers from afar.

With stronger battlefield information detectors, no matter how well Zhaoshan Town's defenders hid, those who dared peek at the situation immediately faced a barrage of fire.

At this time, Liu Wanxiong and Liu Xiaotao were sleeping soundly but watching the footage of the battle on the city wall in the hibernation space.

The father and son's faces turned pale.

Seeing the city defense artillery falling out of control, they knew the game was over.

The father and son quickly tried to contact Ren Zhong to surrender.

Unfortunately, Ren Zhong had shut off external communications.

The father and son desperately wanted to wake up and apologize to Ren Zhong face to face.

Unfortunately, Source Star's biological clock didn't allow it; they had to sleep for eight hours.

Meanwhile, Ren Zhong had already swiftly killed two Fourth Level professionals and dozens of elite Scavengers behind them, with hundreds of Zhaoshan Town's Night Watchmen before him looking uncertain.

These people were terrified, wanting to flee, but they carried Zhaoshan Resources' contract on their backs.

Ren Zhong slowly raised his blade, pointing towards the White Wall.

"In battle, each side fights for their master, so there's no talk of morality and principles. You pointed guns at me and my people, I killed you; it's only right. But you won't die in vain, I will avenge you. It's not me who truly killed you, but the Liu father and son who dragged you into this war. Rest in peace."

In fact, he wanted to say more; it was Source Star's system that killed them.

In the distant Tanggu Group headquarters, the Inspectors looked at each other.

"Really cunning."

"Indeed."

"This Ren Zhong truly maximized his benevolent persona to the fullest. Just those words can significantly ease his takeover of Zhaoshan Town."

"Indeed, truly a hypocritical but good businessman."

The Inspectors didn't know their comments would also become the basis for the "net" to judge Ren Zhong.

They also didn't know that Ren Zhong's actions were not hypocritical for the sake of building a persona.

He was speaking truth, truly detesting the Liu father and son. They ruined his bloodless takeover dream of Yangsheng City, dragging him back into harsh reality where knives meet blood.

"Wait, what's happening? He's entering the White Wall!"

"No, he's breached Liu Wanxiong's manor! This..."

"Is he breaking the rules? What's he up to?"

The Inspectors suddenly became noisy.

As it turned out, inside Zhaoshan Town, Ren Zhong charged through the White Wall as if there was no one around, and broke through the Liu Manor's automatic defense system, appearing in the manor's garden.

Ren Zhong looked up, gazing at the top floor of the magnificently resplendent building.

He smiled slightly.

Where there are policies, there are ways to counteract.

Do you really think the rules you tailor-made can protect your lives?

Can I really not kill you?

Underestimating me will cost you.