Resurrection Empire

Chapter 779 292: The Leader's Chair [7000 words]_5

Ren Zhong raised an eyebrow, "Interesting, are you testing me?"

"Yes."

"How will you test me? Questions and answers? A test paper?"

Sun Ai pointed to the side, where there was a helmet that looked extremely crudely made.

"Uncle, you once observed my dreams from a bystander's perspective."

Ren Zhong: "Yes."

"Then now, I hope you enter my real dream. I want you to see to what extent we have achieved."

"Alright."

"It will take quite some time, the army will set off soon."

"I'll let them depart first and rest after reaching Nangao Town. As for myself, I can go tomorrow."

"That's good."

After more than ten minutes, wearing the helmet, Ren Zhong slowly drifted into slumber under the stimulation of fine micro-currents.

Compared to the false dreams in the hibernation space, this time, Ren Zhong had a real dream.

In this dream, he saw a bustling city.

In the altered history of Source Star, Nameless City was nothing but a wanderer tribe established by a group of impoverished wastelanders who couldn't even afford food, all in pursuit of the abundant Ruined Beast resources in abandoned mine pits.

But Ren Zhong had already seen the appearance of Nameless City before its decline from Sun Ai's dream.

It was a vibrant city with wide streets, beautiful houses, and shops lined up along the sidewalks.

Ren Zhong stood on the street, feeling the busy traffic and the hustle and bustle of people.

Sun Ai's voice echoed in Ren Zhong's ears.

"After decades of effort, we finally built Nameless City into what it is today. Although the level of technology is far inferior to the Citizens' city, we have established our own schools, research institutions, administrative departments, and an army willing to serve ordinary people."

"This army patrols inside and outside the city every day, trying their best to prevent Ruined Beasts from approaching the city. We also have people lurking in Purple Crystal Mining, trying to steal their technology for suppressing the breeding of Ruined Beasts."

"Although there are only ten thousand adults, we expanded the city's capacity to accommodate a million people. In the last two years, we decided to initiate a large-scale birth expansion, and within just two years, we increased the population by nearly ten thousand. We are also preparing to absorb a large number of external wastelanders, encouraging more people to settle here."

"We believe that even if we can no longer receive any assistance from Citizens from now on, we can explore a better social management system for the wastelanders of Source Star. We are wastelanders ourselves, but we believe that every life of a wastelander deserves respect."

"Uncle, look at this city, isn't it prosperous and thriving?"

Ren Zhong nodded, "Indeed."

"Of course, we are also aware of the mission forcibly imposed on us by the Citizens and fate. We must hunt Ruined Beasts. To avoid being continuously exploited by the Contribution Points system that weakens our economic capacity, we collectively developed an internal currency system that everyone approves of and won't be exploited by the Wrist watch. Those with some knowledge of economics know that under this system, it is impossible for us to fulfill the promise of providing a better life for everyone. So we plan to negotiate with nearby Yangsheng City to establish a barter trade model."

Ren Zhong: "This is where the problem arises, right?"

Sun Ai was silent for a moment, "Yes. We were still too ignorant and lacked experience. We did not realize the importance of the currency system. We touched the reverse scale of the Association, and during the negotiation, we were ambushed."

Ren Zhong: "This is the difficulty of revolution in the last era of high-tech capitalism, isn't it?"

Sun Ai: "What?"

"Nothing, you continue."

"Okay."

The scene shifted, and Ren Zhong's figure appeared in a hall lined with chairs on both sides.

Sun Ai continued, "This is our assembly hall."

"In Nameless City, people who are widely beloved from all walks of life, districts, and functional departments are eligible to attend here. Meetings here can make major decisions that determine the city's direction. We can guarantee that almost everyone who comes here is both capable and not overly self-interested. Although we don't have the 'Net' monitoring, we believe that even if a small portion of the decision-making may go wrong, as long as we involve more people who have received a reasonable education, we can definitely select the more suitable and qualified decision-makers. This method may not be perfect, but it is the best city management idea."

Ren Zhong nodded, "Yes, I understand."

"Uncle, human thinking is too complex; the methods of testing like questions and answers or tests you mentioned earlier are too superficial to draw accurate conclusions. So, I thought of a way. I attached the deepest memory fragments of each representative in my memory to these chairs. Each chair here represents an ordinary person's understanding of the revolution from nothing. If your understanding of the revolution surpasses the memory fragment on that chair, you will be recognized, and you can sit down. If you can't sit down, it means you need to delve deeper into understanding what revolution means. You can continuously compare and contrast the scenes in Nameless City with what you've seen and heard in Starfire Town and other towns to find differences and summarize ideas. You start with the chair nearest to the door, trying them one by one. When one day you can sit in the topmost chair, you will know the greatest ideal of our Nameless City. That is the leader's chair; he was the smartest and most upright person among all of us. Like you, he was a battle genius who could have easily joined the Citizens and lived a perfect life. But he fought for the weak all his life until the moment he died... What!"

Before Sun Ai finished speaking, Ren Zhong had already crossed the long hall and sat directly in the chair belonging to the leader.

Without any hindrance, the chair did not give any resistant feedback; it all happened naturally and smoothly, as if the chair existed solely for Ren Zhong.

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