Resurrection Empire

Chapter 809 308: Curling Toes Tightly

Qian Wangshen is also a quintessential example of being self-taught.

However, he wasn't without teachers; he simply grew too fast. Upon apprenticing or enrolling in school, he would soon become proficient.

As he progressed in his studies, the difficulty of further advancing his Citizen Level, given his background from a county town's wilderness, increased exponentially.

Unable to elevate his Citizen Level to Seventh Level, he was barred from accessing Higher Rank knowledge.

Refusing to compromise with Source Star Military Industry, and not acquiring a shortcut to rapidly elevate his Citizen Level, he soon ran out of things to learn.

After turning sixteen and beginning to ponder over solo controls of ultra-large intelligent warfare battalions, he fully embraced self-reliance.

Upon his capture, he chose to bow to Source Star Military Industry, exchanging his personal freedom and fifteen years for survival, becoming a lifelong laborer for the company.

He only had the responsibility for establishing the central control system of the Space Ship fleet.

This task involved no learning process, merely expanding on his previous achievements, filled with tedious yet necessary work.

Qian Wangshen found many clever adaptations tailored to local conditions in the equipment at Starfire Town and thought they were quite good, asking Ren Zhong out of curiosity.

Before Ren Zhong responded, Qian Wangshen suspected that those pieces of equipment were primarily requested by Ren Zhong himself and then improved by the technical team at the custom arms factory of Source Star Military Industry.

This assumption was very reasonable. Ren Zhong could achieve this, given Purple Crystal Mining had long stamped and certified his astounding intellect.

Qian Wangshen initially planned to take the opportunity to praise Ren Zhong's talent and creativity in weapons design.

But the answer he ultimately received was unexpected.

Qian Wangshen was stunned for a moment and blurted out, "Really impressive."

Ren Zhong was uncertain to what extent he understood and simply nodded, responding, "It's okay."

Then, the two ended the communication.

Ren Zhong chuckled lightly, noncommittal.

Perhaps Qian Wangshen was praising Wen Lei, who, although from the wilderness, managed to achieve this through self-teaching.

Or maybe he was commending Ren Zhong for leading such talent.

Possibly, he was reflecting that wilderness people aren't as broadly perceived by most citizens as "low-intelligence," "brainless," or "lacking creativity."

Ren Zhong hoped it was the third, but there was no need to articulate it.

An implicit understanding was sufficient.

...

The long night stretched on, all was silent.

Most viewers of the corporate war live stream had shifted their attention elsewhere while in hibernation space.

Traditionally understood, no matter how lively the daytime battles are, a truce was expected at night, making it uninteresting.

A group in the Second Prison was heavily invested in the corporate war's progress for various reasons, stayed attentive until ten thirty at night, yet dispersed to their villas to reconvene the following morning.

Many needed to catch up on work missed while skipping shifts; they couldn't stay idle forever.

By eleven after the cannon fodder troops from Wangdong Town began retreating, everyone's focus gradually shifted, losing interest.

Only Ren Zhong remained in hibernation space, monitoring the battle through a stationary satellite's night vision perspective.

On the previous timeline, not much happened that night, but Ren Zhong, evaluating his past deployments, the current new situation, and considering Zheng Tian's commanding style along with other towns' movements, predicted the night wouldn't be as calm.

Sure enough, by one o'clock in the morning, something unfolded.

The first incident occurred at the border between Nangao Town and Starfire Town.

The Chongyi Three Towns Alliance Army initially pretended to station fifty kilometers from the border, establishing defenses and presenting an intention to build a stronghold to confront the Starfire Army.

However, at one o'clock and five minutes, the Alliance Army suddenly abandoned the newly constructed decoy stronghold and charged at the Starfire Army's defensive line.

All fifty-five thousand troops stayed awake without actually sleeping.

The alliance army's equipment level was far inferior to Ren Zhong's heavily invested Starfire Army, and their warrior skills weren't even on the same scale. During the rapid march, formations were chaotic, fire coverage was extremely poor, and incidents of mutual collisions causing casualties even occurred.

Yet, none of the unforeseen events hindered the alliance army's frenzied advancement speed.

The drugs used to keep them awake appeared to have been tampered with, making them overly excited, bloodthirsty, and frenzied.

In a brief fifteen minutes, the alliance army advanced to within five kilometers of the Starfire Army's defense line, tightening formation into an arrowhead, poised to instantly pierce the Starfire Army's defense.