Resurrection Empire-Chapter 1042 - 406: Foresight (Part 3)

Thus, by coincidence, both parties engaged in a fierce battle here.

Shortly after, Mengdu Group's second reinforcement unit arrived, totaling over half a million people.

What followed completely spiraled out of control.

Source Star Military Industry sent another wave, numbering over a million.

Mengdu Group sent more people...

The two sides endlessly escalated, turning this small-scale ambush into a massive battle involving over a hundred million participants.

It was Ren Zhong who saw that the situation was getting out of hand, and was forced to intervene personally, coming to the front lines. On one hand, he meticulously adjusted the tactics and strategy; on the other, he led the charge to boost morale, which ultimately allowed Source Star Military Industry to achieve a decisive victory in this battle, putting an end to the grand conflict. In this battle, Source Star Military Industry annihilated over thirty million enemies while losing over ten million themselves.

Li Yang, however, was quite satisfied with the battle, having indeed gained many fresh bodies.

But Ren Zhong looked at the flattened mountains and the lakes filled with mud and ashes, and fell into deep thought.

The battle took place in the wild, spanning most of the Abasi Mountain range. Despite the fierce fighting, not many towns were swept into the conflict.

In this battle, all casualties were soldiers, and no civilians were harmed.

Thus, due to the severe reduction in Mengdu Group's numbers, the chances of civilian casualties in the ensuing chaos diminished.

The trajectory of the battle was different from what he remembered.

Ren Zhong was perplexed.

Sure enough, in the subsequent days, Mengdu Group, suffering heavy losses from the previous battle, completely withdrew and lay low for some days.

Time unknowingly approached a full month, and the total human casualties on Source Star still hadn't reached ten billion.

On the morning of the thirtieth day, Ren Zhong paced back and forth in his office, from time to time glancing at his watch.

After a long while, he let out a heavy sigh.

Indeed.

Time had passed, but his WeChat communication system had not been taken over; Ying Feng and Barton Augustus had not appeared on time.

The answer was obvious: the chain reaction caused by the previous battle meant that the number of casualties is not yet high enough, and everything was thrown off track.

Ren Zhong began to ponder over and over.

If things continue in this manner, very soon, the old frozen ones will surely appear, though it's uncertain which day that will be, making things more uncontrollable.

So, perhaps...

At this moment, his Dream Network system sounded a notification first.

Upon connection, he found it was Hua Yuelan sending a message.

"What's wrong?"

"I've basically completed the programming of the pseudo-network's calculation system, but an issue has arisen."

Ren Zhong: "What issue?"

"I can't make it generate active thinking."

"Active thinking like humans? Endowing it with artificial intelligence?"

Hua Yuelan nodded, "Yes, this was mentioned in the Level Nine programmer's textbook, but unfortunately it wasn't elaborated upon, it should be advanced knowledge. I need a key piece of coding to empower the pseudo-network and bring out its true abilities. I've tried to figure it out myself, but every attempt to integrate the system results in a total breakdown with BUGs, causing system crashes. I don't know how much longer it will take me to break through this barrier, it might be tomorrow, or it might be a lifetime. What should I do?"

Ren Zhong thought for a moment, then replied, "Leave it to me."

Over an hour later, Ren Zhong appeared in Alson City.

Accompanying him were Ju Qingmeng, Qian Wangshen, the special operations team led by Yujin and Hu Yang, along with several other Level Eight professionals under his command.

Officially, he came to Alson City for procurement.

He informed the sales supervisor of Alson Group that he had his eye on some alien components that had been in the company's inventory for a long time.

To demonstrate his purchasing sincerity, Ren Zhong even endured a clearly disadvantageous exchange rate, converting a large sum of Source Star Coins into the remaining Contribution Points of Alson Group.

Without the "Network," to complete such a large-scale exchange, Ren Zhong had to go to Alson Bank headquarters.

Then, as always, the bank headquarters was robbed.

Ren Zhong skillfully infiltrated the deepest part of the bank vault and arrived in front of the Knowledge Ball, where he spent his own funds to buy the core knowledge related to artificial intelligence from the Knowledge Ball.

About half an hour later, after reviewing the program, he let out a long breath.

Indeed, the Empire's technological level far surpasses Source Star.

This incredibly brilliant method of calculation is something only such a powerful civilization could conceive and ultimately realize through massive simulated computation.

Boom...

The Time Thief once again opted for self-determined termination, returning to one month prior.

The plan book was rewritten again.

Starfire Army would start "stealing people" from the first day the war broke out, and the personnel responsible for this task would now include Wen Lei, Ou Youning, Hanyu, and Qian Wangshen, in addition to Yujin and Hu Yang.

Among them, Qian Wangshen's primary task is to control a large number of information-interfering nanorobots to prevent any captives from communicating externally.

Furthermore, this time Ren Zhong managed to steal an entire month's worth of results from the Dragon Slayer Camp, far more aggressive than stealing just one day's results last time.

He also gave Sun Miao plenty of advice to correct the mistakes Sun Miao made in the previous timeline when establishing a large-scale pseudo-network, such as improving the formula of the mental control potion to increase control over Underground City residents and captives.

Most importantly, he provided the Level Nine programmer's textbook, the Empire's artificial intelligence empowerment program, and the final results Hua Yuelan completed in the last month altogether to Hua Yuelan.

In short, Ren Zhong was now one step closer to success.