Resurrection Empire-Chapter 939 - 362: Hell on Earth

Ren Zhong’s trip this time is not a vacation.

He roughly knows what he will see, and he is even more aware that this journey will definitely not be a pleasant process.

But he will still go through with it.

In a sense, this is a new training experience after enjoying months of a leisurely life.

No one can simply rely on imagination to establish and consolidate a great aspiration.

Any great will can only come from personally feeling the pulse of the times, experiencing the suffering of the world, and continuously carving scars onto one’s soul using the tragedies on oneself or others.

Only when countless scars accumulate together can they converge into a rage powerful enough to change the world.

Ren Zhong has already completed half of this process, but he believes he is still somewhat biased, with a still limited vision.

Next, he is about to fully unfold his own war map, his influence will irreversibly spread to more places, and inevitably more people will die in this war of his. Then, of course, he must use his eyes to closely observe the lives of people in other places on Source Star, and use his heart to feel the hardships of human life.

He must establish a stronger sense of justice for his vision.

Along the way, Ren Zhong walked and stopped, stopping at every town, pretending to be a wandering wasteland person outside the towns and chatting with the locals, and occasionally entering the towns for field investigation.

During the journey, Ou Youning was responsible for various miscellaneous duties, including various connections and probing local contacts, to create conditions for Ren Zhong to enter the towns.

In the absence of Contribution Points and with Starfire Coins unrecognized outside, the Association’s newly launched Source Star Coins solved Ou Youning’s pain point.

Ren Zhong has the trade flow volume from two cities and a prosperous county to back him, naturally allowing him to hold a large amount of Source Star Coins.

With this money, even just a small allocation to Ou Youning could buy off any town’s mayor or corporate representative, even gaining access to their wife’s bedroom.

Chen Hanyu’s tasks were twofold. First, maintaining the disguise for the three of them, preventing potential enemies from recognizing them and causing trouble. Second, dismantling the Crystal Chip and Crystal Core from various Ruined Beasts that Ren Zhong had defeated, preventing resource waste.

Upon encountering Ruined Beasts of Fourth Level and above, Ren Zhong typically takes action, honing battle skills, enhancing strength, and occasionally doing a bit of work for the wasteland people inside and outside various towns.

During the journey, a new member joined the traveling team, Xiao Xingyue.

The reason was that one day Ying Hao needed a minor task done at the factory and wanted to contact Ren Zhong, delegating the contact task to Xiao Xingyue, who had just completed her retreat.

Xiao Xingyue happened to be tired of the recently extremely hectic work at the Telekinesis Master institution, so she took the opportunity to shirk work, taking a dedicated airship to join Ren Zhong for a face-to-face discussion.

Seeing him on a journey, Xiao Xingyue immediately shamelessly refused to leave.

Instead, she became the photographer for Ren Zhong’s documentary, staying until two days before Ren Zhong planned to return, before reluctantly heading back to Lower Origin Capital City.

She did leave Ren Zhong with plenty of video material, so it wasn’t completely for free.

Another month passed in the blink of an eye, and Ren Zhong’s small airship returned to Starfire Town.

After thirty consecutive days of traveling, Ren Zhong and his group looked much more weathered than before.

It wasn’t just the three who had changed; the members in the vehicle had too. At departure, there were only three people on the airship, but upon return it was already overcrowded.

The airship had over a hundred new passengers, all children under the age of ten.

Ren Zhong was the first to step out of the airship.

The children behind him swarmed out of the vehicle, startling Ju Qingmeng who came to receive them.

This group of children excitedly looked around, especially at the neat and beautiful buildings of Starfire Town, exclaiming in excitement.

For a moment, the scene seemed somewhat chaotic and noisy, but fortunately the children did not dash around indiscriminately, remaining clustered together, only looking around with curious eyes.

Some younger children did not yet understand the significance of this unique city, merely tugging on the clothes of older children beside them, asking if there would be lots of tasty food here.

Quite a few older children already had silently moist eyes.

They had all lived non-human lives in their respective towns.

After disconnection, chaos intensified, leaving the orphans with no support doomed to be crushed at the bottom tier.

They had managed to survive until now, mostly relying on luck.

So, they understood the meaning of this city.

Ju Qingmeng asked, "What... what’s going on here?"

Looking at these children, Ren Zhong said in a deep voice, "Let’s establish an orphanage, to adopt all the orphans within our territory. This time, we didn’t just encounter these children, but could only bring back this many, it’s beyond our control. Before, I couldn’t do it, nor dared to. Now that we have the ability, we should do what we can. Actually, I should have thought of this sooner, it’s my oversight."

Behind the children, Chen Hanyu and Ou Youning jumped off the airship.

Ou Youning whistled, and children ranging from four to over nine years old immediately formed lines neatly, taking only a minute.

Ou Youning called out, "Everyone, follow me, one two one, let’s go eat!"

Looking at Ou Youning’s serious manner, Ju Qingmeng said to Ren Zhong, "He seems a bit different, not as frivolous as before."

Ren Zhong hummed, "Maybe that’s growth. Let’s go to your office to chat about what’s happened in the town this past month. Then, accompany me to edit a film."

"What film?"

"A ten-hour-long documentary that explains the current state of Source Star completely. For a long time, I always thought that the past Starfire Town and the wasteland settlements in Liao Yuan County were the worst places. But now it seems, I was limited in imagination. I was overly conceited."

Ren Zhong said it lightly, but Ju Qingmeng detected his unsaid meaning.

She gently patted Ren Zhong’s shoulder, "Actually, you should relax a bit, do what you can with the capacity you have, you really don’t have to always push yourself to bear everyone’s fate."

Ren Zhong: "But someone has to do it, right? You know the policy of the Great Migration, not changing the status quo would mean everyone would die. Furthermore, my capability really has no boundaries."

Taking a total of two days, Ren Zhong, Ju Qingmeng, Chen Hanyu, and Ou Youning finished editing the documentary.

During this process, the latter three left the editing room several times to adjust outside, only Ren Zhong was the one who remained unfaltering from beginning to end.

After the documentary was released, Ren Zhong first allowed the three to rest, then went to his own office to organize the speech draft.

He changed his strategy once more.

He no longer wants to wait; he wants to explain the essence of Source Star and the true origin of humanity to all under his command in one go.

As for who can accept his viewpoint, who are truly his own, who are traitors?

If the conversation is thorough, then nothing will be able to hide.