Resurrection Empire-Chapter 948 - 366: Sugar-Coated Bullets, the Power of Ideology

Though he was reluctant deep down, Ren Zhong still packed up his belongings and left Starfire Town that very day, boarding the fast spaceship provided by Ying Hao, heading straight for Lower Origin Capital City.

Ren Zhong originally planned to take his own airship, but Ying Hao implied that things weren't as simple as he thought.

Rumor had it that after returning to Mengdu City, Hugh Augustus flew into a rage, initiating a costly research project that quickly mass-produced a number of Level Eight Armored Soldiers, and used quite a few Anti-aging Potions to purchase the rights for three frozen Level Nine Armored Soldiers from the Association.

Augustus's intentions were obvious, he sought revenge.

Ying Hao's arrangements were reasonable, and Ren Zhong followed the advice smoothly.

At three in the afternoon that day, Ren Zhong's spaceship landed in a dock in Lower Origin Capital City.

Ren Zhong, dressed in casual attire, walked down the steps and looked back.

The large box containing the Red Blade Armor was being handled by two staff members using a transport vehicle.

This item would be directly sent to his villa in Lower Origin Capital City for safekeeping.

If Ren Zhong wanted to use it, he would first need to send an application via his wrist watch to the city's Armed Management Department.

The department would review whether his application was reasonable to determine if he had the qualifications to use weapons.

Once the application was approved, he could open the box and don the equipment within the city.

As the capital of Source Star, it wasn't surprising that this place had a weapon ban, and Ren Zhong had no objections.

The villa was provided by the Association and wasn't purchased at his own expense. The location was decent, within the third ring of Lower Origin Capital City, approximately twenty kilometers in a straight line from the Space Elevator.

This wasn't Ren Zhong's first time coming to Lower Origin Capital City.

In fact, when he came to serve his sentence, he had already gazed distantly upon this enormous city from the mountain top of the Second Prison.

Lower Origin Capital City is located in the equatorial region of the Third Continent, with relatively flat terrain, a massive city over a hundred kilometers in diameter, covered by a vast dome.

Situated on the equator and near the sea, its climate should naturally be hot and humid, uncomfortable for people.

Yet, upon entering the city area, Ren Zhong found it refreshingly autumnal, cool, and comfortable.

He looked up at the sky, at the vaguely visible high-performance dome.

Under the dome's isolation, coupled with large-scale climate control equipment, the temperature in Lower Origin Capital City was maintained at around 20 degrees Celsius year-round, with suitable humidity, making it highly livable.

Ren Zhong checked the time; the Association liaison was scheduled to meet him in two hours, so for now, he could head to the villa on his own.

Sitting on the leather sofa in the enclosed automatic shuttle, he then input the address via voice, crossed his legs, leaned back, and let the vehicle take him forward.

With just this, he felt the changes of the era.

Previously, when the "net" was available, all these actions required no words, as intelligent devices read brainwaves to complete them.

Now, although modified wrist watches can still read brainwaves, considering not everyone can get a modified wrist watch, input methods have regressed to accommodate more scenarios.

As he traveled, Ren Zhong observed every little detail of this massive city.

Unlike the hell on earth in towns and some counties outside, this city remained peaceful, with no signs of chaos.

The pedestrians on the streets remained leisurely.

The entertainment districts were still vibrant and bustling with activity.

The goods in the commercial areas were still plentiful.

In the parks, there were still people of all ages relaxing and playing with ease.

In the spacious and interconnected aerial transit network, various aesthetically pleasing and highly personalized private vehicles could still be seen flying steadily.

Ren Zhong could only tell from a few buildings with unsuitable heights that there had been some chaos here.

It was likely due to the moment of the "net" cut-off when some floating buildings fell, causing damage. After rapid reconstruction, these buildings did not fully restore their original golden ratio visual layout.

If he weren't sitting in a floating shuttle, or wearing a wrist watch on his hand, or seeing the towering Space Elevator and the highly futuristic buildings, Ren Zhong might have thought he had returned to a 21st-century domestic city.

Comparing it to his observations from a while ago, he sighed softly. Indeed, these were two completely different worlds.

About twenty minutes later, he arrived at his villa.

From a distance, this villa, which occupies an area of about ten acres, was unexpectedly in the style of a Suzhou garden.