Resurrection Empire-Chapter 957 - 369: The Wager

Zhou Ya: "Why?"

Ren Zhong: "No reason. Just intuition."

Although Ren Zhong had already made his decision, he still opened the girl's background information for a simple review.

The girl's name was Hu Yang, from the Second Continent. She used to be a Second Level Citizen, coming from a county town, the descendant of citizenship.

Before the internet cut off, she lived the typical life of a wealthy young lady.

Hu Yang had no talent in academia and didn't study seriously, unlike Ju Qingmeng who was more ambitious.

As for the combat field, she only received basic training as a Professional when she was a child, but couldn't endure the hardship and chose to give up soon, only completing basic education and waiting to inherit her father's position.

Her laziness was not a problem for an hereditary citizen. Most citizens naturally fall into her state.

As long as she took her father's position and went through the motions, she would definitely manage to accumulate enough points to reach Third Level Citizen over time.

She wasn't worried about her social status slipping down, nor did she worry about the quality of life not being guaranteed.

Until one day, her father got into the stock market on colleagues' encouragement. Initially, it was beneficial, but later things got increasingly troublesome.

As the information stated: "Hu Yang's father once borrowed money to speculate in stocks and had substantial floating profits, but he didn't cash out. Before the internet cut off, he had just mortgaged the entire family assets and signed paper contracts, hoping to make a desperate gamble to complete the citizen's advancement. On the second day of his full equity entry into the market, a network malfunction occurred, clearing out all assets. Creditors demanded compensation with paper contracts and Hu Yang, along with her family members including her parents and siblings, were degraded to slaves."

"Since Hu Yang did not pass the Professional certification, she happened to meet the human game participation criteria and was eventually resold by the paradise itself."

"Rating situation as follows: Willpower, Grade C. Ability, Grade D. Potential, Grade D. Player recommended level: Not recommended."

Ren Zhong finished, and across from him, Zhou Ya, serving as an "escort", had also read Hu Yang's information.

Zhou Ya hesitated: "I think you might consider choosing another contestant. People like her probably can't live past the first hour."

Ren Zhong shook his head, his gaze moved to a rising console before him from the ground, and said, "No need, I have a plan." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Zhou Ya shrugged helplessly, "Alright then."

Ren Zhong pointed to the console and said, "Not only can I equip her with gear, I can also communicate with her for five minutes every hour."

Zhou Ya: "Then what?"

"Your judgment of Hu Yang's abilities overlooked my factors. I stood at the current heights from being a bottom dweller in just a bit over a year, not by luck, nor by the wisdom you all see."

Zhou Ya: "What is it then?"

Ren Zhong snapped his fingers, "The ability of turning stone into gold and true insight into others' talents."

"You think her talent isn't Grade D?"

Ren Zhong nodded, "Yes. The Grade D rating here should come from the management of the human paradise, their understanding of Hu Yang remains at the state when she was a Citizen. I don't deny that she was lazy and weak in the past, afraid to change and afraid to endure hardships. It was this weak-willed quality that led to her slow growth, eventually becoming useless. But now, she has lost everything and is forced to face change. When people are pushed to the brink, two completely different states are most likely to occur. Either collapse or transformation. Look at her expression; there's no confusion, surpasses most other contestants. I believe, as long as she still has this Spiritual Attribute, I can definitely make her reborn from the ashes."

Zhou Ya was silent for a moment.

She was shocked by Ren Zhong's arrogance, yet couldn't help but wonder if Ren Zhong truly had such a "turning stone into gold" method of transforming mediocrity into genius, then his upper limit might not be just the tenth richest on Source Star.

Just then, a ding-dong sound arose on the glass wall of the booth, indicating someone outside was pressing the doorbell.

Zhou Ya frowned, muttering to herself, "It's Tang Xiangyun again."

Ren Zhong blinked when he heard this, "The Tang Xiangyun you mentioned is the young man who acted rashly earlier, right. So you know him. Hmm, surname Tang, Level Eight Citizen, what's his relationship with Tanggu Group?"

Zhou Ya pursed her lips, "He's the secondary heir of the Second Largest Shareholder of Tanggu Group, notorious second-generation wealthy in Lower Origin Capital City. Mr. Ren, you don't need to bother with him."

Ren Zhong however shook his head and stood up, "Zhou Ya, it's better you put on the mask, since he's here as a guest. If he wants to deal with me, I can slightly accommodate him."

Zhou Ya was about to dissuade but then recalled Ren Zhong's personal information which included being "stubborn and self-willed" as an evaluation, she quickly put on her mask again.