The events that followed were rather mundane, no different from the past.
Ren Zhong already understood the character of each of his fellow inmates.
He knew who could be befriended.
And who had no value even for a nodding acquaintance.
He was clear on all these.
Now, Ren Zhong just needed to reintroduce and market himself.
Similar to when he first entered prison, Ren Zhong gained the admiration and respect of Hua Yuelan, Qian Wangshen, Huo Donghua, and others due to the reasons behind his imprisonnt.
In this atmosphere of mutual appreciation, Ren Zhong managed to build basic friendships with the inmates in the Second Prison within a day, quickly deepening them.
Ren Zhong also made so changes.
After learning through two tilines (showing off), he had already beco a very skilled programr and military designer.
He could engage in conversations with Hua Yuelan about topics in the programming field, and exchange ingenious ideas with Qian Wangshen in the realm of war machinery.
The erudition and sharpness of Ren Zhong astounded everyone.
Most residents of S-class villas had their own information channels; they were well aware of when Ren Zhong beca a Citizen and knew his ascent via the network. Yet no one anticipated that this new inmate could acquire such vast knowledge in such a short ti.
He seed to possess boundless energy and omnipotent intelligence.
He was so smart that he did not appear human, resembling another "web".
After Ren Zhong once again presented his detailed personal perspective on the architecture of the Chip Intelligence instruction set, Hua Yuelan remarked with a sigh, "I suspect, Ren Zhong, that you might be born knowledgeable. Your breadth of knowledge... is utterly unreasonable."
Having suffered once from the "born knowledgeable" phrase, Ren Zhong shook his head repeatedly and quickly displayed a paper using the projection system of his Wrist watch, "It's impossible for to be born knowledgeable; I just have a passion for reading."
To build a solid foundation for his knowledge, ever since he was resurrected, aside from physical training, executing plans, and other trivial matters, he had spent most of his free ti and ti in hibernation space reviewing materials.
He had already tripped over idioms once; he couldn't afford to fall in the sa pit a second ti.
After seeing his browsing history, their initial shock diminished slightly, turning instead to praise his astonishing comprehension and mory.
Ti flew by, and in the blink of an eye, five days had passed. On the 148th day of the Ren Zhong Era, he concluded this brief vacation, paid the full billion-dollar fine, and smoothly exited prison.
This ti, Ren Zhong did not extract the Dream Inn key from Hua Yuelan.
He no longer needed to use the sa trick to enter Deep Communication Group.
Similarly, the "story" between him and Ma Xiaoling faded slowly under the dust of ti, coming to an end.
Compared to Earth's 21st century, Source Star's pace was exceedingly fast, as if everything had been placed on fast-forward.
In just five days, Starfire Town and Chongyi County underwent earth-shattering changes.
Starfire Military Industry's new factory was about to be completed.
Employee training had already begun in advance.
This large new factory drove the employnt rate in Starfire Town up to over 80%, leading to a labor shortage.
Ma Dafu reasonably relaxed Starfire Town's residence permits.
Many strangers from afar arrived at Starfire Town in the past few days, becoming new blood.
This ti, Ren Zhong did not even send Ou Youning, Yujin, or Shi Xuan to persuade them; the strangers followed their instincts and ca of their own accord.
In a sense, after fully integrating Tianyuan Military Industry, the entire Chongyi County beca Ren Zhong's territory.
ngdu Group seed to adjust its strategy as well, no longer capturing tribal outlanders in Liao Yuan County and Chongyi County, choosing instead to focus on developing West Lake County within Yangsheng Three Counties.
The source of all these changes stemd from Ren Zhong's overwhelming triumph in the battle against Tianyuan Military Industry.
By swallowing the century-old Chongyi Wang family's industry and presenting so technological achievents, announcing his continued commitnt to developing new positioning technologies, Ren Zhong officially transcended the "erging noble" class, entering the upper echelons of Source Star's system.
Ren Zhong was no longer the greenhorn who had rashly infiltrated Source Star Society's frawork but had beco one of the ruling class.
Even if he did not engage in negotiations, Purple Crystal Mining, Tanggu Group, and Source Star Military Industry's support for him would naturally and quietly increase.
ngdu Group's hostility toward him would similarly gradually diminish.
Ren Zhong observed all these changes clearly.
In the past, he might have felt a bit pleased.
But now he had seen through everything.
He understood that the entire Source Star was rely a plaything of the "web".
The so-called Business Association, nine major enterprises, Elder Council, and Promotion Association, seemingly possessing imnse power to command vast resources and life-or-death control over outlanders, were still powerless before the judgnt of the "web".
That evening, Ren Zhong arrived in Starfire Town.
He first held a brief eting at the Ren Corporation headquarters, summarizing the company's recent business conditions, and then looked ahead to the corporate war set to begin at noon tomorrow.
Ren Zhong concentrated his efforts on Starfire Military Industry.
Ju Qingng had completely separated from the Military Weapon Store system, becoming the leader of Starfire Military Industry, which had swallowed Tianyuan Military Industry.
Under Ju Qingng's comprehensive planning, the original Tianyuan Military Research and Developnt Center was already half-restored.
The production line for the Hunter ion beam cannon had resud capacity.
The construction of other basic equipnt production lines in Starfire Town was advancing at lightning speed.
Ren Zhong was satisfied with this progress.
After the eting, Ren Zhong called Zheng Tian to his office, gave so simple instructions, and let Zheng Tian handle the arrangents while he went to the Biological Laboratory.
Zheng Tian then convened Ma Xiaoling, Shi Xuan, Chen Hanyu, Bai Feng, Yujin, Tang Shuying, and others to the adjacent top-secret eting room.
Zheng Tian first had everyone check whether they were carrying any electronic devices, confirming no errors, before slowly saying, "The boss has just instructed to suggest we proceed slowly."
Everyone was imdiately bewildered, full of confusion.
Given the current strength of Starfire Army and Ren Zhong's influence, if he wished, he could take over all of Yangsheng City within a week, possibly without losing a single soldier.
Shi Xuan spoke first, "Once the war begins, Chongyi Three Towns will surely surrender imdiately. Wangdong Town and Zhaoshan Town in Liao Yuan County also wouldn't dare to resist us. How can we slow down the war? We can't just send soldiers to die intentionally, can we?"
Zheng Tian shook his head, "That's not necessary."
"Then what should we do?"
"The boss only gave one keyword: delay! Position Chen Bing at the junction of West Lake County and Chongyi County, but do not actively attack or infiltrate. Focus instead on developing our Ruined Beast resource hunting capabilities. As for the four township groups within West Lake County, they won't dare initiate an attack on us. Ti can be stalled."
Ma Xiaoling shook her head, "But that doesn't make much sense; we can't explain our actions."
Zheng Tian: "The boss also said that the company's primary business direction will temporarily shift to military and biodical industries. So it is reasonable, as his focus is adjusting, and strategies will naturally change. He just needs to explicitly demonstrate a stance, showing he thinks that the benefits offered by Tanggu Group for this enterprise war are not appealing enough to him. After all, Tanggu Group represents an industry in decline, with no prospects."
While the high-level eting here was fervently underway, Ren Zhong was conversing with Sun Miao and Sun Ai about the "web".
Sun Ai inford him that she had converted all 21 tons of Alien Ore into signal amplifiers.
The three requirents she initially proposed to Ren Zhong had achieved one.
Ren Zhong nodded, "Then the next step is to obtain more Ghost Particle Communicators, right? The Tianyuan Military Industry's R&D center had quite a few. Unfortunately, I blew it all up. Now, we need to reasonably purchase them, using the reconstruction of the R&D center as a cover. I'll start approaching Alson Group to place orders after half a month, we need to wait a bit."
Sun Ai sighed again, "There's also the third issue. The 'web' can be anywhere in Source Star's information. Even if we use new positioning technology, I can only scan one area at a ti. By my estimates, it would take at least three to five years to locate the 'web'. But... my lifespan is approximately four years. I'm afraid I won't live to see the day we find the 'web'. I'm sorry, uncle, I withheld this information because I feared you wouldn't want to attempt it."
Ren Zhong waved his hand, "No worries, I know where the 'web' is."
"What!"
Sun Ai and Sun Miao widened their eyes simultaneously.
What constitutes a surprise?
This is a surprise!
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