Resurrection Empire-Chapter 1090 - 424: Savior from the Temporal Rift_3

Because humanity has nothing else to rely on.

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Returning focus to the current Source Star, the nine frozen elders stretch the real thousand-year history into a false ten thousand years within the High Rank citizens' cognition. They disguise memories through thought engraving, write a history of lies, and hide the fact that everyone originates from frozen embryos a thousand years ago, all just to make the entire matter more palatable to the senses.

This way, whether Citizen or outsider, although they live lives as tools, at least it's not explicitly stated, giving them a psychological step down.

Perhaps, before Ren Zhong arrived, those old ice blocks occasionally awakened and looked down upon the world, experiencing god-like ecstasy akin to a Creator God.

Of course, now this group of "Creator Gods" has been completely crushed by Ren Zhong.

Ren Zhong's gaze drifted to the blood-smeared fabric covering the ground.

The owner of this fabric is the "deceased" founder of Tianlong High-tech. Countless pieces of flesh and bloodstains were scattered near the fabric.

At this moment, there is a very small Life Support Device hiding under that fabric.

This Life Support Device expanded a thin membrane of polymer material, protecting a human brain inside, and precisely controlling the life support system, injecting a liquid identical to the body's cerebral fluid into the membrane.

Yes, the founder of Tianlong High-tech hasn't entirely died. At least his brain is still alive, and there remains hope for resurrection.

Moreover, this founder still hears Ren Zhong's words, with the help of the micro-biological electronic signals from the Life Support Device, and can also communicate with the brainwave synchronization system attached within the device.

Among the seven data packets about the Mechanical Empire and the Source Star's historical truth that Ren Zhong received, one comes from this not-quite-dead founder of Tianlong High-tech.

After reviewing these, Ren Zhong shifted his attention to the data packets from Ying Feng and Ma Zhongfei, ancestor of the Ma Family.

Although the other seven people provided deep secrets, they fall slightly short compared to these two.

Firstly, Ma Zhongfei, possibly because his work primarily involved computers and information networks, interacted with "the Network" the most frequently.

In Ma Zhongfei's mind, another thing holds value nearly equal to "truth."

Yet, that thing is somewhat of an impractical necessity.

It's the recognition code for "the Network"!

According to Ma Zhongfei's description, if you input the correct recognition code into "the Network," you can complete what is known as the master recognition program.

"The Network" is not an ordinary AI computer after all.

Its computing power is exceptionally strong, even capable of simulating human emotional fluctuations to some extent.

Thus, in a certain sense, "the Network" possesses its own autonomous consciousness.

When "the Network" created a 176-bit password for the nine old ice blocks, it had commented on the limitations of human thought, serving as proof of its autonomous consciousness.

If it's not "recognized as master" to gain absolute control, it might even retaliate and betray.

Before leaving Source Star prior to exiting the Empire's territory, all nine, under the guidance of the Empire's High Rank, joined forces to input "the Network's" recognition codes and obtain its highest control rights.

Yes, inputting the recognition code required cooperation, as each of the nine controlled a mutually independent segment.

This was a dual safeguard set by the Empire's High Rank to prevent internal strife among the nine that could affect the mission progress.

Originally, Ma Zhongfei didn't want to bring this up, but considering the founder of Tianlong High-tech is dead, even if Ren Zhong knew this secret, he could never obtain the complete recognition code, so he decided to disclose it to increase his chances of survival.

Ying Feng's side is even more interesting.

In the worst situation, barely able to focus, Ying Feng produced something even more substantial than the recognition code for "the Network," known as the Apostle Code.

At the time, when the Empire dispatched them, they also considered the possibility of a complete defeat on home ground. Inevitably, they might one day need to use the Source Star System as a springboard, plunging into the endless deep space, far from the entire Elliptical Star System, and heading towards the next Constant Star System for survival.

Therefore, the Empire left a set of Apostle Code for every staff member on the Tracker Spaceship sent out.

As long as a human appears with the Apostle Code in front of the nine or "the Network" and completes the code verification, that person would undoubtedly be an Apostle from the Mechanical Empire.

This Apostle's role parallels that of the nine staff members, with wartime command and inspection rights.

This means, if Ren Zhong obtained the complete Apostle Code and exchanged codes with the nine old ice blocks, then Ren Zhong would be the "genuine" Imperial Apostle.

This thing is even deadlier than "the Network's" recognition code.

What prompted Ying Feng to reveal the Apostle Code is similarly the "death of the Tianlong High-tech founder."

As the Apostle Code is also divided into nine parts, one per person, Ying Feng is risking everything to survive.

A satisfied Ren Zhong nodded, praising, "Good, very good, I am very pleased. Now, I will conduct separate interrogations of each of you."

Beside him, Ma Zhongfei asked with slight confidence, "So, Ren Zhong, who are you going to kill first?" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Ren Zhong grinned, "Take a guess."