Chapter 1522: Chapter 572: Technological Explosion, Comprehensive Rise [Second Update]

A person who can live forever has memories that are a history book.

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Another old pal was sent away, and in public, Ren Zhong put on the guise of a big shot who couldn’t care less, jesting and ribbing. He claimed Ou Youning was the most improper, the least improved, and the least likable among all his brothers.

He also said that even though Ou Youning had already ascended to a high position, he was obsessed with petty gains and greedy for power, and he was the one among his brothers who married the most and exercised the least restraint.

Ou Youning, relying on personally fathering children, managed to create a big family clan, with combat power comparable to Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan from the ancient Han Dynasty in Source Star’s history.

Of course, in the past, Ou Youning did these things furtively, hiding his actions.

In the old days, such behavior wasn’t explicitly forbidden, but with Ren Zhong leading by example, people felt that Earl certainly wouldn’t like it.

Eventually, the situation changed.

It wasn’t until Ren Zhong announced the encouragement of population growth and encouraged High Rank individuals to leave more descendants that this guy gathered all his hidden wives and a bunch of illegitimate children along with their descendants to the Ou family mansion and held a family meeting overnight.

Only then did people realize, wow, what a huge family!

On further investigation, none of Ou Youning’s numerous family members were forced to be with him.

These women either admired his fame or were entranced by his fluent and flattering words when he mingled incognito in entertainment venues, and then he went with the flow saying, "I’ll take responsibility for you," and indeed, he took responsibility for a lifetime.

So despite the enormous Ou family, he and each of his wives were genuinely in love, with harmonious family relations, leaving no room for criticism.

Others only felt that this legendary figure was indeed the most adept at discerning Earl’s intentions, being the number one bootlicker in Red Blade Clan’s civilized history, truly cunning, skilled at grasping the superior’s will, even anticipating in matters like progeny, with deep machinations.

Though it seemed quite ridiculous, Ou Youning indeed led by example and encouraged many hesitant and shy high-ranking members of the Red Blade Clan.

Anyway, judgments will be passed by future generations, but what truly established Ou Youning’s position in the civilization’s history was Ren Zhong’s own reference to him as "brother."

Being called Earl’s "brother" implied that Ou Youning’s life was truly legendary, with accomplishments far outweighing shortcomings.

Within the high ranks of the Red Blade Clan, some knew the Earl was hard-hearted but soft-hearted, saying nothing outright, but occasionally lost in thought when looking at the empty chair that originally belonged to Ou Youning during meetings.

A new officer had been added to the Special Service Bureau, but the seat was placed next to Ou Youning’s original position.

In the meeting, Ren Zhong quickly collected his thoughts and pondered silently.

The dead are gone, the living remain. No matter what, since I’ve embarked on this path, I cannot avoid facing such situations. I need to learn to detach myself from immediate emotions and gradually get accustomed to this situation.

I must slowly stop easily placing personal emotions on particular individuals, infinitely broadening my vision to encompass the Red Blade Clan, the Empire’s human race, and even the four human branches of the Ancient Disk Galaxy.

Just like the ancient emperors, it’s said that emperors’ hearts are difficult to connect with the ministers.

In reality, the emperor is also human, even claiming to be a widow. But as long as someone is normal, they have a strong desire to bond and make friends; this is the human nature.

But ancient emperors, whether sage rulers, wise rulers, tyrants, or brutal rulers, most truly lived the life of a widow.

This is because as an Emperor, they encountered too many people and saw too many things. If they easily made friends and invested in friendships, those friendships could backfire.

Moreover, the wider the social circle and the more friends, the more they witnessed various farewells through life and death.

This so-called "widow" was fundamentally an ancient emperor’s psychological self-preservation tactic.

And I’m no different.

I’m even better at it.

This cold sleep and my immortality will inevitably force me onto an unprecedented, unreferenced life path.

After clarifying many knots in his thoughts, Ren Zhong took a deep breath and slowly spoke at the meeting: "The supplement content for the Starlight Plan has been preliminarily settled. Over the next few decades, we’ll spare no effort to quickly develop productivity and military capability, even setting the tone for destructive resource exploitation. What’s next for you is to implement this. As for myself, I’ll undergo a period of cold sleep, hoping that when I awaken, I’ll see more good news."

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