Chapter 1684: Chapter 660: There Is More Than One Voice in Your Mind

"Then how should we respond? Should we reinforce the Mechanical Empire, or take proactive action here, disrupting the Sublimators’ rear to relieve pressure on the Mechanical Empire?"

Hmm Wei Wu asked.

This statement surprised Ren Zhong. It seems that after staying in the Red Blade Army for a long time and leading a campaign, Hmm Wei Wu gradually adapted to his identity as a member of the Red Blade Clan, and finally didn’t feel such a sense of belonging to the Sublimators.

Perhaps the Hundred Emperors’ lifting of restrictions on Hmm Wei Wu played a role in this, but Hmm Wei Wu also proved with facts that the influence exerted by the external environment can suppress genetic instinct control to some extent.

Ren Zhong shook his head, "If the Three Kingdoms Alliance wants to show sincerity and truly withdraw its troops from the Hundred Clusters Star Domain, handing over this starry sky to us, their attack route will not be from our rear. Because removing the Star Gates within the Hundred Clusters Star Domain will greatly extend the crossing distance of remote Star Gates, raising the costs of material transportation and reserve troop deployment. Therefore, the main attack direction of the Three Kingdoms Alliance won’t be the Far Border Star Domain, Long River Star Domain, and Jade Plate Star Domain, but other bordering areas. They might not even attack from the region bordering the Sublimators and Mechanical Empire, but rather from the territories of the Pilgrims or Spirit Demon Race, so we won’t care."

Ren Zhong’s decision naturally seemed cold-blooded.

On the path of the Red Blade Army’s rise, although the Mechanical Empire often acted as a stumbling block, it was not entirely unhelpful.

Though the Imperial Family never directly engaged him, treating someone like him climbing slowly within the empire’s noble hierarchy as a mere tool, but...

Alright, there’s no "but," he undoubtedly truly betrayed the Mechanical Empire, yet the people in his army felt no discomfort, nor did anyone want to bypass him to pledge allegiance to the empire, such as by informing or aiding them.

The main nation of Ren Zhong’s Red Blade Army is composed of only two types of people.

The colonists from Source Star and their descendants, and the absolute underclass living in the Shattered Star Ring within the Nanxiang Star Cluster—pirates and their descendants, excluded from the Mechanical Empire’s societal system.

These two main nations were originally incompatible with the Mechanical Empire itself and were deeply influenced by Ren Zhong, having long erased the mental stamp of loyalty to the Royal Family.

Finally, Ren Zhong had Shi Lin convey to the Hundred Emperors that he chose to accept the alliance’s conditions, adding only three additional conditions.

First, he demanded that during the war with the Mechanical Empire, the alliance must not mention his or his Red Blade Army’s movements.

Second, he explicitly requested that the alliance must not invade the Far Border Star Domain, Long River Star Domain, and Jade Plate Star Domain.

Third, he clearly requested that if the alliance encounters Marquis Zhenjiang and the Nanxiang Star Cluster’s forces during their attack, they must not kill Marquis Zhenjiang Jin Shi, the core descendants of the Louis family, or the imperial nobles Wen Yuanbo and Wen Zaiyin and others.

Ren Zhong provided a very detailed list, specifying the details required in their negotiations and informed the alliance that if they failed to strictly adhere to his demands, he would certainly take action in the rear.

After a brief discussion, the alliance accepted all his reasonable new demands.

Both sides were very pleased.

Apparently, some in the alliance must think he doesn’t understand the principle of ’having teeth is vital for lips,’ seeming shortsighted. But Ren Zhong doesn’t care about being underestimated; he holds important spoils such as the Hundred Emperors, two Wise Men, and the corpses of two Divine Level demons, among others, and prioritizes internal excavation to enhance civilization first.

To effectively do good work, one must first sharpen one’s tools; his side already possesses absolute mobility, blindly expanding the army is not the best choice.

The quality of troops is more important than quantity.

Meanwhile, Ren Zhong also wants to ’sharpen the knife without delaying the chopping of wood’, first absorb and digest everything available now before considering expansion is the correct answer.

Most importantly, Ren Zhong’s intuition tells him that when the Mechanical Empire falls into absolute disadvantage and is about to perish, there will still be some unexpected changes.

He doesn’t know what these changes are yet, but it doesn’t matter.

Ren Zhong has realized that within the Ancient Disk Galaxy, there is a set of stable operating rules.

These rules relate to the evolution of natural phenomena within the star system, to the development of civilization groups, and to the transformation of material and energy in the universe.

To understand these phenomena and seek out answers requires manpower, resources, and time.

Nothing can be achieved overnight; every step forward for humanity requires the carving of time.

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As the Three Kingdoms Alliance promised, after both sides signed the ceasefire agreement, the Sublimators withdrew from the Hundred Clusters Star Domain over two centuries, leaving behind only some organisms devoid of intelligence, akin to ordinary life on Earth, maintaining a basic ecological circle.

These organisms bear a striking resemblance to Ruined Beasts on Source Star.

The Red Blade Army didn’t prepare unnecessarily but instead transitioned into the Hundred Clusters Star Domain, gradually taking control of this Star Zone.

From then on, the Red Blade Army began slow yet steady development.

Others, those who should hibernate, hibernate; those who should be on duty, remain there.

Ju Qingmeng, Chen Hanyu, Ma Xiaoling, Yang Misi, Vittel Haddon, Hmm Wei Wu, and others rise and fall.

Within just a few decades, the Red Blade Army transformed from a space-nomadic nation to a space-’agricultural’ nation.

Only Ren Zhong, relying on immortality, is utterly reckless, not caring about consuming biological life.

Now, he doesn’t bother hiding, openly sits within the tribe, overseeing all affairs.

He needs to bridge scientific projects during Yang Misi’s hibernation, remain vigilant of the actions of the Mechanical Empire and the three-party alliance, absorb vast amounts of external intelligence, and oversee the Red Blade Army’s direction as a civilization.

Though in every field, he has numerous assistants, and Sun Ai helps him handle basic data, he is still so busy that he barely touches the ground.

Only he can withstand such intensity; if someone else were in his place, even with the best medical conditions, they would have died of exhaustion long ago.

On this day, Ren Zhong decided to take advantage of his busy schedule to visit the Biological Institute.

According to Vittel Haddon, there were some new discoveries when analyzing the corpse of the Divine Level demon.

Upon arrival, Ren Zhong first met with Hmm Wei Wu’s eldest daughter Eva—now the Red Blade Army’s chief Telekinesis Master.

Thanks to the physiological advantages of the Fluffy Whisker people, they were the first to accept genetic modification mimicking the Divine Level demon’s evolutionary path.

Now Eva’s physique has drastically changed from the past Cockroach people, waist becoming slender, no longer having six upper limbs, with neck appearing, and legs displaying marked human-like characteristics. Eva’s face even took on clear human features, her eyes focusing toward the front face, apparently looking like a female Blade Warrior clad in Armor.

Upon meeting Ren Zhong, the first thing Eva said was, "Mr. Ren, do you have multiple personalities? I can sense that there is more than one voice in your mind."

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