Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1299 - 493: Philosophy of Survival (Part 3)

The other party conveyed Nanxiang Marquis Liu An’s verbal message to Ren Zhong.

In the message, Liu An expressed his blessings for the successful arrival of the Source Star Fleet, and then surprisingly mentioned outright the recent dark energy explosion in the Black Mist Zone. This explosion led to the complete destruction of the special task fleet that came to greet them, with significant losses.

Ren Zhong also expressed regret about this.

Then the director seemingly casually asked Ren Zhong how the fleet managed to avoid this disaster. Additionally, since the fleet was undamaged, why hadn’t they reestablished contact with the Empire Super Network.

Ren Zhong explained to the other party with a tone of narrowly escaping a disaster.

Due to the loss of an administrator in the Source Star Fleet, internal management was rather chaotic. The navigator responsible for inputting the fleet’s course maliciously tampered with the navigation system with the intention of killing everyone, causing the fleet to stray completely off course, never actually entering the Black Mist Zone. Subsequently, the fleet, affected by the dark energy explosion, lost core data of the "Net" nodes, impairing communication functions and rendering contact with the Empire impossible, as well as accurate positioning in space. They ended up taking a long detour before finally managing to reach the Observatory Space Station through painstaking manual course corrections.

After hearing Ren Zhong’s explanation, the other party repeatedly exclaimed that the Source Star Fleet was truly blessed with good fortune, quite commendable.

Finally, this director formally informed Ren Zhong that the Source Star Fleet would be temporarily settled on a planet named South Nine C in the Southern Nine Star System.

"South Nine C sits at the edge of the habitable zone of the South Nine Stars, and its mass and size are within the range of standard habitable planets. It’s already the most suitable planet that the Nanxiang Military and Political Center can spare immediately for settling the recolonization fleet coming back home. Viscount Nan Jiu Sosgate Augustus is closely related by blood to the Augustus family within your fleet, making it particularly suitable for you, dear Earl, to lead your people to an initial settlement and rapid development. This will surely help you achieve a favorable evaluation in the upcoming comprehensive assessment."

Ren Zhong expressed his gratitude for this.

After ending the communication, the director immediately reported the situation to Nanxiang Marquis Liu An, who was awakened by the emergency once again due to unforeseen events.

After listening, Liu An did not rage as expected but merely said that the director’s arrangement was adequate and then hung up the communication.

A long while later, a murmur echoed in Liu An’s dark office.

"A clever person, knows how to endure. But does it matter?"

Just as Ren Zhong had always understood.

Both sides were tacitly providing each other with a way out.

This does not mean that Liu An would live peacefully with the Source Star civilization.

The enmity has already been deeply rooted, and the current tacit understanding is just laying the groundwork for a conflict that will inevitably erupt sooner or later.

Liu An, seeking military achievements, could never allow a newly risen rival within the Nanxiang Star Cluster, equal in title and able to challenge his position.

As for Ren Zhong, with his character of always avenging wrongs, there is no possibility of reconciliation with someone who attempted to take his life.

Liu An also understood very well.

If he were in Ren Zhong’s shoes, knowing someone wanted his life and had even taken action, albeit unsuccessfully, he would also regard them as a mortal enemy.

"Forget about the Black Mist Zone incident, maybe it was my earlier refusal to escort them that exposed my way of doing things. He, as a prospective Earl, foresaw the danger and chose to avoid it. But his battle with the fourth-level Mother Empress is truly incredible, with so many coincidences and providence."

"Speaking of which, this man was also fortunate to kill a divine-level demon, relying on luck. The probability of the stored fusion bomb being triggered by an excessive information stream is less than one in ten thousand, yet he encountered it."

"This feels somewhat familiar. A Chosen One?"

When these three words emerged from the depths of Liu An’s heart, a cold sweat instinctively broke out on his back.

As a seasoned Empire noble with a long lineage, he naturally understood what a Chosen One meant to the Empire.

In his youth, he had also dreamed more than once of being a Chosen One himself, but unfortunately, he was over sixty and it hadn’t come true.

"If this Ren Zhong is indeed a Chosen One, allowing him to live on, it’s almost certain he would become a Prince of the Empire. By then, even if I were promoted to Marquis, he might still easily crush me like an ant. This is worrisome."

"Hmm, fortunately, South Nine C isn’t bad, enough to keep him busy. Let’s see what he plans to do next."

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Meanwhile, Ren Zhong immediately convened a meeting, gathering all the awakened senior management in the Throne Hall to deliberate together on the situation of South Nine C.

A long while later, Ren Zhong said irritably, "This guy really knows how to play tricks."

The "guy" he referred to was the director of the immigration settlement.

"This lousy planet! Damn it, it’d be better if they gave us a gas giant! At least it would have plenty of nuclear fusion resources! Damn it!"

Ou Youning summed up the true standard of the South Nine C star with one sentence.