Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1463: Chapter 552: Investment Promotion Banquet and the Prelude to Trouble

The Far Border Branch Ship Institute initially wanted to invite Ren Zhong over to provide an explanation immediately, but the invitation was never successfully delivered to Ren Zhong. Instead, it was blocked by Seven-Seven.

Having been denied the opportunity to serve Ren Zhong at night, Seven-Seven had agreed to go next door to rest, but once Ren Zhong truly closed the door, she walked out by herself and stood outside the suite door, incidentally cutting off communication from the outside world to Ren Zhong.

She was a bionic person, not prone to fatigue, and did not need rest.

Seven-Seven informed the Ship Institute that it was the Empire’s legally mandated sleep time, sleep was paramount, being crucial to life and health, and Earl Red Blade needed rest, not to be disturbed.

The Ship Institute was helpless, resigned on the surface, but secretly sent liaison personnel directly to the hotel where Ren Zhong was staying, intending to forcibly bring him over.

The outcome was the same; Seven-Seven, the so-called artificial intelligence assistant, exerted authority comparable to that of Administrative Officer Marvell Louis, firmly keeping everyone outside the door, unmoved by any persuasion.

The next morning, Ren Zhong woke peacefully after a rare comfortable night’s sleep, opened the hotel bedroom curtains, took in the green hills and waters outside, and took a deep breath, feeling refreshed.

He sighed internally, thinking that Marvell’s claim of an oxygen-rich environment was indeed not unfounded, it was beneficial, capable of subtly altering one’s mental state.

Involvement in mental aspects and intelligence performance, even slight enhancements, can often cause unexpectedly great effects.

Ren Zhong picked up his wrist watch and sent a message through the information flow communication network to an information integration platform on Red Blade Star.

He instructed the Red Blade Science Academy’s First Internal Affairs Research Institute to immediately start researching ecological models for planets with super-high vegetation cover.

On the surface, his order seemed like a trifling matter.

But the First Internal Affairs Research Institute actually didn’t exist at all; it only had two personnel, one being himself, and the other Sun Ai.

As for the so-called ecological model study, it was essentially a coded message agreed upon between him and Sun Ai, fundamentally instructing Sun Ai to immediately start changing Source Star’s environment.

At this moment, someone from the Ship Institute stepped forward respectfully, saying, "Earl Red Blade, could you spare some time to visit our Ship Institute now? We’ve been waiting here all night."

When asking, the representative from the Ship Institute glanced helplessly at Seven-Seven.

Just as Ren Zhong was about to speak, Seven-Seven stepped forward, "Earl Red Blade already has a schedule this morning, your matter will have to wait for another day."

Ship Institute personnel: "This..."

Seven-Seven: "Regarding the Fold Jump Battleship matter, I already gave you a detailed explanation last night. Inviting him over is pointless."

Ren Zhong finally stepped in to mediate, "Well, I will indeed host an important investment promotion meeting this morning, but I have no plans for the afternoon, I’ll come over then. You’ve done well. I was really too exhausted last night, fell asleep as soon as I laid down. Otherwise, I would have accompanied you last night."

Ren Zhong gave enough face, and the personnel from the Ship Institute felt relieved and much more comfortable inside.

It was at this point that the unique dynamic between Ren Zhong and Seven-Seven became apparent.

The two were distinctly divided in their roles concerning social affairs.

Ren Zhong took charge of social etiquette, while Seven-Seven was responsible for creating social disturbances.

Yet nobody could fault her for lacking social graces.

Though she was almost indistinguishable from a real person, if anyone tried to criticize her from a societal standpoint, she would shrug and adopt the stance of being merely an artificial intelligence bionic person, bound to act according to programming, defying anyone’s expectations.

However, when people indeed viewed her as just a bionic person, disregarding her attitude, she could retort with "The Marquis is watching over you." The power of this move had already been tested by the Biology Institute.

Overall, Seven-Seven’s cooperation truly made Ren Zhong feel comfortable and relieved.

Once the Ship Institute personnel left on their own, Seven-Seven said to Ren Zhong, "You’re a bit too accommodating. Going to the Far Border Branch now is a waste of time."

Ren Zhong had different plans in his mind; the Royal Academy of Sciences was already on his schedule, so he had to go eventually.

He merely replied, "It’s okay, sometimes I also need a little relaxation; always keeping time so tight makes life quite tiring."

"Relaxation?" Seven-Seven looked at him quizzically, "Since you want to relax, why don’t you accept my service at night? Instead, you want to visit the Academy of Sciences?"