Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1479: Chapter 557: Tearing Off the Mask (Part 2)

As long as the Four Kingdoms War persists and the Mechanical Empire remains on the weaker side, the Royal Family naturally needs talents like him urgently.

By now, Ren Zhong has demonstrated his "rare value" and "irreplaceability," along with even greater potential.

Unless the Emperor doesn’t want to counterattack and merely wants to watch the Empire gradually decline before being consumed by the other three races, Ren Zhong will remain as stable as Mount Tai before the Emperor fully realizes his potential and exploits him completely.

As for other matters, they are actually inconsequential, mere trifles.

So, what does it matter to be a bit arrogant?

Out of the Chosen Ones throughout history, how many have been conformists without a bit of personality?

It’s just that my personality is particularly distinct.

Others think Ren Zhong is somewhat reckless with victory, unaware of how high the sky is, but among those present, there is one "person" whose view differs.

Seventy-seven’s gaze focused on Ren Zhong’s face. She first recalled in her mind the fleet battle records that Ren Zhong previously announced, then revisited and compared Ren Zhong’s combat performance in this small-scale live battle, feeling profoundly touched.

In the battle against the Shattered Star Ring Pirates, Ren Zhong demonstrated his decisive ability in legion warfare, comparable to the newly emerged nuclear weapons of the Origin era.

Now he showcased his overwhelming might in small-scale special operations using the new Red Blade Armor.

For Marquis Zhenjiang, eager to counterattack and reclaim his homeland, this is almost a gift from the heavens.

Among those present, she was the first to see Ren Zhong’s potential and took the initiative to signal recruitment.

Now, Ren Zhong is merely using yet another piece of evidence to confirm the correctness of her judgment back then.

Seventy-seven’s gaze flickered with radiant light.

She silently thought, "If I had this person under my command back then, would I have been trapped in the Far Border Star Domain, only able to gaze at my homeland with sorrow?"

Seventy-seven instinctively recalled many battle situations from those years, embedding Ren Zhong and his Fold Jump Battleship and new Red Blade Armor into the past battle scenarios, starting to review and analyze afresh.

During those years, she led the fleeing fleet into multiple predicaments, forced to constantly make sacrifices for survival, which she regarded as an immense regret in her life.

But when embedding Ren Zhong’s presence, she suddenly felt enlightened.

In the past, in a desperate situation where breakthroughs seemed impossible, numerous opportunities for vitality emerged defiantly.

As long as Ren Zhong’s high-end combat power can be leveraged effectively, many special operations plans that seemed completely impossible become feasible.

While Seventy-seven was lost in reverie due to her memories, Ren Zhong had already swiftly returned to his business persona, began arranging for potential buyers of invisible coatings to follow the business personnel to the nearby small conference room to negotiate the next business details.

When Seventy-seven returned to reality due to the brief chaos below, five minutes had passed, at least a dozen people had jumped from the spectator seats one after another, heading to the side to prepare for negotiations for further orders.

Sena Romanov finally recovered from the blow of her personal guards being slaughtered and being humiliated by Ren Zhong.

She knew that directly striking against Earl Red Blade was no longer viable, but she still had the influence of Duke Wenle to rely on, capable of using this power to deter those restless merchants from the Empire Central Region.

She didn’t seek to completely disrupt Ren Zhong’s investment conference, but she had to do something to assert authority; she couldn’t just leave humiliatingly today.

Thus, Sena personally took the initiative to call over those merchants from the Central Region to her side.

She didn’t say much, but her attitude was very clear.

Either Earl Red Blade or Duke Wenle, make your choice.

Today, you aided him, naturally you will become adversaries with Duke Wenle Mansion.

Think carefully yourselves.

These merchants, although backed by nobles, indeed could not afford to offend a duke. For the moment, they were troubled, and could only grudgingly admit their losses, planning to discuss with Earl Red Blade after the investment conference to explain their difficulties and supplement orders.

Ren Zhong saw this, and could not tolerate it, actually listing Sena Romanov as an unwelcome person on the spot, making a gesture to expel her from the conference.

He simply thought that since the two sides had already become enemies, might as well not pretend, dropping the pretense, directly confronting her.

Sena was almost driven mad with rage, "Earl Red Blade, how dare you! I... I’ll kill you!"

She actually pulled out a handgun from her waist, pointing it directly at Ren Zhong’s head.

The scene immediately fell into chaos, everyone was panic-stricken.

Others wanted to advise, but seeing Sena Romanov’s face reddened with fury, and her bloodshot eyes, they were instead afraid of accidentally angering her further.

Thus, everyone could only watch in trepidation from the side.

Ren Zhong, as a Mechanical Warrior, is very strong, but according to conventional understanding, he must sit inside a War Armor to exert his strength.

At this moment, without any equipment, he was merely flesh and blood. If hit by Sena’s shot, he would be absolutely doomed.

Thus, the scene came to a standstill.

Just as Sena Romanov gritted her teeth, intending to forgo her future, even if her title was stripped, determined to kill this man to vent her hatred.

She was about to pull the trigger when she only felt something flash in her peripheral vision.

The next moment, she wanted to squeeze the trigger, but only saw her severed arm fall to the ground with a thud.

Thud, a seemingly slender foot stretched out from under a long skirt, stomped heavily on her severed arm, crushing it into the ground.

Sena angrily looked up, seeing the cold face of the android, Seventy-seven.

Seventy-seven: "Sena Romanov. This is my Marquis Zhenjiang’s Main Star, an outsider like you can’t be arrogant here."

Seventy-seven finally tore off her android mask, revealing her true identity as Marquis Zhenjiang.

"Marquis Zhenjiang, do you really want to oppose the Duke?" Sena asked through gritted teeth.

Her hand was destroyed, but not fatal, it could be regenerated in a medical device.

But the true victim of trampling into debris was her reputation and that of her overlord, which, once destroyed, would be difficult to recover.

Seventy-seven remained expressionless, "Your actions are enough for me to impeach you a thousand times. If you don’t want others to know, unless you don’t do it yourself, when Earl Red Blade clashed with your Guardians earlier, you had already ordered them to kill. Now that one plan failed, you scheme to go all out like a desperate fish, do you even qualify? If it weren’t for warriors like us fighting tooth and nail on the frontier, how would you people in the Empire Core live in peace and affluence? Even if your overlord Duke Wenle came in person today, my attitude remains unchanged! Leave!"

As Seventy-seven spoke, she unexpectedly slapped Sena on the shoulder, sending her flying.

"Marvill!"

Marvill emerged from the side: "Present!"

"Make arrangements to expel this person from the Far Border Star Domain. I have conclusive evidence, I want to see how Duke Wenle plans to treat a contributor like me to the Empire, how to suppress a new talent like Earl Red Blade Ren Zhong, how to sabotage Empire unity, how to act as an internal saboteur for the Ascenders’ invasion!"

At this point, the relationship has been completely torn.