Only those as formidable as him, who could fundamentally change an industry or lead an era based merely on intuition, could catch the Empire's eye and make the Net acknowledge the Empire's significant need for him.
This time, Ren Zhong once again chose to stand aside, and until now, Purple Crystal Mining had not only failed to escape the wrong path but went deeper into it.
This was the "luck factor" in scientific research.
No matter how smart a person is, if they start on the wrong track and have poor luck, even if they work themselves to death, it would all be in vain.
A lifetime of endeavor might even be overshadowed by an accidental discovery or a sudden flash of inspiration during an experiment.
Once Ren Zhong published this article, it instantly caused an uproar at Purple Crystal Mining.
Ren Zhong's second article was directly submitted to the executives of the Tanggu Group.
In the article, he explained in layman's terms his strategy for guiding the thinking of wild people, presenting a whole new set of ideas for enslavement against the backdrop of changes in Yangsheng City.
This doesn't belong to the natural science domain but to the social science field.
Ren Zhong could come up with this, not because he was truly smarter than everyone on Source Star combined.
The fundamental reason was his distinct thinking pattern.
Source Star citizens were completely reliant on the Net's assistance.
Under the Net's observation, citizens' enslavement of the wild people was effortless, virtually zero-cost, requiring no mental effort at all.
Most citizens would never ponder the thoughts of wild people, because it didn't matter in the least.
Besides Ren Zhong, those who leaped over the wild people class to become citizens often immediately immersed themselves in citizen thinking.
No one cared what the wild people really wanted, and no one seriously considered what the wild people were thinking, let alone systematically summarizing their problem-solving approach and psychological changes.
Ren Zhong did something quite simple that nobody else had done before. Just like throughout thousands of years of history, humanity always thought light traveled in straight lines, until the early 20th century when they suddenly discovered light had both wave and particle properties, opening a new scientific door.
But on the surface, Ren Zhong's behavior appeared as if he was handing citizens a knife.
The Tanggu Group finally obtained the secret art of success.
This article further enhanced Ren Zhong's value while simultaneously causing the Tanggu Group to halt the expansion of their corporate war.
The guide Ren Zhong provided was too detailed and learnable, so they would certainly pilot it in other areas, with no need to continue expanding the corporate war, placing all township-level resource recycling companies on Source Star under Ren Zhong's control.
The third article was about artificial intelligence.
He summarized all the programming knowledge he had self-taught, launching a new set of algorithms.
The primary function of these algorithms was to enhance artificial intelligence's deduction capability, cleverly catering to the needs of the Deep Communication Group's algorithm support department.
Before personally engaging with Deep Communication Group, Ren Zhong used an alternate method to enter Ma Xiaocheng's line of sight.
He was recklessly releasing his brilliance, showcasing his value.
Next, he would break his image as a "cold-blooded businessman," starting to do good deeds.
He would walk the high wire, dancing around the tolerance limit of the Net.
As the three articles continued to ferment and explode, Sun Ai informed him that the Net's surveillance intensity on him was exponentially increasing.