Ren Zhong donned the war armor at the fastest speed and stepped onto the balcony of his office, looking down at the entire Starfire Town.
Everywhere he looked was engulfed in vast fires and rising thick smoke.
The streets were almost devoid of anyone fleeing.
Most people were already dead.
How long does it take to kill 200,000 people?
In ancient times with cold weapons, it might take several days.
During World War II, it lasted five or six weeks.
But on Source Star in this era, if the "Net" took action, it would take only two minutes to accomplish everything.
Ren Zhong tried to contact others, but unsurprisingly, all connections were lost.
Immediately after, two loud bangs, and a giant mushroom cloud rose from where the Biological Laboratory and Armored Laboratory were located.
The terrifying air wave hit, instantly tilting the building Ren Zhong was in.
Ren Zhong barely flew out, floating in mid-air, looking down at everything.
Without a doubt, everyone, including Ju Qingmeng, was dead.
Even though he knew there was still a chance to restart, a massive sense of loss still surged like a tide, causing him to sway slightly in mid-air.
At that moment, Ren Zhong noticed a streak of light in the sky above him.
He looked up, and at some point, a space-based weapon had approached the skies over Yangsheng City in low Earth orbit.
The next second, a massive beam of light descended from the sky, landing to the east.
Judging by eye, Ren Zhong knew it was in the direction of Wangdong Town.
Soon, another beam of light fell from the sky in the distance, towards the Zhaoshan Town direction.
Only now did Ren Zhong realize that it wasn't just Starfire Town in trouble; very likely, all his territories had been slaughtered.
Not just the wasteland people were executed, but also the citizens living in these small towns.
Ren Zhong's mind was filled with confusion, and he just wanted to say, why did it come to this?
Everything happened too quickly for him to even ponder where the problem truly lay.
Sudden execution wasn't unprecedented; he had certainly considered the possibility of failure.
But Ren Zhong hadn't expected that so many people would be executed at once.
The next second, white light fell from above him.
His body was instantly bathed in terrifying high heat, his consciousness first went black, then quickly returned to clarity.
He once again entered the "Underworld God's Eye View."
He thought to himself, if there was a chance, he really wanted to ask the "Net" face-to-face, what qualities do I possess to deserve such attention?
Am I not the only one who truly "committed a crime"?
But he soon got the answer himself.
He was constantly bringing change to others; the wasteland people and citizens in the ten towns of Yangsheng City all felt the changes brought by him, the new capitalist, in a very short time.
These people saw hope from survival to living.
They also began to try to gain a better life outside the citizen system through hard work and learning.
This optimistic, upward spirit would be contagious, representing a new possibility for the development of the era, and it aligned with Ying Hao's mid-term vision.
But this went against the will of the "Net."
Essentially, this purge was like every suppression in the past, with the principle of "eliminate evil thoroughly," leaving no future troubles, yet the methods had been upgraded.
After understanding this issue, Ren Zhong's heavy heart relaxed a little.
Next time, strive to find the cause of exposure; an unclear failure is enough to experience only once.
Before his consciousness descended, Ren Zhong's mind suddenly received a signal.
Before he could analyze the signal, Ren Zhong's thoughts abruptly dissipated.
When he recovered again, he was standing with his hands behind his back, watching over 3,000 child soldiers holding model guns under the scorching sun.
Without greeting Yujin, Ren Zhong quietly retreated.
He also didn't go to the mecha training ground by Ma Xiaoling, instead returning directly to his office.
He opened the office documents, opened the new employee contract he had personally formulated before, and deleted the retirement pension, children's school, and housing allowances from the seven core clauses, keeping only the base salary, resource support, free advanced professional training, and casualty compensation.
Afterwards, he added one more clause, "Twenty-Year Maximum Duration Contract."
Having done this, Ren Zhong sighed heavily again.
The signal he last received came from the already deceased Sun Ai.
She had lost her body, leaving only a soon-to-fade stream of informational consciousness.
Silently lurking and invading the township-level central surveillance tower system, she intercepted information and received a signal from an announcement on the Source Star communication network, accurately finding Ren Zhong's floating "soul" and relayed the information from the signal to him.