Chapter 1571: Chapter 588: Missing the Last Chance of Survival (Part 3)

But this is not the result Ren Zhong wanted.

Because both he and his Red Blade Clan are a significant part of the "cost" that the Empire has to pay.

Because Ren Zhong also "sees" that in this battle, the trillions of Red Blade people he painstakingly built up will hardly survive.

Not only that, but many high-ranking talents of the Red Blade Clan will continue to fall.

The uplifted army, secretly supported by the Pilgrims and the Spirit Demon Race, possesses a terrifying ability to execute decapitation tactics.

This decapitation ability comprises intelligence capabilities, lurking skills, equipment capabilities, strategic and tactical planning abilities, execution power, and more.

The special forces trained by the three-party alliance are almost perfect.

Ren Zhong even sees that even Marquis Zhenjiang, Jin Shi, is not spared.

Important talents on the Red Blade side are accurately targeted one by one.

It can be said that only he can barely avoid danger with his preemptive abilities, making him the only one who is barely considered safe in the Empire’s united corps.

The Empire can barely maintain an undefeated stance in the face of repeated setbacks, eventually reversing defeat, relying on the role he will play as the stabilizing force.

However, no matter how favorable this future seems to Ren Zhong, he has no interest in it.

He spent so much time and expended so much energy, and gained the lifelong dedication of so many people to bring the Red Blade Clan to its current height, to await the full outbreak of talent, technology, and productivity within the clan.

If he fought this battle in such a manner, even if he truly became a Duke, so what?

His Red Blade Clan would be destroyed in an instant.

He would become a solitary Duke, having to start everything over.

Ren Zhong would lose not just time and effort.

Although he is emotionally reserved, only he knows that he sincerely treats all members of the Red Blade Clan, be they the original veterans or the pirates and others who later sought refuge.

The core belief that has always supported his ideals is his indescribable empathy for billions of civilians.

If faced with an ordinary Imperial Earl, on one hand, thoroughly brainwashed, and on the other, more focused on personal interests, they would be quite willing to sacrifice the lives of ninety-nine percent of their kin and subjects for a Marquis or Duke title.

But Ren Zhong is clearly not ordinary.

Therefore, he needed Liu An and Duke Wenle to create variables for him.

Thus, when he discovered that Liu An was actually chickening out, he was not pleased but rather anxious.

To borrow an ancient saying, "I’ve stripped down to my pants, and this is what you’re showing me?"

So he ordered Han Zhixin to start weaving a net to deal with Nanxiang’s Earldom, constantly pressuring Nanxiang’s Earldom, constantly tormenting Liu An, and increasing the dose on this guy.

Now, this net has already closed and taken effect.

Ren Zhong sent a brief message to Han Zhixin.

"Well done, but keep up the good work. We have ten years left, during which time you need to maintain this intensity, constantly tormenting him, ravaging him, making sure each time he wakes from cryogenic sleep to find new bad news. Make him hate me to the bone and realize clearly that whether in the Nanxiang Star Cluster or anywhere in the Empire, it’s either me or him. Completely extinguish his false hopes, cutting off all his escape routes."

Han Zhixin only replied with two words.

"As you command."

...

Meanwhile, Senna had finally considered it thoroughly.

She turned to look at Liu An, whose sincerity bordered on pleading, but a smile appeared on her lips as she said gloomily, "Nanxiang Marquis, I’ve received your request, and I’ll report this matter to the Duke. Wait for my response."

Liu An anxiously said, "This... this can’t wait."

Senna remained indifferent: "But I’ve heard that you are slightly wavering?"

Liu An was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

Senna: "There’s no need to play dumb. I’ve been in the Nanxiang Star Cluster for many years, and if I didn’t have a bit of an intelligence network, the Duke would have discarded me long ago for being useless."

Liu An stayed silent.

He had to admit it.

Deep in his heart, his obsession with killing Ren Zhong had indeed once wavered slightly. Because Ren Zhong was too dazzling, and the cost of eliminating such a Sequence Chosen One was so heavy that just imagining it made Liu An’s scalp tingle. He was scared.

However, he obviously had never expressed his feelings to anyone, and there was no one in the Earl Mansion who even knew he still had that black box.

But now, Senna had just casually pierced through his disguise with a word.

After a long while, Liu An replied in a muffled voice, "I apologize to you, but I will definitely carry out this matter. I understand this clearly—I have no way out. He must die."

Senna nodded: "Yes. With his death, you and I might have a slim chance of survival. If he survives and makes achievements in war, ascending to Marquis or even Duke, you will face extermination, and I would become a true sacrifice."

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