Chapter 1664: Chapter 646: The Chain of Suspicion and Optimal Solution, Hundred Emperors and Shi Lin_3

If Ren Zhong takes the initiative to try to obtain more secrets about the Ascended beings from it and takes action, even if it’s just a tiny move, it would immediately become the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

It must rely on the Hundred Emperors to comprehend by themselves, and it also depends on whether the Hundred Emperors feels any camaraderie with Shi Lin. In short, the Hundred Emperors must take the initiative to deliver.

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"I am a dignified Mother Empress Ship, I demand more freedom. You have broken your promise, keeping me trapped here."

On this day, the Hundred Emperors protested through the communication channel Ren Zhong had opened specifically for it.

Ren Zhong’s monotonous day finally got a bit more interesting.

He smirked inwardly, feeling a sense of pleasure as if a conspiracy had succeeded.

If the Hundred Emperors continued to hold back, he would have no means at all.

But once the Hundred Emperors spoke up, it meant it had an agenda, and its agenda was precisely what Ren Zhong wanted it to do.

Ren Zhong raised his teacup, took a sip of tea, and chuckled: "What nonsense, you can inquire around, I can guarantee that no Mother Empress Ship prisoner is living more comfortably than you. The promises I conveyed to you before have all been rigorously implemented. You can even send intelligence to the United Expeditionary Army! Is there a more generous treatment for war prisoners?"

Hundred Emperors: "Shut up! The great Hundred Emperors is not a war prisoner! Nor could it become a war prisoner! I just happen to find this place comfortable, wanting to stay here! I’m merely a tourist visiting your location!"

Poof!

Tea sprayed everywhere from Ren Zhong’s mouth.

This guy is something else. Brimming with the desire to survive.

It took Ren Zhong a long time before saying, "What did you mean earlier when you asked for more freedom? As a tourist, shouldn’t you abide by the regulations of the site manager? That sounds reasonable, right?"

Hundred Emperors: "Uh, that indeed makes sense."

"Exactly, this is a tourist site, I allow you to call the outside, but even in a tourist site, there are protected areas where passage is prohibited. Am I really going to let you wander around, touch and see everything? The area designated for your activities is right here, just find peace staying here. As for absolute freedom, it was agreed upon from the start, a thousand years later, now it’s still too early. Not even five hundred years have passed, why hurry?"

The Hundred Emperors found itself unable to argue with Ren Zhong, feeling quite helpless, it gritted its teeth and said: "But after watching for so long, I’m tired of it; staying here alone is too boring, and there’s no one to talk to to kill time."

Ren Zhong: "Aren’t you having quite the mental exchange with Umm?"

Hundred Emperors: "Don’t talk nonsense! I am not! I didn’t! I have expelled it from the Ascended beings’ ranks, now Umm is absolutely loyal to you, do not just suspect your army’s Marshal, it’s not good for morale. I know this from experience, in the past the Mechanical Empire’s army often fell apart due to internal strife, which I took advantage of."

Ren Zhong rolled his eyes inwardly, "Thanks for the advice, I got it. So, tell me, what exactly do you want?"

"Let Shi Lin come to me, I want to chat with him. Really, it’s too boring. Besides, what are your people even doing? It’s been so long, why haven’t they fully stabilized his genes? I attempted to communicate with his consciousness, and it’s intermittent, this situation is dangerous."

Ren Zhong was first taken aback, then troubled: "Couldn’t be helped, when escorting you here, Shi Lin endured for too long in subspace, by the time he arrived here, only dozens of complete neuron cells remained. We barely rebuilt a neuron brain for him here, also recorded the memory, but his genetic condition is extremely unstable, even needing to utilize Super Network computing power to assist in rebuilding the genes, barely sustaining him from dying. He had slightly recovered recently, but..."

Hundred Emperors: "But what?"

"Nothing, in general his condition indeed fluctuates, and requires slow treatment. It’s possible...sigh, he might not recover."

Ren Zhong couldn’t possibly tell Hundred Emperors, initially Shi Lin’s recovery stalled once he replicated the Hundred Emperors’ gland cells and autonomously secreted the prototype of the Dust Virus, resulting in those gland cells getting infected, nearly dying, only survived because of innate resilience, and thanks to the Biological Institute’s substantial investments, arduously extracting the Mother Empress gland entirely from Shi Lin’s body, yet he indeed suffered severe damage once more.

Given the current circumstances, to restore Shi Lin to his peak condition, it would take at least several decades.

Upon hearing this Hundred Emperors became anxious, "You damn scoundrel! Shi Lin is so loyal to you, and you treat him this way? Doesn’t your conscience hurt?"

Ren Zhong countered, "Did Creator hesitate when sending you Mother Empresses to die?"

"Shut up! You and us are not the same!" Hundred Emperors fumed, "Shi Lin mentioned, the loyalty of Ascended beings is technical loyalty, his trust and admiration for you is heartfelt. He believes you share common ideals with him. You Red Blade Clan are more emotional beings, naturally bound to sentiments. Damn it, hurry up and let him come to me. I can save him."

Ren Zhong asked cautiously; "You wouldn’t take the chance to assimilate him into an Ascended being, would you?"

Unexpectedly, after Ren Zhong said this, Hundred Emperors fell silent.

After a long time passed, Hundred Emperors finally said faintly: "Are you afraid he will betray you once he turns into an Ascended being? If that’s the only way to save him, would you rather watch him die? Then you actually don’t have such deep feelings for your clan? Or is it that you don’t believe Shi Lin’s emotions can overcome the technical loyalty brought by genetic instincts? You lack confidence in yourself and in Shi Lin?"

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