Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1314 - 498: Our Choice (Part 3)

He thought to himself, why does this script completely differ from what he imagined before he arrived!

For a moment, he didn’t even know what to do and quickly sought advice from his father.

Sosgate, who was sitting steadily in South Nine b waiting for Ren Zhong to come to the meeting alone, listened to his second son’s report, his mouth twitching in surprise, eyes wide open.

Sosgate asked, "Didn’t you make the real situation of South Nine C clear?"

Grune slapped his forehead, "I indeed only spoke about it, and didn’t provide any visual materials and analysis reports. Surely the Source Star Earl has fabricated a huge lie, deceiving these people."

Sosgate angrily said, "Foolish! You underestimate your opponent too much. The Source Star Earl, after all, is an Imperial Earl who made his mark from being a colonial man; he must have some means. How can you take him so lightly? Extend the deadline by another thirty hours, with the Source Star Earl’s arrival in South Nine B as the endpoint. Organize the information collected by the Source Star Fleet’s survey ships, and you must ensure everyone in the Source Star Fleet understands the Earl’s current situation. Oh right, you need to explain the hundred-year assessment period clearly and tell them, even an Imperial Earl, if he performs far below expectations during the assessment period, he will lose his rights as an Earl and end up with a hollow title without real power, not even worth a Viscount with real power."

Grune understood his father’s guidance.

Despite the setbacks, he instead felt much relieved at this moment.

It turns out it was his own lack of preparation rather than something unexpected happening in the fleet.

Therefore, he issued another announcement through the fleet management system.

"The registration deadline has arrived. I feel your enthusiasm. But I am sympathetic to your long journey, so I generously offer you more opportunities. I will extend the deadline to thirty hours later. Meanwhile, I will appropriately lower the registration standards. Furthermore, in half an hour, I will let you see the truth."

Ju Qingmeng naturally received this face-slapping announcement from Grune, and laughed aloud on the spot.

This man clearly got his face slapped, but still stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.

However, Zheng Tian was particularly interested in the "truth" Grune mentioned, even suggesting whether to pull the plug on this group of troublemakers.

Ju Qingmeng remembered Ren Zhong’s instructions clearly and simply stated no need.

The so-called truth from Grune must be related to the investigation report from South Nine C.

Grune’s struggle did have a bit of effect after all.

He lowered the selection criteria for the Professionals to level 7, and also lowered the selection standards for technical and scientific personnel to Intermediate Engineer.

In this half an hour, the number of registrants finally just barely surpassed one hundred thousand.

Although this figure of one hundred thousand seemed quite large, compared to the massive base of four billion people, it was truly insignificant, nothing to mention.

An unexpected event happened.

Half an hour later, with a hopeful heart, Grune published the "truth" as scheduled.

He originally thought this would definitely become a killer move to reverse the situation.

Unexpectedly, when these truths were laid before everyone, not only did the number of registrants not increase, it actually quickly fell back to eighty thousand.

At least twenty thousand chose to withdraw their registration.

Moreover, among these twenty thousand, unexpectedly, most were potential young talents under the age of twenty, and among the three thousand qualified early registrants, quite a few changed their minds.

And this number continued to plummet as time went on. Clearly, many people were already conflicted and entangled inside, and seeing Ren Zhong’s current predicament made them change their minds and decide to stay.

"Why... Why is this!"

Grue Augustus widened his eyes, filled with disbelief.

In the Throne Hall, Ju Qingmeng and Zheng Tian’s chat revealed the reason.

Ren Zhong once said that those who choose to leave the fleet and seek refuge with the Viscount’s family are mostly weak-willed and mediocre.

But now it seems this sentence is not completely true.

In terms of probability, indeed there is a group of individuals with enough potential but with a relatively whimsical disposition who genuinely want to go out and see the outside world.

At the same time, this group also feels that the fleet is now teeming with talent, and their presence does not make much difference.

Before this, Ren Zhong indeed also lied, having never morally coerced anyone using his future as an Imperial Earl.

Therefore, these people registering to leave is not unwarranted.

But now, this matter has been directly opened up by another group of headhunters.

This group of shaken ones instead realized they shouldn’t leave.

It was Ren Zhong who performed a reverse kill on Source Star, winning their freedom of life.

During this long voyage, it was Ren Zhong’s correct decisions time and again that changed everyone’s fate.

Now he is in a difficult situation, at a time when everything needs reviving.

If they just leave, wouldn’t they become ungrateful people who can only share the wealth but cannot endure hardships together?

Grune’s "killer move" turned into an assist for Ren Zhong.

"The choice we made ourselves, no regrets."

This was the inner voice of many people.