Leaders may not be lonely all their lives, but there will always be periods of loneliness.
Because leaders must bear the greatest responsibility and know the most information, sometimes they even have to shoulder all the responsibilities on one person's shoulders.
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In a sense, Ren Zhong was abandoned by everyone.
Time can repair the scars on the soul, but this sentence does not apply in the Shikoku era with cryonics technology.
Cryonics can only escape trauma, but it cannot cure it.
Because when a person enters the freezing moment, the memory is also frozen in that moment. Of course, the pain in the memory is also included and cannot be forgotten.
Two days later, Donald Yalson stood nervously in front of Ren Zhong, holding a thick stack of paper documents in his hands.
Donald said: "Sir Viscount, the senior executives of the Ren Group, including the political affairs officers, military affairs officers, and legal affairs officers appointed by you, a total of 365 people have entered cryogenic slumber in the transport ship No. 0002.
Their freezing was not authorized by you, but my subordinates did not dare to dissuade it. This is the letter they entrusted me to forward to you before they entered slumber. Do you want to read it?"
"I already know the whole story. Go down and take these things and burn them."
Donald: "Okay, Lord Viscount...then we..."
Ren Zhong smiled slightly, "What? You also want to give up? I know that as the descendants of the nine administrators, you also have families within the empire that you can rely on. But first, you must be able to reach the empire alive. Do you think you can also
Enjoy cryo-sleep without my permission?"
Donald Yalson's forehead felt cold and he quickly left with the pile of paper in his arms.
Once again, only Ren Zhong was left in the office.
Sun Ai's voice sounded, "Don't blame them for abandoning you, it's really their belief that has collapsed."
Ren Zhong looked up at the ceiling, his face not much lonely, "I know, I don't blame them. After all, it's me who has always supported the cohesion of the Ren Group. They are united because of me, and they put all their faith in it."
In my case. Others regard me as an emperor, they regard me as a leader, and then entrust me with their lives and talents, so we can continue to create miracles and complete the impossible change of power. But now I have changed first, no wonder
They can’t say who abandoned whom, I’m just bringing the blame on myself. Although their choice to freeze is an escape, they are evading responsibility and pain. I know that each of them feels that they have lost their leader and have lost a lot of things left behind.
I have relatives, friends, brothers and sisters, so whatever I do is reasonable. Also, the journey is still long, and I will make many moves that are not like my old self. This kind of thing is bound to happen sooner or later, and changing the route will inevitably lead to pain.
"
After a while, Ren Zhong smiled again and said: "That's fine. I was worried before that the journey would waste their lives in vain. It's fine now."
Sun Ai: "According to the usual rules, entering cryogenic slumber during the Great Migration requires step-by-step and careful planning. Even you, the administrator, have not entered slumber, and none of your cronies who were supposed to share the work with you have called you.
I fell asleep after reporting it. This is against the rules. If you don’t do something, I’m afraid it will damage your prestige.”
"That's not the case, aren't you still in charge? You are my network." Ren Zhong shrugged, "Okay, it's time to work."
After saying that, Ren Zhong sat back in his chair, opened the administrator document, and began to organize the next five-year plan.
During a regular great migration, the administrators do not need to do anything but lie comfortably in the static-level cryogenic chamber and wait for the end of the long voyage.
But the Great Migration of the Source Star Colony is unusual. First, due to "civil strife", the frozen legion with top combat power was completely lost, and because the "last radio wave" leaked the news, the fleet is likely to face a lurking invading enemy.
The hunting and killing by military rangers can be said to have dealt with all kinds of internal and external troubles.
Ren Zhong has always been a person who plans for a rainy day.
He clearly understands the importance of the Frozen Legion.
He was once extremely afraid of this special force that was absolutely loyal to Elder Frozen.
Even though the Frozen Legion's performance in "Civil War" was mediocre, there were too many coincidences.
Despite being restrained by Li Yang, the "God-level Psychic Demon", the Frozen Legion still caused serious damage to the eight million elite troops under Ren Zhong's command many times, and even hit Ren Zhong's side until they ran out of ammunition many times.
Even though the entire army was destroyed, they still failed to advance to the surface of the Tracer spacecraft.
That is to say, Ren Zhong has mastered the advantage of resurrection, constantly made large and small adjustments during countless resurrections, and continuously improved from overall strategy to fine-tuning details, and finally achieved a perfect war with a casualty rate of less than 20%.
Moreover, Ren Zhong also conducted double verification through Sun Ai's data simulation and his own precognitive hallucinations. This 20% casualty rate is already the limit. Even if he tries 10,000 times, it will be difficult to improve. On the contrary, the battle situation may be chaotic.
The butterfly effect caused by unpredictable factors leads to greater losses.
Even in the mechanical empire's combat order, the super-level professionals in the Frozen Legion are already considered the backbone, capable of undertaking tough tasks.
Although the gorgeous battle of giant ships and cannons is the eternal theme of the starry sky, no one can deny the importance of the special operations ideas brought by super-level professionals.
In war scenarios such as boarding battles, special warfare, ground battles, regional battles, etc., a super-level professional with independent combat capabilities can also have the effect of reversing the situation.
The performance of the Source Star Fleet's naval guns, missiles, and small fighter planes are not standard imperial products, they are just outdated equipment.
The reconnaissance capabilities, locking capabilities, and lethality of armed warships are very mediocre.
The powerful galaxy-level main gun is comparable in terms of lethality, but the charging time is too long, it is too difficult to track the enemy, and the burst interval is too long, so it can only be used to attack some large targets.
The Veyron X model, which was born out of the idea of self-responsibility, can barely be regarded as a Star Wars fighter after adding the core components of the water droplet aircraft. However, controlling such a Veyron X model is the prerogative of professionals.
Facing the enemy rangers composed of top-level combat forces that may be encountered, the current Source Star fleet is large, clumsy, and difficult to match. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is even vulnerable to a single blow.
Because except for top professionals such as Ren Zhong and Ma Xiaoling who are still capable of fighting, there is simply no means within the Source Star fleet to deal with the enemy's special combat power.
Therefore, the top priority before us is not to arrange the freezing plan step by step, but to find another way to quickly make up for the loss of combat power caused by the loss of the Frozen Legion.
"First of all, it is necessary to maintain sufficient intensity of military training on each armed warship and transport ship."
"Secondly, the advancement of military technology cannot be suspended. However, the resource categories within the fleet have been fixed, and new energy can no longer be collected. Then technological progress must be limited to the concept of 'feasibility', because scientific research and achievement transformation
The process must be restricted by both material and energy. The white paper in front of me has solidified, and the ink in the watercolor pen is limited. I must find the optimal solution to make the most of the limited resources."
"Third, the core knowledge in the knowledge ball handed over by the Yersun Group has been almost digested. According to imperial law, after the nine old popsicles complete the tracker colonization mission and return successfully, they can obtain the title of baronet. I am now
This temporary viscount does not have the authority, but he can reasonably obtain the technological support that the baron can get. It is time to consider allowing Sun Ai to restore contact with the empire and try to obtain technical support."
"Fourth, the previous three points constitute the prerequisites, so there must be some people who cannot be cryogenically slumbered. The specific personnel and industries... must be gradually refined. Starfire Military Energy Cannon R&D Project Team, Focused Beam
Energy reaction research and development team, controllable nuclear fusion engine miniaturization research and development team... Locke Group's high-energy battery regeneration research and development project team, Xushou energy battery ionization reaction... Amethyst Mining... Mengdu Group..."
"If necessary, I can still be a time thief, allowing myself to act as a knowledge transfer station, accelerating the scientific research process through constant resurrection."
A whole day passed, and Ren Zhong, who had stayed up all night again, rubbed his slightly swollen temples, stood up and stretched.
After a night of hard work, he finally sorted out a rough plan.
He once had a complete think tank, but now these people have abandoned him for the same reason. However, he does not trust most people in the old forces. Major matters related to the overall strategy can only be handled by him.
I made the decision myself, so now he can only shoulder this responsibility.
"Sun Ai."
"exist."
"three things."
"Uncle, tell me."
"First, distribute the ideas I have sorted out to the technical leaders and management of the original association's elders, the nine major groups, and the Ren's Group who have not yet made their choice, and let them help me make plans to find out what I have missed and fill in the gaps."
Sun Ai: "Okay."
"Second, when the time comes, prepare to resume communication with the empire. Remember to disguise yourself."
"Okay!"
Ren Zhong touched the nine-level watch on his hand, slowly lay back on the chair, and then flattened the chair, "Third, use the watch to hypnotize me. I have to have a good sleep."
Sun Ai asked: "Do you want to enter the sleeping space?"
Ren Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I'll see you in my dream. After all, I can also handle work in my dream."
"Um."
Ren Zhong just lay down here.
The camera located above the conference room was spinning and pointed at him.
A soft and comfortable quilt was grabbed by the robotic arm and stretched out from the corner.
The robotic arm shook like a human again and gently covered Ren Zhong with the quilt.
Three minutes later, Ren Zhong was breathing steadily and snoring loudly.
Sun Ai's deep sigh sounded in the room, followed by nagging thoughts.
"I also lied to you once, uncle, so as not to let you enter the sleep space. Just have a good sleep. There is no way to keep you awake like this. How can I keep you awake? You are the one who should be frozen
Well, it would be great if dad were still alive. He would definitely be able to completely understand your thoughts, and he would not ask you questions or embarrass you. He would even help you educate others without revealing the secret. But
Uncle, don't worry, I got Li Yang's sample, and I still have your cancer cell gene bank, so dad's research can finally continue. Just wait for me."
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Sun Ai said so, but just five minutes later, she transformed into a three-year-old girl again, hurriedly appeared in Ren Zhong's sleeping space, and shouted in surprise: "Uncle! I am
Two big discoveries!”
Even in the sleeping space of the dream, Ren Zhong was still a little groggy, still rubbing his temples and asking: "What's wrong?"
Sun Ai danced, "I just tried to read the universe hash value you provided while sleeping through your watch like the 'net' did in the past. Guess what?"
Ren Zhong said angrily: "Don't be too pretentious, just say what you have to say."
Sun Ai waved his hand, "You know, as long as everyone enters a deep sleep state, their brain power will inevitably be squeezed to produce the hash value of the universe. What others give me are very standard oversized data packets. Yours is the same.
.But I parsed your data packet, and it turned out to be blank information, full of confusing bytes that kept repeating."
Ren Zhong frowned, "You mean, I won't be squeezed out of my computing power?"
Sun Ai: "Yes. The previous 'net' was deceived by you, and a lot of your contributions were wasted."
"Contribution is not important," Ren Zhong suddenly became nervous, "This seems to be good news on the surface, but the question is, will I be exposed?"
Sun Ai shook his head: "No. Because verifying these data packets is not a matter of 'Net' and me, nor is it a matter of the Imperial Super Network. Only the Quasar Super Brain shared by the four countries will analyze these data packets. Quasar Super Network
The brain only gives the results, and does not disclose every piece of data. Even if yours is garbled, the 'net' will only think that it is a complex cosmic hash formula representing special content, and will not cause doubts. I am just because of myself
It was a person, not a real intelligent program, who jumped out of the original program limitations and felt something was wrong."
Ren Zhong heard this and thought for a while, "That's good. Is there another important discovery? Is it more important than this one?"
"Yes. When I tried to restore the link with the Imperial Supernet just now, I first sent a message requesting timeline synchronization as usual. I had to correct the time with Imperial Standard Time before I could synchronize it into the network."
Ren Zhong: "What then?"
"The Imperial Supernet fed back the information after receiving my request."
Ren Zhong waved his hand, "Wait, that is to say, the communication method is that you send the data first, and the other party receives the data, processes it quickly, and then returns it?"
Sun Ai: "Yes. Of course there will be no absolute complete synchronization, communication can only be like this."
Ren Zhong frowned, "Wait, let me think about it. Theoretically, if it is quantum entanglement resonance, then no matter how far apart the two resonating quanta are, they should be able to achieve real-time synchronized resonance. According to your description, the so-called
The information flow, that is, the ghost particles are not quantum resonance, they are still some kind of vibrations that need to be propagated in the universe, or some kind of waves, or something else, but this kind of transmission speed is extremely fast, so fast
It seemed to be completed instantly in the source star system. How long did it take from the time you sent the message to the time you received it?"
Sun Ai: "0.404000055435... seconds, there are many decimal points after it."
Ren Zhong: "Let's omit it to 0.404 seconds. 0.404 seconds? Our current straight-line distance from the Southern Nine Stars is four light years. Assume that the time it takes for the Imperial Supernet to calculate information is infinitely close to zero, which means that the round trip only takes a short 0.404 seconds.
seconds, one way is 0.202 seconds. Equivalent to the flight speed of information flow is about twenty light years per second. This..."
Ren Zhong really wants to know what kind of energy transfer method can achieve this speed.
In the understanding of people on earth in the 21st century, the maximum speed in the universe is the speed of light of 300,000 kilometers per second, which cannot be faster.
But later, humans speculated through theoretical calculations that particles that exceed the speed of light exist, but the ratio of exceeding the speed of light is not exaggerated, that is, it is several times or ten times faster.
On the basis of the above cognition, Ren Zhong has always believed that the so-called ghost particle communicator is likely to rely on the quantum entanglement resonance that exists in human brain neuron cells.
But now his understanding has been subverted.
There are two possibilities.
First, whether it is in the Milky Way or the current elliptical galaxy, the energy transmission method named information flow has always existed, but it is unable to be perceived or utilized by human technology in the 21st century.
Second, the essence of the mysterious energy that tampered with the basic interaction of weak electricity and carved the icosahedron at the atomic level is a network. This network is extremely huge and very dense. Pull this network from where the fleet is.
Net, the South Nine Star, which is 4 light-years away, can sense the vibration and receive the information after 0.202 seconds. The two things of pulling the net and sensing the vibration require the use of human brain neurons as the medium.
"Uncle, please stop thinking about this. That's not what I want to say. This is not the point! The point is, I found that the standard time between me and the empire does not match up!"
Ren Zhong: "Huh?"
"The standard time provided by the empire is that it is now 17:56:55...56 seconds on February 18, 711, the 98th era of the Dafeng calendar. But when I mentioned this information just now, my time was the Dafeng calendar.
February 18, 98 Era 711, 15:48:49. In other words, my timeline is a full 7627 seconds slower than Imperial Standard Time!"
Ren Zhong was shocked: "What!"
Sun Ai: "This is definitely not a regular error. Because time correction is a very simple matter. Whether it is the 'net', myself, or the existing atomic clocks on the source star, they have been correcting time. My time is absolutely not correct."
There may be a problem. But there cannot be a problem with the empire's time. So, there is only one explanation. Our time runs slower than the empire's time, 7627 seconds slower. More than 7,000 seconds have been stolen from us!"
Ren Zhong: "This..."
Even the heavy-duty Frankenstein brain unexpectedly shut down for a moment.
No matter how hard he scratched his head, he couldn't figure out what went wrong.
After thinking for a long time, Ren Zhong subconsciously asked: "Is this related to the fact that we are accelerating now? Is it because we are approaching one-tenth of the speed of light?"
Sun Ai shook his head, "Don't be kidding. Uncle, you just said that the information transmission speed of our communication method with the empire is twenty light-years per second, which is much faster than this. In the past, the annual wheel ship used to be ten times faster all year round.
There is no problem with this time difference when cruising back and forth between the Source Star and the Southern Nine Stars at the speed of light. I can only say thank God that I did not expose our time when I applied to synchronize the timeline. Otherwise, I am afraid that all of us would be the first to
I will be taken to some academy of science in the empire and used as a guinea pig. Oh, yes, I am no longer a human being."
"No, fortunately I still have human thinking. If I were still the 'Net' before, with this sudden impact of timeline chaos, I would either fall into a logic conflict and cause a major bug, and then have a system crash, or I would surrender to the empire honestly
Chaowang confessed. I am half human, so I am not so serious, and I have my own judgment on what to say and what not to say."
Ren Zhong snorted, "But why was our time stolen? This is unreasonable."
Sun Ai: "Yes, why?"
In the empty sleeping space hall, the two of them looked at each other in silence.