Resurrection Empire

"How do you plan to change? What motivates you to decide on this change?"

"As a businessman, at any time and place, I should pursue maximum profit without breaking the law. I have a great reputation in Starfire Town, and I have ways to reverse the gray atmosphere created by Yang Bingzhong and improve hunting efficiency. By taking over Starfire Town, I can make more money."

"Ren Zhong, do you want a revolution?"

"What is a revolution?"

"Do you want to be the voice of power for the desolate people?"

"No."

"Then what kind of person do you want to become?"

"A high-level citizen, a magnate."

The questioning ended.

The woman opposite pondered for a moment and released her hand.

The regular icosahedron stopped flashing.

Ren Zhong collapsed limply.

"This First Level Citizen has no issues. Released without charge. Take him to the rest room and let him wake up naturally. Next one."

The woman said to the nearby military officer.

9:30 at night.

At the center of Chromium Carbon Resources square.

Yang Bingzhong stood with his hands behind his back on the resource recovery platform.

The Hunter hovered silently above his head.

The military officer stood directly in front of him.

The officer spoke up.

"New Origin Calendar, July 22, 682. Fourth Level Citizen Yang Bingzhong has been found guilty of unauthorized mining and refining of alien ore, causing significant property loss. He is sentenced to death, executed under the Level Seven capital crime standard! Immediate execution!"

This voice was not confined to this place but echoed throughout the entire town from the pinnacle of the Town Government Tower, amplified by loudspeakers.

Nearby, there were several floating robots, which should be the high-definition camera robots responsible for holographic recording.

Ren Zhong quietly entered the wrist watch space and looked at the "giant screen" display.

As expected, he saw the half-page popup on the front page of the daily headline.

The public execution of a Fourth Level Citizen indeed qualifies as an event seen once in a decade.

Countless citizens and desolate people will witness this execution.

Many are bound to be terrified to the point of shivers.

A click sound.

A collar was placed around Yang Bingzhong's neck.

Subsequently, the military officer took out a syringe and explained to the high-definition camera robots, "This is a special stimulant that can magnify pain perception ten times."

He pointed again at the collar and said, "There are a hundred thousand nanorobots inside the collar. They will enter the criminal's body through the lymphatic system, occupying every inch except the brain, and will gradually kill more than 70% of his cells within two hours until death ensues."

Large drops of cold sweat dripped from Ren Zhong's temple.

He initially thought Yang Bingzhong would be executed swiftly, yet he did not expect the Business Association to use him as a deterrent to others.

Ren Zhong did not expect that even the death penalty on Source Star had graded standards.

The method of executing Yang Bingzhong was described casually, yet it was deeply terrifying to think about.

Pain perception magnified tenfold.

Slow killing at the cellular level.

A live broadcast execution process lasting two hours.

But this is only Level Seven; what about a Level Nine death penalty?

Unimaginable.

That night, Yang Bingzhong's wails and screams echoed throughout Chromium Carbon Town for a full two hours, lasting until eleven thirty.

Ren Zhong stood with his hands behind his back in Yang Bingzhong's office, expressionlessly overlooking the entire process.

In these two hours, he accomplished a lot.

The stock price of Starship Construction finally fell to a temporary limit down.

As early as around six in the afternoon, Ren Zhong had already closed out his short positions, reaping a 72% drop.

When he started shorting, he froze 300 million funds to borrow a wave of stock, recouping 300 million on the spot by selling the brokerage's stock, albeit temporarily frozen as well.

Upon closing out his short positions, he used only 82 million to repay the stock borrowed during the initial shorting.

Afterward, both of his previously frozen funds of 300 million and 216 million were completely unfrozen.

Ren Zhong's total assets in his account reached 438 million.

Immediately afterward, Ren Zhong fulfilled Yang Bingzhong's last wish during his lifetime—leveraging twofold to bottom out Starship Construction.

He has nine more days of invincibility in the stock market.

In fact, according to his memory, the total rise of Starship Construction wasn't the highest in the next nine days.

But the impact of Starship Construction's excessive plunge was too great. The volatility of the stock market now far exceeds the scenarios in his memory, making even Ren Gushen feel somewhat unfamiliar.

Every already memorized demon stock isn't as reliable as before.

For the sake of capital safety, and with his own funds also amplifying, Ren Zhong chose to reboard the leading stock of Starship Construction that had sunk to the truly great bottom desired by Yang all his life.