Armor: Terrifying, this Xing Tian is too ruthless.

ERP Research Institute.

Zhang Jian had woken up, but he was unable to move.

Covered in wounds, west Zhao had used his ultimate technique in the end, so his injuries were definitely not minor.

"You're finally awake." Meizhen noticed that Zhang Jian had woken up while lying in the medical room.

When Zhang Jian woke up, his face was ashen and he did not speak.

"Zhang Jian, why did you betray us?!" Dongshan was furious.

Zhang Jian sneered, "Does that need a reason?"

Bei Kai frowned and said, "You clearly possess the power of the Flame Dragon Armor, so why did you join the Dark Shadow Realm? That's our enemy camp!"

Zhang Jian said coldly, "Why? Because they can help me rule the world, while you... this laughable ERP organization, you wouldn't even dare to give me a captain's position!"

"A good bird chooses a good tree to perch on. Why should I continue to stay in this place and be at your beck and call!"

The strong should rule the world and make everyone kneel at their feet!

Meizhen, Dongshan, and Beikai looked at each other, all of them in shock.

I never expected Zhang Jian's idea to be so crazy.

"You're a complete lunatic!" Dongshan cursed.

"You actually dare to dream of ruling the world, you're so depraved!" Bei Kai also cursed angrily.

Meizhen shook her head: "A foolish choice!"

"Hahaha...cough cough...stupid? You call me stupid? If it weren't for Xing Tian and his gang interfering, you lot would have been wiped out by me long ago!"

How could I possibly have the chance to continue speaking here and criticizing me?!

Zhang Jian's eyes were wide open in anger, blood vessels bulging in his eye sockets; he was still very unconvinced.

His first step in his plan was to eliminate the Light and Shadow Armor, and the second step was to eliminate the Xingtian Armor Squad. In this way, all the obstacles to his world domination would be removed.

Unfortunately, the first step was thwarted by the Xingtian Armor Squad.

Life is unpredictable; I never imagined that Xing Tian's strength would be so terrifying.

The two guardians of the Shadow Realm, along with ten bacterial mutant beasts—such a powerful lineup—could actually lose.

This was something he never expected.

Xingtian is way too much.

Zhang Jian couldn't understand how one person could be so powerful as to suppress so many alien beasts.

The gap between him and the other person is simply too great.

"It's no use for you to shout here now, Zhang Jian, you've already failed!" Mei Zhen said coldly.

Zhang Jian did not refute this; he had indeed failed.

"Yes, I failed, but you didn't fare well either. With the loss of the Hokage Stone, you lost the power of another set of armor."

"What a laughable organization... You think you can fight against the Shadow Realm?" Zhang Jian sneered.

Although he was having a hard time, the ERP Research Institute was having a hard time too.

Upon hearing this, Meizhen and the other two turned pale.

The Flame Dragon Armor was the first set of armor in their ERP Research Institute, but now it has been lost.

This is indeed a very painful point.

"I'm quite curious why you only took the Hokage Stone. If you had taken the Water and Wood Shadow Stones as well, we wouldn't have needed to fight at all." Bei Kai was somewhat puzzled by this.

He didn't believe that Zhang Jian was so principled that he would only take the Hokage Stone that belonged to him.

Dongshan and Meizhen couldn't help but become curious as well.

Zhang Jian's face darkened, and he sneered, "You think I didn't want to? Those two light and shadow stones actually sensed my intention and actually exerted their power to resist."

To avoid the plan failing, I had no choice but to abandon taking those two light and shadow stones.

"I can't believe it." Dongshan exclaimed in surprise.

The Light and Shadow Stone actively rejected Zhang Jian and exerted its power of resistance, which led to his defeat.

"Hmph, a guy like you doesn't deserve the power of armor at all!"

"I don't know how you guys even found this guy!" Bei Kai was very unhappy.

He had only just arrived when he was betrayed by his teammates.

Therefore, Bei Kai was very dissatisfied with the ERP Research Institute's choice of Zhang Jian as the summoner of the Fire Armor.

Meizhen was also somewhat embarrassed; this was indeed a case of misjudging people.

Dong Shan was even more embarrassed, as this was a choice he and Bei Miao had made together.

Although Bei Miao was the main person in charge, he still agreed.

"Alright, Beikai, this guy was summoned by the previous Black Rhino Armor summoner. He's still in the hospital, so let's not talk about it anymore," Meizhen said.

Bei Kai snorted coldly: "That guy only knows how to cause trouble, and the people he found are so incompetent. I don't know why you let someone like that be the captain."

Neither Meizhen nor Dongshan spoke.

Seeing that the two were silent, Bei Kai stopped his outburst, but he didn't want to stay there any longer, so he left.

Once Bei Kai left, Mei Zhen and Dong Shan lost interest in interrogating Zhang Jian any further.

The two left the research institute and returned to Happy Castle.

Mei Zhen sighed, looking sullen.

"Dongshan, do you think I'm a failure?"

She began to doubt her own abilities.

It hasn't been long since Xin Nan withdrew, Bei Miao was unable to continue fighting, and now there's even a traitor, resulting in the loss of the Flame Dragon Armor.

The entire ERP Research Institute's Armor team was in complete disarray.

Dongshan sighed inwardly, but forced a smile and said, "Meizhen, you don't need to blame yourself too much."

This is not the way you or I wanted things to turn out.

"I guess life is unpredictable; I never expected it to turn out this way."

To be honest, he was quite tired.

He started out at the ERP Research Institute and worked diligently after becoming the Eagle Knight.

But now, Xin Nan, who initially cooperated with him, was inexplicably injured and has been hospitalized ever since.

I thought things would get better and better if Bei Miao led the team after that.

Unexpectedly, Bei Miao provoked the Xing Tian Armor Team, got beaten up, was seriously injured and hospitalized, and lost his ability to summon the armor.

Now, even Zhang Jian, the Flame Dragon Armor summoner chosen by Bei Miao, has betrayed them, almost leading to the complete annihilation of the ERP Armor team.

Upon reflection, Dongshan felt that he had been feeling incredibly frustrated all along the way.

This has been incredibly difficult.

In contrast, the Xingtian Armor Squad has grown from a three-person team to a five-person team, with both the Earth Tiger and Snow Hound Light and Shadow Armor sets joining Xingtian's team.

Their strength has grown even more, and the cohesion of the entire team is something he can only envy.

"The Hokage Stone was taken by the Xingtian Armor Squad, Dongshan, do you think there's any chance we can get it back?" Meizhen suddenly looked up at Dongshan and asked.

She wanted Xin Nan to come back; perhaps things would improve if Xin Nan returned to this chaotic situation.

But getting Xin Nan back isn't enough; they also need to retrieve the Hokage Stone.

Dongshan paused for a moment, then said, "Meizhen, to be honest, I think that's unlikely."

You know Xing Tian's personality; he's domineering and forceful. The chances of getting the Hokage Stone back from him are extremely slim.

Not only was the possibility too low, Dongshan even felt it was impossible.

He had dealt with Xing Tian quite a bit before, and if he really went to ask for them back, he might anger the other party, and even their only two remaining Light and Shadow Stones might be taken away.

That would be truly the end.

Upon hearing this, Meizhen sighed and had no choice but to give up the idea.

"Mijin, although our situation is terrible right now, there is also good news."

"It's a good thing that twelve alien beasts have been sealed away in the Shadow Realm this time," Dongshan said.

Meizhen forced a smile and nodded: "Dongshan, you're right, this is indeed a good thing."

But none of this was done by her team, so she felt no sense of accomplishment.

"Dongshan, I'm a little tired, I'm going back to rest first."

"Do you want me to take you?" A look of worry appeared on Dongshan's face.

Meizhen shook her head: "It's okay, I can manage on my own. You can take Zhang Jian away and revoke all his privileges. He will no longer be a member of our research institute."

Dongshan opened his mouth, but could only nod: "Okay."

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