Armor: After finding the Demon-Sealing Box, I won't eat beef.

Why do I say it's highly likely?

Because the chairman is still very young, he might have another son someday.

"That's more like it."

Seeing this, Bing'er, like a victorious rooster, raised her head with great pride.

As she was kneading, her beautiful eyes caught sight of the news report on the screen.

A hint of undisguised disdain flashed across his lips.

"Ocean Group is truly clueless."

Fighting us is a dead end.

The Nippon Group is currently making moves to control the entire country's coastal shipping and ocean-going industry.

The once industry giant, Sino-Ocean Group, not only openly refused to invest in Riyin Group, but also went against them at every turn.

Lin Zhen didn't tolerate them.

They used the same old, tried-and-true tactic.

First, have an inconspicuous third-party company sign a high-priced transportation contract with Oceanwide Group, entrusting them to transport a batch of priceless memory sticks from the United States back to China.

The cargo ship was about to dock.

The mutant beast appeared right on time.

The killing was secondary; the primary objective was to burn the memory sticks included in the contract.

Therefore, this incident involving Sino-Ocean Group is not simply a matter of losing money.

The huge breach of contract penalties are enough to completely sever the already strained cash flow.

The current Sino-Ocean Group can no longer withstand the slightest disturbance.

"It's just a small shrimp, don't worry about it."

Lin Zhen didn't care at all.

In the eyes of others, Sino-Ocean Group is an unapproachable behemoth, but in his eyes, it's not even a small fry.

The Japanese Sound Group could blow it to dust with a single breath.

Just then.

The office door opened silently.

A young man dressed casually walked in; he was handsome and had a calm demeanor.

His name is Xizhao, or Lin Xizhao for short.

He is Lin Zhen's adopted son.

Aside from his face being just as handsome as in the original work, west Zhao's eyes and demeanor far surpassed those of the confused young man in the original story.

Under Lin Zhen's meticulous education and deliberate guidance for more than ten years.

west Zhao became a true obedient king, and also an all-powerful king.

In the original work, west Zhao never had any goals of his own.

He did whatever King Kai told him to do until he came into contact with the main characters and slowly began to have his own ideas.

But now, west Zhao has only one goal in life.

That is to do everything in my power to help my father realize his wish.

Like Bing'er, west Zhao possesses the highest level of retinal password access to the chairman's office.

No need to announce your arrival, you can come in directly.

"Dad, this is the light energy collected this month."

west Zhao walked up to Lin Zhen and knelt on one knee.

He unlocked the high-end-looking black combination lock box, deciphering it layer by layer.

Inside the box, a silver-white metal tube lay quietly.

Lin Zhen eagerly took it and pressed his finger on the red button at one end of the metal tube.

A "click" sound.

The entire metal tube instantly emitted a soft white light and became slightly warm.

A tiny needle popped out from the other end.

Lin Zhen aimed at his own arm and stabbed down without hesitation.

The white light from the metal tube instantly became blinding.

At the same time, Lin Zhen's pupils, like light bulbs, flickered with an eerie alternation of light and dark.

Less than five seconds.

The light from the metal tube went out completely.

Lin Zhen pulled out the needle.

The tiny needle mark on my arm healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

He slowly closed his eyes, a long-lost look of comfort appearing on his face.

It's like someone who has worked continuously for a lifetime without ever taking a break finally lying on a soft bed for the first time.

So-called light energy.

In fact, it was the leakage of energy generated after the intense collision between the light and dark beings.

This energy can be perfectly absorbed by his body.

It was used to neutralize the increasingly large amount of dark energy within his body.

Dr. Karen's theory from twelve years ago was entirely correct.

A balance of light and darkness is essential for maintaining rationality.

He cannot directly absorb pure light energy, while dark energy has become an integral part of his body.

Over the past decade or so, dark energy has grown exponentially.

The reason he was able to maintain a clear mind and not let darkness consume his reason was that...

It relies on this continuously collected light energy.

Moreover, the addition of light energy not only played a harmonizing role but also made his evolution speed even more unparalleled.

Ten seconds later.

Lin Zhen snapped out of his reverie, feeling an intense sense of comfort.

He spoke, his tone carrying a subtle hint of seriousness.

"The absorption time is getting shorter and shorter."

In its later stages, dark energy grows at an extremely rapid rate.

"The energy you collect from fighting the mutant beasts alone is no longer sufficient to meet the demand."

"Has Dr. Karen not finished developing the scaled-down version of the light energy harvesting device yet?"

west Zhao stood up and answered respectfully.

"Dr. Karen sent a message yesterday saying that the theoretical research and prototype manufacturing of the equipment have been basically completed."

"Whether it can operate stably and what its collection efficiency can achieve still requires further field testing."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhen nodded and made a decision immediately.

"Hmm, I think we can begin the test."

"Tell Ugly General to get the White Shark Beast moving."

"Li Xinnan has been training in ERP for quite some time now; it's time to give him some practice."

"Bing'er".

Lin Zhen turned around and called out.

Bing'er immediately dropped her joking expression and listened attentively.

"Go and give Dr. Garu a heads-up, tell him that the appearance of mutant beasts has been becoming more and more frequent recently, and it may become the norm in the future."

"Get the ERP system into battle mode ahead of schedule."

"My daughter understands."

……

at the same time.

An ERP research lab on the other side of the city.

It is an independently operating private research lab that is not regulated by any government department.

ERP is unique in the world.

Everything here looks exactly the same as in the original story.

There's only one difference—its nature has changed.

In the original story, ERP was created single-handedly by Dr. Garrut, driven by passion and hard work.

Now, the entire ERP system includes all equipment, core technologies, installation and debugging, daily maintenance, and even after-sales service.

All of them come from TianZhengXing Technology Company.

The person in charge of this company, which wields considerable influence in the high-tech field, is none other than Lin Bing'er.

After all, the ERP organization was brought together by Lin Zhen from the very beginning.

Without Lin Zhen's approval and support, there would be no ERP in this world.

of course.

Even without ERP, the Light and Shadow Armor will still appear.

"Hey! Did you see the news just now?"

"What news? The one about the cargo ship accident involving the Sino-Ocean Group?"

"Yes! It's so tragic, so many people died."

"There's nothing we can do about it; those people are just really unlucky."

Who would have thought that a mutant beast would appear so far from the shore?

A man and a woman were sitting at the main workbench in the research room.

The two chatted casually.

The man's name is Wu Dongshan, and the woman's name is Meizhen.

Besides the two of them, there were more than a dozen other staff members in the research lab, all busy at their respective posts.

These people were all technicians sent by Tianzhengxing Technology Company.

They are responsible for providing all necessary technical support.

For example, investigating the background of the incident, activating remote teleportation rooms, and deploying combat satellites for location tracking, etc.

Because of this.

Meizhen's burden is much lighter than in the original story.

You could even say it's dispensable.

She has now become a true armor liaison officer.

My main job every day is to track down abnormal energy fluctuations.

Investigate the scattered Light and Shadow Stones and search for more descendants of Light and Shadow Village.

"How can it be something that can't be helped!"

Meizhen immediately became agitated and said indignantly.

"We should find a way to expand the scanning area of ​​our combat satellites to all near-shore waters!"

"Only in this way can we ensure that the same tragedy will not happen again in the future!"

She had strong objections to this matter from the very beginning.

The incident involving the alien beast from the Ocean Group caused her emotions to completely erupt.

In contrast, Dongshan, sitting next to him, appeared much calmer.

"Mijin, haven't I told you this many times already?"

"Many things are not as simple as you think."

"Covering all sea areas is just a matter of saying one sentence."

However, the resources required and the technical challenges that need to be overcome are beyond your imagination.

"Moreover, the input and output are completely disproportionate."

He tried his best to soothe Meizhen's emotions.

"Besides."

"Tienzen Star Technology will absolutely not agree unless you can come up with tens of billions and cover all the costs yourself."

Dongshan is naturally shy and lacks assertiveness.

As can be seen from the original work, he basically has no personal opinions and always follows others.

Therefore, he clearly understood why Zenith Technology disagreed with expanding the scanning range.

the reason is simple.

There were hardly any people on the sea.

Scanning such a vast, uninhabited area would cost astronomical sums of money every day.

Capital is profit-driven.

Nobody wants to do something that offers no benefit whatsoever.

beep.

beep.

Beep~~

Just as Meizhen was about to refute,

The red alarm light on the ceiling of the research lab suddenly started flashing rapidly.

The piercing alarm sounded instantly throughout the entire space.

"It's an abnormal energy fluctuation! And it's very strong!"

A female technician sitting in front of a computer on the other side immediately shouted.

As the alarm sounded.

Everyone, including Meizhen and Wu Dongshan.

They immediately stopped chatting and went into a state of combat readiness.

Meizhen quickly sat down at her main operating station and called out to the female technician.

"Beautiful! Give me the precise coordinates of the abnormal energy fluctuations!"

Meili nodded.

My hands flew across the keyboard, and the data on the screen scrolled by rapidly.

A few seconds later.

"Sister Meizhen, we've locked onto the target! I've sent you the coordinates!"

A high-definition 3D map of D City immediately appeared on the huge screen in front of Meizhen.

A striking red dot is flashing continuously on the map.

"It's over on Honghua Street! There's a lot of foot traffic there!"

Wu Dongshan sat to the side, glanced at the screen, and immediately began to operate his own computer seriously.

"Beauty, give me the authority to keep track."

I'll pinpoint the real-time location of the mutant beast.

"No problem, Dongshan."

Meili immediately transferred the permissions.

Then, Wu Dongshan turned to Meizhen and said.

"Quickly notify Xin Nan! A mutant beast has appeared!"

"The target location is too far from Happiness Dumpling Restaurant, so we've prepared a teleportation system in advance to deliver it directly to the site!"

Meizhen nodded, her expression extremely serious.

She immediately picked up her communicator and dialed Li Xinnan's number.

"Brother Wang, Brother Hu! Please activate the remote teleportation mode of the combat satellite!"

"I have already applied for and submitted the location coordinates and teleportation permissions!"

Wu Dongshan then shouted to the other two technicians.

"no problem!"

"Almost done!"

The two technicians responded immediately.

On their computer screens, a notification popped up saying "Permission request approved".

The two of them quickly activated the teleportation program with their fingers flying across the screen.

the other side.

Happiness Dumpling Restaurant.

Upon receiving the call, Li Xinnan rushed out without even taking off her apron.

His face showed a hint of barely concealed tension.

After all, he had never actually faced off against a monster in the long time since he joined ERP.

I'm quite unsure of myself, afraid I'll mess it up.

A dazzling white light descended from the sky and instantly enveloped his body.

A slight tremor followed.

Everyone in the dumpling restaurant felt a noticeable tremor beneath their feet.

They all looked up, gazing out the window in confusion.

But the sun was shining brightly outside the window, and everything seemed normal.

"Where's Xin Nan?"

Min-ci, who was serving dumplings to a guest, glanced inadvertently at the piano by the door.

Li Xinnan, who was just sitting there practicing the piano, has disappeared.

D City, Honghua Street.

"what……"

"Help! Help me!"

"Monster! There's a monster!"

"Please help me up! I don't want to die!"

"Save me! Save my child!"

Screams and cries echoed through the streets.

People scattered and fled like madmen.

Those who are slow will find it difficult to escape the clutches of the alien beasts.

An elderly woman with mobility issues was a step too slow in running.

He was slapped away by the white shark beast.

He fell heavily to the ground, his body convulsing and foaming at the mouth.

Judging from the way he looks, even if he survives, he'll be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life.

"Stop right there!"

A furious shout came from the end of the street.

It's Li Xinnan who just teleported here.

As soon as he landed, he saw the innocent civilians lying injured at the feet of the alien beast.

A surge of anger instantly rose from the depths of his heart to the top of his head.

As he sprinted toward the white shark beast, he quickly pulled out the red Flame Dragon Summoner and fastened it to his left wrist.

With his right hand, he ripped off the summoning card hanging around his neck.

With a "whoosh," it was inserted into the summoner.

At the same time, he shouted with all his might.

"Flame Dragon Armor - Combine!!!"