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

Immediately afterwards, the owner of those long boots walked in with steady and brisk steps.

A well-tailored black pencil skirt for the workplace.

It accentuates her slender waist and graceful curves, while her upper body is clad in a crisp white silk shirt.

The collar was tied meticulously, without any unnecessary wrinkles.

Her long, jet-black hair cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall, without any fancy decorations.

Her features were so exquisite, as if they had been meticulously sculpted, with every detail perfectly proportioned.

But her almond-shaped eyes, clear and bright, exude a cold and sharp aura that keeps people at a distance, giving her a powerful presence that makes her unapproachable.

The person who arrived was Lin Bing'er.

A middle-aged man in his forties followed closely behind her.

His head was already bald and shiny, and he was wearing an ill-fitting suit, which made him look somewhat cramped.

This bald man was none other than Wang Xiangqian, the former head of the ERP Armor Project Department.

All eyes in the conference room instantly focused on Bing'er.

The moment Dr. Garru saw her.

A storm raged in my heart: "How could it be her?"

Does this mean that this woman will be the head of future ERP projects?

As a long-time partner of Tianzhengxing Technology for twelve years.

How could he not know who this person was?

Lin Bing'er is the current chairperson of Tian Ding Xing Technology.

The daughter of Lin Zhen, the true capital tycoon of City D.

"Brother, this woman looks familiar."

Meizhen subconsciously lowered her voice.

He felt that the other person's aura was so strong that it was suffocating, and that they completely overwhelmed him.

Whether it's body shape, appearance, or clothing.

She still exudes that inherent cold and aloof aura; she's a typical ice queen.

Dr. Garrut leaned close to her ear and whispered:

"She is Lin Bing'er, the chairman of Tian Ding Xing Technology."

Lin Zhen's daughter.

"So it was her..."

No wonder he looked so familiar.

Meizhen stared wide-eyed in surprise. "Then why would she come here for a meeting in person?"

Tianzhengxing Technology has carried out hundreds or even thousands of projects across the country.

The ERP Armor project can only be considered one branch at best.

all the time.

All of this was handled entirely by General Manager Wang Xiangqian.

It never disturbed the top level.

Bing'er walked straight to the head seat and sat down, her cold gaze slowly sweeping across the entire room.

The gaze lingered for just one more second on the faces of Mijin, Dongshan, and Dr. Garu.

"Chairman, all the management teams from both sides of the ERP project have arrived."

Wang Xiangqian quickly bent down and leaned closer, his face plastered with a fawning smile.

"sit."

Bing'er uttered a single word softly.

His voice was cold and devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

Wang Xiangqian quickly sat down in the first empty seat on her left.

Then he cleared his throat.

He introduced himself loudly to everyone in the conference room:

"Everyone, let me formally introduce myself."

This is Ms. Lin Bing'er, the chairperson of our Tianzhengxing Technology.

"Starting today, Chairman Lin will take full charge of all affairs related to the ERP Armor project, and I will be transferred to another project."

"Alright, everyone, let's welcome the Chairman!"

"Welcome, Chairman!"

The people on the other side of the zenith immediately sat up straight.

They stood up straight as javelins and clapped loudly in unison, the applause sounding somewhat deliberate.

The group of people on Dr. Garrut's side.

He merely raised his hand symbolically and clapped a few times sparsely.

When the applause subsided, Bing'er raised her hand and gently pressed it down.

The meeting room fell silent instantly, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"From now on, I will be directly in charge of all projects in the ERP research lab."

Dr. Garrut, this should be our first meeting.

Bing'er's gaze fell on Garu's messy hair.

Dr. Garrut saw no flattery.

He simply nodded and said in a flat tone:

"Yes, this is also the first time I've met your company's chairman."

"Um."

After greeting Garu, Bing'er didn't waste any words.

Let's get straight to the point:

"Based on recent data analysis from our Zenith Technology Department."

Since the last time the White Shark Beast and the Flame Dragon Armor clashed, the activity frequency of the alien beasts has increased exponentially.

Next, incidents of destruction caused by alien beasts will frequently occur in the city.

"We studied all the physical indicators of Li Xinnan, the current summoner of the Flame Dragon Armor."

It was discovered that his internal pressure was far below the standard for a normal adult.

Therefore, we conclude that:

All descendants of the Light and Shadow Village share this common physical characteristic.

Upon hearing this, Dr. Garrut immediately perked up and leaned forward:

"His internal pressure is much lower than normal?"

In other words, we can use this feature to conduct large-scale screening throughout the city.

Find all the hidden descendants of the Light and Shadow Village!

"Oh my god!" Meizhen immediately realized as well.

His face was full of joy, "In this way, we can find a second summoner very soon!"

That wooden shadow stone that had been lying idle for so long could finally be put to use!

Dongshan frowned and said hesitantly:

"But how are we supposed to conduct screenings in such a big city?"

We can't possibly bring all the millions of people in the city here and have them all tested one by one, can we?

That's simply unrealistic.

Bing'er glanced at him calmly and continued:

"The criteria for determining the descendants of Guangying Village, in addition to abnormal body pressure values, are as follows: "

It also requires the presence of a special RT blood element in the blood.

As for the candidates for screening, you don't need to worry about that.

"Before coming here, our company had already found all the qualified armor summoners based on these two criteria."

"Xiao Wang, send the information to them."

"Yes, Chairman."

Wang Xiangqian quickly opened the laptop in front of him.

His fingers flew across the keyboard for a few seconds, then he looked up and said:

"I have sent all the summoners' detailed information to your work emails. You can check them yourself."

Dr. Garrut never had the habit of bringing his computer to meetings.

But Bing'er and Dongshan both brought their laptops, and the two quickly entered their passwords to log in to their email accounts.

I received the compressed file sent by Wang Xiangqian.

Upon opening the file, the first image that appeared—a close-up headshot—immediately stunned everyone present.

"This... isn't this our liaison assistant, Dongshan?!"

"Am I seeing things? It's Dongshan!"

"Yes, yes, it's him!"

This kid is also a descendant of the Village of Light and Shadow, and from Kimura's village at that!

"Doesn't that mean the Shadow Stone inside the core device was made specifically for him?!"

That's right.

When everyone in the conference room opened their emails, the first contact they saw was Wu Dongshan, someone they had worked with for several years.

"I?!"

Dongshan was stunned. He pointed to his own nose with an incredulous expression.

He couldn't believe what he was seeing.

At that moment, everyone in the conference room turned their attention to him.

"Sure, Dongshan!"

So you're the Wood Armor summoner we've been searching for all this time!

Meizhen was the first to react, and she was so happy that she almost jumped up. She reached out and pushed Dongshan, who was still in a daze, hard.

"I... I'm actually the summoner of the Wood Armor?!"

Dongshan was pushed so hard that he swayed, still in shock, and didn't come to his senses for a long time.

Bing'er placed her hands on the conference table, crossed.

He said calmly, "I never expected that the descendants of Muying Village we've been searching for would actually be right here among us."

After repeated checks and confirmation by the company's technical department.

Your body pressure is exactly the same as Li Xinnan's, and your blood also contains a high concentration of RT hemoglobin.

"Could there be a mistake?" Dongshan finally came to his senses.

He instinctively shook his head in denial, "How could I possibly be a descendant of the Light and Shadow Village! That's too outrageous!"

Science doesn't lie.

Yes or no.

Bing'er's tone was very confident, and then she asked, "According to our research..."

When the descendants of the corresponding Light and Shadow Village approach a Light and Shadow Stone of their own attribute.

It will produce a special sensation.

For example, the Light Stone might emit light on its own, or the summoner might experience dizziness, rapid heartbeat, or other symptoms.

dizzy.

These four words struck Dongshan like a bolt of lightning.

His eyes widened suddenly: "Now that you say that..."

Every time I approach the energy core chamber and stand next to the Wood Shadow Stone to observe it, I inexplicably feel dizzy and lightheaded.

The symptoms are exactly the same as those of hypoglycemia.

I always thought it was caused by staying up too late, so I went to the hospital for a full checkup.

The results showed that I had absolutely no health problems.

"That's right, that explains everything." Bing'er nodded.

Well done, Dongshan!

"This saves us a huge amount of trouble!" Mei was genuinely happy for Dongshan.

In her view, Dongshan has a calm and reliable personality.

He's practically the perfect choice for Hawkman.

"Calm down, calm down, let me calm down first."

Dongshan felt his heart was pounding so hard it was about to jump out of his throat.

He never dreamed that one day he would become an armor summoner.

It all feels so unreal, like a dream.

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and then swiped the mouse to open the next page of information.

The character information that popped up on the page once again caused him and Meizhen to exclaim in surprise at the same time.

"Isn't this Kunzhong?!"

"It really is Kunzhong!"

"So that kid is also a descendant of Guangying Village! And from Tu Village at that!"

"My God, we didn't realize there were so many descendants of the Light and Shadow Village hiding right under our noses!"

Kunzhong and Dongshan were very familiar with each other. Dongshan often played basketball with him, and Kunzhong also liked to come to the ERP research lab to hang out with them.

With Dongshan as a cautionary tale, we can learn from her experience.

This time they were much calmer and quickly clicked on the next page.

Name: Bei Miao.

Gender: Male.

Age: 23 years old.

Personal background: Raised in an orphanage from a young age, and adopted by a wealthy couple when he was five years old...

"Bei Miao?"

They had never seen this person before.

"It seems that Bei Miao has been doing quite well these past few years." Mei Zhen said with some emotion after carefully reviewing his resume.

Among all the descendants of Guangying Village.

Bei Miao, a descendant of Shui Village, was surprisingly adopted by a wealthy family and lived a life of comfort and ease from a young age.

Compared to Li Xinnan, who lost both parents, and Dong Shan, who was all alone, her background was infinitely better.

Even Kunzhong only has an elderly grandfather to rely on.

She clicked on the next page.

Name: west Zhao.

Gender: Male.

Age: 20 years old.

Personal background: He lived in an orphanage from a young age and disappeared in an accident when he was ten years old...

"Huh?" Meizhen carefully read through Xizhao's biography.

She looked up in surprise, "Look!"

Bei Miao and west Zhao actually grew up in the same orphanage when they were little!

The information did not specify which orphanage it was.

But Meizhen kept this matter in her heart.

I plan to find out which orphanage it was and what happened after the meeting.

It is no coincidence that an orphanage can produce descendants of two different families from the Guangying Village.

And she was also very curious.

What exactly happened at that orphanage back then?

Why did it suddenly shut down?

Why did west Zhao disappear in an accident?

A woman's intuition told her that there must be some hidden secret behind this.

Unlike the excitement of Mima and Higashisan.

After reviewing all the materials, Dr. Garrut was left with a strong sense of unease.

Such a large corporation as the Zenith Star.

They have hundreds of highly profitable projects in hand.

Why are you so interested in this ERP Armor project that hasn't yielded any benefits yet?

They even went so far as to have the chairman personally come and oversee the operation?

What bothered him even more was that, despite studying the descendants of Guangying Village for so many years, he had not been able to find out their specific physiological characteristics.

Zenith was not only studied first.

They even secretly gathered all the summoners together.

This shows that Zenith has been hiding too much from itself from the very beginning.

However, when the two parties signed the cooperation agreement back then...

It is clearly written that all technological achievements must be shared and there must be no concealment.

"Dongshan, go to the technical department immediately after the meeting for a full medical check-up."

After everyone had finished reading the information, Bing'er began to issue orders in an unquestionable tone.

Then he turned to the executives on the Zenith side and said:

"The technical team completed the debugging and authorization of the Wind Eagle Armor Summoner within three days."

The authorizing person is Wu Dongshan.

The training team immediately developed a comprehensive intensive training program tailored to his physical condition.

We must make his combat statistics catch up with or even surpass Li Xinnan's in the shortest possible time.

"Understood, Chairman!"

"Okay, we'll arrange it right away!"

The technical director and the training director immediately stood up and agreed.

"In the future, mutant beasts may frequently appear in various corners of the city."

We must improve our overall combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time.

Everyone probably already knows the result of Li Xinnan's first battle against the White Shark Beast.

Let me make one point clear here:

All special privileges granted to Li Xinnan are hereby revoked.

Starting tomorrow, he must strictly adhere to all training plans established by the training team and is not allowed to miss any sessions.

Since Bing'er is personally overseeing the ERP research lab.

We absolutely cannot allow a disastrous defeat like Li Xinnan's to happen again.

She knew better than anyone that the White Shark Beast was a water-attribute mutant beast, and its combat power would decrease by 20% after leaving the water.

Even with this greatly weakened White Shark Beast, Li Xinnan still couldn't defeat it and almost lost his life.

This only shows that everyone in the ERP team had extremely low expectations of Li Xinnan.

Her father handed over such a huge business to her.

The goal is for her to overpower the ugly general who rules the Shadow Realm.

Moreover, my father's physical condition is becoming increasingly unusual, and he needs more and more light energy.

If the Armor Warriors can't even fight the alien beasts to a draw, where will she collect enough light energy?

"Wait a minute, I have something to say."

Meizhen heard Bing'er say that she wanted to cancel all of Li Xinnan's special privileges.

His face was full of worry, and after hesitating for a moment, he still raised his hand.

"Speak." Bing'er glanced at her.

Meizhen quickly explained, "Li Xinnan is the first Fire Village summoner we found."

Moreover, he had already made that clear to us before he came.

His focus is on his piano career.

It's impossible to stay in the lab to report all the time.

If we unilaterally cancel his special treatment now, it would be tantamount to breaking our previous verbal agreement, which would be bad for both of us.

"So you mean we should continue to indulge him and allow his personal habits to continue?"

Bing'er's eyes instantly turned cold. "Your name is Meizhen, right?"

I have seen your information.

From the very beginning of the ERP project, you've been part of Dr. Garrut's journey.

You should know better than anyone how terrifying mutant beasts are.

"Is it all for his personal dream of playing the piano?"

For his personal comfort and ease.

Should we all give in to him?

Will the citizens who have been harmed by the alien beasts give in to him?

Will those innocent victims who perished at the hands of the mutant beasts give in to him?

"He was purely lucky to come back alive last time."

"Meizhen, the war between the alien beasts and the Light and Shadow Armor is not child's play."

It will kill people.

This is a real war.

"The Light and Shadow Armor won, and the world is at peace."

Earth is still humanity's Earth.

What if they lose? What do you think those mutant beasts will do?

They will treat humans as food.

Treating them as playthings, turning the entire earth into a living hell.

"I hope that as the armor liaison officer, you can take responsibility and not always act on emotion."

Meizhen was speechless after hearing Bing'er's words.

His face turned bright red, but he couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

Dr. Garrut had no objection to this.

Although he was dissatisfied with the fact that the Zenith was kept in the dark.

But every word Lin Bing'er said was a bloody truth.

According to ancient records, the purpose of the alien beasts invading Earth was never just to occupy it.

If they succeed, humanity will be nothing more than fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Moreover, Li Xinnan's performance in his first match last time was really too bad.

He was severely injured and hospitalized after being attacked by a marine mutant beast whose strength was greatly reduced.

If it weren't for his good physical condition, he probably would have been dead long ago.

"Meizhen, Chairman Lin is absolutely right."

Her words pinpointed the biggest problem and shortcoming we face right now.

"elder brother!"

"Don't speak yet, let me finish."

Garu raised his hand to stop his sister, who was about to argue.

He said in a heavy tone, "The war between light and shadow has continued for five thousand years from ancient times to the present, and has never stopped."

"What the alien beasts want is never just Earth, but the entire solar system."

"It's because we were too lenient with Li Xinnan before and didn't make any demands on him."

That led to his crushing defeat in his first match.

"We couldn't even seal away one mutant beast. What if two or three come at once next time?"

"The ERP research lab's capabilities must be improved immediately."

Li Xinnan absolutely cannot be as willful as before.

He was lucky this time, but he might not be so lucky next time.

"Fighting against mutant beasts is like risking your life."

I don't want Li Xinnan to continue slacking off and wasting his time after experiencing such a painful lesson.

Dr. Garrut finished speaking.

Meizhen opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

He could only sigh heavily.

Even my brother said so, so it seems this time...

Li Xinnan really needs to undergo rigorous training.