As a senior researcher at the Foundation, Geng Xing Shu was no stranger to superhuman abilities, so Professor Niu Lan Shan being a superpowered individual was not unacceptable. In fact, Geng Xing Shu himself wished to become a superpowered individual.
Normally, senior researchers like Geng Xing Shu did not need to attend high-level Foundation meetings. The fact that they were specifically required to attend indicated that the matters to be discussed were of great importance.
On the way, Geng Xing Shu encountered a bald man with a barcode on his head and struck up a conversation.
This bald man was Wu Ma, the Director of the Foundation's Headquarters Armed Forces Department. It was said that he was formerly an assassin codenamed 'Bian Ma' (Encoder). After leaving the assassin profession, he changed his name to Wu Ma, signifying his departure from the path of an assassin.
It was precisely during a moment of extreme peril that this Wu Ma had rushed into Geng Xing Shu's studio, killed the terrifying worm, and saved Geng Xing Shu.
The Headquarters Armed Forces Department, led by Wu Ma, was a direct armed force of the Foundation. They frequently patrolled Qianhe City and its surrounding areas, specifically hunting monsters to protect people from monster infestations.
Occasionally, Geng Xing Shu would obtain valuable materials from Wu Ma to tinker with special gadgets.
The two men chatted briefly, as the meeting was about to commence. On their way, they encountered a cool guy with bright eyes.
This cool guy exuded an aura of "do not approach," and just seeing him conveyed a strange pressure.
Geng Xing Shu knew this person; he was Heng An, the leader of the Special Tactics Squad. Heng An rarely communicated with people from other departments, making him seem somewhat mysterious.
It was rumored that every member of the Special Tactics Squad under Heng An was a superpowered individual. Their primary mission was also to hunt monsters, but the monsters they faced were on an entirely different level compared to those encountered by the Armed Forces Department!
This made Geng Xing Shu elevate his assessment of the meeting's importance.
One must know that the operational range of Squad Leader Heng An encompassed the entire Xiangnan Province, and he occasionally went out of the province on missions. It was rare for him to appear at the Foundation headquarters.
Upon entering the conference hall, Geng Xing Shu found his seat and sat beside his colleagues. He looked around and noticed that all the core members of the Foundation were present in this meeting room.
Not only the core members, but even the head of the headquarters security and the supervisor of the cleaning staff were all in this meeting room.
At the front of the conference hall sat Feng Rui Xing, the President of the Foundation; Wu Ma, the Director of the Headquarters Armed Forces Department; Heng An, the leader of the Special Tactics Squad; Niu Lan Shan, the Director of the Headquarters Research Department; Zhao Hong Min, the Director of the Headquarters Finance Department...
In addition to these familiar high-ranking officials, there was also a person Geng Xing Shu had never seen before.
This person wore a large black robe, a hood on his head, and his face was obscured by floating red runes, exuding an aura of mystery that seemed out of place with the meeting's atmosphere.
After everyone was present, staff members distributed exquisite boxes to each of the high-ranking officials. Inside each box was a mirror with a golden frame.
"It has been some time since you all joined the Foundation. This is a small token of my personal regard, Feng Rui Xing."
"Then, I will get straight to the point. The reason for gathering everyone here is simple: I would like each of you to briefly introduce your recent work."
"A brief introduction will suffice so we can conclude the meeting quickly. I don't want to keep you all for dinner. Also, please speak about what you can; keep confidential information to yourselves."
After Feng Rui Xing finished speaking, the room immediately became noisy.
Geng Xing Shu was also bewildered. What was going on?
They had summoned everyone with such fanfare, only for this. Why did this most important annual meeting feel like an ice-breaker at a university orientation?
Could it be... that this was the request of the mysterious black-robed figure?
Feng Rui Xing pressed his hands down, and the room quieted down.
"There are many people, so please start quickly, beginning with the first person in the first row from the left."
And so, this rather absurd meeting began.
At first, everyone was a bit nervous, but as the first few individuals smoothly shared their recent work, the atmosphere became livelier.
Since lengthy speeches were not allowed, and confidential matters were to be avoided, people could only speak casually. Feng Rui Xing did not stop the surrounding people from making lighthearted remarks, which made the atmosphere even stranger.
When it was Geng Xing Shu's turn, he shared some of his recent ideas.
He intended to research an exoskeleton glove that could enhance human grip strength, capable of crushing rocks when activated.
Actually, Geng Xing Shu's initial intention was to create a full-body exoskeleton armor, but he realized that would be somewhat impractical, so he decided to start with a device that assisted with gripping...
After everyone had spoken, Feng Rui Xing announced the adjournment and asked everyone to leave.
Geng Xing Shu scratched his head, holding his small satchel, and left the meeting room in utter confusion.
At the same time, he felt some resentment for his work being delayed by such a matter, considering it a joke.
After they left, the real high-level meeting actually began.
At this point, among those who remained, everyone except Zhao Hong Min, the Director of the Operations Department, were all personnel from the containment facility. Zhao Hong Min had also signed a labor contract with the containment facility through Feng Rui Xing's introduction.
Therefore, Wen Wen and the others did not need to hide anything and shared their plans with them.
The general framework of the Mirror Maze's story mode had been established and only required some testing and refinement before it could be officially launched.
The reason for having those people introduce their recent work was simply to make Wen Wen familiar with them. The primary purpose, however, was to distribute those golden mirrors.
All the mirrors had been modified by Jidelo. When the plan commenced, Jidelo could easily drag those holding the mirrors into the mirror space.
Even if these people became wary and did not keep the mirrors with them, they were marked as soon as they came into contact with the mirrors.
Jidelo could still pull them into the mirror space when they came into contact with other mirrors, albeit with greater energy consumption.
Once inside the mirror space, these individuals would undergo trials of the story mode, making it easy to distinguish who was trustworthy and who was not.
After everyone had been tested, Feng Rui Xing would expel those who failed the tests from the Foundation's organization. Those who passed the tests would then sign labor contracts, just like Zhao Hong Min.
In this way, the containment facility would be truly bound to the Foundation, and the Foundation could provide services to the containment facility with greater efficiency.