The Cockroach-like Girl Is My Beast

This sports car seems to have added mechanical Spirit Beast components. Even though it wasn't moving at full speed, it was still faster than ordinary Tier Two Spirit Beasts. In just over an hour, it arrived at this industrial park located in the Mingguang District of Zhen Sheng City.

The entire park spans several hundred acres, considered vast, composed of five large factories, employee dormitories, and a security-tight research institute.

Xin Qi led Lin Guang into one of the factories.

One could see the spectacular mechanical assembly line working pleasingly under the workers' operation. Pre-processed Spirit Beast raw hides went through multiple procedures at the "water field" and "dry field" and finally turned into exquisite furs.

Picking up a piece of gray fox fur, Xin Qi introduced with a smile, "This is made from the fur of winter gray foxes, the most popular style of our company in recent years, mainly exported to the northern states."

Lin Guang took the fox fur from his hand, the texture was very smooth, he smelled it, there was no special scent, but for some reason, he felt a lift in Spirit.

He mused, "It seems somewhat similar to the fur of a Lingming Fox."

"Oh, Lin Guang, you can actually tell? No wonder you've been able to publish papers at such a young age, quite an outstanding talent."

Xin Qi showed a hint of surprise, but there wasn't any panic on his face, instead, a hint of pride appeared, and he replied with a smile, "That's why this item sells so well. Because of the previous excessive hunting, the Lingming Fox has been listed as a second-class protected Spirit Beast by the state, now it can almost only be encountered in the reserve established in Zhen Sheng City, or in the uninhabited wilderness. We also put in a great amount of effort, using genetic technology to modify the winter gray fox, achieving a similar fur effect."

"The result is also very gratifying; just this product alone brought our company a net profit of over a billion Daxia Coins last year."

"And for similar products, we have up to seven in our company."

Lin Guang slightly nodded.

"Let's take a tour of other places."

Adjacent to the factory, the research institute is a three-story building, quite spacious in area, with armed security personnel patrolling around, and the laboratories inside seem designed for viewing, with the corridor walls made of large floor-to-ceiling glass, allowing a direct view of the interior from the outside.

As he came outside this research institute and could see the internal situation, Lin Guang suddenly stopped. A look of surprise appeared on his face.

Seeing Lin Guang seemingly stunned, Xin Qi's expression grew more smug: "You can try using an identification app to scan, see the value of the instruments here."

In fact, without his suggestion, Lin Guang could recognize that most of the equipment here is quite advanced on the market, and even Dr. Kaiwen's laboratory has similar ones.

Merely setting up these laboratories probably requires funding of over ten billion Daxia Coins.

Xin Qi turned around, looking at Lin Guang.

His face still carried that commercial smile, but with a touch of arrogance, he slightly raised his head: "Lin Guang, you've seen our company's capabilities."

"Then I'll be straightforward."

"I hope you can contact the journal to withdraw the paper that is about to be published."

"..."

"...?"

"Of course, this is not without compensation, we will provide 10,000 Credit Points as compensation."

He looked down upon Lin Guang as if he were sure he'd agree: "Simultaneously, we are very eager for elite talents like you in scientific research. If you have the intention to join Lingmiao Industry, submit your resume after graduation, and we will give you priority hiring."

Lin Guang was stunned.

At this moment, he finally understood... since meeting this person, where the sense of discord had been coming from all along.

He shook his head with a smile: "Your attitude is quite novel."

Xin Qi was taken aback: "Hmm?"

After a pause, Lin Guang suddenly asked, "Did you come back from a business trip in another city?"

This time, it was Xin Qi's turn to be slightly taken aback.

The middle-aged man frowned: "How did you know?"

This time, Xin Qi finally became a bit serious; he slightly lowered his head and gaze, starting to evaluate Lin Guang, whose attire looked far from custom-made, yet his appearance was quite striking.

As Lin Guang mentioned, Xin Qi did indeed just return from a business trip in the neighboring city and received the message to handle urgent company affairs as soon as he got off the car.

Recalling the hastily glanced datasheet in the car, Xin Qi confirmed that this young man named Lin Guang was just an ordinary student with no official or commercial background, not even a Junior Researcher.

...almost got bluffed.

With a cold snort, Xin Qi looked at Lin Guang with a bit of a malicious glance: "So you don't want to sell?"

"Why should I sell?"

Lin Guang adjusted his glasses and countered.

This sentence seemed to hit Xin Qi's funny bone, and he chuckled, suddenly asking, "Have you watched 'Mind-Reading Detective'... that TV show from twenty years ago? It still occasionally reruns on TV."

"There's a line in there I quite like."

He raised his hand and patted Lin Guang's chest with the back of his hand, "Sorry, having money indeed makes a big difference."

Lin Guang smirked slightly: "Are you threatening me?"

"Oh dear, my friend, please don't say that."

Xin Qi exaggeratedly spread his arms and shrugged, wearing a smile like a laughing tiger.

"Now is the age of the rule of law. How could we possibly threaten an ordinary citizen?"

"It's just... what money can do is far more than you can imagine."

"For example, our company has a deep collaboration with a Senior Researcher and Four-Star Miracle Master, conducting research related to the evolution of Swaying Lily, just one step away from success, only hindered by other business delaying the research, and strangely, you, an ordinary student, managed to research it first."

Xin Qi raised his hand, pointing to a laboratory, where Lin Guang could see many Swaying Lilies planted inside, most of which were in poor condition, half-alive, indeed one of the conditions for Swaying Lily to evolve into Luminous Lily.

"Right now, I suspect that your research findings were stolen from our company or that someone leaked them, so I will inform Officer Wang... Oh, he is the captain of the precinct closest to our company, a Four-Star Spirit Master, and has quite a good relationship with our company."

"Once I notify him, he can arrive on-site to investigate within three minutes. Of course, we can't avoid going to your home to investigate, see if there are any suspicious traces, and maybe visit your neighbors for inquiries."

"If these investigations affect your studies or spread unfavorable rumors around, causing your parents or relatives and friends to worry, I hope you can understand that we're just doing business by the book."

After speaking, Xin Qi looked at Lin Guang with a grin, waiting for his response.

However, he didn't see any panic on Lin Guang's face.

Lin Guang merely stared at him expressionlessly.

And anyone familiar with him knows that once this expression appears... it means someone is about to have bad luck.

The smile on Xin Qi's face faded: "What are you looking at?"

Lin Guang sighed: "... I'm sorry, I haven't heard such a funny thing in a long time."

With that, he suddenly took out a slightly glowing pendant from his chest.

Xin Qi slightly widened his eyes, showing obvious surprise.

"This is a Tier One Spiritual Artifact, I believe you recognized it, it has been recording."

Xin Qi calmed his emotions, not panicking: "So what? Fabricating evidence isn't difficult, do you want to falsely accuse me?"

"Falsely accuse?"

Lin Guang shook his head and suddenly revealed a bright smile unique to a handsome young man.

"I just want to say..."

At this moment, Xin Qi suddenly froze.

His brain was frantically screaming and warning, as if being stared at by something extremely dangerous, only a step away from death.

The boy's dark golden eyes were now flickering with dark golden flames, his loose hair moving without wind, softly saying, "With this thing as a reason, I could legitimately kill you on the spot, and nothing would happen, do you know?"