297: Complete independent research institute

The air froze.

In the distance, Li Mo and Wang Qingxuan's hearts were in their throats. That unlucky security guard had completely stiffened into a stone statue, even forgetting to breathe.

Everyone's attention was focused on Lin Yu.

Waiting for his judgment.

However, Lin Yu's gaze did not linger on Feng Rui or his half-dead son for even a second.

He just looked at the magnificent building rising from the ground in front of him.

Looking at this divine kingdom that buried five years of his humiliation and carried his future ambitions.

Time passed, second by second.

Every second was a torment in a frying pan for Feng Rui.

He could even hear the sound of his own teeth chattering.

Just as he was about to break and was ready to kneel and kowtow.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Lin Yu spoke, his voice flat, devoid of any emotion.

It was as if the farce just now, which was enough to destroy a family, was just a gust of wind passing by.

Feng Rui's whole body trembled violently.

He felt like he had been fished out of ice water and then thrown into a boiling fire. The massive ecstasy and the lingering fear of surviving a disaster intertwined, leaving him almost collapsed.

He survived.

He nodded hurriedly, his waist bent at an incredible angle, almost crawling on all fours to lead the way.

"Yes, yes! Mr. Lin, this way please! The core area of the main building has been fully debugged and is ready for use at any time!"

When passing his son, Feng Rui's movements paused for a moment.

He didn't speak, but just gave Young Master Feng a look sharp enough to freeze someone into ice shards.

Young Master Feng shivered, and the wails and grievances that had just surged up were instantly swallowed back in fear, leaving his heart filled with nothing but boundless dread and humiliation.

This guy... He looked at Lin Yu's departing back with a bit of resentment.

This guy didn't look much older than himself... He dressed ordinarily, and his temperament was ordinary, so why?

Why did his old man fear him so much? To the point of being so ruthless to his own son?

His mind was a mess, completely unable to understand.

Lin Yu ignored the undercurrents behind him.

He followed behind Feng Rui, and Wang Qingxuan and a pale-faced Li Mo also quickly followed.

The group passed through the automatic sensing alloy doors and entered the main building.

Buzz.

As the doors closed silently behind them, the noise from the outside world was instantly cut off.

A whole new world unfolded before Lin Yu.

The interior of the main building was starkly different from the construction site outside that was still being finished.

This place was already a precision instrument operating at high speed.

The spacious and bright hall had a floor as smooth as a mirror, and the dome simulated a blue sky with white clouds. Soft light poured down, making one feel no sense of oppression.

Researchers and staff in uniform white lab coats walked hurriedly, each with a focused expression. The air was thick with a tense and efficient academic atmosphere.

Unlike the final repairs still being done outside, this place was already ready for use at any moment.

"Mr. Lin, here is the overall structural diagram of the Research Institute."

Wang Qingxuan stepped forward, taking over for the still-shaking Feng Rui. She pointed to a giant holographic projection screen in the center of the hall.

Lin Yu's footsteps stopped.

On the screen, a complex and precise tree-like structural diagram was slowly rotating, listing the departmental composition of the entire Research Institute.

His gaze swept from top to bottom.

At the very top was the general name "Qingyun Technology Research Institute."

Below it was a series of department names that even surprised him.

Essence Collection and Identification Department.

Potion Dynamics and Taboo Harmonization Department.

Life Runes and Alchemical Engraving Department.

Cross-Species Applied Sciences Department.

Reverse Engineering and Analysis Department.

Arcane Computation and Information Integration Center.

Alchemical Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Department.

Logistics and Cross-Realm Distribution Department.

Compliance, Ethics, and Mystic Security Department.

Strategic Projects and Joint Research Office.

Clinical Application and Trial Management Department... Looking through the departments one by one, waves of emotion rose in Lin Yu's heart.

He had only proposed a vague concept of establishing a top-tier laboratory.

And these people, in just two short days, had not only turned it into reality but had also constructed such a perfect and terrifying research system with unimaginable professionalism and foresight.

Many of the departments here were things that not even the Four Major Pharmaceutical Companies had before, and even the military's core Research Institutes might not have such detailed and bold divisions.

Especially that "Taboo Harmonization Department" and "Mystic Security Department," it was as if they had directly dug the ideas out of his brain.

His gaze continued to move down.

Below these core research departments, there was another large area.

Administrative Department.

Operations Department.

Planning Department.

Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property Bureau.

Public Relations Department... These, he had never mentioned.

These people had not only pushed the research part to the extreme but had also arranged all the links of commercial operation, legal protection, and logistics management clearly for him.

They hadn't destroyed his past.

They had simply built a brand new, future, armed-to-the-teeth technology empire directly on this land that buried all his humiliation.

A divine kingdom that obeyed only him.

Lin Yu stood before the screen, silent for a long time.

Feng Rui and Li Mo held their breath, not even daring to breathe loudly, nervously observing his reaction.

They had gambled everything, throwing in all the resources and connections they could mobilize, just to show their value to this new master.

This was their pledge of loyalty.

Just then, Lin Yu moved.

He didn't offer any evaluation of the structural diagram, but simply started walking forward along a glass corridor beside the hall.

Feng Rui and the others hurriedly followed.

One side of the corridor was a full wall of one-way transparent glass.

From here, one could clearly see the interiors of the giant laboratories.

Countless researchers in white lab coats were busy in front of various futuristic precision instruments.

Lin Yu's pace was steady as he walked and looked.

Until his footsteps suddenly stopped in front of a section of the corridor.

His gaze, through the glass, was firmly locked onto one of the laboratories.

It was a laboratory specifically for the drawing and debugging of alchemical arrays.

In the very center of the laboratory, a white-haired elder with a slightly hunched figure was gesturing wildly in front of a complex, shimmering alchemical array on the floor, muttering to himself, his face flushed with excitement.

Beside him, another slightly younger but equally fanatical researcher was holding a data pad, rapidly recording something.

It was Old Ghost.

They were already here.

This was the first time Lin Yu experienced the massive impact that could be generated by a single word from him.