Shang Jianyao met Su Yu, a board member of the company's board of directors in charge of the Security Department, in room 506.
This person's name sounded refined and elegant, but he himself was a rugged and heroic man, 1.8 meters tall, with a crew cut and a face full of traces of wind and sun.
Unlike Shang Jianyao and his generation, Su Yu, who was in his early forties, had undergone imperfect gene optimization and could not be called a "Chosen One." This was reflected in his appearance. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a square face. He certainly couldn't be called ugly, but his skin was pitted and scarred, which made him a little unsightly. But apart from that, he couldn't be called handsome either, just decent.
Su Yu had climbed up to the position of director step by step from the front lines of the Security Department, and he retained the obvious style of a soldier. As soon as he saw Shang Jianyao and Mei Shounan enter, he said to the several guards in the room:
"You guys wait outside the door."
These guards belonged to the action cluster directly under the management and were wearing various bionic intelligent armors.
Shang Jianyao glanced over and his eyes stopped on one of them.
The bionic intelligent armor he was wearing was covered with fine black scales, but it didn't look heavy.
This reminded Shang Jianyao of the Black Marsh Iron Snake he had hunted during his first mission.
The guards did not try to persuade Su Yu to stay and protect his safety. They obeyed the order and left the office, closing the door behind them.
Su Yu, who was wearing a gray Security Department combat uniform, saw this, pointed to the sofa area, and said with a smile:
"Let's talk there."
His attitude wasn't particularly friendly, but it was quite amiable.
Shang Jianyao didn't stand on ceremony at all. He followed Su Yu and sat down at one end of the long sofa, while Mei Shounan sat on the other side.
After they were all seated, Su Yu in the single sofa laughed:
"Once you reach the 'Mind Corridor' level, many things aren't that important anymore.
"I've always said there's no need for a review, but they insist on following the procedure.
"I've asked you to come here today mainly to understand three things, and I won't ask too much about anything else."
"Agreed." Shang Jianyao responded very seriously.
Su Yu was slightly taken aback, and then he recalled Mei Shounan's and Doctor Lin's reports, and he had a deeper understanding of some of the descriptions in them.
He leaned forward slightly, clasped his hands together, and his expression became serious:
"The first thing, I want to know your opinion of the company."
Shang Jianyao thought carefully and said:
"One, there are still too few singing competitions and dance activities organized by the activity center. Two, the cafeteria menu can be announced a few days in advance to solicit everyone's opinions. Three, some of the programs on the radio station need to be improved..."
"..." Although Mei Shounan had expected that this guy would most likely give an irrelevant answer, he never expected that he would deviate from the topic so outrageously.
He couldn't help but wonder if the other party's language teacher was qualified.
Su Yu was a man who had seen the world. He had experienced all kinds of storms in the Security Department back in the day, and he had seen no shortage of Awakened with ridiculously high prices to pay. He didn't care at this time and shook his head with a laugh:
"I'm asking about your attitude towards the company."
His face seemed to retain some plateau red, and some sweat was seeping out of his forehead in the cool room.
Shang Jianyao gave a very simple answer:
"I was born in the company, grew up here, and only went to the surface for the first time after graduating from university."
Su Yu was quite satisfied with this answer:
"Yes, the company is home to all of us. If you want to get more or change something, then work hard to improve yourself.
"When you're on par with me, or even stronger than me, will the board of directors not have a place for you? It doesn't limit the number of people anyway."
Speaking of this, Su Yu glanced at Mei Shounan and then said to Shang Jianyao:
"According to the company's regulations, Awakened at the 'Mind Corridor' level can directly receive M1-level treatment.
"But you told Lao Mei before that you wanted to stay in the current 'Old World Destruction Cause Investigation Team,' and you didn't want to be the team leader, which puts us in a difficult position.
"No matter how much Lao Jiang's daughter gets promoted this time, she'll only reach D9 at most, and she won't be able to enter the management level, so it's impossible for her to lead an M1-level employee.
"You need to think clearly. Are you sure you want to maintain the status quo, give up M1-level treatment, and be promoted step by step?"
Shang Jianyao nodded very firmly:
"If you let me lead a team alone, we're worried we'll harm them."
As he spoke, he pointed to his head.
Su Yu "hmmed" and said:
"You can also choose to stay within the company, but this involves the second question.
"Lao Mei asked you before, and I'll repeat it again:
"What are your pursuits, or rather, what are the things you want to do?"
Shang Jianyao's upper body, which was already upright, became even straighter:
"Save all of humanity!
"For this goal, we must investigate the origin of the 'Heartless Disease' and the cause of the Old World's destruction."
Su Yu laughed:
"No wonder you're willing to listen to Lao Jiang's daughter. You're essentially the same kind of person.
"This way, I don't have to worry. I was still wondering who to send to the Wasteland No. 13 Ruins to explore the Holm Reproductive Medical Center. Now it seems that continuing to entrust it to you is the best choice."
"When we request assistance, the helpers have to keep up as well." Shang Jianyao unceremoniously raised his conditions.
"No problem, everyone is working for the company." Su Yu paused and said, "Although you gave up M1-level treatment, you still have to get some conventional things, such as knowledge related to the 'Mind Corridor,' extra contribution point subsidies, and so on."
Shang Jianyao only thought for a second and said:
"Can the extra subsidies be directly given to 'Eleventh Orphanage'?"
"Yes." Of course, Su Yu wouldn't refuse such a small request.
Su Yu had always been decisive, so he didn't waste any time and raised the third thing he wanted to understand:
"Tell me about the process of you becoming a 'Mind Corridor' Awakened.
"You don't have to mention the parts that involve your psychological shadows. I just want to have a rough understanding, maybe I can give you some advice."
Shang Jianyao showed a look of recollection:
"Everything was normal at first. I practiced my abilities for two or three months, pushed open the door to the 'Sea of Origins,' and then defeated island after island formed from my inner fears."
Su Yu suddenly interjected:
"Who told you what the essence of those islands was?"
"A formal hunter named Du Heng, who claimed to be an antiquities scholar." Shang Jianyao answered frankly, "I met him on the way to Black Rat Town during my first mission."
Su Yu's expression didn't change much:
"You continue."
Shang Jianyao always went with the flow:
"Later, in Redstone Collection, in order to save the slaves in the 'Underground Ark,' we attacked Dimalco, the master there.
"He used 'Divination' to invade my 'Sea of Origins.' In order to deal with him, I transferred all the aura from a prop I had obtained before into it."
Hearing this, Mei Shounan couldn't control his expression.
This guy had actually done such a thing!
It wasn't easy for him to be alive now!
Su Yu frowned and asked:
"You didn't know that doing this would have very serious 'side effects'?"
"I didn't know at the time." Shang Jianyao replied decisively, "When enemies meet on a narrow road, the brave win!"
Su Yu and Mei Shounan were silent for a moment.
It was rare to see someone being so confident in their stupidity!
After a few seconds, Su Yu asked without any change in his expression:
"What happened later?"
Shang Jianyao began to ramble:
"Dimalco was caught off guard, and his physical body was destroyed by us. In the subsequent battles, I used the aura of that prop to block him for a while, preventing him from successfully occupying my body. This caused his consciousness to gradually dissipate, leaving only some in my 'Sea of Origins.'
"This time, when we went to 'First City,' we hunted down the true 'Father' and obtained the 'Ring of Blindness' from him. By chance, I also put the aura of the 'Ring of Blindness' into the 'Sea of Origins' for a while."
Don't stuff everything into your mental world! As a researcher who strictly followed experimental procedures, Mei Shounan couldn't help but roar in his heart.
If he had a researcher like this under his command, he would definitely send them to work in the mines!
Su Yu didn't say anything, and he didn't know what to say.
He could only sigh inwardly:
This guy is really lucky that nothing happened to him.
Shang Jianyao continued to recall:
"During the turmoil in First City in early August, at a critical moment, in order to get the me guarding the elevator door to compromise, I chose to 'summon' the strong person corresponding to the aura."
This time, Su Yu almost couldn't hold back.
This was too reckless, wasn't it?
Whether this guy was still alive was either a miracle or not.
"The me guarding the door was the embodiment of cowardice and timidity, so he quickly succumbed. We successfully entered the 'Mind Corridor' and gained new abilities, and the auras in the 'Sea of Origins' had a free-for-all and then went back to their respective homes."
At this moment, inside Shang Jianyao's mind room numbered "131," eight Shang Jianyaos were holding down one Shang Jianyao.
The one pinned to the ground was the honest Shang Jianyao, and he kept shouting:
"Don't lie, tell the truth!
"We mainly relied on the deterrent of Little Chong's aura to get through this!
"Don't be vague!"
The eight Shang Jianyaos ignored him, firmly controlling him, and continued to let the calm and intelligent detective-type Shang Jianyao control the body.
After listening to Shang Jianyao's description, Mei Shounan was a little dazed for a moment.
He actually succeeded by messing around like that, and entered the "Mind Corridor" just like me!
Is this scientific?
This is not scientific!
Su Yu raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and laughed involuntarily:
"Your experience can't be replicated."
If someone else tried this behavior, ten out of ten would die.
- The people around who were helping might even be killed!
"The main thing is that everyone has to face different things in the end." Shang Jianyao actually discussed it seriously.
Clearly, neither Su Yu nor Mei Shounan had any intention of discussing it with him.
The former recalled the conversation just now and discovered something:
"In other words, you once killed an Awakened at the 'Mind Corridor' level?"
Dimalco, who possessed "Divination".
Shang Jianyao stretched out his palm, flicked his fingers, and replied calmly:
"More than one."