"That's great." Upon hearing that Muri and Benito would soon be finishing their mission and returning to the Eighth Research Institute, Shang Jianyao revealed his pearly white teeth and praised with a smile.

This meant that the "Old Task Force" would have the opportunity to track and investigate.

Jiang Baimian remained noncommittal on this, and instead asked:

"When did you join the Eighth Research Institute?"

Muri, sporting an artist's long hair, yawned and said:

"I've been at the Institute since I was born..."

According to his description, the current personnel composition of the Eighth Research Institute consists of three parts: first, the descendants of the employees who survived after the Old World was destroyed and married each other – at that time, the Eighth Research Institute did not suffer any major blows, and not many people suffered from "Heartless Disease", much like the situation in Konigs; second, batches of fresh blood brought back from the graylands by the corresponding special envoys of the Eighth Research Institute over the years; and third, the children born from the pairing of "native" individuals and these fresh blood.

Muri is the third type, and Benito is the second type.

The children of the Eighth Research Institute are tested at a young age, memorizing various costs and corresponding fields. When they reach the end of their adolescence at seventeen or eighteen, Awakening will become their graduation exam.

Those who can successfully Awaken will receive further education, and then be assigned different jobs based on the cost they paid and the abilities they gained. Some are responsible for internal security, some specialize as special envoys, and some become examiners or researchers.

Those who cannot Awaken can only do odd jobs, participate in various productions, assist researchers, reclaim land for farming in the hot spring valleys, or serve in lower-level administrative positions. As for the internal cleaning of the Institute, it is handled by ordinary robots.

In the Eighth Research Institute's system, these are considered "ordinary employees", who can only rise to "Assistant Researcher" at most, unless they have outstanding scientific talent to break through the ceiling.

Similarly, they must accumulate seniority or make significant contributions to have the opportunity to be assigned gene modification agents.

Awakened ones, on the other hand, start as "Graduate Students", a level above ordinary employees, enjoying various resources. After they complete their studies, successfully complete the multiple tasks assigned to them, and officially become full members, they become "Lecturers".

Muri and Benito are at this level.

Normally, if they could endure another year or two in Gesterbourg without any mistakes, and new people take over, they could be promoted to "Assistant Researcher" after returning.

As for the next level, "Researcher", they currently have no hope. The hard requirement is to enter the "Corridor of the Mind".

If "Researchers" make significant contributions but have not yet explored the depths of the "Corridor of the Mind", the Eighth Research Institute often gives them a title closer to honorary – "Associate Professor".

All Awakened ones who have explored the depths of the "Corridor of the Mind" are "Professors", but not every Professor is a member of the "Professorial Council". Only those who have received recommendations from half of the four – the "Vice President", "Charlie", "Professor Li", and "Doctor" – can join this core group that manages the Eighth Research Institute.

And the employees within the Institute like to call the members of the Council "Tenured Professors".

"In the Old World, Researchers and Professors were often considered equivalent, and Assistant Researchers and Associate Professors were the same," Jiang Baimian muttered softly after listening.

Muri had a bit of an artist's free spirit:

"You have to delineate enough levels to build a promotion system."

"Then you can use Tenured Professor, Level 1 Professor, Level 2 Professor, Level 3 Professor, and so on," Shang Jianyao said earnestly, "You guys still read too few books and play too few games. If it were me, I would set it like this: Foundation Establishment Stage Professor, Half-Step Completion Professor, Great Completion Professor, Innate Professor..."

"Stop!" Jiang Baimian saw that he had already made Muri dizzy, and hurriedly stopped him from continuing.

She immediately turned her head and asked Muri:

"Is the one who can delete memories on a large scale an Associate Professor or a Professor?"

"Professor, but not a member of the 'Professorial Council'. He is working hard for it," Muri did not hide.

Explored the depths of the "Corridor of the Mind"... Jiang Baimian further asked:

"What is his name?"

"He is a graylander, his Red River name is Chris, but he prefers us to call him Professor Qin," Muri replied, "As for what he looks like and what costs he pays, do you think we would still remember?"

"I understand," Shang Jianyao showed a sympathetic expression.

Then, he asked curiously:

"Why is there only a 'Vice President', and no President?"

"There has been no President since I can remember," Muri shook his head, "At that time, there were still a few employees who survived from the Old World alive. They were very secretive about this issue, not even telling their children."

The President of the Eighth Research Institute seems to be involved in a secret, and it is likely that he did not die when the Old World was destroyed, otherwise, those old employees would not have been so secretive about the corresponding issue twenty or thirty years ago... Jiang Baimian made a certain inference in her mind.

It would be very normal for the President of the Eighth Research Institute to die when the Old World was destroyed. There would be nothing to be surprised about, and there would be nothing to be secretive about, unless it was just his name itself that had some kind of magic, or indicated a secret, that could make those old employees keep their mouths shut.

"Can you usually see the starry sky?" Jiang Baimian changed the subject.

If they could, she and Genava could use various natural reference objects to directly calculate the location of the Eighth Research Institute.

Muri shook his head, indicating that this was strictly prohibited.

After asking about relevant matters for a while and roughly understanding the composition of the "Professorial Council" and many detailed issues of the Eighth Research Institute, Jiang Baimian gave Shang Jianyao a wink.

Shang Jianyao followed the plan, walked up, and communicated with Muri in the form of questions and conversations.

Through his patient persuasion, Muri deeply realized that this was a trustworthy team, and the reason why they were investigating the affairs of the Eighth Research Institute was because there were traitors within the Eighth Research Institute who wanted to subvert the "Professorial Council" and dominate everything.

In order to assist this team in solving the internal problems of the Eighth Research Institute, and in order not to alert the enemy, Muri needed to secretly contact them before returning to the Eighth Research Institute, and give them the agreed time and place to meet with the "transporter".

"Happy cooperation," At the end of the conversation, Shang Jianyao smiled and extended his right palm.

Muri returned the smile, reached out and shook his hand:

"Happy cooperation."

At this time, Benito finally woke up.

Shang Jianyao immediately said to Muri:

"You go outside and wait, we need to confirm whether he is on the traitor's side."

This was a "reasonable" request, and Muri readily agreed.

For Benito, Shang Jianyao followed suit, not only gaining his trust, but also asking him the same questions that he asked Muri.

The answers from both sides could match.

Then, Jiang Baimian called Muri back and said to him:

"Benito is also fine. You must cooperate sincerely in the future."

Muri and Benito shook hands vigorously.

"This is our contact information," Jiang Baimian tore off a piece of memo paper and handed it to Muri.

Shang Jianyao then asked:

"How much funding do you have left?"

"Seven or eight Great Knight gold coins," Benito replied.

"So little?" Shang Jianyao looked disappointed, "As special envoys of the Eighth Research Institute, how can you be so poor?"

Muri immediately felt a little ashamed:

"Seven or eight Great Knight gold coins are enough for us to use for more than half a year.

"Moreover, our funding is all requested from Morr, and now his house has been taken over by the security officers of Gesterbourg."

Shang Jianyao sighed:

"Seven or eight coins it is.

"Look, we fulfilled our promise and didn't harm your lives. You should also make some compensation for this, such as six Great Knight gold coins."

Jiang Baimian did not stop him, because since they were going to use Muri and Benito as bait to catch the "transporter" of the Eighth Research Institute, they could not tell the security officer Yerger about their whereabouts in exchange for a reward.

And without five Great Knight gold coins as a reward, the "Old Task Force" would not know how to see Gitis for a while.

They couldn't really use a nuclear bomb or Genava as collateral, could they?

Muri and Benito thought it was the right thing to do, so they each took out gold coins from their money bags, put together six coins, and handed them to Shang Jianyao.

The remaining should be enough for them to live on until they are recalled to the Eighth Research Institute.

"Not bad," Shang Jianyao praised Muri and Benito while handing the Great Knight gold coins to Jiang Baimian, "You have a great spirit of fair trade."

Jiang Baimian put away the gold coins and thought for a while:

"You'd better disguise yourselves and move your residence.

"You should have a backup safe house, right?"

"Morr has two backups, but they are not in this neighborhood," Benito replied.

"That's good," Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief, "As soon as possible."

She planned to go to the security officer Yerger tomorrow or the day after tomorrow with Benito's portrait and the sniper's intelligence on activities in this neighborhood to get some, no, exchange some reward money.

This is worth at least one Great Knight gold coin!

After saying goodbye to Muri and Benito, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, with Genava, continued to check the wiring and circuitry of this unit, striving to make the security officers or other relic hunters who came to investigate later believe that they had found nothing.

After spending about ten minutes, they finished this work, returned to the jeep, and shared the situation with Bai Chen and Long Yuehong.

Long Yuehong frowned and said:

"So, the next plan is to wait for Muri and Benito to be recalled, and then follow them to the meeting place, capture the internal employees of the Eighth Research Institute who are responsible for transporting the special envoys, and get the specific location of the Eighth Research Institute from them?"

Wouldn't this be too simple?