Su Chen had nothing to pack, so he simply followed Assistant Zhang next door empty-handed.
The moment he entered the building, Su Chen felt an oppressive aura wash over him.
The combat skills he possessed had been given to him by the system, and their effectiveness was beyond doubt.
But the martial presence radiating from the security personnel on the first floor was definitely not something ordinary guards possessed.
Su Chen quietly followed behind Assistant Zhang. When they reached the reception desk, the staff member immediately came over upon seeing her.
"This is Mr. Su."
The other person's face lit up as he looked at Su Chen. "Hello, Mr. Su. Please come with me so we can register your palm print. After that, you'll be able to enter and leave the first floor freely."
Huh? His palm print only granted access to the first floor?
Su Chen walked over. Registering a palm print was much more troublesome than registering a fingerprint, but it was also much harder to duplicate.
Fingerprints were small. Someone could potentially conceal a special mold in their palm and slip through unnoticed, but a palm print covered the entire hand. To replicate it completely, one would have to wear the whole mold over their hand. It was far too conspicuous; they would probably be caught before even entering the building.
Was the security system on the first floor already this strict?
After registering his palm print, Su Chen followed Assistant Zhang into the elevator.
As they walked, Assistant Zhang said, "Mr. Su, internal access throughout our building requires both personal fingerprint and iris verification. Neither can be missing."
After saying that, she placed her finger on the scanner in the elevator, then brought her eye close to the detection device.
Level 2 access verified. All elevator permissions unlocked.
Assistant Zhang pressed 27.
"Mr. Su, access passes throughout the building are divided into different levels. Special-level access is the highest level and grants unrestricted entry throughout the entire building. However, only the president currently has special-level access. Mine is Level 2, which allows me to travel to any floor but prevents me from entering the core research area."
"The head of the research department has Level 1 access, allowing him to enter the research department but not the core chamber. By the same logic, the lower the access level, the farther from the core one can reach."
Su Chen nodded to show that he understood.
He was rather shocked inside.
Although he had known that Chaofan Group was researching mechas, he had not expected Yan Bingxue to take it so seriously.
With such a strict security system, there had to be even more astonishing things inside!
The elevator stopped on the twenty-seventh floor. The moment Su Chen stepped out, he clearly felt as though he had suddenly become much smaller.
Upon closer inspection, he realized that the floor's ceiling was exceptionally high, at an estimated height of around twenty meters.
That height was certainly suitable for housing mechas.
Before them stood an enormous glass exterior wall. It looked fragile, but was actually indestructible.
Su Chen walked over and noticed that Assistant Zhang had remained standing at the entrance.
"What's wrong?" Su Chen asked.
"Mr. Su, this is the core department. My access pass can't get me in. I've already messaged the president, and she'll come pick you up."
As soon as she finished speaking, a wall directly beside the neighboring building suddenly opened, and Yan Bingxue walked out from within.
Damn, it was a hidden door?
Judging from the height, that should have been Yan Bingxue's office. So the two buildings were connected after all!
What a clever design.
Yan Bingxue came over and scanned her credentials on the device inside. The seemingly seamless glass before them suddenly split open down the middle. Once Su Chen entered, it restored itself, and there was not even the slightest trace of where it had opened.
It really was high-tech!
"Su Chen, this is our company's most core Mecha Research Department."
They crossed an open area and arrived before a steel-like gate. This was where the truly visible, impenetrable defenses began.
Yan Bingxue used her access pass to enter. The view inside suddenly opened up, revealing researchers in white uniforms busy at their respective workstations.
Virtual projections appeared out of thin air above the workstations, shifting along with the devices attached to the operators' fingertips.
A tall mecha projection slowly rotated on the large screen, with one or two components occasionally being replaced.
It was clearly a mecha prototype still under development.
It was only a computer-generated model, not an actual mecha.
The glass display cases along the walls contained all kinds of high-tech Little Robots and components, radiating the distinctive charm of modern technology.
Entering this place felt like walking onto the set of a science fiction blockbuster. The high-tech equipment inside was truly astounding.
Su Chen looked around, his gaze remaining fairly calm.
That was because the technology he possessed in his mind had already far surpassed current standards.
Two men in their forties or fifties walked toward Su Chen and Yan Bingxue.
"President Yan, you're here." The older man greeted Yan Bingxue.
Meanwhile, the man beside him stared eagerly at Su Chen.
"President Yan, this must be Mr. Su, right?"
"Hello, Mr. Su. I'm the deputy head of the research department. I heard your mecha theories this morning, and they were truly enlightening. There are just some parts I still don't quite understand. That detection sensor you mentioned, how exactly should it..."
"Little Chen, Mr. Su has just arrived and hasn't even familiarized himself with the environment yet. You'll have plenty of time to ask those questions later."
The deputy head looked excited. He scratched his head awkwardly and looked at Su Chen. "Mr. Su, sorry, I hadn't thought things through. Haha, it's fine. We'll be colleagues from now on. There's so much I want to ask you about, so I hope you won't hesitate to teach me!"
The department head smiled and looked at Su Chen. "Mr. Su, I've finally met you in person. I'm Qiu Jin, head of the research department. Your theories on mechas are truly astonishing. I just hadn't expected Mr. Su to be so young."
"A true hero rises in his youth. With Mr. Su joining the research department, our mecha research will definitely achieve major breakthroughs!"
"Alright, Su Chen will be working here from now on. I'll take him to register his access pass first." Before the other employees, Yan Bingxue wore no smile, every bit the domineering president.
The two returned to Yan Bingxue's office. Under her guidance, Su Chen entered his fingerprint and iris data into her computer.
"Do you have plans after work today?" Yan Bingxue asked.
She remembered that Su Chen had received a phone call while eating breakfast that morning. It seemed he had something to do that evening.
"Yeah, it's a farewell dinner with my university classmates."
"Oh, where is it? Do you need me to have the driver take you there?"
"No need to go to so much trouble. I'll just call for a designated driver tonight. We'll probably be out pretty late."
"And we're eating at Guest Come near my university. It's not far from my home either."
Yan Bingxue nodded. "Alright, then I'll go pick up Tuantuan and Lele."
"Okay. Help me tell the kids that Dad has a dinner gathering tonight, but I'll be home early!"
Su Chen said it with a smile. His natural tone made Yan Bingxue's heart sweeten slightly.
Home early~
He made it sound as though they had already been living together for a long time.
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