The atmosphere in the warehouse meeting was somewhat grave.
"The Blazing Silver Alloy project was shelved because the material's toughness failed to meet the standard." Huo Yuhao placed a piece of encrypted intelligence on the table.
Lin Feng and his companions gathered around. As they looked at the failed data, everyone's breathing grew a little hurried. This was a top-tier project from the Core Materials Department; they did not even have the qualifications to observe it.
"Sir, you mean..." Lin Feng asked tentatively.
"Their approach was wrong." Huo Yuhao spoke calmly. "They tried to forcibly fuse several rare metals with Soul Power, yet overlooked the mutual rejection of their crystal structures on a microscopic level. It's like forcing stones and wood together—no matter how hard you squeeze, they will never become the same material."
Everyone was thoroughly confused, but they still felt that it sounded incredibly impressive.
"We can..."
Bang!
The warehouse doors were shoved open violently, and Fan Yu rushed in in a frantic hurry, his face filled with anxiety and fury.
"Yuhao! Something's gone wrong!"
"Teacher, take it slow." Huo Yuhao steadied him.
"That old fox Jing Hongchen! He doesn't trust me! He had those two little bastards, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, issue us a public challenge!" Fan Yu was so angry that his beard trembled and his eyes bulged. "A Soul Tool design competition! The two of us against those brother-and-sister brats!"
"A competition?"
"That's right!" Fan Yu slapped a gilded challenge letter onto the table. "The subject is... designing a new type of Soul Tool capable of carrying out precise strikes in complex environments! This is obviously aimed at you! That old fox wants to personally test what you're capable of!"
The entire warehouse fell silent in an instant.
Xiao Hongchen. Meng Hongchen.
The son