When Jiang Hai walked out of the Thirteen Research Institute, he found the Soul Engineers of the Illustrious Virtue Hall braced as though facing a formidable enemy, their Soul Tools already aimed at him.
"Who are you? Why are you in the Illustrious Virtue Hall?" Su Qian asked coldly.
Su Qian was the current Hall Master of the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
The Illustrious Virtue Hall was one of the Sun Moon Empire's most important research institutions, so its Hall Master was naturally a top-tier Soul Engineer.
The Sun Moon Empire had many top-tier Soul Engineers. Kong Deming and Ye Xishui were indisputably the top two, but Ye Yulin's ranking in third place was rather inflated. Quite a few Soul Engineers in the Sun Moon Empire were no weaker than him.
Jing Hongchen was one, and Su Qian was another-a rank 94 Peak Level 9 Soul Engineer.
However, both Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin had now widened the gap between themselves and Su Qian.
Although Jiang Hai looked utterly ordinary at that moment, without the slightest trace of his aura leaking out, Su Qian remained poised as though facing a formidable enemy.
Even setting aside the terrifying aura that had appeared earlier, the fact that this man had silently passed through the Illustrious Virtue Hall's layers of checkpoints and appeared directly inside its thirteenth research institute was enough to demand Su Qian's attention.
The Illustrious Virtue Hall was one of the Sun Moon Empire's most important Soul Tool bases. After being rebuilt twice following the Body Sect's invasion several years ago and the Mingdu Explosion, its defenses were no weaker than those of the Sun Moon Imperial Palace. How could Su Qian not worry when someone had infiltrated it without a sound?
"Senior Su Qian, there's no need to be nervous.