Victor left in frustration. With his only serious competitor out of the picture, Xia Xu naturally needed little more persuasion to bring Walker Houseman into the fold.
After all, this was only a university research group, something akin to a club. It was merely a collaborative relationship, with people coming and going as circumstances dictated, not actual employment.
Getting Walker, Zhou Ji, and the others to work for Star Sea Industrial in the future might take more effort later, but joining a research group was not something they would consider so formally, which naturally made it much simpler.
Although Walker Houseman had the Plot Protagonist fate profile for "Mechanic," his plot synopsis was completely inaccessible, just like Victor's. Perhaps it was because the plot had yet to begin.
Still, with "Giants" coming first and "Mechanical Age" afterward, those two alone were already enough to keep Xia Xu busy and worried, so he was not particularly disappointed.
In any case, with the protagonist Walker right under his nose, he would find out sooner or later when the plot began. What he valued now was simply Walker's talent and ability.
"Xia Xu, what was that just now...?"
When he brought Walker Houseman back to his recruitment booth, Zhou Ji and Jiang Yuanyuan immediately came up to them excitedly, their eyes brimming with curiosity.
"One of your future research projects."
Xia Xu smiled, then introduced the three of them to one another.
The afternoon soon passed.
Although his competitor Victor had left, and the appearance of the Venom Car and Spider-Shaped Predator subsequently drew crowds to his booth, most people were simply there for the novelty. His own standards were high, too, so he gained nothing else afterward.
Zhang Meng and Lü Dong, however, had completed all the paperwork and successfully secured a