<h4>Chapter 650: Chapter 657: Zhu Xiaozhu’s Transformation</h4>


    Initially, Ling Chen intended to ask Su He to deal with Ji Gang, but now that Su Mei was willing to offer her help, he was naturally happy to ept it. Of course, he was well aware that Su Mei’s willingness to provide assistance this time mainly stemmed from his help in resolving a potential crisis for the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. Otherwise, even if their rtionship was good, Su Mei would not have gone out of her way to seek the help of a master from the Heavenly List.


    "Right!" Ling Chen changed the subject and said: "Miss Su, regarding Zhu Hong..."


    Before Ling Chen could finish his sentence, Zhou Qi, who stood beside him, chimed in: "Mr. Ling, rest assured, I will keep this matter in mind. As long as Zhu Hong is still in the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, I will make sure to capture him."


    "Alright, I’ll leave it to you."


    After seeing off Su Mei and Zhou Qi, Ling Chen immediately started packing his luggage, preparing to return to East Sea City.


    Upon hearing that Ling Chen was leaving, Zhou Jun rushed over with the newly awakened Song Ge, apanying Ling Chen to the gate of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.


    "Ling, do visit us whenever you have the time in the future."


    "Don’t worry, there will be plenty of opportunities."


    After bidding farewell to Song Ge and the other, Ling Chen shouldered his backpack and walked towards the woods outside the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.


    Passing through the woods, a vehicle arranged by Su Mei was already waiting to take Ling Chen to the airport.


    By the time Ling Chen returned to East Sea City, it was already evening. After leaving the airport, Jiang Hao, who had received a call, was already waiting outside in his car.


    Once in the car, Ling Chen, massaging his sore arm, asked: "How’s everything been recently? All good?"


    "Not bad, just that..." Jiang Hao hesitated, seeming to be holding something back.


    "Just what?" Ling Chen pressed: "Speak up, don’t beat around the bush, why are you acting like a woman?"


    "The base is more or less normal, it’s just that Miss Zhu’s medicalboratory has had a few idents, fortunately without any casualties."


    A sense of concern weighed on Ling Chen’s heart as he asked: "What kind of idents?"


    "I’m not sure about that; I don’t know much about theirb. I’ve only heard they were mistakes made by Miss Zhu herself. Luckily, they were discovered in time each time, preventing major damage."


    Zhu Xiaozhu...


    Ling Chen furrowed his brows. He had noticed during hisst visit to the research base that Zhu Xiaozhu seemed distracted while working, but he had not realized the situation was so serious that it even impacted her job. It seemed he would need to find some time to have a good talk with her after going back.


    Upon arriving at the research base, Ling Chen set down his luggage and first went to see Hu Fei to inquire about the situation, then he headed alone to the medicalboratory. However, he was told by others that Zhu Xiaozhu hadn’t been working for the past few days and was recuperating in her room due to an illness.


    "Sick?"


    Ling Chen hurried to the door of Zhu Xiaozhu’s room and knocked.


    "Who is it?"


    Upon hearing Zhu Xiaozhu’s voice from inside the room, Ling Chen opened his mouth and replied: "It’s me. Xiaozhu, I heard you’re not feeling well, I came to see you. Can you open the door?"


    After a few seconds of silence, Zhu Xiaozhu’s voice rose again: "I’m sorry, I’m not really in a state to meet anyone right now, you... you shoulde back another day."


    Not in a state to meet? Could it be because... that time of the month arrived?


    Realizing this, Ling Chen promptly understood and responded: "Alright then, you get some rest. Call me if you need anything."


    Hearing the retreating footsteps outside, Zhu Xiaozhu, sitting on her bed, bit her thin lips, holding a photo in her hands that she looked at over and over again. Shining tears shimmered in her eyes, finally converging into a stream that trickled down from her eyes.


    "What should I do... What exactly should I do..." Zhu Xiaozhu murmured to herself, sobbing softly with tears falling drop by drop, soaking the bedsheet.


    At this moment, Ling Chen waspletely unaware of Zhu Xiaozhu’s situation. After leaving Zhu Xiaozhu’s room, he had returned to Hu Fei’s office to work on the strategy for rescuing porridge girl.


    "Fatty, are you sure they haven’t left that manor?"


    "Our people are all around the manor, under uninterrupted surveince twenty-four hours a day. Since you left, no one has entered or left the manor."


    "What if there’s a secret passage inside the manor, considering how cunning the people from God Organization are?"


    Hu Fei spread his hands and said, "If that’s the case, then there’s nothing I can do about it. However, I don’t think it’s very likely." As he spoke, Hu Fei tapped a few keys on the keyboard and pulled up a map.


    "Look, this is theyout of the buildings around the manor. There are only three houses within a hundred meters of the manor. When I arranged for the surveince, I considered your concern, so I included the nearby houses as surveince targets, and no suspicious individuals have appeared so far."


    "That’s good then." Ling Chen nodded his head. He was quite confident in Hu Fei’s work.


    "Oh, right!"


    During the conversation, Hu Fei seemed to think of something, his face lit up with excitement as he jumped out of his chair.


    "Quick,e with me, I’ll show you something."


    Ling Chen looked at Hu Fei, puzzled, wondering what had made him so excited.


    Following Hu Fei to the technical production workshop of the research base, upon entering, Ling Chen was immediately captivated by the equipment neatly lined up along the wall.


    Exoskeleton armor!


    No wonder Hu Fei was so excited; it turned out that the exoskeleton armor had been produced.


    Hu Fei proudly said, "See that? While you were away these past few days, I had the team work overtime to produce twenty sets of exoskeleton armor. Hey! Don’t underestimate these exoskeleton armors. They are different from previous ones; I had them modified to include a number of weapon devices."


    Ling Chen asked curiously, "What kind of weapons?"


    Hu Fei chuckled and said mysteriously, "You’ll find out when the timees. I have already picked twenty people from the candidates you rmended and had them start training in advance. Just give me another day or two, and I will get them ustomed to the performance of the exoskeleton armor, formingbat capability."


    Saying this, Hu Fei couldn’t help but get sentimental, "Having put in so much effort, we finally have our own armed force."


    Ling Chen pped Hu Fei on the shoulder and smiled, "That’srgely thanks to you; you deserve the most credit."


    His words were sincere - without Hu Fei’s connections to bring in production equipment and so many scientific researchers, Ling Chen alone could never have managed all this.


    In the midst of their conversation, a pleasant ringtone from a phone came from Ling Chen’s pocket.


    He took out his phone, nced at the caller ID, and instructed, "Fatty, train them quickly. I will need to put them to use in the next couple of days."


    After speaking, he walked away to answer the phone by himself.


    "Ling Chen."


    "Miss Su, do you need me for something?"


    "The expert from Heavenly List has already set off for East Sea City. He is expected to arrive tonight. I’ll trouble you to meet him at the airport."


    That was quick!


    Ling Chen silently smiled to himself and promised, "No problem, I will make sure to give our distinguished guest the proper wee."