Chapter 207: Top Talents of the Research Institute
In other words, prestige in the martial arts field is entirely based on strength, without the need for excessive socializing. Otherwise, Shen Xing would now be attending various high-end cocktail parties and banquets, or meeting with various upper-class individuals, using this prestige to deepen connections and expand his network.
However, even without these, Shen Xing could still feel the changes brought about by this prestige.
For starters, after returning to the research institute, he found that the place was bustling with activity.
A large number of people were gathered at the entrance, forming a long queue. At a rough glance, there were at least thousands of them, all of them students, and most of them exuded a powerful martial artist aura. Basically, they were all at least at the Marrow Tempering stage, and there were even quite a few Innate realm experts.
The few who didn’t seem to be martial artists also had an extraordinary aura.
Obviously, all of these people had come to join the research institute.
“Xiaoling, come to the villa.”
After returning to the villa on the top floor, Shen Xing gave Xiaoling an order.
It was time to understand the current situation of the research institute.
Once it reached a certain scale, it could no longer be as casual as before. Instead, it could really bring him considerable convenience.
Xiaoling’s reaction was very quick. She immediately put down everything and came directly to the hall of the villa.
“Boss, you called for me.”
“Sit.” Shen Xing looked at the increasingly tall girl and was quite satisfied. He directly asked, “Report on the current situation of the research institute.”
“Yes!”
Xiaoling seemed to realize that her boss was finally starting to pay attention to the research institute, and she was a little excited for a moment.
But she controlled it very well.
During this period of time, her growth was equally astonishing.
At this moment, she directly stated the most intuitive numbers.
“Currently, there are a total of 724 formal members in the research institute, of which 605 are in the research field, and the other 119 are purely martial artists, responsible for security and military affairs.”
“Seven hundred and twenty-four people?” Shen Xing was also taken aback by this number.
Although the building could accommodate thousands of people, such a large number of people was obviously quite a lot for a research institute that temporarily had no projects.
“This is the result after careful selection. They are all elites, especially the employees in the research field, who are all from the top 50 schools, and their overall grades can be ranked in the top 50 of their major.” Xiaoling quickly explained, “This level of elites has always been the target of competition among various forces, and they can even enter federal research institutions without examination. Those who choose our research institute are all aiming for your potential, so it would be a pity not to recruit them. Moreover, their loyalty is also guaranteed to a certain extent because joining now gives them a greater chance of becoming core employees.”
Shen Xing understood. Compared with those big forces, the biggest attraction here was that it was a start-up.
For these geniuses, joining him here would give them the opportunity to occupy a high position first and better realize their ambitions.
And from his perspective, this was actually very good, as he had gained a large number of equally talented student geniuses.
Loyalty was also guaranteed to a certain extent, and it could be slowly established during the process of growth and cultivation.
Therefore, in the end, Shen Xing nodded, accepting this number, and even felt that it was not enough.
“You can put in more effort. I should be able to advance the record of Academy Home Planet freshmen breaking through to the Third Realm by a hundred days,” Shen Xing said. “See if you can poach some of the top talents in various research fields, and I mean the top of the entire Academy Home Planet.”
“Advance it by a hundred days?”
Xiaoling’s mouth widened in shock, clearly understanding the weight represented by this number of days.
She even lost control of her emotions for a moment, and she stood up excitedly.
“Then wouldn’t the boss be the number one prodigy in the history of Academy Home Planet? Just with this title, I am absolutely confident that I can find a few monsters for you, boss!”
“Do you already have target candidates?” Shen Xing raised an eyebrow, seeing her reaction.
“Yes.” Xiaoling clenched her fist. “Especially a monster in armor design! When he was only a freshman, he improved a set of top-grade Innate Realm armor designs, directly increasing the overall performance by more than 10% while maintaining its general applicability. Now, although he is only a junior, even the ‘Heavenly Armor Group’ has promised him the position of a B-level project leader, which is a project level that can independently serve the armor design of Fifth Realm experts!”
“That’s indeed impressive.” Shen Xing narrowed his eyes slightly.
He didn’t know much about general research fields, but the importance of armor was self-evident.
The armor of the Human Federation could be said to be the weapon most compatible with martial artists, enough to increase their strength by a large margin!
If the inscription refining techniques of the other world were added, Shen Xing couldn’t even estimate how powerful the armor that could be created would be.
However, no matter how good the prospects were, they needed to be realized by sufficiently powerful researchers.
Even though he could take up artifact refining as a side profession, inscriptions could, after all, enhance his strength. But armor technology was different. This was purely technical and expending energy to learn it would have no effect on martial arts.
Therefore, talents in armor were necessary.
If there was any damage in the future, or if upgrades were needed, he couldn’t do everything himself.
Not just armor, but also weapons.
“I’ll give you a high enough recruitment authority,” Shen Xing said after thinking for a while. “The field of armor technology is particularly important.”
“Understood!” Xiaoling nodded heavily, making a heavy circle in her mind on armor.
She had done some learning when recruiting employees.
If the research institute was defined as Shen Xing’s personal logistics research institute, then the focus was on “armor,” “cultivation,” “resources,” and “weapons.” She had basically recruited around these four areas.
Of course, she also needed to recruit in other areas.
Such as spaceships, construction, communication, medical
The research institute was completely developing towards an all-around type, which was also a characteristic of many relatively independent interdimensional exploration warbands.
Some fields might not need to be mastered, but they couldn’t be absent.
You never know when they might come in handy, especially when going deep into the other world.
And now that Shen Xing had spoken, armor would become the top priority.
Perhaps, those geniuses with slightly worse reputations could also be tried.
There is an old saying that there is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts.
Unlike martial arts, where there can only be one first in the entire Academy Home Planet, there can be many firsts in research.
Different fields, different focuses, different performances. It’s hard to tell who is stronger or weaker.
The top geniuses are actually not that far apart.
Therefore, even if the monster she mentioned couldn’t be recruited, with Shen Xing’s words, other geniuses in the armor field could also be recruited with all their might. There would always be a few successes.
Shen Xing was also aware of these things, so he thought for a while and said again, “Focus on recruiting in the field of transcendent resource application. Don’t be stingy with the procurement of related equipment. If you’re short of money, just tell me. In addition, the confidentiality system must be done well. When I have enough money to buy a medium-sized spaceship, I will move the research institute to the spaceship. At that time, there will be top-secret technologies from the force behind me. Confidentiality is of the utmost importance.”
Alchemy and artifact crafting would be revealed sooner or later.
In terms of confidentiality, it would be much simpler on a spaceship.
Because in the vast universe, micro-devices are simply not enough to complete communication. They can only rely on the quantum signal transfer station on the spaceship. As long as this part is controlled, the privacy management of the Federation’s AI can be bypassed, and information can be completely monitored.
This is also one of the reasons why many research institutes are built on spaceships.
And when Shen Xing’s strength is strong enough, even if he only reaches the Fourth or Fifth Realm, he can appropriately release some results in alchemy and artifact crafting. At that time, he can fully bear this attention and protect his interests.
With his cultivation speed, that day wouldn’t be too far away.
However, the foundation still needed to be laid well. The confidentiality system was the top priority of every research institute and needed to be taken seriously from the very beginning.
“Understood!”
Xiaoling’s expression was also very serious, obviously knowing the importance.
Just hearing “the top-secret technology of the force behind him” was enough to feel the pressure like a tide.
But there was more excitement.
The meaning represented in this sentence was too much. The biggest possibility was that the force behind Shen Xing had decided to gradually transfer the entire force to Shen Xing’s name, moving from hidden to public in a brand new posture!
Just this point alone, the potential of the research institute was immeasurable!
“I hope next time, you can bring some real top talents to me,” Shen Xing said with a smile at the end. “Also, send two research institute summary reports to me every week from now on, one brief and one detailed.”
“Yes.” Xiaoling nodded.
Sure enough, the boss was also starting to pay attention to the research institute!
This was probably the best news Xiaoling had heard during this period.
And she was right. Shen Xing was indeed starting to pay attention.
However, for him, his own cultivation was still the top priority. The development of the research institute was also for his own cultivation. As for other things, he only needed to control his subordinates and stay informed.
As long as his strength continued to improve, the development and potential of the research institute would be promising.
With this understanding, Shen Xing returned to Dragon Valley and continued his cultivation.
After bringing the Yuan Qi gathering device to Dragon Valley, his cultivation speed increased again, almost reaching saturation. In addition, Yan Kingdom somehow managed to find another Earth Grade Dragon-Type Martial Path Intent for him. This meant that he had now learned a total of six Earth Grade Dragon-Type Martial Path Intents, pretty much sweeping up all the Dragon-Type Martial Path Intents in the entire Holy Lake Region.
Most importantly, all of these Martial Path Intents had Third Realm versions, and four of them had Fourth Realm versions.
In fact, at the Earth Grade level, it was unlikely to have only low-realm versions because the creators of this level of Martial Path Intents were all experts. Many of the low-realm versions were even deduced backward.
