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Chapter 299: Test Factory

Chen Xuan saw that Liuli showed no signs of losing control and didn’t bother to ask further. He looked at Lin Qing and said with certainty, "I’ve considered this plan too. Although rare objects are scarce, they have to be used; otherwise, they’re just bricks—and the kind that might explode at any moment."

In other words, Lin Qing’s plan was currently the best choice.

Chen Xuan also trusted that the other party had the ability to handle the matter.

With the tacit understanding between him and Lin Qing, these words didn’t need to be spoken.

"Then I’m off." Lin Qing said and walked into the elevator.

Chen Xuan nodded, watching the elevator doors close.

Two minutes later, Lin Qing had appeared on the top floor of the Bagreen Hotel, thousands of miles away. This place had replaced the dilapidated bungalow by the park as the new branch location.

If outsiders accidentally entered this place, they would definitely feel perplexed—who would open a fruit store inside the most luxurious suite of a hotel?

Lin Qing took the private elevator within the suite to the hotel’s first floor. Walter Vis and a group of family business members were already lined up in the lobby waiting.

"Miss Lin, welcome to your distinguished presence." Walter stepped forward, greeting her warmly with a handshake.

"Hello, I’m also very pleased to be here to continue advancing the cooperation with your company." Lin Qing smiled slightly.

At the same time, her keen senses picked up some whispers in the crowd.

"Is this woman the big shot the boss was talking about?"

"Oh my god, she might not even be older than my daughter."

"Is it necessary... to have us stand in the lobby for thirty minutes for a little girl..."

Lin Qing didn’t take these comments to heart. In fact, only the head of the Walter Company had met Lin Qing before, and she had previously requested that he keep strict confidentiality and not disclose any information related to the cooperation. So this was the first time these people were seeing her, and they were not aware of her representing the Dimensional Limit Mechanism.

"Does Miss Lin have any new arrangements?" Walter asked, "If not, we can depart at any time."

"Of course... everything will proceed according to the original schedule."

"Alright." He personally led the way, guiding Lin Qing towards the hotel entrance.

A black Rolls-Royce Phantom was already waiting there.

Once the two got into the car, the other family members gradually followed, boarding other vehicles to follow behind the Phantom.

Lin Qing looked at Walter with interest, "I thought you would take some time to introduce your family members and company core personnel."

After all, she was the one who requested that the counterpart bring the company’s core members to this meeting.

Walter chuckled, "I intended to do so, but after you arrived at the lobby, I changed my mind."

"Why?"

"Because I noticed that your gaze stayed on them for less than two seconds... which indicates that you’re not interested in them, nor do you intend to learn more about them."

Lin Qing was a bit surprised.

She didn’t expect his observations to be so meticulous.

She relaxed into the seat, letting the soft backrest envelop her. "You weren’t wrong."

"Even though I’m getting older, my eyes remain as sharp as when I was young," Walter replied spiritedly, ever since connecting with the mechanism, he felt the aging blood in his veins boiling once more. "I just don’t understand, if you’re not interested in them, why do you want to bring them along? Forgive my frankness, the more people know about this deal, the harder it is to maintain confidentiality... Most of them belong to this family, but people’s hearts are ultimately unpredictable."

"It’s simple, I’ve gathered them together to make it easier for you to fire them," Lin Qing replied.

"Fire?" Walter was stunned; this was an answer he never expected.

"Yes, you can’t fire their bloodline, but you can make them quit the company, because the upcoming cooperation must be established under a unified will," Lin Qing said, suddenly changing the subject, "You’ve encountered difficulties with the production process, haven’t you?"

"Uh... this..." Walter stammered before catching up with her pace, "Yes, I’ve recruited many outstanding engineers and industry experts following your suggestions. My god, if not for that list, I wouldn’t have known that there are so many talented, undiscovered geniuses in the world. But you’re right, manufacturing the artificial eye is still quite challenging, even for the most basic version, the issue of unstable neural connections remains."

They’ve already reached the stage of neural connections?

Lin Qing was secretly amazed, it seems she had underestimated them.

After all, this era’s neurology and brain sciences are still stuck on signal decoding; simulating conscious signals is arduous and complex. According to the history she knew, commercially valuable artificial eyes wouldn’t emerge for another fifteen years.

Seeing Lin Qing remain silent, Walter couldn’t help but worry if she was somewhat disappointed, "Rest assured, I’ll have them put all their effort into the research, even if it means dying at the testing table, so..."

Lin Qing laughed, she had no doubt Walter would be willing to use a gun to force those people to work overtime until collapse.

"No need, one of my objectives for coming today is to help you solve the production issue... of course, the premise is that our cooperation continues."

Walter’s heart skipped a beat.

What does this mean?

Does the mechanism plan to terminate cooperation with him? No... it’s impossible. If they planned to do so, there’d be no need to send Miss Lin, they could simply solve it over a phone call.

Walter quickly grasped the key point — the other party was about to present an extremely harsh term, and if he refused, the cooperation would end.

"I hope so too." His mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, yet he maintained a calm exterior. No matter how assertive the counterpart was, this was still a commercial negotiation; to reveal his eagerness and weakness to maintain the deal would be tantamount to handing the other party a leverage.

After thirty minutes of driving, the convoy reached the outskirts of the city.

The area comprised vast farmlands, with an occasional glimpse of small villages. Walter’s newly established experimental factory was situated beside an abandoned granary. It looked like a humble warehouse, full steel structure, encased in sheet metal, covering an area of about two thousand square meters.

For this factory, he even laid a power line to connect it to the grid.

Around the plant’s perimeter, tall barbed wire fences could be seen, and at the gate hung a sign that read, "Private Area, No Trespassing." Inside the site, armed security patrolled, ready to shoot anyone daring to approach—this was also one of the advantages of setting up a factory abroad.

The convoy slowly drove into the factory grounds.

Upon entering, Lin Qing noticed that the interior’s setup was starkly different from the exterior style, equipped with various high-end machine tools, enclosed isolation cabins, and cleanrooms; clearly, Walter had invested a significant sum.

Although it couldn’t satisfy mass production demands, as artificial eyes were still in the research phase, this facility was sufficient for experts to perform their craft.

"Which part would you like to visit first?" Walter asked.

"There should also be a conference room, right?" Lin Qing asked in return.

"Uh... of course."

"Let’s go there first," she instructed, "also, bring some prototype samples for me to see... even failed ones will do."

"Understood." Walter immediately ordered his secretary to comply, then led Lin Qing to the conference room, subsequently commanding his subordinates to guard the place, ensuring no unauthorized person approached the room.

"I’m sorry, we rarely host guests here, so the refreshments prepared are quite basic. I hope you won’t mind." He personally brewed two cups of tea, turned around only to see Lin Qing pull out a piece of old circuitry from her satchel.

What was this? It looks like something dismantled from a television set from the eighties...

Walter was about to inquire when Lin Qing pressed the circuit board onto the light switch in the conference room.

An unbelievable scene unfolded.

Copper wires suddenly extended from the circuit board, burrowing into the switch while wrapping themselves around, like insects spinning a cocoon! Then it slowly sank, seemingly dissolving into the switch’s interior, until it completely disappeared!

Click.

The teacup in his hand fell to the ground.