Yu Xian followed Yu Lie forward. Unable to suppress his curiosity, he asked, "Director, who was the headquarters originally planning to give the Dragon Shield to?"

As they walked, Yu Lie explained unhurriedly, "When the Dragon Shield was planned to be forged, headquarters intended to present it to a certain person as the highest tribute during the nation's thousand-year celebration. However, when that person learned of it, he believed that spending so much manpower and resources to provide him, an ordinary person, with protection of this level would be nothing but a waste of precious resources. So he refused it outright.

"But since we had already prepared the design blueprints and core materials, after several meetings and discussions, we decided to forge it. Young talents from every department would all be qualified to compete for it....