Chu Fei was leaving. Within just a few minutes, the news had spread across the globe. Countless people stopped what they were doing and quietly listened to the explosive announcement.
In Cloud City, all the upper echelons fell silent.
Over the years, Chu Fei had always been a hands-off boss. Whenever trouble arose, he would step in; when there was nothing to do, he would leave everything to everyone else. They had sincerely united around Chu Fei, and everyone had been comfortable with the arrangement.
If the sky fell, Chu Fei, the pillar holding it up, would bear the weight. Everyone else only needed to focus on development.
Now that they heard Chu Fei was leaving, they suddenly felt the pressure.
Cloud City had once been the heart of The Inland, and it was still the center of the entire world.
The turmoil five years ago had had little impact on Cloud City.
Logically, as the "capital," Cloud City should have suffered an even greater storm. Yet because of the Three Great Academic Factions' overwhelming strength, Cloud City had instead become an inconspicuous bystander and had not encountered much turmoil.
Five years later, Cloud City was even more prosperous. Skyscrapers rose one after another, high-tech enterprises were established in rapid succession, and Chu Fei had passed down technologies related to Hadronic Material, Gravitational String technology, Saron Civilization genetic technology, supercomputers, and more.
Half an hour later, thousands of people sat in utter silence inside Cloud City's grand conference hall. There were elites from government, education, technology, and business.
After a long while, Tang Hongshan, chairman of the council, spoke.
"Everyone, I only just received notice from Chu Fei as well. He will come here tomorrow at noon to discuss related matters with us. I called everyone here today so we