Because there were all kinds of concerns involved in modifying the Mother Nest, Qu Jianlei's modifications took a full half year.
And that was with the use of large amounts of construction machinery, as well as repeated revisions to the plans in response to problems encountered during the process.
That saved a great deal of time; otherwise, it might not have been finished even in a year.
However, during the modifications, the Empire sent people over several times to negotiate, hoping they would stop the work.
At the very least, the authorities wanted to know what the Digital Phantom Team intended to do after taking away Nebula.
The Empire had even purchased the talisman technology at a high price. Even if they wanted to keep it secret, couldn't they at least explain the general concept and principles?
Their request went unanswered, so they settled for less and asked how the other side could store and retrieve such an enormous Mother Nest.
This question was still somewhat connected to the Abode. The Empire had never stopped searching for the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion.
Hua Xiezhi said that it was spatial equipment they had developed independently, and the details were inconvenient to disclose.
Creating such massive spatial equipment was extremely difficult. The team's success had depended heavily on luck.
In other words, the team would be unable to create similar equipment again anytime soon.
Neither of the Empire's requests was fulfilled, leaving them rather frustrated.
But just then, news arrived from the Federation: the Digital Phantom Team had done something earth-shaking in Asura World.
Logically speaking, the Digital Phantom Team counted as an Imperial team. No matter how much the Federation admired them, it should not have boosted others' prestige at its own expense.
Yet the Federation did exactly that, for a