Time slipped quietly by. Su Hao remained in his own Laboratory, appearing only once each year when Starry Academy admitted new students. At all other times, there was no trace of him.
Only two people could freely enter and leave his Laboratory and Meditation Room: Ashan and Feng Cheng. No one else was explicitly forbidden from doing so; they simply did not dare. If they accidentally disturbed an Immortal, they would not even know how they died.
Ashan knew the ropes and knew how not to disturb Boss Wei, while Feng Cheng had been personally designated by Ashan as Su Hao's close attendant, responsible for managing his daily life. Naturally, he could come and go freely.
Su Hao immersed himself in research, regardless of day or night, and naturally never saw the sun, moon, or stars. When awake, he thought and conducted experiments. When tired, he lay down on the bed and slept. When his thoughts got stuck and he could not figure something out, he went to the library to read. When he lacked experimental materials, he sent Ashan a message...
He had become a bona fide shut-in! Just not fat.
He himself did not want to interrupt this rhythm of research, because he always felt that he was "just a little short, only a little short" of the answer! Nor was Su Hao the only one to become a shut-in. Nearly every researcher who joined the Research Team developed living habits similar to Su Hao's, going entirely by feel and completely ignoring any so-called "reasonable schedule"! Fortunately, even the weakest among them were Golden Core Cultivators. Otherwise, they would likely have dropped dead at their workstations before long.
Through this group's efforts, the world underwent earth-shaking changes almost every day. The path of technological advancement that took other