Physics Institute.
Inside the Spatial and Astronomical Research Laboratory,
Professor Pope was conducting Void experiments alone,
carefully removing the "regular icosahedral miniature Void crystals" that had undergone half a month of refinement and extraction, one by one.
The process demanded complete concentration, and removing each crystal took at least five minutes.
Just as Pope was fully focused on collecting the items,
some faint sounds drifted in from the outer corridor.
In fact,
the laboratory was soundproofed, so he should not have been able to hear anything outside.
However, Pope was in a highly focused state, and all his senses had been amplified severalfold, allowing him to vaguely hear through the soundproofing material.
This actually happened quite often.
With Pope's brain structure, he could easily filter out linguistic information.
But this time was different.
Just as Pope was about to block it out, he unexpectedly heard two keywords—Nicholas, and his own name, Pope.
Even though the matter at hand was important, Pope found it difficult to ignore.
Starry Sky Brain
The main galaxy that had originally revolved alone split into a "major galaxy" and a "minor galaxy,"
with 90% devoted to the experiment before him,
and 10% used to eavesdrop on the conversation outside.
"Does Professor Pope not know someone is waiting for him downstairs?"
"He probably does. After all, this has completely spread throughout the Physics Institute... Associate Professor Nicholas has already been waiting downstairs for over two hours."
"I seem to have heard that their relationship isn't very good."
"No way. Last time, I heard someone saw them eating together in the cafeteria. Their relationship seemed pretty good."
"Could Professor Pope be putting on airs on purpose, making the other person wait downstairs a little longer?"
"Very possible.
After all, Associate Professor Nicholas won the final victory in the