Li Chen was already letting his imagination run wild, envisioning the day when he would lead Earth Civilization
into the vast expanse of space and come into contact with higher-level civilizations.
Meanwhile, the scientists were still shopping away.
Of course, they would not be so thoughtless.
To avoid buying duplicate items
and wasting Li Chen's funds,
the scientists would communicate with one another through the communications system
before purchasing anything.
For example, a set of books, a set of textbooks,
or raw materials for manufacturing experimental equipment, and so on.
Everyone would coordinate in advance to see whether other scientists had already bought them.
If someone had already made the purchase,
they would check how many had been bought in total
and whether there were enough to ensure that every relevant scientist could study, access, and use those textbooks, equipment, and so on.
After ensuring all of that,
they would no longer make duplicate or unnecessary purchases.
Instead, they would save the funds and make the most efficient use of them,
buying more novel, unprecedented, unheard-of scientific technologies, equipment, materials, various raw resources, and more.
"The Commander is way too generous! Where did he get so many Evolution Resources...?"
"Watching all that Evolution Energy get deducted hundreds of thousands at a time really makes my heart bleed!"
"Yeah, yeah, me too! If so many Evolution Resources were used for evolution, just how terrifyingly high would the evolution level become?"
"Cut it out, can't you see that these are all cosmic-level scientific technologies? Earth doesn't have anything like them—not even the theoretical knowledge!"
"In other words, every item in this shop would have been an absolute priceless treasure on Earth before the Doomsday Catastrophe! Whoever got them could rule the entire planet!"
"Exactly, science and technology are the primary productive forces!