Yan Yongbo was a forgotten man, just like the path he represented.
Once, he had been "Earth's first Burner." The "Core Technology," "Burner Modification," and "Deep Blue Walker Platform" he represented had been hotspots pursued by global capital, the sole hope of dragging Earth out of the Aberration Era.
Things had not quite become a complete mess, but the hype surrounding them had died down. The Production Lines that had absorbed massive investments were cut, and everything on paper was more like bubbles, gone with a single puff. As for Yan Yongbo himself, he had been left at the Moon Orbital Base to do insignificant, meaningless work.
At a time like this, the ones who frequently dealt with him had unexpectedly become the military. After all, the Machine Core implanted in him was still several versions ahead, worth catching up to and replicating. The severe uncertainty of the "Machine Core" path had also made the military's sunk costs immeasurable. Naturally, they would salvage whatever they could, but he was merely one option among many—and a relatively low-priority one at that.
He was doing better than his worthless Old Man, who was already undergoing psychological rehabilitation. The only reason he had not been thrown out of the Deep Blue Laboratory was probably because the confidentiality rules did not allow it...
There was not even any need to kill him to silence him.
In truth, Yan Yongbo hoped this situation would continue. At least until there was some tremendous shift in circumstances, he wanted things to remain this way, allowing him to survive quietly at the Moon Orbital Base.
The much-discussed "Dream World" on Earth had not spread here. Many people waited eagerly, only to be disappointed time and again, but Yan Yongbo felt far more at ease. This perhaps proved that