The Interstellar Universe's Jungle-like Environment

Of course, when Cannon had first joined the Academy of Sciences, he certainly had not been granted access to browse all its technology. But that could be taken slowly.

He could first obtain part of it. Once Zenith Civilization had absorbed it into its own technology and optimized it by combining the strengths of both tech trees, it could be sent back as Cannon's research achievement.

With an entire civilization backing him, Cannon could naturally display enough "genius." Other than the truly chosen ones, he would not lose to anyone.

Though it was said that the tallest tree in the forest caught the wind first, the scientific community itself was no true ivory tower. In Terran society, which had operated for countless years, academic clans had long since become deeply entrenched, an unbreakable second-tier aristocracy.

The reason academic clans could become the second-tier aristocracy and firmly suppress the third-tier commercial Trusts was, of course, that they had no lack of armed support.

Quite a few of them were closely tied to the first-tier aristocracy, the military nobles who directly controlled fleets. There were also more than a few academic clans that directly or indirectly controlled armies and military force.

Yet precisely because of this, military nobles were deeply dissatisfied with academic clans encroaching upon their spheres of influence. They selectively accepted some academic clans into their fold while also doing everything they could to break them apart, competing with them for talent and influence within the Academy of Sciences.

The struggle between the two great aristocracies was in full swing, meaning the Academy of Sciences was no longer a monolith. This gave Cannon a chance to rise.

As a genius scientist, he deliberately showed no desire to pursue power and instead devoted himself wholeheartedly to technological research.

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