Reunion with an Old Acquaintance, the Opportunity for the Fourth Technological Explosion!

The Tian Yuan Academy of Sciences, whose full name was the Tian Yuan Territory Independent Institute of Scientific Research, publicly claimed to be located in the northern district of Hope City, at the center of the territory.

But after observing the area for a while, Su Mo discovered something.

Strictly speaking, this place did not belong to the northern district.

The factory area still bordered the urban district, but this place was already nearly a hundred kilometers outside the city.

At the roadside sign here, Su Mo saw the name of a town called "Pojun" for the first time. It was said to be stationed by nearly ten thousand defense troops.

It was less than ten kilometers from the Academy of Sciences!

Together with Hope City, the three locations formed an iron triangle, mutually guarding one another.

By then, noon had passed, and it was roughly half past one in the afternoon.

After verifying his identity at the outer gate, Su Mo made his way inside. Only then did he discover that...

The Academy of Sciences was not at all the strictly managed institution filled only with researchers that he had imagined.

Following the road toward the inner gate, he saw shops operating for the public all along the way, selling all kinds of goods.

There were even entertainment facilities such as bathhouses and massage parlors.

Along the road, all kinds of people sat leisurely beneath the large trees on both sides of the crossroads.

They enjoyed the shade and chatted idly, looking quite relaxed.

This attitude toward life was completely different from that in the urban district. After listening for a while, Su Mo looked rather surprised.

"The Academy of Sciences is really lenient with these researchers. As long as each researcher finishes his own tasks, he can come