Bart's reaction left Lu Bin at a complete loss.
Since the club had been founded, it had never encountered a situation like this.
There were over four thousand people in the club, and after seeing the strength it displayed, they had all begged and pleaded to join.
Only Bart was like a stubborn old mule.
And Bart acted as if the club was nothing but a bunch of swindlers.
Although Bart had not explicitly called the club a scam, he remained suspicious of everything it showed him.
Did the club need to deceive anyone?
Most importantly, the club truly needed Bart's technology to improve its equipment standards.
The club's primary area of activity was the Center of the Universe, far from the rear, so its demands on equipment were extremely high.
That was because all equipment had to be transported there at the cost of enormous amounts of energy.
If the same equipment performed better, costs could be reduced at every stage.
Even if a single piece of equipment improved by just five percent, from transportation and outfitting to its use at the Cosmic Center—
the accumulated savings in energy and materials would be anything but small.
Take the simplest mecha. If its energy efficiency improved by five percent and its service life increased by five percent—
then once that mecha was sent to the Cosmic Center, it could remain in use far longer while making better use of its onboard energy.
And if Ultra-High Temperature Material was used in transportation equipment, even a one-percent reduction in energy consumption and a one-percent increase in lifespan—
would save the club an unimaginable amount of funding overall.
That was the chain reaction brought about by foundational materials.
If transportation equipment saved one percent of its energy, then every hundred transports would allow