In fact, things had indeed unfolded just as Reilo, the dean of the Grand Natural Sciences Academy in the Wastelands, had feared.
While the Academic World sent Bailan to seek the location of the Tidal Civilization ahead of the war and launch the "Era Stasis" plan, the Tidal Civilization's headquarters in Ningjing Bay finally gathered vast resources after the internal war between the Procreation Faction and the Hawks, and began plans to rebuild Sea Beast No. 3, its faster-than-light craft.
After building three Sea Beast-class faster-than-light craft, the Tidal Civilization had long since mastered the technology.
They had even optimized the craft's internal details to the limits of what they could achieve.
But after the internal war, the Ningjing Bay Headquarters was no longer satisfied with simply rebuilding another Sea Beast-class craft. They resolved to seize this opportunity to make a decisive breakthrough in the Sea Roar project, which had been in preparation for more than three hundred years, and apply this new technology to the brand-new Sea Beast No. 3.
And so.
The highest-ranking rulers at Ningjing Bay Headquarters summoned the chief scientist of the Tidal Elves' scientific corps.
"Ningjing Bay has announced the rebuilding of Sea Beast No. 3, and we have decided to give it a revolutionary upgrade, making it the supreme shield protecting Ningjing Bay's ecological security. We therefore need you to lead the scientific corps in making a rapid breakthrough in the Sea Roar project and testing its practical applications. Give us a definite timeline for the experiments and the necessary resources and technological breakthroughs."
A high-ranking Tidal Elf ruler spoke to the chief scientist through ripples in the Life Liquid.
But the ripples sent back by the Tidal scientist were full of scorn.
"Although the Sea Roar project has been underway for more than