Let the Willing Take the Bait

Mars Foundry was not merely a project Salomon had established to increase production capacity and build Space Battleships and super-sized robots. Genetic experiments, magical technology, Artificial Intelligence, and other research projects unsuitable for Wakandans to access had all been placed under Malphas's laboratory. Aside from Maya Hansen's ongoing Gene Alchemy experiments, nearly every project requiring large-scale industrialization had been transferred to Mars.

As Wakanda's representative in the City of Immortals, Shuri quickly noticed something was amiss.

Although the industrial facilities within the City of Immortals were still operating, the development assignments she received had suddenly decreased considerably. Overnight, the City's researchers had also withdrawn from the joint Wakandan project involving the Ancient Corpse, taking away the most crucial research material: the Celestial's body. The Celestials were a purely mechanical race. Through the metal and residual energy radiation of the dead Celestial, both the City of Immortals and Wakanda had made tremendous advances in materials science. Even after such a long period of study, the corpse of a Celestial—one of the most powerful physical life-forms in the universe—still held countless unsolved mysteries. The Wakandans believed they could trigger another technological explosion through this body.

"This is a long-term project, Salomon. You can't just withdraw unilaterally without saying a word." Shuri slammed the table in fury. She hit it so hard that the Artificial Human standing outside the office door, responsible for guarding Salomon and the Internal Affairs Department, nearly rushed in and ran her through with a sword.

"So many projects have stalled because of this! The Wakandan royal family invested enormous sums into the Celestial's body. You can't do this!"

After several days of proper rest, Salomon's expression had become far livelier than before. Faced with Shuri's questioning, he instinctively stuck out his tongue. The richness of his expression made