In short, Hoshino was like a strict examiner. Hearing that Rhine Lab had made a breakthrough in its research, she wanted to step in and spur them on.
She would make them understand what completion truly meant.
The sealed sterile chamber had ionization equipment running twenty-four hours a day. Its walls, ceiling, and floor were nearly a meter thick, made of reinforced concrete. The doors and windows were narrow, and even the glass had been made as thick as possible.
This could only be considered a laboratory-grade product, right?
It was incomparable to a "domain" like the shrine, where people could enter and leave freely, air circulated normally, and there were no spatial barriers.
"So, will Rhine Lab researchers come to Lungmen for an assessment?"
Ch'en asked unhurriedly.
She saw that the shrine maiden seemed quite pleased, and she herself felt a little happy as well, though she did not know why.
Hoshino shook her head. "Not sure. But based on what I know about that research organization, if they come, it should be a single department acting independently. Every department head has their own distinctive traits."
"Oh..."
Governed by separate departments—how was that any different from a federal state?
A major corporation was a major corporation indeed. This one was a little too major. Not even Victoria, the birthplace of capitalism, operated like this.
Columbia truly deserved its reputation as the gathering place for major corporations in the southeastern part of the map. It had surpassed its predecessor and always stood at the forefront of capitalism.
"Don't overthink it. Other people's political systems are their own business. Columbia developed that way, and it's now a beacon of cutting-edge technology, attracting talent from all over Terra."
Ch'en nodded, but she still did not think much of it.
She always felt