It was not just the people at the venue who had been taught a lesson. The whole world had been taught one.
If they really could no longer go to work in the future, could they try their hand at research instead? They might not understand much, but surely they could tinker around, right? What if they actually came up with something? Just think of the great Newton. An apple had fallen on his head, and he had managed to work out profound principles from it. The financial prospects seemed positively radiant!
Of course, that was pure fantasy. At that moment, the enormous sums of money had simply gone to their heads.
As time passed, the morning auction gradually drew to a close. When the final technology was brought out, it stunned the entire room.
Room-Temperature Superconducting Material Technology.
The world had spent decades working toward this technology, but apart from Phantom Immortal Technology, every research institution was still struggling to get there.
And no one could ignore its value.
Room-temperature superconducting material was widely used in the components of various high-tech products. Or rather, superconducting material was the ideal material for the vast majority of electrical equipment.
Some even believed that superconducting material deserved much of the credit for Phantom Immortal Technology's rapid breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion and its development of a space engine capable of sub-light speed flight.
Some had thought that even if Phantom Immortal Technology intended to release this technology, it would, at most, hand it over to the state. The country would never allow such a technology to be made available to the entire world. Even the superconducting material produced with it would be subject to export restrictions.
Yet, against all expectations, this technology had appeared at the auction without any additional restrictions. It