For Li Wei, what made an airship more comfortable than a plane was the freedom to move around.
An airship was different, though. Here, at least, he could stand on deck, leisurely admire the sunset outside, and take a stroll with Katie.
Almost a week had passed since they arrived in this world, and everyone's curiosity about it had all but run out. This world was completely different from the Empire they knew, and Li Wei could understand how they felt. After all, in their world, the Empire was a prosperous, powerful nation.
But the Empire here was completely different. It looked decrepit, like an old man gravely ill and near death. It was also terribly backward, lacking advanced steam technology. The entire country's level of industry still seemed to be in the early steam age.
According to Annie, the Empire had originally intended to pursue steam technology, but the successes Darwinism achieved abroad had made it abandon that path. After all, no one knew what the future of steam technology would look like, whereas the power of Chimeras was plain for everyone to see.
So the Empire had given up putting further effort into steam technology and turned to biotechnology instead.
Unfortunately, opposition from religious forces within the country had prevented the Empire from continuing down the path of biotechnology either.
It had given up halfway on both fronts.
As a result, the Empire now felt stuck somewhere in the middle, neither good nor bad-though, judging by the current situation, there was clearly more bad than good.
Fortunately, there was plenty of food aboard the Eye of the Sky. Thanks to its freezers, that included meat and vegetables. Naturally, there was no shortage of canned food either.
Annie had not joined them on their walk. Although the research institute