A Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire

By now, Lox no longer needed to handle everything personally, dividing his time between war command and scientific research.

He had countless powerful figures and talented people under his command. Anyone like Cawl, Angie, or Hank could be considered a great scientist capable of advancing human civilization.

Lox only needed to provide a general direction, along with a suitable environment and sufficient resources, and they would handle everything flawlessly.

As the plan advanced rapidly, the first test of the dimensional engine soon arrived.

For safety's sake, Lox had even arranged the test site in a star system near the Solar System, ensuring that no accident could endanger humanity's homeworld.

Within that star system, a space warship equipped with a human-made imitation dimensional engine floated silently through the void.

Like a derelict drifting through space, it was pulled by the star's gravity, endlessly orbiting its gravitational center.

Lox stood in the command center of the Martian base, his gaze fixed on the holographic screen before him, where torrents of green data flickered continuously.

The various monitoring devices had gathered vast amounts of data. Even the movements of planets and celestial bodies within the system, gravitational disturbances, and cosmic microwave radiation had all been factored in.

They had eliminated potential sources of interference as thoroughly as possible, creating ideal conditions for the experiment.

Now that every preparation had been completed, even with his composure, he could not help feeling excited at the official arrival of this moment.

If the test succeeded, humanity's history would enter a new chapter from this moment onward.

Humanity would possess both the confidence and the means to break free from fate entirely.

"All systems have completed self-diagnostics. Status confirmed good. Requesting authorization to activate the dimensional engine." The voice of the Stone Men researcher Oliges came through