"Professor Quan! Taibin!! You're the savior of the entire Safe Zone!!!"
On the other end of the phone, Li Tianming's voice rang out with excitement. His eyes shone like starlight, and the hand holding his phone trembled.
Lately, Li Tianming had been like a top that never stopped spinning.
Besides tackling the problem of rapidly teleporting the Mobile Defense Fortress troops, he had been rushing tirelessly between the various War Readiness Zones, helping reinforce the defensive lines that would soon face the Invaders' firepower head-on and patching every gap he could find.
There were 998 War Readiness Zones. Even if he went without food or sleep, he could not possibly inspect them all before the enemy's next attack.
But as far as he was concerned, every little bit helped. Anything was better than nothing.
Then, early that morning, Quan Taibin's call had woken him from an exhausted sleep, and he had learned of a research breakthrough that could shake the world.
"Taibin, do you realize what this means?" Li Tianming paced excitedly around the laboratory. "With your God-Deceiving Technology, as long as we use it properly, we'll have a trump card that can overturn the whole game the next time we face the Invaders!"
"If we can use this in tandem with Olof or Old Zhu to kill an Invader and give them the chance to break through to the domain sequence..."
"The entire Safe Zone's future could change because of your research! Your name will absolutely be engraved on the highest monument of honor, remembered by everyone forever!"
Silence came from the other end of the line.
Several seconds passed before Quan Taibin slowly replied, "Old Li, there's no need to put me on such a pedestal. Monuments of honor, being remembered-I don't care about any of that. And