The humans 4.22 light-years away naturally had no idea that a tremendous upheaval was taking place in their neighbors' home.
Inside Mars City One.
Lü Yongchang stood in the laboratory with a grave expression, looking at the professors in white lab coats before him.
After the complete success of the space mining project, the responsibility on his shoulders had shifted to developing weapon systems.
This also corresponded to the missing portion of the technology tree system.
"Professor Lü, I believe our top priority should still be kinetic weapons!" a professor with distinctly Su Country features muttered in stiff Mandarin.
"No, no, no, my dear Professor Yevgeny. I believe kinetic weapons have little value in interstellar war. We should focus our efforts on laser weapons and more advanced energy weapons."
Equally stiff Mandarin came from beside him.
"Damn you, Wilson! You don't know a damn thing about weapons!" Professor Yevgeny, formerly of Su Country, immediately erupted, angrily waving his enormous fists as he shouted at Professor Wilson beside him. "You don't understand the romance of weapons at all!"
Professor Wilson shrugged, a mocking smile spreading across his face. "Of course! After all, we weren't the ones who fell apart back then."
"You!" With that sore spot struck, Yevgeny flushed crimson and pointed a trembling finger at Wilson.
"Ugh..."
Watching the scene before him, Lü Yongchang pressed a hand to his forehead and sighed helplessly.
When they first met, these top professors had gotten along quite harmoniously, looking every bit like one big Human Federation family.
Until the conversation turned to their choice of weapons...
Professor Yevgeny, formerly of Su Country, firmly favored kinetic weapons-specifically, ones with extremely large calibers.
Caliber was truth, and range was justice.
As for Wilson, formerly of the United States, he made his disdain for such outdated