"Whew..."
In his office, Lü Yongchang slowly opened his tightly shut eyes and let out a deep breath, reaching for a pouch of highly concentrated nutrient solution offered by a robot.
As he drank the nutrient solution, a trace of confusion crossed his face.
Something felt off.
He shook his head hard, and the strange sensation slowly faded.
Eager to record the plan in his mind, he paid little attention to the odd feeling, dismissing it as a minor aftereffect of "overclocking" his brain.
"Zero, convene a meeting of the Academy of Sciences."
He spoke in a low voice as he wrote and sketched on the holographic interface before him.
"On the feasibility of mass-producing low-temperature antihydrogen atoms through collisions between excited-state positronium and antiprotons"
A line of text swiftly appeared on the holographic display.
Earth Calendar, year 2455.
The First Laboratory of the Human Federation Academy of Sciences on Dawn Star was brightly lit.
And not just the First Laboratory-the six surface cities on Dawn Star, the Space Child-Rearing Center, the Star Gold Mining Station on Ice Giant...
All were ablaze with lights!
The Star Gold Mining Station, in synchronous orbit around Ice Giant.
Though Hope had finished his day's work, he felt no fatigue at all.
He sat in his seat, staring intently at the holographic image before him.
Just like Hope.
At that moment, everyone who had been awakened throughout the Human Federation had their attention fixed on a holographic image.
At that moment, every holographic image throughout the Human Federation was showing the same scene!
On the screen.
Every researcher was concentrating on the holographic image before them, checking every possible point of failure.
"Everyone."
Lü Yongchang's steady, powerful voice came through the speakers.
"After four years of effort, the Human Federation's first true antimatter