With the design for the graphene Combat Uniform finalized, the Star Sea research team's development work soon got on track as well.
With a super-rich backer like Xia Xu supporting them, none of them needed to worry about funding or equipment. Star Sea Industrial would naturally handle the negotiations and procurement for the necessary graphene and carbon sponge.
Freed from miscellaneous chores, the assembled geniuses unleashed tremendous creativity. Development progressed at an astonishing pace, and even Xia Xu benefited greatly from the exchange and clash of different ways of thinking.
A week later, the Hite alloy he had bought on the Dark Web arrived.
He had assumed there would be some relatively secretive transaction method, and had even wondered whether some ridiculous trouble might crop up. The reality, however, left him unsure whether to laugh or cry: the stuff had actually arrived by courier.
On second thought, that made sense. It was only a piece of alloy, after all, not anything illegal. There was naturally no need for all that fuss; at most, a little fiddling with the shipping information would suffice.
"Xia, what have you got there?"
Walker and the others, who had been engrossed in researching the graphene Combat Uniform, all glanced over curiously when they saw Xia Xu enter with a parcel.
"Something good, but it's a secret for now."
Xia Xu gave a mysterious smile. Without explaining further to Walker and the others, he headed straight into an unoccupied workshop.
Zhou Ji, Walker, and the others were all busy researching the graphene Combat Uniform. That was the most important task, so he would keep the Hite alloy from distracting them for now.
Besides, he had long since decided how to use the Hite alloy. It was exceptionally well suited to making thermal weapons, and he intended