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At the same time, after Reed Richards and Ben Grimm exited the office, they were led by a staff member to successfully meet Susan Stone, the head of the Department of Technology Research—a great beauty with long golden hair, dressed in professional OL attire.
"Hi, Ben, long time no see, how's Debbie?"
"She's doing great, Susan, you're as radiant as ever!"
Susan Stone and Ben Grimm shared a warm embrace like old friends.
However, when she looked at Reed Richards, the smile on her face immediately faded significantly, and there seemed to be a lot more resentment.
"Uh, Susan, how are you doing?"
Reed Richards greeted her, looking a bit awkward.
"Thanks for your concern. I've been doing better than ever since I left you."
Well, lovers meeting again, eyes full of envy!
However, despite her resentment, Susan Stone was quite dedicated to her job.
After understanding their intentions, she led them to the Quantum Gate Project laboratory.
And while riding the elevator, Susan Stone seemed to think of something and couldn't help but remind him:
"Reed, you should know that when solar winds pass by other Planets, their speed can change significantly due to the gravitational field…"
"Thank you for the reminder."
Reed Richards interrupted him like a straight-laced man: "But I've already factored all those elements into my calculations."
Is kindness being taken for granted?
Alright, alright, you really can't change your ways!
A hint of anger appeared on Susan Stone's face, and she sniffed, saying, "That's right, you're always good at theoretical calculations, but reality always turns out to be beyond your expectations!"
When it comes to bringing up old wounds, probably no one understands Reed Richards's embarrassing moments better than Susan Stone.
The latter clearly misunderstood, thinking she was protecting the company's interests and doubting his abilities, so he quickly retorted, "This time I can assure you, there will absolutely be no…"
However.
Before he could finish speaking, Ben Grimm, who couldn't bear to watch any longer, quickly interjected, "Susan, if everything goes smoothly, how soon can we launch?"
"Ben, don't worry, as long as Reed solves the energy problem as quickly as possible, I can arrange the launch schedule at any time."
Susan Stone pulled out a business card from her pocket and handed it to Reed Richards, saying:
"If you have any questions about resources and crew members, you can call me during working hours to inquire."
Reed Richards finally seemed to have a breakthrough this time, saying confidently, "No need, I actually always remember your number."
"Is that so?"
A hint of mischief flashed in Susan Stone's eyes, and she smirked, "But I'm sorry, I changed my number!"
Awkward!
Ben Grimm felt so awkward that he was scratching his feet.
But Reed Richards still acted as if nothing had happened, taking the business card and asking:
"By the way, regarding the crew arrangements, I hope Ben can be the pilot. After all, he has performed multiple space missions for NASA before, and there has never been any error."
Who would have thought that Susan Stone would look at Ben Grimm apologetically and say, "For the pilot, we actually already have a designated candidate, but I would be very happy to have you as co-pilot!"
Ding—
Just then, the elevator doors opened, and the three of them arrived in a huge laboratory.
Reed Richards, who had originally wanted to ask who the pilot was, was immediately drawn to the giant transmission device placed in the center of the laboratory.
"Is this the quantum field generator you manufactured? It's simply beautiful… Wait a minute, you haven't already started organic matter transmission experiments, have you?"
"But I must see the complete design blueprints with my own eyes… Otherwise, a tiny error could instantly paralyze the entire New York power system."
Seeing Reed Richards, the tech geek, instantly get into his zone, Susan Stone pouted helplessly.
Alas, some people are truly destined to be single their whole lives!
"I think you should look at this before officially starting…"
Susan Stone then went to a computer and opened a video from a highly encrypted folder.
The video footage, initially blurry with static, quickly became clear, displaying a richly colored, thermal-imaging-like image before the three of them.
But it was still effortless to discern that it was an extremely desolate Planet, with a bare surface devoid of any vegetation, and at the end of the image, there seemed to be a huge Shadow enveloped by an unknown light, possibly a mountain or a structure built by some alien civilization.
However, as the drone moved towards that area, it was suddenly struck by some kind of impact rising from the ground, and the footage cut off there.
"What is this?!"
Reed Richards immediately became interested, leaning closer to the computer to examine it carefully, afraid of missing any details.
"This is another space opened by the Quantum Gate…"
Susan Stone slowly explained to the two of them: "These images were transmitted back by the new type of drone we sent over, but unfortunately, for some unknown reason, this drone couldn't be transmitted back."
"Wow, that place is really beautiful."
Reed Richards pointed to the glowing area in the image and said:
"This could very well be a new type of energy that doesn't exist on Earth. That place is a whole new World for humanity.
If properly developed, it might be able to save Earth's escalating energy crisis."
However.
The next second, as if something suddenly occurred to him, he abruptly turned to Susan Stone, asking with a look of surprise:
"No, even if you can successfully send a drone to another dimension, the drone's signal shouldn't be able to transmit back, right?!"
The other party seemed to have anticipated his question, and with a smile, she tilted her White neck and asked in return, "Reed, have you heard of magic?"
"Huh?"
The turn was so sharp that even Reed Richards, with his super brain, couldn't react, and he was instantly bewildered.
No, we're discussing a scientific problem here. What the hell does this have to do with magic?
But before he could answer, Susan Stone already gave the answer directly.
"The previous situation was indeed as you said; the ordinary drones we initially used, although they could be transmitted back, the cameras installed on them seemed to be affected by some interference, and they didn't capture anything."
"However, later, at Victor's suggestion, we purchased a new type of drone from the Hyperspace Group, which is the one that successfully captured this video. Its accompanying remote receiving device seems to be able to transmit data normally regardless of distance…"
At this point, Susan Stone shrugged her shoulders out of nowhere and couldn't help but complain:
"I'm sure you can't imagine how expensive this drone is, and even the subsequent maintenance and repair costs are quite outrageous."
"When we first purchased the drone, our people tried to secretly disassemble it to see what kind of black technology was inside."
"But who would have thought, before they even opened the fuselage, the operating system was directly remotely locked by the Hyperspace Group, and they immediately called to warn us that if we illegally disassembled it, we would permanently lose the right to purchase and face a huge intellectual property infringement lawsuit worth tens of billions of U.S. dollars!"
"In the end, we were also fined a large sum of money for this before we could unlock and use it again…"
Susan Stone said a lot, and her last sentence summarized, "Later, after watching the battle in Greenwich, we all agreed that this expensive drone likely used some special magic!"
"Is it Hyperspace Group's technology again?"
This was the second time Reed Richards had personally witnessed black tech products manufactured by this mysterious company in recent times.
But what confused him was, what exactly did Susan mean by the "Greenwich battle" she just mentioned?
Recently, Reed Richards had been constantly shuttling back and forth between his own studio, NASA, and the PPDC Organization.
He simply didn't have time to pay attention to the news on the internet.
However, in his opinion, science is extremely sacred; how could it be explained with a vulgar term like magic?
"Um, Susan, I think compared to magic, it's more likely that the Hyperspace Group used Quantum Entanglement technology…"
"Hmph, that's not the point!!"
Susan Stone clearly didn't want to communicate with this bookworm anymore. She pointed to a thick stack of documents on the desk and said coldly:
"These are all the materials you want… Let me remind you, if you don't want to miss the solar wind, then you'd better solve the energy supply problem as quickly as possible."
With that, she twisted her slender waist and quickly left.
Ben Grimm, who had been unable to get a word in, now patted Reed Richards on the shoulder and said with a bitter smile, teasing:
"Hey, man, I think you've completely lost her this time!"
…
A week later.
In the Quantum Gate Project control room, Victor Von Doom arrived excitedly with his assistant.
"Reed, today is truly a day worth celebrating. I never thought that you… No, I should say, we succeeded so quickly."
Victor Von Doom first shared a passionate embrace with Susan Stone, then shook hands with Reed Richards, whose expression had become somewhat unnatural, and praised him:
"Well done, I knew you could do it!"
Reed Richards gave an awkward laugh, hastily said, "I'll go check below," and then slunk out of the control room.
"Huh, who are those two guys in blue work uniforms?"
Victor Von Doom stood by the glass window, pointing to two staff members below who were tinkering with computers and said:
"I don't remember the laboratory ever employing anyone like that."
Seeing this, Susan Stone quickly explained to him: "To ensure that all aspects of this experiment were foolproof, we previously submitted a special request for on-site technical services to the Hyperspace Group.
Those two technicians are the ones they sent to help coordinate the visual reception device."
Victor Von Doom nodded in satisfaction, "The money wasn't wasted after all."
Although Hyperspace Group's products were a bit expensive, their after-sales service was absolutely impeccable.
Just their on-call service attitude alone was already miles ahead of those arrogant high-tech companies.
Not to mention that they could achieve cross-dimensional data transmission?
What an incredible black technology!
Soon, the experiment began.
Reed Richards and Ben Grimm personally placed a chimpanzee into a capsule-shaped transfer hibernation pod on one side of the exploration device.
"Life form test beginning…"
"Energy system ready. Please, relevant personnel, put on your glasses. Launch entering final countdown."
"Ten, nine… two, one!!"
As the countdown ended, two solar panel-like quantum generators on either side of the hibernation pod suddenly released intense energy fluctuations.
The entire laboratory was instantly enveloped in a dazzling blue light.
At the same time, from a perspective invisible to the naked eye, the Tzeentch runes lit up simultaneously on the four corners of those two quantum generators.
By the time the light gradually dissipated, the exploration device on the launch pad and its carried hibernation pod had already vanished.
"Wow, that's great, we succeeded!!"
A cheer immediately erupted in the laboratory.
Reed Richards excitedly fist-bumped Ben Grimm; his "main job" was successfully completed.
However, he didn't rush to leave, but rather kept his gaze fixed on the computer screen, wanting to see what would happen next.
"Preparing to receive video…"
"Unknown status, standby…"
The video monitoring screen connected to the exploration device was still blank White, with no signal transmitted back.
Everyone, including Victor Von Doom, looked nervously at the two Hyperspace Group technicians in blue work uniforms.
One of them typed a long string of mysterious code on the computer.
The next second, the previously blank screen gradually became clear, and then four monitoring screens from different angles and directions appeared on the large display.
At the same time, the chimpanzee's image and a data list of its vital signs also appeared on the computer screen on the workstation.
"Yes, we captured the footage!!"
"All vital signs of the test subject are normal, and no other adverse reactions have been found, except that its emotions seem a bit 'agitated'…"
Everyone raised their fists and cheered enthusiastically.
"Victor, look at the topography there, it's almost all in its pristine state."
Susan Stone stared at the slightly desolate and barren land in the image, saying excitedly:
"It's highly likely that it's in the same primitive state as Earth was billions of years ago. Perhaps we can verify the truth of the origin of species from this place.
Thereby further explaining the evolution process of our Planet and finding answers to questions we haven't even truly explored to this day!!"