I ask you to design equipment, but you do science fiction for me?

He looked at Professor Li with a puzzled expression, stroked his chin, and asked, "Why does this tomato feel a little strange?"

Professor Li was taken aback upon hearing this. He picked up his chopsticks, took a bite, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

"It really doesn't taste very good; the variety we used before wasn't this type."

He called over the intelligent robot and asked it why he had changed the quality of the tomatoes.

The robot's mechanical voice rang out coldly.

"I'm sorry, I cannot answer your question. You need to ask the administrator."

Professor Li then called over the kitchen manager, who was not a robot but a kitchen administrator responsible for everything in the kitchen.

He was responsible for starting up the robots and providing them with food.

The administrator looked slightly nervous when he saw Professor Li.

When Professor Li asked him why the tomatoes had been changed, his expression became even more awkward. He forced a smile and offered a rather inappropriate reason.

"There was a shortage of tomatoes a while ago, so we switched to a different kind. This one is pretty good too. The taste is a little off, but most people can't get their hands on it."

After saying this, Professor Li fell silent.

Yuan Jingna could easily see what the other party was up to. They must have skimped on the food, or perhaps they had accepted gifts from someone and changed the type of food, which altered the taste.

Just then, Old Chen arrived with a group of people. He overheard Professor Li questioning the manager, and his face immediately showed displeasure. He thought to himself, "You're one of us, how can you reprimand one of us in front of outsiders?"

Isn't this embarrassing for us?
He walked up to the group, glanced at Su Chen first, then turned his gaze to Professor Li, and asked with a smile what had happened.

As soon as Professor Li explained the situation, Old Chen immediately retorted, "Impossible. He is a subordinate I trust very much. How could he do such a thing?"

Yuan Jingna stood to the side, too lazy to say a word.

How could they possibly frame a manager?

This person has no connection with them.

Besides, how could someone of their status do such a thing? Old Chen could figure it out with a little thought.

At this moment, he actually dared to turn the tables and accuse them of being unreasonable.

Professor Li frowned slightly, said nothing, and directly instructed the intelligent robot to make another plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

The tomato and chicken stir-fry was placed in front of Mr. Chen. Professor Li said, "Try it yourself. You must have had it before."

After taking a bite, Old Chen knew it didn't taste good, but he still said there was no change.

Professor Li shook her head, unwilling to talk to him anymore, and ate her food with her head down.

Old Chen waved his hand to send the manager away, and then sat down at Su Chen's table.

When he sat down, others naturally followed suit, making the area very crowded.

Many of the people in this group came from other bases. Everyone was talking to themselves, and many of them wanted to chat with Su Chen.

However, Su Chen rarely discusses anything with outsiders while eating.

No matter what these people said, Su Chen would just hum and agree, but he rarely spoke.

After finishing their meal, Su Chen left in a hurry, with Yuan Jingna following closely behind.

After they left, the area became even more lively.

One of the experts slammed his fist on the table and said, "What's so great about him? He's just done some research. Look how arrogant he is. He's too lazy to even say a word. People like him will be in trouble sooner or later."
The others followed suit and were quite dissatisfied with Su Chen, believing that he was too arrogant and didn't respect them.

One expert deliberately praised Professor Li in order to belittle Su Chen.

“Professor Li, you are now a highly sought-after expert at Jiutianxing. Your abilities are no less than Su Chen’s. When will you compete with him and put a stop to his arrogant attitude?”

Professor Li stood up abruptly and said coldly, "I'm not as good as Su Chen. Let whoever wants to suppress me do so. I don't want to get involved in your affairs."

After he finished speaking, he led his team away, leaving everyone looking embarrassed.

Everyone looked at Old Chen, as if to say, "Why are your men acting like this? They're not on your side."

Old Chen had a gloomy face and remained silent for a long time.

In the end, he didn't even eat the meal and left in a huff.

Back in his office, he called Professor Li over.

Now only the two of them were left in the room. Old Chen was no longer as calm as before. He slammed his fist on the table and scolded Professor Li for not giving him face.

“We’re all on the same side, why do you always side with outsiders? Do you want to follow Su Chen and his gang?”

Upon hearing this, Professor Li frowned and said, displeased, "What do you mean by 'following them'? Who do you think we are? You are my leader, so watch your words."

"Su Chen is a very talented expert. I'd like to ask him a question. Is that alright?"

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to cooperate with Su Chen and the others? Since you're going to cooperate and discuss some issues, isn't that the right thing to do?"

Old Chen opened his mouth, but remained silent for a long time.

He glared at Professor Li and said with a sneer, "I'm warning you, you're one of our base's people. Don't be like some people who followed Su Chen and never came back. People like that never have a good ending."

Professor Li didn't mince words, retorting directly: "Really? I haven't seen anyone end up with a bad ending."

"Isn't Yuan Jingna doing well with Su Chen? Wang Jianfeng too. Can you give me a heads-up and tell me which one didn't end up well?"

Old Chen stared intently at certain people, but no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't come up with anyone.

Suddenly, he thought of someone: Chen Anrong.

"Wasn't Chen Anrong with Su Chen and the others? How is she now?"

When Chen Anrong was mentioned, Professor Li couldn't help but scoff.

"You mean that woman? She used to work with Su Chen, and I heard she did pretty well."

"But recently I heard that he was up to no good with Su Chen and got caught. As for the outcome, you don't need to hide it from me. I've heard about it from others too."

“If it were any other base, this woman would definitely be dead. But Su Chen treated her well, sending her to another base so she could continue working. He even gave her the base. Isn’t that good enough? What more do you think would be considered good?”

Old Chen stared intently at him with his eyes wide open.

I didn't expect him to know so much; I thought someone else had leaked the secret.

She gritted her teeth and asked coldly, "How do you know all this?"

Professor Li shook his head.

"Isn't this something everyone knows? Go to the base and ask anyone, and they'll tell you a whole bunch of these things."

Old Chen was surprised that such a secret matter had been known to everyone. He didn't believe it and called his driver over to ask if the driver knew about it.

The driver nodded.

Of course he knew, because Old Chen had said these things to some people more than once on the bus. He naturally heard them.

Of course, he didn't tell anyone.

When Mr. Chen asked him how he knew, the driver stammered and didn't know how to answer.

If he said he heard it from Old Chen, Old Chen would lose face. But if he were to frame someone, he wouldn't know who to frame.

Under Mr. Chen's stern reprimand, the driver had no choice but to tell the truth.

After hearing this, Old Chen was so angry that his eyes almost popped out. In the end, he had no choice but to wave his hand and send him out.

When he looked at Professor Li again, Old Chen's attitude finally softened, and he forced a smile.

“Professor Li, I value you, and I hope you will stay and contribute to the development of all humanity. I don’t want you to be used by certain people.”

"If you leave, it will be a great loss to me and to all of humanity. I was too anxious. If I said anything wrong, please forgive me and don't take it to heart."

Professor Li waved his hand impatiently, "Don't worry about that. Everything I do is for humanity and for our base."

“I will absolutely not go anywhere else, but I also hope you will not disturb any of my work, including who I am talking to, you should not disturb me.”

"Because I talked to them in the hope of discussing certain issues in our work, which is of great significance to our research."

"For example, Su Chen. You should know that Su Chen is the most outstanding scientific research expert in our world. He is almost omnipotent. My communication with him has important significance and impact on the research of our base."

“If you don’t let me communicate with him, then much of our research may have to come to a standstill.”

After saying this, Professor Li gave Professor Chen no further chance to refute and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Old Chen watched his retreating figure with his hands behind his back, gritting his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do. After all, the man was counting on him.

He sighed deeply, feeling that there still wasn't enough talent.

There are only a few talented people, which is why they are constantly at the mercy of others.

This includes Su Chen.

Because Su Chen is capable, he has to be tolerant in every way.

Su Chen is gone, but now Professor Li has appeared.

This Professor Li is not as good as Su Chen. Su Chen speaks more gently, is often modest, and is not too blunt.

But Professor Li is different. He doesn't care about other people's feelings at all when he speaks, and he is very blunt, which makes it hard for people to accept.

Considering the significant scientific research contributions he had made to the base in recent years, Professor Chen ultimately chose to be patient.

For the next few days, Su Chen and Yuan Jingna spent most of their time with Professor Li and the others.

Both sides exchanged ideas and gained a lot.

Professor Li showed Su Chen and his group many scientific research items in the base, and Su Chen also provided some guidance on these items.

For example, some research may seem promising, but in reality, it may have significant problems and safety hazards.

Professor Li values ​​the spatial screen and multiple technologies most, and he hopes that Su Chen can provide some guidance on these two technologies.

However, when he proposed this idea, Yuan Jingna rejected it.

Since Yuan Jingna refused, Su Chen had no choice but to refuse as well.

After all, the two of them are one entity, and they can't possibly have any verbal conflicts.

Professor Li did not insist. He was well aware that there was a high chance of being rejected on this matter, since it involved a matter of interests.

It's not just a matter of doctrine.

However, Su Chen still had a high opinion of Professor Li, so he provided him with answers and assistance on several important issues, hoping that he could improve his skills on this basis.

this day.

The talks finally began.

The talks had three directions. The first direction was the universal law that they had already discussed and implemented.

This issue needs further clarification; everyone needs to agree before we can begin.

When the universal laws are officially activated, everyone should abide by them, and those who make mistakes or fail to comply will be punished.

The second area concerns scientific research.

The third direction concerns the issue of expanding the various bases outwards.

The first question everyone will discuss is the first one.

When Elder Chen raised this question, the leaders of each base fell silent.

This matter has both advantages and disadvantages. Once the laws of the universe are established, everyone will have to abide by a set of rules, which will restrict their actions and affect their ability to do many things.

They can no longer do certain bad things, as this would be a loss for them.

However, there are also some advantages. With rules, everyone has to follow them. If everyone acts according to the rules, some bad things can be filtered out, and no one will do those bad things.

This rule is actually more like a law, but it's not as rigorous.

However, it can restrain a portion of the population, which is the ultimate purpose of universal law.

Because the universe is so vast, it cannot be as rigorous as the law, binding every single person.

It's impossible to monitor everything, so too many loopholes will appear.

The first thing everyone needs to discuss is whether to activate the laws of the universe.

Su Chen was more supportive of Elder Chen on this matter and believed that it should be initiated.

He believed that with universal laws, everyone would act in accordance with them, which was naturally a good thing for someone like him who followed the rules.

Others may have different ideas, but they cannot openly express their lack of support.

They outwardly offer support, but they always raise some questions.

One of them raised a question.

“I support the immediate implementation of the universal law, but there is a problem: after the universal law is implemented, if someone violates the law, who will determine that person’s guilt? How can the person who determines guilt be convincing and fair?”

Everyone was discussing it.

Ultimately, everyone adopted the safest approach.

To establish a space law enforcement agency, and to ensure fairness and impartiality for everyone, people from various bases will be assigned to participate in this agency, so that everyone can manage these matters.

When everyone checks and balances each other, everyone is naturally satisfied.

While there are still some pros and cons, this approach at least satisfies the people here. (End of Chapter)