Ye Wei had no idea.
As he lamented how awesome the "big shots" were, at that very moment, these same "big shots" were hardly any calmer than he was.
"There's always a bigger mountain, there's always someone better..."
"Indeed, I have to admit it."
"Ah... it feels like the past decade of experiments was all for nothing."
Huake Academy, Institute for Materials Technology and Engineering.
In Academician Liu Yiping's office.
The researchers sitting in front of the desk, each one holding a mobile phone, were scrolling with a thoughtful expression, swiping up with their thumbs.
The events of the past few days felt like a dream to them.
Up until a week ago, they were so busy they wished they could split into two.
Now, however, everyone had suddenly become idle and even had time to browse social media.
It wasn't just them.
This was also the current state for the vast majority of the project groups engaged in similar research.