At the same time.
After Reed Richards and Ben Grimm exited the office, they were successfully led by a staff member to meet Susan Storm, the director of the [Technology Research Department]… a beautiful woman with long blonde hair and professional office attire.
"Hi, Ben, long time no see. How's Debbie?"
"She's great, Susan. You're as radiant as ever!"
Susan Storm and Ben Grimm shared a warm, friendly hug.
However, when she looked at Reed Richards, the smile on her face faded considerably, replaced by a hint of resentment.
"Uh, Susan, how are you?"
Reed Richards greeted her awkwardly.
"Thank you for your concern. I've been doing wonderfully since I left you."
Well, well, well, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!
Although Susan Storm harbored some resentment, she remained dutiful and professional.
After understanding their purpose, she led them to the [Quantum Gate Project] laboratory.
While riding the elevator, Susan Storm seemed to remember something and couldn't help but remind him:
"Reed, you should know that when solar winds pass through other planets, their speed can change significantly due to the influence of gravitational fields…"
"Thank you for the reminder."
Reed Richards interrupted her like a typical straight man, "But I've already taken all those factors into account in my calculations."
Casting pearls before swine, are we?
Fine, fine, fine, a leopard can't change its spots!
A hint of anger flashed across Susan Storm's face, and she sniffed before saying, "Indeed, you're always good at theoretical calculations, but the reality often exceeds your expectations!"
When it comes to reopening old wounds, perhaps no one understands Reed Richards' embarrassing moments better than Susan Storm.
The latter clearly misunderstood, thinking that she was protecting the company's interests and questioning his abilities, so he quickly retorted: "I can assure you this time that there will absolutely be no…"
However.
Before he could finish, Ben Grimm, who couldn't stand it any longer, quickly interjected, "Susan, if everything goes smoothly, how soon can we launch?"
"Ben, rest assured, as long as Reed solves the energy problem as soon as possible, I can arrange the launch schedule at any time."
Susan Storm took out a business card from her pocket and handed it to Reed Richards, saying:
"If you have any questions about resources or crew members, you can call me during working hours."
Reed Richards finally seemed to get the hint and said confidently, "No need, I've always remembered your number."
"Is that so?"
A hint of smugness flashed in Susan Storm's eyes, and she said with a mischievous smile, "Too bad, I changed my number!"
Awkward!
Ben Grimm felt so awkward that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself.
But Reed Richards remained unfazed, took the business card, and asked:
"By the way, regarding the arrangement of the crew, I hope Ben can be the pilot. After all, he has performed many [NASA] space missions before and has never made any mistakes."
To his surprise, Susan Storm looked at Ben Grimm with an apologetic expression and said, "Regarding the pilot, we actually already have a designated candidate, but I would be very happy to have you as the co-pilot!"
Ding—
At that moment, the elevator doors opened, and the three arrived in a huge laboratory.
Reed Richards, who originally wanted to ask who the pilot was, was immediately attracted by the giant transmission device placed in the laboratory.
"Is this the quantum field generator you guys made? It's simply too beautiful… Wait, you guys wouldn't have already started conducting organic matter teleportation experiments, would you?"
"But I must see the complete design blueprints… Otherwise, even a tiny error could instantly paralyze the entire [New York] power system."
Seeing Reed Richards, the technology geek, instantly enter the zone, Susan Storm helplessly pursed her lips.
Sigh, some people are just destined to be single for life!
"I think you should look at this before officially starting…"
Susan Storm then came to a computer and opened a video from a highly encrypted folder.
The video, which initially appeared blurry and filled with static, quickly became clearer, revealing a colorful, thermal-imaging-like image to the three.
However, it was still easy to identify it as an extremely desolate planet, with bare ground devoid of any vegetation, and at the end of the picture, there seemed to be a huge shadow shrouded in unknown light, possibly a mountain or some alien civilization's structure.
However, as the drone moved towards that area, it was suddenly hit by some kind of impact from the ground, and the picture abruptly cut off.
"What is this?!"
Reed Richards immediately became interested, moved closer to the computer, and looked at it carefully, afraid of missing any details.
"This is the other space opened by the [Quantum Gate]…"
Susan Storm explained to the two slowly: "These images were sent back by the new drone we sent over, but unfortunately, due to some unknown reason, this drone failed to be teleported back."
"Wow, it's really beautiful there."
Reed Richards pointed to the glowing area in the picture and said:
"This is likely a new type of energy that doesn't exist on Earth. It's a whole new world for humans.
If properly developed, it might be able to save the Earth's increasingly severe energy crisis."
However.
The next second, as if he suddenly remembered something, he suddenly turned his head to look at Susan Storm, asking with a look of surprise:
"That's not right, even if you can successfully send the drone to another dimension, the drone's signal shouldn't be able to be transmitted back, right?!"
She seemed to have expected him to have such a question, raised her fair neck, and asked with a smile, "Reed, have you heard of magic?"
"Huh?"
This turn was so sharp that even Reed Richards, who possessed a super brain, couldn't react, and was immediately dumbfounded.
Wait, we're discussing scientific issues, what does this have to do with magic?
But before he could answer, Susan Storm had already given the answer directly.
"The situation was indeed as you said before. The ordinary drones we used at the beginning, although they could be teleported back, the cameras installed on them seemed to be interfered with in some way and didn't capture anything."
"But later, on Victor's suggestion, we purchased a new drone from [Hyperspace Corporation], which is the one that successfully captured this video. Its supporting remote receiving device seems to be able to transmit data normally regardless of distance…"
Speaking of this, Susan Storm shrugged her shoulders for no reason and couldn't help but complain:
"You probably can't guess how expensive this drone is, even the subsequent maintenance and repair costs are ridiculously high."
"When we first bought the drone, our people wanted to secretly disassemble it to see what kind of black technology was inside."
"But before they could open the fuselage, the operating system was directly remotely locked by [Hyperspace Corporation], and they directly called to warn us that if we illegally disassembled it, we would permanently lose the right to purchase and face huge infringement lawsuits of hundreds of billions of dollars!"
"In the end, we were fined a large sum of money before we could regain access to it…"
Susan Storm said a lot, and the last sentence summarized, "Later, after watching the battle in [Greenwich], we unanimously believed that this expensive drone probably used some special magic!"
"Is it [Hyperspace Corporation]'s technology again?"
This was the second time Reed Richards had personally witnessed the black technology products made by this mysterious company in recent times.
But what confused him was, what did Susan just mean by the "Battle of Greenwich"?
Recently, Reed Richards had been running back and forth between his studio, [NASA], and the [PPDC organization].
He simply didn't have time to pay attention to the news on the Internet.
But in his opinion, science was extremely sacred, how could it be explained with such vulgar words as magic?
"Um, Susan, I think compared to magic, [Hyperspace Corporation] is more likely to have used [quantum entanglement] technology…"
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"Hmph, that's not the point!!"
Susan Storm clearly didn't want to have too much communication with this bookworm anymore, pointed to the thick stack of documents on the desk, and said with a cold face:
"These are all the materials you want… I remind you that if you don't want to miss the solar wind, then you better solve the energy supply problem as quickly as possible."
After speaking, she twisted her slender waist and left quickly.
Ben Grimm, who couldn't interrupt, patted Reed Richards on the shoulder at this time and joked with a wry smile:
"Hey buddy, I think you've completely lost her this time!"
……
A week later.
In the control room of the [Quantum Gate Project], Victor Von Doom rushed over excitedly with his assistant.
"Reed, today is really a good day to celebrate. I didn't expect you… no, I should say we succeeded so quickly."
Victor Von Doom first gave Susan Storm a warm hug, then shook hands with Reed Richards, whose face became a little unnatural, and praised:
"Good job, I knew you could do it!"
Reed Richards smiled awkwardly and hurriedly said, "I'll go take a look below," before leaving the control room sheepishly.
"Huh, who are those two guys in blue work clothes?"
Victor Von Doom stood in front of the glass window, pointed to the two staff members who were fiddling with the computer below, and said:
"I don't remember the laboratory hiring these people."
Seeing this, Susan Storm quickly explained to him: "In order to ensure that all aspects of this experiment are foolproof, we previously submitted an application for on-site technical services to [Hyperspace Corporation].
Those two technicians are the ones they sent to help coordinate the visual receiving device."
Victor Von Doom nodded in satisfaction, "This money was indeed well spent."
Although [Hyperspace Corporation]'s things are a bit expensive, their after-sales service is definitely impeccable.
Just this on-call service attitude alone is countless streets ahead of those arrogant high-tech companies.
Not to mention that they can actually 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 teleportation hibernation pod on one side of the exploration device.
"Lifeform test begins…"
"The energy system is ready, please put on your glasses, the launch enters the final countdown."
"Ten, nine… two, one!!"
As the countdown ended, two quantum generators, similar to solar panels on both sides of the hibernation pod, suddenly released strong energy fluctuations.
The entire laboratory was instantly shrouded in a burst of dazzling blue light.
At the same time, from a perspective invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people, the [Tzeentch Runes] lit up simultaneously on the four corners of the two quantum generators.
When the light gradually dissipated, the exploration device on the launch pad and the hibernation pod it carried had long since disappeared.
"Wow, great, we succeeded!!"
A burst of cheers rang out in the laboratory.
Reed Richards excitedly bumped fists with Ben Grimm, his "job" was successfully completed.
However, he was not in a hurry to leave, but stared at the picture on the computer, 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 a blank white, with no signal transmitted back.
Everyone, including Victor Von Doom, looked nervously at the two [Hyperspace Corporation] technicians in blue work clothes.
One of them entered a long string of mysterious codes on the computer.
The next second, the originally white screen gradually became clear, and then four monitoring screens from different angles and orientations were displayed on the big screen.
At the same time, the computer screen on the workbench also showed the picture of the chimpanzee and the data list for detecting its vital signs.
"Yes, we captured the picture!!"
"The experimental subject's vital signs are normal, except that the emotions seem to be a little 'excited', no other adverse reactions have been found…"
Everyone raised their fists and cheered enthusiastically.
"Victor, look at the landforms there, almost all in their original state."
Susan Storm stared at the slightly desolate and barren land in the picture and said excitedly:
"It is likely that it is in the primitive state of the Earth billions of years ago. Maybe we can verify the truth of the origin of species from this place."
further explaining the evolutionary process of our planet and uncovering the answers to questions we haven't even truly explored yet!!
