A crowd was gathered outside of the Thunder Horse Organization’s material laboratory, consisting of Li Youdun, Fan Yiming and the rest of Thunder Horse’s personal research team. Everyone waited around with great anticipation for an arrival. 

They were waiting for Xia Lei to appear. 

The man had already been inside the laboratory for eight hours, but there were still no signs of him emerging from within. 

“Do you think Director Xia will succeed this time?” A material science expert popped the question. 

“I’m not sure. Director Xia is great at designing weapons but material science is not his area of expertise.” Someone answered. 

“Elder Fan is the country’s most prized material scientist and the Director of the Academy of Sciences. If this was an issue that Elder Fan couldn’t solve, how would Director Xia be able to break through it?” commented another person. 

“Sigh! What a shame. If this was a success, the material would take the crown as the best aerospace material. This would be an achievement that will trigger the Americans’ jealousy.” 

“I wish Director Xia would just come out now and tell us the outcome. Even if it’s a failure, a direction would do us good too,” said someone else. 

The area was noisy with discussion. 

Li Youdun was starting to...