However, that still wasn't enough.

Even though the Cathayan Underworld was still in a period of recovery, it was still a nation, after all, and having exchanged souls of certain top-tier researchers and scientists with the mortal realm, it had naturally prepared appropriate backup plans.

During the past half a month or so, they hadn't just been preparing for this debate, the current panel of advisors of the Cathayan Underworld had also been hard at work.

As such, Qin Ye was well aware of how much fury would be directed at the Cathayan Underworld if all of the scientists present were to realize that they were being swindled.

A major difference between the underworld and the mortal realm was that the former had a reincarnation system. As a result, important Yin spirits could choose when to be reincarnated into the mortal realm. If these scientists wanted to return to the mortal realm, the death gods of their respective nations would naturally do everything in their power to convince them to stay in the underworld, but it was an unspoken rule that these scientists couldn't be forced to stay against their will.

Due to the fact that no one was sure when patent-holding scientists would leave the underworld, a new regulation was released by the Coalition of Underworlds 200 years ago, stating that all scientists would retain the rights for their...