On some matters, scientists were complete idiots. They had no idea just how significant Zhao Yun's announcement was.

Archimedes and Aristotle exchanged a glance, and they could see their own astonishment mirrored in one another's eyes.

However, there was no time to waste, and they had to speak up!

"Yanluo Qin." Aristotle finally stood up as he asked, "Are you certain that the energy resource is going to be exclusively used domestically?"

"That's right," Zhao Yun replied in Qin Ye's stead. "However, let me remind you again that we are willing to export the energy resource to other nations that need it, which means that other nations can apply for it. Once an application is submitted, we'll review it and decide whether or not to release our energy resource to that nation based on a series of criteria."

Silence quickly descended over the entire venue.

No one had anticipated this turn of events. In their eyes, the only possible point of contention here would be whether the Cathayan Underworld released a report during the conference or not, but no one could've predicted that the Cathayan Underworld would decide to place its own energy resource under lockdown!

The scientists didn't know what to do, and they turned to Archimedes in unison for guidance.

Archimedes was gnashing his teeth together tightly. That declaration from Zhao Yun changed absolutely everything!

After a long silence, he finally said, "As the president of the World Energy Resource Research Organization, I hereby announce an adjournment of this conference. The conference...