Surprisingly enough, the news of the 4,000+ patent applications submitted by the Cathayan Underworld didn't spread, and the Cathayan Underworld didn't take any further measures, either.

Some forms of competition were silent, yet lethal. Furthermore, retreat was not an option. In fact, not even the slightest compromise could be made.

The one who managed to clinch the pulse of the new era would be the ruler of this world, and there was no need for any verbal communication in a competition like this, everyone was simply forging ahead in silence as quickly as they could, striving to get to the end goal before their opposition did.

11 years ago, the subject of the new energy resource was presented to all of the netherworldly citizens for the very first time.

10 years ago, during the Great Revelation Debate, the Cathayan Underworld had presented decisive evidence, but the entire academic world had still been rather unconvinced. There was no way that the three pillars would simply stand by idly and watch as the Cathayan Underworld rose to ascendency in the new era, so they had joined forces to establish the Prometheus plan, and thus began this technological battle that had already been raging for over 10 years.

No one had explicitly declared the existence of this technological battle, but it was common knowledge among the parties involved, and all sides were doing...