Despite the questions in their hearts, they continued listening.

"Fifthly, our Cathayan Underworld wants to rapidly develop the communications industry, striving to establish communication services that can rival those of the mortal realm and to set up a worldwide communication network."

"Number 12..."

"Number 13..."

Qin Ye's report was very long, but no one was complaining. The Cathayan Underworld had ushered in this new era, so everyone was naturally intent on hearing Qin Ye's future plans. Everyone was listening carefully to which industries the Cathayan Underworld wanted to develop in, examining whether the future path that the Cathayan Underworld wanted to take overlapped with their own plans.

The more the three pillars heard, the warier they became.

This was because all of the points that had been raised thus far had been glossed over by a single sentence each.

Could it be that they wanted to develop all 17 of those industries? But that simply wasn't feasible!

The development of an industry didn't just involve creating the relevant technology. That was only the foundation, and many more resources had to be expended thereafter.

There were also many logistical issues that had to be ironed out, and things were made particularly difficult by the fact that everything had to start from scratch, so it was definitely impossible to develop all of those industries at once...