North Star, Strategy Research Room.
Inside Han Qiu's office, he looked at the report in his hands and shook his head at Zhang Minglu, who stood before him.
"So all the attempts failed? A pity."
"It seems your proposal won't work," Zhang Minglu said. "Dozens of control groups, even those with balanced or identical Psychic Power levels, were unable to establish a Mind Network."
Han Qiu nodded. "It would be nice to have Shadow's test report. His data would surely be more valuable."
"Academician Han, I've already told you. Shadow refused to cooperate this time."
"I thought he had a long-term cooperative relationship with the Strategy Research Room."
"Long-term cooperation doesn't mean he has to cooperate every time. Our two sides operate on a basis of mutual respect and equality. He can refuse our proposals, and we can refuse his."
