Massive info dump coming up, I'm very sorry.
The celebration in the control room was probably still going strong. He could hear distant sounds of laughter and conversation echoing down the hallways.
He walked toward the exit, avoiding the main corridors. Taking the back routes through the facility. He didn't want to get pulled into conversations right now. Didn't want to explain where he was going or what he was doing.
His mind was already racing ahead. Thinking about the other rewards. The Tier 2 Technology Section. The Stellar Body Refinement Method. The new system features.
Especially that time dilation feature for the system library.
If he was understanding the notification message correctly, he could spend thousands of years studying inside the library space while only seconds passed in the real world. That single feature might be more valuable than everything else combined.
Orion reached his car in the parking lot. Got in. Started the engine.
