Once Ultima reached a certain stage, Luke would break down the results and give them to the New Hope Research Institute for verification.
There were now more than 200 researchers in the research institute.
Luke was paying them a high salary so that they could do their best as research assistants and help complete some of the experiments.
As for those who weren't content with their lot and wanted to invent their own small things, they were removed regularly.
These sort of "geniuses" who were ambitious but lacked talent, or who just had no self-awareness, were fired – they could go and fleece some other investors of their money.
Luke had worked hard for his money, and it wasn't enough to fill these bottomless pits.
If they were genuinely talented and creative, he would set them up with a separate research team.