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The group exchanged glances, unclear about the reason for the sudden change, and opted to wait and see, sensing that something strange must be afoot.
Indeed, after Wu Yi also smoothly engaged in some pleasantries, Conna seemingly spoke offhand:
"Gentlemen, seeing as we lack understanding of the nuclear explosion effects on the Moon and are further unable to provide a specific reasonable quote, how should this bidding process continue?"
Hopkins: "Sincerity is the first principle of business transactions, and we cannot do business with uncertainty. Yet we are all ignorant about the Moon, and our current estimates are inaccurate."
Academician Yu, who had been calculating on paper with his head down, suddenly had an epiphany, looked up at the still somewhat perplexed United Mining crowd and the clearly intentioned Luo Luo, and after some thought, he also spoke up:
