Thankfully, Maximillian had a fool-proof method to assess the eligibility of each applicant.
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Atticus Bates had already worked on recreating LK-92 for fourteen whole years, but he was not even able to produce a prototype, while Miriam Schlinger managed to do so with the project data she pilfered from Atticus Bates' laboratory chambers.
Now that Atticus Bates audaciously reclaimed the fruit of his efforts plus the ten-month interest, how long would it take before he achieved his goal?
"Six months," Hong Yunyi had answered Julian's question in a short text message.
But how could that be?
Six months wouldn't be enough unless Atticus Bates had somehow grasped the nature of LK-92.
Julian gripped his own arm and glared at the unrelated graph across his computer screen.
No, Atticus Bates was most likely planning something. Julian just did not know what.