Space City-State, Central Area of Chaldea, Chaldea's Internal Conference Room.
Li Liang Window looked somewhat helplessly at the twelve people arguing in front of him.
Li Liang Window gently knocked on the table: "Gentlemen, honorable members! This truly is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—haven't you done business with us before? Accepting this employment now is perfectly reasonable, wouldn't you say? Shouldn't we abandon all disputes, and first collaborate effectively to manage the Lightspeed Highway?"
The Lightspeed Highway, a continuous region of sparse matter along the solar ecliptic plane of the Solar System. Here, it is closer to a true "vacuum" than anywhere else within the Solar System, with even interstellar dust being scarce.
Humanity's current sub-light speed navigation primarily relies on the Lightspeed Highway. Outside the highway, sub-light travel is exceedingly perilous.
