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The experimental reactor had been fine-tuned by Scholar Liao in the afternoon.

The various reactors couldn’t exceed 0.001 error, an error achievable only by professional craftsmen.

As for the strength and size of the magnetic field, precise calculations were also pertinent.

After adjusting the magnetic field according to her calculations, Zuo Qiurong stared at the reactor and the energy-calculating instrument. After five minutes, the reaction was completed.

The instrument calculating the energy recorded the largest data in the reaction—

Reaction energy: 2.54 kW.

Seeing this data, she sighed in relief.

This energy was 0.27 kW more than the previous one. Although it was mostly attributed to Scholar Liao’s rather successful reaction material ratio, her data was evidently not problematic.

She suppressed the inner rush of joy.

Scholar Liao’s expression remained unchanged, and he just nodded at her before lightly saying to Brother Ye, “Xiao Ye, use Qin Ran’s calculation to do the magnetic field.”

Zuo Qiurong’s eyes fell on the data in Brother Ye’s hands and narrowed silently.

She stepped aside and let Brother Ye come over.

She wasn’t very bothered about the data in Brother Ye’s hands.

They had followed Scholar Liao for two days, and although he had been immersed in research, she had still learned a lot from him.

Thus, she naturally was confident in her data calculation.

She was thinking of this as she watched Brother Ye.

He adjusted the magnetic field according to Qin Ran’s calculations and stepped aside.

Five minutes later, the data instrument record table was updated—

Reaction energy: 2.93 kW.

It almost reached the saturation of 3 kW.

Looking up faintly, Zuo Qiurong leaned on the experiment bench and looked casually at the data on the instrument. Upon seeing the result, her casual expression became astonished, and she slowly stood up.

Not to mention her, even Brother Ye was stunned for a moment. He tilted his head and stared at Scholar Liao in a daze. “Scholar Liao, Junior has calculated your reactor data to the extreme…”

Liao Gaoang stared at the number 2.93, and his eyes, which had always been cold and unwavering, lit up a little.

“Your junior is very talented,” he finally said after a long pause.

Having helped him in the laboratory for two years, neither of them had heard a word of praise.

This was the first time he praised someone in the laboratory.

They exchanged glances.

In the evening, they returned to their dormitories after ending work. While changing in the changing room, Brother Ye couldn’t help but sigh. “Junior is too amazing. I think she only spent two hours calculating the data today…”

Before he finished speaking, Zuo Qiurong put on her jacket and said, “Worry about yourself.”

Scholar Liao said he would only accept one disciple, and Zuo Qiurong originally thought her competitor was only Brother Ye. But now…

Qin Ran was also one.

**

Ting Lan.

Neither Cheng Wenru nor Old Master Cheng came, but Cheng Jin returned.

They were sitting on the sofa downstairs after dinner.

“You’re playing with your life.” Cheng Juan sat beside Qin Ran, one hand placed behind her on the sofa. He looked down at her game and pointed at one of the level pages with his slender fingers. “No wonder you’re 20 seconds faster than me.”

He summed up the reason why his clearance record wasn’t as good as hers.

Cheng Jin was speechless.

Playing games with a top hacker…

Master Juan, are you crazy?

“The headquarters has completely moved to Beijing.” Cheng Jin coughed and then opened the computer page to show him. “Take a look.”

Cheng Juan took the computer to check.

Qin Ran also turned off the game interface.

She then opened WeChat to find a new message from Giant Crocodile.

Giant Crocodile: “I’ve already sent out the goods. It’s expected to arrive on Friday.”

The paintings in his hands were antiques and rather troublesome to pass the customs, especially at the border. He had asked someone to bring it over.

Qin Ran acknowledged his message and then clicked on Principal Xu’s profile—

“Can I choose my own teammates for my project?”

Two or three minutes later, Principal Xu slowly replied to her, “Yes.”

Qin Ran thought for a while and honestly said—

“My freshmen classmates.”

Principal Xu: “…”

He wanted to take back his words.

He directly called her.

While Cheng Juan discussed the company’s affairs, Qin Ran went to the balcony to answer the phone, her voice clear and cold. “Principal Xu.”

“Yes.” Elder Xu paused and sternly asked, “Are you sure you want to bring a few freshmen?”

Although she was still a freshman, Principal Xu knew she was different. After hearing that she wanted to find real freshman teammates…

The corners of his lips couldn’t help but twitch.

“Yes. I’ve already touched on the research project you mentioned a long time ago.” Qin Ran laid on the sun terrace, overlooking the university town, her eyelashes drooping and covering her dim eyes. “Principal Xu, my Grandpa has already researched this project before.”

Principal Xu stayed silent for a long while.

Qin Ran waited three minutes before hearing Principal Xu softly sigh. “Give me the name list, then.”

“Ok.” Qin Ran nodded, tapping the balcony lazily with her fingers. “It should be fine for freshmen to participate in the international competition, right? I don’t know if they can take the pressure…”

Principal Xu massaged his temples. All his previous grief disappeared, and he was almost having a breakdown. “So, your classmates might not even agree??”

**

Three days later, on Friday.

In the Physics laboratory.

“Qin Ran, come and prepare the raw materials.” Scholar Liao stepped aside and let Qin Ran do it.

Zuo Qiurong stood at the side with her lips pressed tightly.

Students in the laboratory were no different from interns outside, and all the professors and researchers in the laboratory wouldn’t easily let students touch important experiments.

As for the raw materials for the reaction…

Only Brother Ye had adjusted it once, and in two years, Zuo Qiurong had only helped by the sidelines.

How long had Qin Ran been there?

No to mention Zuo Qiurong, even Qin Ran herself was aware of the changes in Scholar Liao’s attitude towards her.

They were studying Scholar Liao’s theoretical research today and didn’t have much hands-on stuff. Although upset and vexed, Zuo Qiurong didn’t torture herself by staying and brought her computer to the outermost area to write her SCI paper.

She was nearing the end of her thesis, and it could be submitted once Scholar Liao reviewed it.

Thinking of this, she barely suppressed her frustration.

In the laboratory, watching how familiar and fast Qin Ran was, Brother Ye sincerely admired her. “Junior, your hands are too stable. If you weren’t a freshman, I would suspect you have been in the laboratory for several years.”

Putting down the instrument in her hand, Qin Ran lightly smiled. “Maybe.”

The laboratory had always been cold and deserted, so even the sound of objects clinking against each other was extremely clear. Scholar Liao stood by Qin Ran’s experiment for a while and suddenly remembered something.

He turned to Brother Ye. “Xiao Ye, how many people do you have on your competition team?”

“Four,” Brother Ye replied.

“Then, you still lack one. Can you add one more?” He looked at him. “This is also beneficial for you.”

Brother Ye naturally wouldn’t reject Scholar Liao, so he smiled and said, “It should be no problem. We’re still preparing.”

Scholar Liao turned around and looked at Qin Ran with a pair of cold eyes. “Qin Ran, you can participate in the project together with your seniors. It’s the top aerospace propulsion project in China, and it’s very important for you to get a good ranking.”

Be it entering the Research Institute or officially becoming a researcher, the participating scientific researchers and the content of the international cooperation projects were extremely important.

Scholar Liao remembered from her document a few days ago that she majored in Automation.

The space thruster was a professional counterpart to her.

Qin Ran originally wanted to say she had an international project…

She had never heard Principal Xu talk of this domestic aerospace project, but thinking of the kindness Scholar Liao and Brother Ye had shown, she couldn’t reject it. The space thruster was much simpler to her than Principal Xu’s project…

After all, she had learned Automation from Lu Zhixin.

Principal Xu had given her top-level resources, but it didn’t mean other resources weren’t important.

Brother Ye put away the documents. “I’ll discuss with the other three people in the evening. We’ve started for a month and have to re-submit our names.”

He was the team leader of this project, which had started a month ago, but if Scholar Liao said Qin Ran might be able to help them… he might be right.

During lunch.

He typed a new registration form and set it aside.

Except for Zuo Qiurong, the other two were boys.

Zuo Qiurong reached out and picked up the registration form. “We’re re-registering?”

She looked down and saw the two characters on the bottom line. “Qin Ran.”

“I wanted our junior to join us…” Brother Ye didn’t finish his words.

Glancing up coldly, Zuo Qiurong remained silent and directly tore the registration form in half.