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Mission 1: Genius Student Plan
Description: Plant a genius student today, and tomorrow you'll get a bunch of geniuses. What a beautiful thought.
Requirements: Guide a student to complete a graduation thesis.
Reward: 1 ~??? Subject experience points (The final value is positively correlated with the academic value of the research topic, negatively correlated with the host's direct participation in the topic, and positively correlated with the student's participation). 500 general points. One lucky draw ticket (50% garbage, 9% samples, 6% blueprints)
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Lu Zhou looked at the first mission and was speechless.
What does the system think a genius student is?
A leek?
However, for the time being, the term "top student" was just a compliment.
Lu Zhou was not sure if he was happy that he was recognized by a higher civilization.
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Mission 2: The King of the Football Field
Description: Football is a national sport in the United States, and the Super Bowl is a well-known event here. It seems a bit too difficult for the host to compete in the Super Bowl. Since this is the case, it should be fine to aim for the Ivy League championship in the fall, right?
Requirements: Participate in any Princeton football club, at least get promoted in the school tournament, and get third place in the league tournament.
Reward: 10,000 ~ 50,000 experience points. 500 general points. One lucky draw ticket (80% garbage, 10% samples, 6% blueprints, 4% special)
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Lu Zhou: "…"
What the f * ck is this not a problem?
I feel like there are problems everywhere.
When Lu Zhou thought about Connie's hulk-like body, he felt like it was better to stay away from dangerous sports like football.
If something happened to Connie, not only would it be a loss for him, but it would also be a loss for the entire human race …
Lu Zhou removed this mission from the list and continued to look at the last mission on the list.
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Mission 3: Lithium-Air batteries are the future!
Description: Lithium-sulfur batteries will eventually be eliminated, lithium-air batteries are the future!
Requirements: Solve a series of technical problems with lithium-air batteries and make lithium-air batteries occupy more than 5% of the global battery market. (Determined by the system rules.)
Reward: 0 ~??? Subject experience points. 500 general points. One lucky draw ticket (50% garbage, 30% samples, 10% blueprints, 10% special)
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There was nothing wrong with the mission itself, but the system's argument was similar to Professor Sarrot's.
He did not know if it overestimated the technological level of human civilization, or if it simply saw that he had too many points, so it wanted to scam some points from his reserve.
However, since the system was so confident in lithium-air batteries, Lu Zhou felt like he should seriously consider buying the caged carbon molecule patent from Professor Stanley.
It probably wouldn't cost much anyway.
Looking at the three missions, Lu Zhou finally chose Mission 1 as his main mission after some careful consideration.
Compared to the overly dangerous Mission 2 and the temporarily hopeless Mission 3, Mission 1 was undoubtedly a relatively easier and more flexible mission.
However, the system seemed to want him to hand over the research project to the students to complete on their own, rather than having him solve the research project himself … Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lu Zhou rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought.
This was a little difficult.
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While Lu Zhou was thinking about how to complete the next mission, there was an angry roar in the materials science research institute of Binghamton University.
"Ricardo! Come out! Damn it … Where did that idiot go? "
Professor Stanley, who was searching for Ricardo in every department, was furious. There was no wind, but his beard was trembling.
Obviously, he was furious to the extreme.
During this period of time, many laboratories had expressed doubts about his thesis and expressed that they could not reproduce his experimental results through repeated experiments.
Professor Stanley obviously used his influence to suppress these doubts. He said, "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't do it."
This response sounded a little unreasonable.
However, for the academic community, this wasn't a rare occurrence.
Although the essence of science was that it could be repeated, not every "scientific research result" could be repeated.
After all, even if the experiment report had been written down in detail, some slight differences could lead to the same experiment procedure producing completely different results.
In fact, the caged carbon molecules did inhibit the shuttle effect.
However, the effect was far less amazing than described in Professor Stanley's thesis.
Just as the academic community gradually lost interest in his research results, the industry's reaction was gradually becoming more and more impatient. Especially ExxonMobil, looking at the indifferent market, they were getting more and more impatient.
In order to reverse this situation, Professor Stanley had been trying to stabilize ExxonMobil for the past month. He had been trying to make the caged carbon molecules more useful.
Unfortunately, no matter how he mixed the positive electrode materials, he couldn't prevent the polysulfide compounds from spreading into the electrolyte. The positive electrode materials were almost depleted after two hundred cycles of the battery.
Professor Stanley was more and more certain about the double agent. He was about to find Ricardo, but that shameful traitor suddenly disappeared from his laboratory.
After asking his research assistant, he found out that Ricardo had disappeared from his laboratory.
Since the day before yesterday, Ricardo hadn't come to the laboratory.
Suddenly, Professor Stanley understood.
What he was most afraid of finally happened.
Thinking back to the time when he still had the slightest bit of hope for the traitor's character, he felt like an idiot a few months ago!
The researchers in the laboratory trembled as they watched Professor Stanley lose his temper.
No one knew why Professor Stanley, who was at the pinnacle of his life, suddenly became irritable and irritable after attending the banquet in Manhattan.
Even though they were in the same laboratory and were responsible for the same research project, not everyone knew the specifics of the experiment.
Other than the core researchers whose names would appear in the thesis, most of the researchers in the materials science research institute didn't know more about the caged carbon molecules than those who read about it from journals.
Most people thought that they had solved the shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries, which was a world-class technical problem …
"Damn it, f * ck!" Professor Stanley sat down on his office chair and pressed his finger against his forehead. He tried to calm his breathing.
Suddenly, the phone on the corner of his desk began to ring.
Professor Stanley looked at the caller ID and took a deep breath. He calmed himself down and picked up the phone.
As soon as the phone was connected, Woods's voice came from the other end of the receiver.
"My engineer told me that your battery can't be made! Don't try to fool me with those boring excuses. I need an explanation. "
This was the fifth time he called Professor Stanley's office since the Manhattan banquet. Moreover, compared to the previous few times, his tone was no longer as polite as before. There was even an obvious hint of distrust in it.
Professor Stanley went silent for a short while when he heard Woods' aggressive voice.
Just when he finally made up his mind and was about to tell the truth to the CEO, he suddenly had an idea.
Ricardo disappeared from his laboratory the day before yesterday, so ExxonMobil probably didn't know about it yet.
To him, this was not necessarily a bad thing.
At the very least, he had someone to shift the blame to …
Professor Stanley lowered his voice and said, "We were tricked."
Hearing this unexpected answer, Woods was obviously stunned. Then he frowned and asked, "What do you mean …"
Professor Stanley said, "The data is fake, Ricardo's real identity is a double agent, don't you understand? We were fooled by that person's acting skills from the very beginning! "
Woods felt a chill on his back and immediately said, "It's impossible. Where can he go? He's in a lawsuit, he can't run far. "
In the United States, commercial espionage was a very serious crime, especially when it involved intellectual property issues. In serious cases, criminal liability could even be pursued. Under these circumstances, Ricardo's entry and exit was restricted by the court.
As long as Ricardo was still in the United States, it would be too easy to find him.
"If he's a double agent, do you think Star Sky Technology will continue to sue him? Maybe they dropped the lawsuit without you knowing … "Professor Stanley told Lu Zhou everything that he had been hiding.
After hearing Professor Stanley's words, Woods fell into deep thought, and he had an uncertain expression on his face.
He originally called to question Professor Stanley, but after knowing that Professor Stanley had been lying to him for the past month, he became even more furious.
However, after hearing about the "double agent", his anger was transferred to Ricardo.
If what Professor Stanley said was true, then he wasn't the only one to blame.
After all, he had a part in the idea of poaching Lu Zhou from Lu Zhou.
However, now wasn't the time to blame …
Woods took a deep breath and said slowly.
"Regarding Ricardo, I will confirm the lawsuit with the legal department later. As for now … "
For an energy giant like ExxonMobil, they faced lawsuits almost every day. A small employee's lawsuit didn't attract their attention.
Unless he specifically told his secretary to follow the case closely, no one would put this trivial matter on his desk.
Of course, if this was true, he would make that greedy guy pay.
As for now …
After pausing for a second, Woods continued to speak.
"As for now, we have to stabilize our position! The news that the effect of the new material was not ideal must not be spread out! The investors still have confidence in us, so we have an obligation to make them happy.
"Also, I know that Lu Zhou has been doing theoretical research recently, lithium-sulfur batteries aren't the focus of his research. Even though we've taken a few detours, we haven't been left behind by too much.
"I need you to start the experiment again.
"We've already wasted a lot of resources, I don't want to end up with useless garbage. I know you don't want to end up like this either!"
Professor Stanley sighed in relief.
Obviously, ExxonMobil didn't want to admit defeat. Woods still chose to stand on the same side.
Professor Stanley spoke in a relaxed tone.
"I've always been doing this."
He had no intention of admitting defeat.
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