Xu Le rubbed his eyes lightly and put in some eye drops. Ever since he was young, his goal was to become a top mech mechanic in the Federation, so he was especially protective of his eyes and hands. This had already become an instinct of his.
When he stepped out of the laboratory door, the sun was already high up in the sky. It shone through the transparent heat shield of the dome of the research institute and fell on the people inside. Only then did he remember that it was time for lunch.
In the long metallic corridor, people wearing all kinds of work clothes walked silently. There was very little communication between the staff of the research institute, and very little chatting. They seemed to be used to dividing themselves into groups according to their research groups and staying in their own laboratories to conduct research, like a nest of guinea pigs that were unwilling to come out of their holes. Even the coordination and technical support between the various departments was often done through email.
This was exactly how Xu Le imagined a research institute to be, but he also knew that there was no such thing as a pure land in human society. A research institute with a strong academic atmosphere was still a microcosm of this society. There were still political struggles and conflicts in this place, but these ugly things basically only happened in the upper echelons of the research institute and did not affect basic researchers like him.
Xu Le ate silently in the cafeteria, chewing carefully. He knew that he had to eat a little more now. Otherwise, once he activated that mysterious power in his body in the afternoon, he did not know how hungry he would be.
The research institute and the First Military Academy shared an area, but the various facilities were strictly separated. In the cafeteria, which was a full one thousand square meters, there were not many researchers eating. Xu Le sat in the corner alone in silence. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that his colleagues who usually did not like to talk were much more lively at the table, especially those who belonged to the same research group. They were excitedly talking about something, as if there was an insurmountable problem in some important research project in the engineering department …
The Shell Motor Company had a strong government and military background. The most independent and crucial department was naturally the R&D department. If the research center was said to be more focused on theoretical guidance and exploration of the frontiers of science, then the R&D department was more focused on practical R&D. The research results of the research center often required the technicians of the R&D department to transform them into actual objects. The battleships, mechas, even cars, yachts, and home appliances produced by the various subsidiaries of the Shell Motor Company were all designed by the R&D department.
The people from the research institute naturally did not think much of the technicians from the engineering department. In their eyes, these fellows who only knew how to bury themselves in all kinds of tools were really too boring. They had completely forgotten the true purpose of scientific research, and at most, they could only be considered as employees of the research institute... but in the eyes of the engineering department, while those old professors in the research institute were worthy of respect, these assistant researchers wearing white coats had no right to be proud of them. They were all a bunch of boring fellows who only knew how to memorize theoretical formulas, and only knew how to boast, but did not even know the width of a mecha's track. They were even worse than the doctors who also wore white coats.
Because of the difference in nature, the two R&D departments developed some sort of opposing sentiment. Whether it was the government of the Federation or the military, whether it was the company's board of directors or the technical director who was truly leading the way for the Shell Motor Company, none of them had any intention of trying to eliminate this opposing sentiment. In their eyes, this opposing sentiment was an extremely beneficial form of competition. It could promote the R&D standards of the Shell Motor Company and even the entire Federation to improve faster.
The R&D department had a problem, so of course the people in the research institute were happy. Xu Le smiled and did not continue to listen to this gossip. He lowered his head and continued eating.
In the cafeteria, other than Xu Le, the other researchers were all gathered together according to their research topics. This made his silhouette seem somewhat lonely and desolate. Xu Le himself also noticed this point. He sighed softly in his heart. Whether it was at Donglin or at Ewha University, his personality seemed to be unable to blend in with the crowd. It was rare for him to have a few true friends, but they were all shut down, left, and died... could it be that he was destined to be alone forever?
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No one was willing to be Professor Shen's assistant. Although this old professor had a highly respected position in the academic world and was one of the rarest living Nebula Award winners in the Federation, the subject of quantum measurable dynamics was definitely not a promising one. It was enough to dampen the enthusiasm of all the researchers.
In the quiet laboratory, other than Professor Shen, who usually stayed on the second floor in a daze from time to time, there was only Xu Le and the static sound of the holographic screen on the table. This was also the source of Xu Le's loneliness in the research institute.
Today, Professor Shen was sick, so this laboratory was equivalent to Xu Le's alone. He sat on the metal stairs leading to the office upstairs. He squinted his eyes and sized up the spacious laboratory. He subconsciously took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. At the same time, he turned on the dust removal system beside him.
It was not unprecedented for a speck of dust to destroy a chip and then a battleship. Although this was a laboratory and not a manufacturing factory with extremely strict requirements, Xu Le did not want all of his future experiments to come up with ridiculous results.
The light green smoke filled his eyes and then quickly turned into a whirlpool in the air. It was absorbed by an invisible force, and the laboratory was clear again. Xu Le held the cigarette between his lips. He squinted his eyes and enjoyed a rare moment of leisure. His eyes slowly and attentively scanned everything in the laboratory.
With Professor Shen's qualifications, it was not surprising that he could have such a large and complex database. What Xu Le was curious about was why his little assistant had access to such a high level of access. It was because of this access that he could find a lot of things he needed. What surprised him even more was that in this two-story laboratory, there were actually so many materials that were rarely seen. Some of these materials were polymer materials that he had only seen in academic journals when he was in Donglin District. In the large warehouse behind the building, there were all kinds of precision instruments and tools that Xu Le was most familiar with and loved. Xu Le frowned and stubbed out the cigarette. He could not understand why an old professor who was engaged in pure theoretical physics research would need these things.
Since he could not understand, he stopped thinking about it. Anyway, Xu Le knew that everything in this laboratory could help him accomplish a lot of things he wanted to do. It was like a big piece of pie falling from the sky and accurately hitting his head. The most oily edge of the chopped green onions was delivered right into his mouth.
Was there anything more wonderful in the world than this? No. In the past, in this laboratory, Xu Le was busy with the various tasks that Professor Shen gave him. He did not have the time or courage to do his own things. However, at this moment, the laboratory belonged to him alone. Of course, he had to seize this opportunity.
After stuffing out the cigarette and confirming the time, Xu Le took a few deep breaths and calmed down. He put his right hand on his left wrist and gently rubbed the metal bracelet that Uncle Shen gave him a few times. With a calm expression, he silently walked to the holographic screen table and began to examine the information he needed. From this information, he obtained the information he needed and found the appropriate materials in the warehouse to form the tools he needed.
Mechanic Yu Feng, or Uncle Feng Yu, was the number one wanted criminal in the Federation. In his eyes, Xu Le was a mechanical genius, so Xu Le was without a doubt a genius. Especially since there was no one watching over the laboratory today, he no longer had to worry about anything. The strange ideas in his mind, the rich practical experience he had over the years, and the systematic review of theoretical knowledge under the pressure of Old Professor Shen these days … all blended together and began to emit light.
Accompanied by the buzzing sound of the micro-controlled machine tool and the electronic etching needle in the warehouse behind the laboratory, it did not take long for Xu Le to successfully assemble four simple looking instruments. Although the appearance was ugly, if these four monitoring instruments were to appear in front of the experts of the Nutshell Engineering Department, they would definitely be amazed and shocked. They would use the most effective method to recruit the instrument maker.
Because the circuits of these instruments were simple, the working principles were stable, and the ideas were unique. They had completely exceeded the conventional thinking of the average engineer. To put it simply, only a genius or an idiot's design, coupled with the creation of a top-notch engineering expert, could achieve such an effect. Perhaps this was not the most advanced, but in terms of concept, it was definitely the most original. And what the Federation engineers, who had been stuck in a dilemma for many years, needed the most now was a completely different way of thinking …
Right at this moment, the door of the laboratory opened. Xu Le walked to the door and signed for the instrument he had applied for. The main purpose of this instrument was similar to a signal collection system for mecha control simulators. The application he had just sent out via email before lunch had actually arrived so quickly. Only now did he truly understand that as long as he had the authority given to him by Professor Shen, at least a large portion of the Shell Motor Company's resources would be open to him.
This was really an endless mountain of treasures.
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He did not immediately begin to test the strange power in his body. Instead, he first turned off the automatic recording program in the central control computer in the laboratory. Then, he narrowed his eyes and examined every corner of this spacious laboratory. In the end, he still felt uneasy. After a moment of hesitation, he fished out a palm-sized instrument from the pocket of his coat on the chair and lightly pressed a button.
With the movement of Xu Le's fingers, a faint blue light was emitted from the small tool. It was like the stars in the distant universe, without a trace of shaking. It calmly and solemnly enveloped his body, and gradually expanded until it enveloped the entire interior space of the laboratory.
In the bracelet that Uncle Feng Yu had left him, there were no impressive blueprints, but there was an assembly diagram of the chip circuit of this small instrument. Until today, Xu Le still did not know what principle this small instrument, which could temporarily isolate the first The Glory Of The Charter and cause the multi-layered electronic surveillance network of the Federation to fail, worked according to. However, this did not stop him from replicating such a tool a long time ago.
As early as when he had been undergoing mecha training in Ewha University's H1 Area, Xu Le had already made preparations for this.
The isolation provided by the faint blue glow did not last long. Xu Le did not immerse himself in his memories. Instead, he entered the operation room as quickly as possible and connected the four assembled instruments to the surface of his skin through a data cable. Finally, he connected the cable to the signal collector for the simulator he had just applied for.
In the spacious and quiet laboratory, only the sound of electronic particles from the ventilation system and the dust removal system could be heard. In the transparent operation room, Xu Le, who was enveloped in a blue glow, closed his eyes. Then, his body began to tremble slightly. This trembling grew more and more intense, to the point that the data cable connected to his body was like a willow branch in the wind, swaying incessantly, ready to break at any moment.
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