Super God-Level Top Student

Xu Zhengxing's head was filled with a jumble of thoughts, and he failed to notice the complex look in Luo Benyuan's eyes as he observed him.

It wasn't until Zuo Chengzheng brought Luo Benyuan to sit opposite the three of them and began to speak, "Let's start the meeting now. As all three of you are senior researchers at the research center, let's skip the small talk. I suppose you all have guessed that this is a research task of a provisional classified nature."

The confidentiality level should actually be higher, but we need to wait for the results and then consult with others before we can decide. For now, please switch off all electronic devices you have on you."

After standard procedures, Zuo Chengzheng turned to Luo Benyuan and nodded, hinting, "Professor Luo, you are most familiar with the situation. Please, go ahead."

"In truth, I don't know much either, but I can give everyone a general introduction..."

Soon, Luo Benyuan roughly relayed what he had discussed with Qiao Ze that afternoon, including the letters Qiao Ze had shown him and the operations involved.

As he narrated, the expressions of the three senior material researchers from the research center began to shift subtly.

Especially Xu Zhengxing.

Having listened to the whole account, he understood the meaning of the phone call Luo Benyuan had made to him earlier that day.

But...

Wasn't this just too preposterous?

Using artificial intelligence and big data to design material compositions was indeed the latest research direction in material engineering, but the model that Qiao Ze showed to Luo was just too scientific, wasn't it?

If this model was truly effective, it could revolutionize all products on the market.

From common kitchenware and various appliances to vehicles, airplanes, steel bars, cement, aircraft carrier coatings, space stations... all of these could undergo a new generation of updates with new materials.

Of course, as Luo Benyuan said, if this model was indeed so powerful, the very foundation of material science would no longer be relevant.

Even chemistry could simply be merged into physics.

After all, both could provide sufficient material for the model database.

When Luo Benyuan finished speaking woodenly, the three senior researchers started looking at each other in bewilderment.

This offered Luo Benyuan some comfort.

Having their worldviews overturned together today was actually quite nice.

Not leaving much time for them to digest the information, Zuo Chengzheng took over the conversation.

"Alright, Professor Luo has finished. I know this may be hard to believe, but you will be able to verify it soon. Professor Qiao has authorized the center to test his model, and you can all use the model to perform some tests on the tasks you are currently working on.

Since all test results need to be kept confidential for the time being, this means that even if the best preparation method is found via the model, you are not allowed to publish related papers based on the test results before discussions have taken place. Therefore, if you need to publish papers soon for the success of your current projects, this may impact your ability to publish your papers."

If it weren't for Zuo Chengzheng's last remarks, the three might have debated with Luo Benyuan about whether the model was as miraculous as described.

But these words rendered any argument unnecessary.

They were all researchers; whether something was useful or not could be known by trying it out.

...

Zuo Chengzheng continued in his decisive style.

Twenty minutes into the meeting, he directly had Luo Benyuan lead the three to the computing room of the research center.

Many of the laboratory projects at Xilin University of Technology were closely related to GF Technology. This could be seen from the annual theses of Xilin University of Technology, with over seventy percent of the professional theses focused on the GF field.

Especially in the field of aerospace.

To advance in aerospace, materials are an essential basic science.

For instance, in the combustion chamber of a hypersonic airplane engine, the gas undergoes intense compression and heating, causing the temperature of the combustion chamber to rise sharply, easily reaching several thousand degrees. The design of the combustion chamber must ensure that it can handle these high temperatures while maintaining the stability and efficiency of the combustion process, necessitating the addition of a cooling system.

This requires that the materials used to build the combustion chamber not only withstand high temperatures but also handle extreme changes in temperature in a short period of time, as well as long-term adaptability in extreme conditions.

After all, a fighter jet that costs tens of millions to build needs to be serviceable for over twenty years.

If suitable materials are not found, even with the blueprints of the world's most advanced engines in front of engineers, the engines produced would be of little use.

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Therefore, Xilin University of Technology established the National Defense Key Laboratory of Ultrahigh-Temperature Composite Materials, as well as a Materials Structure Characterization and Performance Analysis Research Center.

The time was nearing to see if they would be out of a job.

...

Inside the computing room of the research center, Luo Benyuan had already seen the familiar interface on the screen.

Though he wasn't very knowledgeable about materials, he was currently the only one who had seen how Qiao Ze operated the model user interface. Therefore, he was dragged in directly to guide the three on how to use the model.

In Luo Benyuan's view, this was entirely unnecessary.

With this foolproof interface, any undergraduate who was relegated to washing bottles in a lab could figure out how to operate it after studying it for a few minutes.

What was needed was just a bit of experience to avoid setting wildly implausible performance indicators on the input panel. Of course, even if you wrote nonsense, it wouldn't matter much – at most, the calculations would be completed and result in an inability to design the material, simply wasting some computational power.