I failed a course, and the system became my study supervisor.

Chapter 59 National Tournament Opens

After the provincial competition, there are still ten days left until the national competition.

During these ten days, Xu Ling completed all the final exams for his subjects. Except for some trivial subjects, Xu Ling handled them all with ease.

Unfortunately, Xu Ling's electromagnetics paper failed to win Zhang Zhongyao's favor. The prize went to a female student whose paper on magnetic fluids included a visually stunning video of the experiment.

Compared with this question, Xu Ling's question, although very valuable, seems a bit monotonous.

On June 20th, the national competition opened as scheduled. Since Shanghai University was the host, Xu Ling and his team did not need to stay in the old campus like other participating teams.

With the competition approaching, Zeng Boyuan called Xu Ling aside, leaving Xu Ling confused.

"Xu Ling, do you have any plans for your summer vacation?"

Zeng Boyuan asked with a smile.

arrangement?

Xu Ling thought for a moment and said truthfully, "I don't have any special plans. I'm going home after the competition."

"That's perfect. There's a summer program we're collaborating with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It's only for students who have just finished their freshman year. Would you like to go? The school will reimburse the fees."

Zeng Boyuan continued.

Xu Ling was not really worried about the expenses, as he had not spent even a penny of the 20,000 yuan he had just received.

But Xu Ling was still a little hesitant and asked, "What direction is it about?"

"Haha, don't worry about that. It's a project that integrates physics and chemistry, and the specific direction is related to power supply technology."

Zeng Boyuan waved his hand and said.

I rely on!

Power technology!
Isn’t this a battery? It’s like a pillow when you’re sleepy.

Whether it is pure technology or system management like himself, it will be of great benefit to Xu Ling.

At least Xu Ling was able to find some battery experts to evaluate his ABS system.

Or we can find ways to optimize the ABS system.

Thinking of this, Xu Ling immediately became excited and asked hurriedly, "I'd like to go. How do I sign up?"

Zeng Boyuan was delighted to hear that Xu Ling was so eager to sign up. "Just register on the school's external cooperation website. We'll definitely approve your application."

In reality, few first-year students were willing to participate in this program, given that the language environment in Hong Kong is very different from mainland China, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is essentially taught entirely in English. Furthermore, many American schools also had exchange programs at the same time, which outshined Hong Kong University in terms of reputation, resulting in very few people actually signing up.

For Xu Ling, if it was not related to power supply technology, he would not have agreed so quickly.

"By the way, your English doesn't seem to be very good. You need to improve it a little. There are many people who speak English in Hong Kong."

Zeng Boyuan finally reminded.

Xu Ling nodded seriously.

There seems to be a linguistics subject in the subject hierarchy, so I'll check it out when the time comes. It should help improve my English.

There were thirty-six teams participating in the national tournament, hailing from all corners of the country. The number of qualifying spots varied from province to province. The capital had the most, with five teams, while the western region had the least, with only one.

The competition schedule was incredibly dense, with each team competing in five rounds of three matches. Afterward, teams advanced to the finals based on their points. This format placed immense pressure on Xu Ling and all the other competitors. With so many matches, it was hard not to encounter problems that the team hadn't thoroughly considered.

It was precisely because of this that Yu Wenkai's team failed to advance to the finals. As the opposing team, they encountered the unfamiliar "rigid slope walker" problem, and as the commentator, they encountered the "soap film spiral" problem. Although their scores in other competitions were good, they still fell just short of advancing to the finals.

Faced with such a result, Zeng Boyuan did not blame anyone, but felt a little regretful. At the same time, he increased his expectations for Xu Ling's team.

In contrast to the first group, Xu Ling was more fortunate. Although he also encountered unfamiliar questions, his improvisation helped him avoid losing too many points. Coupled with several impressive performances in the competition, Xu Ling's team ultimately outperformed the competition, advancing to the finals with the highest points total.

For a time, it was the most popular.

There are three other teams that advanced to the finals, namely Peking University, Tsinghua University, Syracuse University of Technology and Anhui University of Science and Technology.

Since there are four teams in total, the competition format has also undergone slight changes, with an additional spectator side, which is equivalent to a bye.

Each team will take turns to serve as the affirmative team, the negative team, the commentator team, and the observer team. Finally, the champion will be determined by the total points ranking.

Among them, the scoring weight of each team as the affirmative side is the greatest, so this game is particularly important!
"Now, please invite the affirmative team to present their reports. The time limit is 12 minutes!"

The host announced the start of the competition in a resounding voice.

After calming down his slightly nervous mood, Xu Ling said loudly:
"Hello, judges, teachers, and students. The following is our report on droplet microscopy."

“My report is divided into the following seven parts.

The first part is a review of the topic. The topic requires us to observe a single water droplet placed on a glass surface and then study the factors that affect the magnification and resolution of the imaging system.

The second part is our pre-experiment.

"

Twelve minutes passed in a flash, and Xu Ling just managed to finish all the contents of the report.

"Now, please ask the opposing team to summarize the advantages and disadvantages of the affirmative team's report. Time limit: six minutes!"

The host continued to announce.

"Student Zheng Fang's strengths include the design and presentation of the pre-experiment and the clear structure of the report."

A classmate from the other side said seriously.

Xu Ling was speechless. The report had a clear structure? Was there really no other advantage to mention?

"Mr. Zheng Fang's shortcomings are as follows:
Some phenomena have no reasonable explanation, some theoretical analyses are not detailed enough, and there are some problems with the selection of experimental equipment.

"

The other student continued.

Then the discussion between the pros and cons began. Xu Ling was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. The description of the opposing side made his report worthless. Xu Ling wanted to see how they would explain it clearly.

"Students, I don't think you have explained the phenomenon you mentioned in the preliminary experiment clearly."

Why didn't I explain it clearly?

Xu Ling immediately retorted, "Students, we clearly pointed out that the reason the magnification at the edge of the droplet is different from that in the center is due to optical aberration. In the section on magnification, we clearly derived the relationship between the magnification in the non-paraxial direction due to optical aberration."

For a moment, the other student was speechless and stunned.

(End of this chapter)