Genius is just the threshold for me!

Time passed, summer went and autumn came.

Since returning to Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group after summer vacation, Lin Dong and others have been busy for several months and have now entered their final year of junior high school.

At 5:20 p.m., the school bell rang throughout the campus.

Lin Dong snapped out of his thoughts and glanced at Xu Qingling, who had just been called away by the homeroom teacher after class and hadn't returned yet.

They handed in the math test papers that had been handed out that day to the class representative, then took their schoolbags and went to wait in the hallway...

"Dongdong, it's all done, you can go back now."

After waiting for seven or eight minutes, several class monitors, including Xu Qingling and Huang Qingyao, came out of the teacher's office.

Xu Qingling walked quickly to Lin Dong's side. Seeing that there were no other classmates around, she naturally took the schoolbag and grabbed Lin Dong's hand.

"What did the teacher say?" Lin Dong asked with a smile.

"It's nothing, just the autumn outing and New Year's Day activities, things that happen every year..." Xu Qingling replied happily.

But before she could finish speaking, Su Yue suddenly gave the two of them a few winks.

"Cough cough—"

Before the two could react, a coughing sound came from the direction of the office.

Zhuo Shanshan walked out of the office and saw Xu Qingling holding Lin Dong's hand. She remained silent for three seconds and said, "Lin Dong, Qingling, you two, the school leaders haven't all left yet."

"Oh, thank you, teacher."

Xu Qingling nodded and obediently let go of her hand.

"..."

Zhuo Shanshan looked at her most capable class monitor and assistant for more than two years, who was also her most troublesome student. Her lips twitched, but in the end, she decided to ignore it and handed Xu Qingling a freshly printed document that smelled of ink.

"I forgot, this is the latest math Olympiad exam paper this year. Qingling, take it back and do it."

"Teacher, I'm not going to participate in the competition," Xu Qingling said, shaking her head.

"If we have to train after the competition class, we can't go to and from school together, right?"

Zhuo Shanshan said irritably, shoving the test paper into Xu Qingling's hands: "I just asked you to do this, not to participate in the competition... If you don't understand anything, send me a message."

"That's fine then."

Xu Qingling took the test paper and said with a smile, "Thank you, teacher."

"Lin Dong, you..."

Zhuo Shanshan looked at Lin Dong, opened her mouth as if to say something, but stopped herself in the end, waved her hand and said, "Never mind, it's nothing, go home early, be careful and don't linger on the road."

Done.

Zhuo Shanshan ignored the two of them and turned back to her office.

She was just about to say that Lin Dong should improve his grades so that he could get into a good university and have a better life.

But the next moment, thinking of Lin Dong's situation, she felt that she was worrying too much.

After all, as Lin Dong's homeroom teacher for more than two years, she knew more about his situation than most people.

She knew that the boss of Xingdong Company was Lin Dong's uncle.

Furthermore, she also knew about the rumors circulating online that the tech tycoon behind Xingdong Company, the country's hidden richest man, was most likely Lin Dong's father.

Given this situation, Lin Dong still goes to and from school every day, behaves himself and keeps a low profile, and doesn't follow the example of another rich man's son who spends his days indulging in pleasure. What more could she ask for?

"Teacher Zhuo."

Teachers' office.

"Are those two the class's top student and the underachieving student, a couple? Early dating at this age is affecting their studies. Shouldn't you intervene?"

Last year, your class's academic representative skipped a grade to go to the third year of junior high and got fourth place in the city in the high school entrance exam. Now, this promising student who can definitely secure a top-twenty ranking, don't let him influence and lead you astray..."

"Teacher Chen, they are not in a relationship."

Zhuo Shanshan glanced at the teacher and said with a smile, "I asked them, and they all said they weren't dating. Our class monitor is quite honest and wouldn't lie..."

"They're already holding hands, and they're not dating yet?"

"This is what Teacher Chen, the homeroom teacher of Class 14, said with an incredulous look on her face."

"Teacher Chen, they live in the same neighborhood as my niece, so I know the specifics."

Huang Qingyao, the homeroom teacher of Class 11, chimed in, "The two grew up together, so it's normal for them to hold hands. After all, there was no hugging or any further intimate actions."

As homeroom teachers, we shouldn't jump to conclusions about students being in early romantic relationships without solid evidence.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain if school leaders questioned them, and it would also have a very negative impact on the students.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Teacher Chen fell silent for a moment, then picked up her lesson plan and turned to leave without saying anything more…

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"Wow, brothers and sisters!"

Meanwhile, Lin Dong and the others walked out of the campus. Suddenly, Li Tao, holding his phone, seemed to see something and couldn't help but exclaim, "They've started fighting! They've really started fighting!"

"What? A war has broken out? The great Eastern power is at war with us?"

"Did they really fight?"

"Who won and who lost? What are our casualties?"

Li Tao's exclamation caused everyone, including Huang Qingyao, Su Yue, and others who were chatting together, as well as Lin Dong and Xu Qingling who were holding hands and whispering, to stop and gather around.

Rumors of the provocations and movements of the great Eastern power have been circulating since the start of the semester, and they have heard Li Tao's reports on it several times.

However, the two sides remained deadlocked for more than a month without any substantial progress.

I never expected that a fight would suddenly break out.

"Well... from a spoils of war perspective, they won."

At this moment, Li Tao saw further information and said with a strange expression, "This morning, 1500 of them ganged up on 1000 of our combat mechs. They damaged nearly 100 of our mechs and captured 38 of them..."

Their midday news broadcast described it as a great victory of human power over technology.

However, according to our information, at least six hundred of them had their bones broken by the mechanical dogs…”

"Well!"

Everyone stopped when Li Tao spoke.

Lin Dong asked with a strange expression, "They're ganging up on the combat mech dogs?"

"Yes." Li Tao nodded.

"No gun was fired?" Su Yue was also stunned.

"no."

"Where are our people?" Zhang Yihao couldn't help but ask.

"It's said that some people stayed behind to keep watch, while most went back to their posts for breakfast. When the brawl broke out, they ate while directing and observing the fight..."

"Hiss—we've lost out!"

Huang Qingyao took a breath and agreed, "Their limbs are broken, but they'll recover in a few months. We've really lost 38 mechanical dogs."

"Oh my god, Yao Yao, you're so mean..." Su Yue couldn't help but pinch Huang Qingyao's cheek.

"Ah! Fifteenth Month, you're asking for it!"

Huang Qingyao jumped up and quickly chased after her, but Su Yue ran away the next second.

"...Dongdong, are they really that stupid? Why would they fight with a mechanical dog?" Xu Qingling asked, watching Huang Qingyao and the other person chasing each other.

"We have robotic dogs, so we won't fight them with real people."

Lin Dong smiled and said, "As for them, they'll definitely have to do something after they've asked for food, otherwise they won't be able to get food next time."

After this incident involving the great Eastern power, the atmosphere on the way back was filled with smiles.

Soon, everyone returned to the residential compound, and everyone else went home. Lin Dong then took Xu Qingling to Laboratory No. 78...

Di-

Lin Dong entered the password and fingerprint to open the laboratory door. After the two went inside, the door closed automatically.

"Why did you bring me here this time?"

Entering the lab, Xu Qingling turned to look at Lin Dong, her eyes filled with joy and anticipation, and asked, "Is the Red Ghost project complete?"

Lin Dong rarely brought her to the lab after school, but every time he did, it was almost always because he had some small gift or something good to share with her.

"No, the bombing won't happen that soon, maybe next year."

Lin Dong smiled and said, "Uncle Jiao and 624 have made great progress in technology. The rotary detonation engine was completed ahead of schedule, and final assembly will begin today."

talking.

Lin Dong pushed open the door leading to Xu Ziming's assembly workshop next door, and led Xu Qingling to the cleanroom inside, looking through the window glass.

The figures of Xu Ziming, Jiao You, Lin Weiliang, and Wang Xingguo, along with two small engines fixed on the platform, each 420mm in diameter and 1600mm in length, came into view.

Jiao You, Lin Weiliang, and Wang Xingguo were responsible for watching from the sidelines, while Xu Ziming was responsible for the hard work of final assembly, installing each part onto the engine.

Through the open, still-open engine casing, you can see the different air intake ducts with varying circulation patterns, the stages of intake fan blades and compressors, and the turbine behind the engine combustion chamber.

The central engine combustion chamber is unique to rotary detonation engines; it resembles a rounded casserole dish with a cone-shaped chamber fixed in the middle, forming a geometrically annular combustion chamber.