The night before the college entrance exam results were released, I redeemed my Peking University ad

The next day.

When Ji Bai opened his eyes, the sun was already high in the sky.

However, the beautiful morning lasted only 0.3 seconds.

[Ding! Daily selection has started! Do you want to turn it on?]

A familiar voice.

A familiar frequency.

It's that familiar, bone-deep itch.

Ji Bai lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"I swear, this is really the last time!"

"Then you start conditioning—no, then you start accumulating treatment sessions!"

"Have ten days' worth of progress! Anyone who opens their account before then is a dog!"

After making the promise, Ji Bai took a deep breath:

"Master, activate the daily selection. Use the option to specify the card and the material type!"

[Ding! Designation successful! Options refreshed!]

If you had 100 yuan, how would you spend it?

1. Complete technical route for room temperature superconductivity (fragment 10/10) (80 yuan)

2. Complete solution for shape memory driven materials (60 yuan)

3. Complete self-sensing intelligent skin solution (50 yuan)

4. Complete undergraduate, master's, and doctoral knowledge system of metallic materials and engineering (10 yuan)

5. Master-level powder metallurgy (10 yuan)

6. Your glove box will never have any unexplained air leaks (10 yuan)

……

"I choose 1, 4, and 5!"

Ji Bai's voice trembled.

All done!

Room-temperature superconductivity, all complete!

[Ding! Your transaction is complete. Please come back tomorrow!]

[Scraps of room-temperature superconducting technology have been detected, automatically triggering complete technology fusion!]

The moment the notification tone fell, Ji Bai's consciousness was jolted.

Ten pieces of technology, gleaming with a cold, silvery-blue light, floated in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness. The previously scattered formulas, parameters, and process fragments now seemed to have found their home, attracting, colliding, and piecing together each other, emitting a low, humming resonance.

From the most basic atomic-level structural models of materials, to precise raw material ratios down to the microgram level, and then to the complete process flow for laboratory preparation, and the optimal parameters for critical temperature and pressure...

From equipment modification solutions and quality control standards for industrial mass production to application expansion paths across all downstream scenarios...

All the scattered fragments were pieced together seamlessly, eventually forming a complete, massive, and extremely clear technology tree.

At the same time, the complete system knowledge of metal materials engineering and the process experience of master-level powder metallurgy were also incorporated, which perfectly filled the last gap in the implementation of materials preparation, forming a perfect closed loop from theoretical deduction to finished product output.

Ji Bai felt a slight numbness in his brain, followed by an unprecedented clarity and understanding.

It was quite a while before Ji Bai opened his eyes.

"So that's how it is!"

We've finally obtained this incredible technology: room-temperature superconductivity!

From the first fragment to now, it has taken nearly half a month, during which time we also experienced a verification conference, trending topics across the internet, being besieged by half of the music industry, and a pop diva delivering stockings to our door.

It's not easy!

In terms of price alone, this is priced the same as the 2126 military machine tool.

One fragment costs 80 yuan, so ten fragments would cost 800 yuan.

It's already at the top level in the 100-yuan selection pool.

But it's totally worth it!

Whether room-temperature superconductivity can be achieved in 100 years with current technology is still unknown!

The field of superconductivity began in 1911 with the discovery of superconductivity in mercury by Onnes, and more than a hundred years have passed since then.

Physicists around the world have been working tirelessly, but the highest critical temperature record is still stuck at just over 100K, which is still hundreds of degrees below room temperature.

However, Ji Bai didn't celebrate too soon.

Acquiring the technology is only the first step; the next step is to put it into practice!

But this isn't like cooking, where you can just grab a recipe and start cooking.

And even when you're cooking, you still need ingredients, a stove, and cookware.

Ji Bai frowned, reopened the technical roadmap in his mind, and turned to the page on "Experimental Conditions and Equipment List". The more he looked, the more his brows furrowed.

"High-precision thin film deposition equipment..."

This is the most crucial piece of equipment in the entire process, requiring the ability to achieve precise deposition at the atomic level, and the energy stability of the pulsed laser must be controlled to within one percent.

The temperature uniformity of the substrate heating stage must be within ±0.5℃, and the ultimate vacuum of the vacuum chamber must reach 10 to the power of negative 9 Pa.

This vacuum level is equivalent to the vacuum level of outer space.

Is this level of equipment available on the market?

can!

However, the price is over 30 million per unit.

There are also high-purity rare earth sputtering targets.

Lanthanum oxide, yttrium oxide, and thorium oxide—each of these requires a purity of 99.999% or higher.

That's not all; there are also various precious metal targets and various experimental instruments.

All things considered, at least 70 to 80 million yuan in start-up capital is needed!

In fact, compared to room-temperature superconductivity, a startup capital of 70 to 80 million is nothing!

But let alone seventy or eighty million, Ji Bai couldn't even come up with seven or eight million.

No matter how difficult it is, Ji Bai is determined to make this thing.

He couldn't possibly sell the technology directly.

Let alone his current IQ of Gauss+10, anyone with a normal IQ would never directly sell technology!

"But how do we get the money?" Ji Bai leaned back on the sofa, tapping his knees rhythmically with his fingers.

This is no small sum of money.

After thinking for a moment, Ji Bai took out his phone, found Old Wang's number, and dialed it.

"Mr. Wang, you weren't with the female student, were you?"

Old Wang: "..."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by Old Wang's voice, a mix of helplessness and habit: "This is the first time you've called me on your own initiative, and you're asking me this?"

"Believe it or not, I'm actually dating a female student, and she's the most beautiful girl in our department. How about it? If you come to our department, I'll introduce you!"

Old Wang's tone suddenly became smug, like that of a mischievous old man.

"Although I'm a bit older than you, there's an old saying: 'A woman three years older is like holding a gold brick; a woman six years older is endless joy; a woman nine years older has it all!'"

Ji Bai: "..."

This old man is shameless!

He recalled Old Wang's dignified and venerable demeanor at the verification conference, and then looked at his current behavior of constantly talking about "the most beautiful girl in the courtyard" and "holding a gold brick," and he deeply understood what it meant to be an "old child."

The older you get, the less you need to pretend, or rather, the less you need to pretend.

"Thank you, but no need for introductions!" Ji Bai decisively refused.

Just kidding, what flowers could a math department possibly have?

How beautiful can something be, no matter how pretty?

Old Wang chuckled on the other end, not annoyed at all, and straightened his tone again: "Alright, stop joking. You called me first, so what's up?"

"If it's possible, I'll do my best to do it for you; if it's not possible, we'll discuss it together!"

Ji Bai was delighted.

Look at that awareness! No wonder he's the dean.

"Hi, it's nothing major, I just wanted to borrow some funds from you. I've recently come up with something through research."

"It won't be a free loan. If it works out, I'll give you 10% of the profits!"

Old Wang chuckled to himself, thinking to himself that this child was quite well-behaved and even knew how to share the profits.

"I wondered what it was all about. Turns out you're short of money. Tell me, how much do you need?"

Upon hearing this tone, Ji Bai finally felt relieved.

Old Wang's "it's just money" attitude suggests he's got it figured out.

"Not much, just one hundred million!"