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

"have a look?"

"Let's take a look."

Ji Bai was still a little confused.

I was woken up in the middle of the night this morning, and I still have no idea what those people are up to.

However, since these people rushed over overnight and waited for him at the door all morning, it wouldn't be a problem for them to help watch over something.

Lu and the others opened all the combination lock boxes.

To Ji Bai's surprise, the box contained neither documents nor any hard drives or similar items.

Instead, they are custom-made computers integrated with the boxes.

It's all military green with sharp edges. The screen is reinforced, and there are several obvious wear marks on the keyboard. It looks like it's a "don't ask, it's classified information" kind of thing.

That's amazing!

Director Lu pushed over a computer; the screen was already lit.

"Ji Bai, please take a look at this first."

Director Lu stood to the side, leaning slightly forward, his finger tracing a dense array of system diagrams on the screen:

"This is the T/R module feed network solution for our active phased array radar. Currently, the main bottleneck is the efficiency of the final stage power amplifier in the X-band."

"With the current process technology, the power-added efficiency of traditional gallium nitride power amplifiers can only reach 38%. If we push it higher, the junction temperature cannot be controlled and the thermal resistance is too high. The output power will decrease by more than 15% in less than 20 minutes of continuous operation."

"We tried many solutions, including improving the packaging, optimizing the matching circuit, and introducing microchannel heat dissipation, but the results were not ideal. The closest we came was an efficiency of 42%, but the yield was only 20%, which was not feasible for engineering."

"We worked on this project for five years, and overturned six different technical approaches."

Director Lu sighed as he finished speaking, then looked up at Ji Bai with undisguised anticipation in his eyes.

Ji Bai nodded, dragged over the computer, and began to look at it seriously.

The boy watched intently.

I flipped through the pages one by one, sometimes stopping to stare at a particular formula or set of data for a long time.

The living room quieted down, with only the soft hum of the computer fan remaining.

Everyone at the Seventh Institute held their breath, not daring to make a sound and disturb them.

Ten minutes have passed.

Twenty minutes have passed.

Half an hour passed.

Finally, Ji Bai straightened up and rubbed his sore eyes:

"I've finished watching it."

"So what do you think?"

Director Lu and the others all looked at him, their eyes full of expectation.

Some people expect him to give a concrete suggestion, even if it's just a direction for the project, or even just a sentence like "I think we can try other materials here."

After all, he's the father of superconductivity.

Even a tiny bit of inspiration could save them years of detours.

Some people are waiting to see the joke.

For example, Qin Ye.

She crossed her arms, leaned against the corner of the sofa, a faint hint of coldness on her lips, her gaze never leaving Ji Bai's face.

She wanted to see what kind of nonsense this overhyped boy could come up with.

Ji Bai blinked:

"I watched it sitting down!"

Everyone was stunned!

No.

What kind of answer is that?

The smile on Director Lu's face froze.

Liu Guodong's teacup, which he had just picked up, stopped in mid-air.

Chen Zhe's mouth was agape, his glasses had slipped down his nose, and he had forgotten to adjust them.

Qin Ye's sneer deepened.

really!

She knew it.

Ji Bai, seemingly oblivious to the awkwardness in the room, slowly added:

"Why are you all staring at me like that? I can't look at you upside down."

"Ji Bai!"

Qin finally couldn't hold back any longer and stood up abruptly: "Now is not the time to be witty!"

"What you just looked at is the core technical data of the country's latest generation of active phased array radar! It concerns our country's air defense security and whether we can detect and attack the enemy first on the future battlefield!"

"Every piece of data and every chart here represents the culmination of over a decade of work by countless researchers in our institute!"

"I hope you take this seriously!"

Ji Bai laughed when he heard this.

He recognized the voice; it was this woman who had called him earlier.

She is quite good-looking.

Especially that cool and confident aura...

If I film a short video of myself "changing clothes," I bet a bunch of people will be calling me "Mom" in the comments.

pity.

Since you spoke to him in this tone, it's clear that the "favoritism" attribute wasn't working.

Ji Bai pursed his lips.

A piece of trash who can't even be considered a goddess.

"so what?"

so?

Qin felt like he had punched cotton.

She was so angry that her chest heaved, and her molars clenched so tightly they made a grinding sound.

Why is this person like this?

Does he have any sense of national honor at all?

Do they even have a shred of respect for technology?

Seeing this, Lu Weiguo quickly stepped in to smooth things over, pulling Qin Ye behind him:

"Ji Bai, please don't mind her. Xiao Qin is just a little impatient and doesn't know how to be humorous. She's used to being serious when she's doing research at the institute."

"But then again..."

Director Lu rubbed his hands together, looking at Ji Bai earnestly: "What are your thoughts on this information, or... do you have any suggestions?"

Ji Bai looked at Qin Ye, whose mood was fluctuating. Although she didn't meet the system's goddess rating, she was no ordinary person... cough cough!

"To be honest?"

"Of course! Please tell the truth! Even if what we did before was worthless, you can still speak frankly! We just want to hear the truth!"

"Oh, to be honest..."

Ji Bai tilted his head: "To be honest, I didn't understand it."

What?

Didn't understand?

The people at the Seventh Institute were dumbfounded again!

They had anticipated all sorts of answers.

For example, "This direction is wrong."

For example, "We could try superconducting materials here."

Some were even prepared to be humiliated by the teenagers, who would say things like, "What kind of garbage have you made?"

But no one expected that Ji Bai would say—

He didn't understand!

"Ji Bai, would you... like to take another look?" Director Lu's voice was hoarse.

"Looking at it again will be the same; if you don't understand, you just don't understand."

Ji Bai answered decisively, without the slightest hint of embarrassment.

Director Lu's expression immediately turned ashen.

The feeling of going from full of hope to instant disappointment left him feeling completely drained.

"Then... could you take a look at this one, the one about electronic warfare..."

Undeterred, Director Lu pushed over another computer.

"Uh... to be honest, I don't know either."

"Then, laser thermal management..."

"I don't understand either."

"Then, electromagnetic compatibility..."

"don't know."

Director Lu pushed them over one by one.

Ji Bai shook his head, one device after another.

"What about this one? This is airborne radar waveform design, which is more algorithmic. You're a mathematician, so you should be able to..."

"don't know."

Ji Bai shook his head again.

The air in the reception room, which had been quiet, became an even more unbearably deathly stillness.

Everyone at the Seventh Institute was completely dumbfounded.

You don't understand any of it?

Where is the father of superconductivity?

Where is the math genius we were promised?

What happened to the promise of cracking over a dozen patents in half a month and making the Hausen family cry for their parents?

Is that all?

That's it?