Since it wasn't a matter of Wu Tong's safety, they wouldn't move for now. It was like one of those novels young people like to read, where Wu Tong couldn't be disturbed in seclusion, and they were waiting for him to come out.
Wu Tong, immersed in the magical world of the microcosm, was completely oblivious to the movements of the outside world. In his mind, deduction was pushed to the extreme, with a torrent of symbols belonging to the elements interweaving and dancing, various atomic structures, and unit cell refinement...
Under Wu Tong's deductive ability, everything appeared as fine as a hair, rotated, and pieced together to form a beautiful hexagonal prism. The hexagonal prisms were embedded in each other and inseparable, forming metal lattices. The lattices formed metal grains, and the metal grains formed a macroscopic metal body.
After nearly a month of continuous learning and deduction, studying materials, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and other aspects, Wu Tong finally discovered the basis for absolute direction determination and absolute deduction.
So that's how it is. Elemental atoms undergo special equivalent co-bonding at a more microscopic level to form new unit cells, retaining selected beneficial directions and combining into new molecular structures... and then through directional solidification, finally a pseudo-new substance is born, making the resulting new material have data that is transcendentally superior.
From a chemical perspective, it is a process in which metal particles are combined in a specific way, chemical bonds are broken, and new ones are continuously formed.
This special co-bonding is not limited to the titanium, aluminum, nickel and iron elements she had used before, but exists between all natural elements. Different elements, under specific regular combinations, the metal distribution structure will undergo new combination innovations according to the selected direction, exerting performance that exceeds that of ordinary metals themselves.
There is some kind of magical regular method among them, which can perfectly utilize the advantages of the combined metals and combine them into the better alloy materials they need.
If you don't understand the rules and combine them randomly, the performance of the combined materials will often be worse unless you are extremely lucky or have an absolute judgment that points you in the right direction like Wu Tong.
It is like ordinary titanium-aluminum alloy. Because the participation of aluminum dilutes the density of titanium, it directly causes the tensile resistance of titanium-aluminum alloy to drop sharply, and it is not even the average value between them.
It's a pity that this special law may not be fixed and universal. Different material combinations have their own unique laws. It is not realistic to generalize them all. Or, their current scientific and technological means are not sophisticated enough, and there are still more microscopic levels that cannot be observed. Further research is still needed to turn this special co-bond mosaic pattern into a fixed law and extend it from theory to reality.
As expected, the magic of materials was not something she could achieve overnight. Humanity's understanding of matter was still far from complete.
A solid product with metallic properties obtained by mixing and melting one metal with another or several metals or non-metals and then cooling and solidifying is called an alloy.
However, the world's understanding of alloys still remains at the most superficial level, with only macroscopic uniformity, just like alchemy, which only uses the combination of various elements to form various alloy phases. After appropriate treatment, continuous experiments, and trying various proportions, like hitting the jackpot, we look for the possibility of meeting various performance requirements, but we cannot explain the more microscopic detailed principles.
Wu Tong's discovery, however, provided a significant reference for the world's exploration of the principles of alloy formation. She also embodied it in her pen, bringing it to life on paper, moving beyond her intuitive judgment.
Outside the dormitory, another sunset with its last rays of light disappeared into the sky. Old Cheng brought Ruan Chengxu to the door of Wu Tong's dormitory. Wu Tong had not gone out for two days and had been deducing something.
He received the feedback on the day Wu Tong stayed home and came to check on him, but he didn't bother to interrupt Wu Tong's train of thought. Now, two days were almost up, and he still hadn't seen him leave. He was worried, so he made another special trip to check on him.
Li Yishen had been outside the door for a while. Seeing the master and disciple, he couldn't help but step forward to greet them: "Master Cheng, Cheng Xu, you are here too?" He knew that Wu Tong was suspected to have entered a special state of inspiration when Master Cheng called to inquire about Wu Tong's current condition.
Li Yishen has experienced this twice, and Old Cheng also witnessed it in the laboratory last time. Once Wu Tong makes a discovery, he will enter this special state, completely immersed in the deduction, and forget about the outside world.
By the afternoon, he still hadn't received any contact from Mr. Cheng or Wu Tong. He was worried, so he taught his students and hurried over. He had been waiting at the door for a while.
If he didn't knock on the door, Wu Tong hadn't gone out for two days and two nights, and probably hadn't eaten much. It was not good for a young man to torture his body like this. If he knocked on the door, it would interrupt Wu Tong's train of thought, and the damage caused would probably be heartbreaking.
After a brief hesitation, Elder Cheng decisively declared, "Knock on the door. We'll interrupt the inspiration once and for all. We'll take our time. It's not advisable for Wu Tong to waste time like this!" Compared to immediate results, Wu Tong's health was more important. Wu Tong was still young, with a promising future ahead of him. He couldn't afford to lose sight of the bigger picture.
"That's right!" Li Yishen nodded in agreement. He stood by the door, turned around and raised his hand to knock.
While the two were talking, Wu Tong had almost come out of her deep research state and had become aware of the movement outside. She casually gathered the manuscripts in front of her, stood up to stretch her muscles, and walked out to open the door.
Just as Li Yisheng knocked, the dormitory door opened from the inside. "Teacher, Teacher Li, Senior Brother Ruan, is everyone here?" Wu Tong saw the three people at the door, stunned for a moment, and called out one by one.
"You haven't been out for two days. No matter how important research is, you must take good care of yourself. It's unacceptable to sacrifice your health for scientific research!" Elder Cheng said carefully. "I asked Cheng Xu to bring you some porridge. Have some to warm your stomach first!"
Worried that Wu Tong's stomach might be suffering from not eating for so long, Elder Cheng, with his experience, made the necessary arrangements. When asked how he knew so much, he said, "Of course, when he was younger, he was just like Wu Tong. He worked day and night in the lab, relying on his youth to not take it seriously. Now, he's suffering from stomach problems."
"I'm sorry to have worried you, teacher. I have some food in my dormitory. I can have a snack during the meal!" She knew that she was easily inspired, so she prepared some multi-grain biscuits, energy bars, eight-treasure porridge and other convenient fast foods in her dormitory. This time, they were prepared just in time and she used them.
"Teacher, I found something!" Wu Tong's eyes were shining. Instead of eating, Wu Tong wanted to share her discovery with the teacher.