Her fingers swept across the control panel like a phantom!
Instead of reducing the wind speed, the frequency and distribution pattern of the plasma flow field simulating the core energy output of "Star Flame" were forcibly adjusted!
At the same time, the airflow guide vanes in a specific area of the wind tunnel were finely adjusted in the opposite direction!
Buzz—!
A more intense, tooth-grinding metallic groan echoed from inside the wind tunnel!
The entire test section was shaking violently! Inside the observation window, the scorching orange-red air seemed to be boiling!
"Ah! It's going to explode!" Wang Tiezhu was so frightened that he covered his head and squatted down!
Zhang Mingyuan and Su Xuan also subconsciously took a step back, their faces turning pale!
However, the anticipated disintegration did not occur!
Just a few seconds after that suffocating, extreme tremor lasted.
The buzzing sound suddenly dropped an octave!
On the screen, the spike signal representing the fatal tremor was instantly... erased, as if choked by an invisible giant hand!
The vibration spectrum has returned to a relatively stable state!
"The...the tremor is gone!" the technician exclaimed in disbelief!
"Tail structure stress... has subsided! Stabilized within the safe threshold!"
The other monitor's voice was filled with the ecstatic joy of surviving a disaster!
A collective gasp filled the control room!
The gaze directed at Mingzhao was filled with the awe one would show to a god!
On the verge of destruction, she actually used this inconceivable method of violence to forcefully extinguish the tremor's initial signs!
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The test continued, and the speed eventually stabilized at an astonishing Mach 3.0!
The scorching airflow was like a million red-hot carving knives, frantically sculpting and testing the tail structure of the "Shadow".
The matte skin covered with "black feathers" maintains its perfect geometric shape even under high temperatures, like the wings of a ghost rising from the ashes in flames.
Despite bearing enormous loads, the vector nozzle model remained rock-solid under Mingzhao's precise field-flow coordinated control!
The aerodynamic data displayed on the screen left all the experts speechless!
Lift coefficient: Far exceeding theoretical predictions!
Drag coefficient: Absolutely insanely low!
Handling efficiency: It remains incredibly agile even at supersonic speeds!
This tail section, which incorporates the "Starfire" heart, exhibits revolutionary and near-perfect supersonic flight qualities!
It's as if it has broken free from some of the constraints of the laws of physics!
"A miracle...it's simply a miracle of aerodynamics!"
The white-haired aerodynamics expert stared at the beautiful lift curve on the screen, tears streaming down his face, muttering to himself, "This...this simply doesn't conform to existing theories!"
Academician Zhang Meng slowly loosened her clenched fist, looking at the "ghost tail" that remained motionless amidst the raging air currents and high temperatures through the observation window. Her gaze behind the lenses was as intense as a burning star.
It was a success! At least in the wind tunnel, this crazy heart transplant... was a success!
The shackles of performance were forcefully broken!
Wang Tiezhu slumped into his chair, staring blankly at the mind-blowing data. His last trace of doubt and stubbornness was completely crushed, leaving only endless bewilderment and a trace of... indescribable fear.
This woman... where did she come from?
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The order to end the test was finally issued.
The terrifying roar of the wind tunnel subsided rapidly, like the receding tide, eventually fading into a low, panting sound.
The heating system was turned off, and the orange-red heat wave in the test section slowly subsided, revealing the "Shadow" tail structure, which remained intact but whose surface was slightly reddened by the high temperature.
Inside the control room, the nerves that had been stretched to the limit finally relaxed.
The exhaustion of surviving the ordeal was intertwined with immense joy.
The technicians slumped in their chairs, panting heavily, but their faces were flushed with excitement.
Su Xuan excitedly clenched his fist!
Academician Zhang Meng removed her protective mask, took a deep breath of the still scorching air, and a long-lost, heartfelt smile appeared on her face.
She looked at Mingzhao, about to say something.
Mingzhao, however, had already walked to the huge data printer.
Amidst the hissing sound of the printer, she tore off the newly printed stress distribution cloud map and vibration spectrum record of the tail structure under extreme testing.
Her gaze wasn't on the exciting performance data, but rather fixed on the few extremely subtle abnormal waveforms that appeared before the brief tremor was suppressed.
That waveform... looks very peculiar.
It is not entirely a resonance between the energy field and the airflow.
In the last instant before the tremor was forcibly smoothed out, an extremely brief, absurdly high-frequency, needle-like abnormal pulse spike seemed to flash across the spectrum.
This spike was extremely faint, mixed in with the huge background noise and vibration signal, and was so fleeting that even sophisticated monitoring instruments almost ignored it as random noise.
But Mingzhao's brain, which is comparable to a supercomputer, accurately captured it!
Furthermore, the frequency of this abnormal pulse... gave her a very faint... sense of familiarity?
Her fingertips unconsciously brushed over the tiny pulse waveform record, her brows furrowing slightly.
This feeling... is very similar to the slight abnormality she noticed when Jiang Feng's mechanical leg experienced a brief, high-frequency tremor!
Although the energy levels are vastly different, the unnatural and undesigned disturbance characteristics... subtly overlap!
Is it a coincidence? Or...?
Just then!
"Comrade Mingzhao! Something terrible has happened!"
A technician rushed into the control room in a panic, holding a torn piece of design drawing.
"During the final check before the test... we discovered... we found that a corner of the design drawing for the fixing clips on the edge of the skin has been torn off! The crucial dimensional data... is missing!"
boom!
Like a bucket of cold water being poured over my head! The relaxed atmosphere instantly froze!
Design drawings torn up? Critical data lost?
This is no accident!
Especially at this crucial moment when the wind tunnel test has just verified the terrifying performance of the "Shadow's" tail!
The smile on Academician Zhang Meng's face vanished instantly, and her eyes became sharp as knives!
Zhang Mingyuan and Su Xuan also tensed up instantly!
Wang Tiezhu was so shocked that he jumped up!
All eyes instantly focused on the spectrum diagram in Mingzhao's hand that recorded the abnormal pulse, and then abruptly turned to the torn fragment of the drawing!
The immense joy of the successful wind tunnel test was instantly ripped open by a cold, rusty, and conspiratorial gloom!
Mingzhao slowly raised her head, her cool gaze sweeping over every surprised and uncertain face in the control room, finally landing on the paper in her hand that recorded the abnormal pulse.
Her voice broke the silence:
"It seems... it's not a coincidence."
"You mean... there's a traitor?" Su Xuan asked, his voice trembling.
Zhang Meng's face was cold, and her serious gaze swept over everyone present.
"Investigate! Find out who it is!"
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