When Qi Yan woke up, he closed his eyes and asked in a hoarse voice: "What time is it now?"

The electronic voice of the personal terminal announced: "It is 10:41 am now."

After a while, Qi Yan buried half of his face in the pillow and slowly opened his eyes.

His sight focused, and there was a neatly tied bow near the wrist of his right arm. For a moment, Qi Yan suspected that his memory was confused again, but when he looked at his left hand again -

there was also.

Both hands?

Qi Yan sat up, the collar of his nightgown opened, revealing most of his shoulders. The black fabric made his skin look even more frosty. He raised his arm, looked left and right, and a faint smile gradually overflowed from his eyes.

It was raining outside, with the sound of rustling water. Qi Yan wore a long-sleeved shirt, with the cuffs covering her wrists, revealing only the edge of the bandage.

After putting set A on the table, Lu Fenghan glanced at Qi Yan, pretending nothing had happened.

He had been uneasy all morning, and wondered if he had been paying too much attention to Qi Yan because he was too free in Leto. So he simply extended his morning exercise time, freed his mind, and did a few more strength training sets.

Lu Fenghan must have just taken a shower, his hair was slightly damp, and his breath was filled with the strong smell of hormones that had not yet dissipated.

Qi Yan felt very comfortable under the influence of this breath, and his tone became relaxed: "Is Set A almost gone?" He held the spoon and thought for a while, "I remember there were still a lot when I checked yesterday, but according to the time, there shouldn't be much left."

Lu Fenghan corrected him: "You didn't go to the kitchen yesterday. I checked when I took it just now, and there were still two left."

"Well, I think I remembered it wrong."

This is one of the ways Qi Yan judges whether a certain memory of his is true - using logical inferences and comparing the memory content to see if they match.

But this method may not be useful. For example, this time, he was not sure whether he had been to the kitchen yesterday, nor was he sure whether the memory of the node "purchase time" was true.

However, Qi Yan tried his best to avoid delving into this issue, because it would only bring him deeper confusion.

Lu Fenghan's eating speed has never slowed down since he entered the First Military Academy, and he has not slowed down even though he is not on the front line now. The biggest contrast is that he has put down his chopsticks, but Qi Yan has only eaten less than ten spoonfuls.

After Qi Yan's fingertips holding the spoon swept over him, Lu Fenghan asked directly: "Are you not angry anymore?"

Qi Yan shook his head: "No longer angry."

With the rigor of holding a strategic meeting on the expeditionary command ship, Lu Fenghan asked Qi Yan: "Why were you angry yesterday?"

He reviewed the conversation between him and Qi Yan yesterday. Qi Yan only said, "That's my bandage." Is the focus of this sentence on "mine" or on "bandage"?

Lu Fenghan felt it necessary to identify the specific factors to avoid the same problem next time.

Qi Yan cooperated very well.

"You can't tie a bow for other people with my bandage."

This time Lu Fenghan grasped the key point. He leaned back, relaxed his whole body, and smiled: "I understand. I can only tie a bow for Xiao Mihu."

Qi Yan did not deny it.

Lu Fenghan's smile deepened, thinking, this little temper that can be easily coaxed, and then looking at those clear eyes, it really makes people unable to say a word "no".

So, it's no wonder that he always can't help but indulge Qi Yan.

Ye Pei and Mondrian were still in the equipment room of ISCO, so Qi Yan didn't go to Turan for class, and continued to study the basic structure of "Po Jun" at home.

The next day, when they met in the public classroom, Ye Pei and Mondrian had dark shadows under their eyes and spoke weakly.

Seeing this, Xia Zhiyang sighed and said, "This is probably why I like being a bad student. I can float low every semester without being noticed by professors or staying up late to do projects!"

Ye Pei gestured, "Yes, every time I feel so sleepy that I want to vomit, I just want to give up and not care about anything."

Seeing that Ye Pei was floating so lightly that he was about to fall, Xia Zhiyang quickly offered his snacks, "Take care!"

Ye Pei didn't expect there would be such a benefit. He thanked him twice, opened the package and just smelled the smell, and he felt like he was alive again.

The holographic projection was off, and the teacher had not come yet. Mondrian and Ye Pei stood by the prayer table. Ye Pei made the first move: "We are faster than other groups this time. Professor Fu gave us a week, and we have completed everything in two days. The research group's tasks have not been assigned yet, which means that we have five days of free time!"

Xia Zhiyang, who was attending the class, was shocked again: the daily homework was so heavy, and if he didn't understand the content of the previous class in his spare time, he would be confused when listening to the next class. Such a tense rhythm, in Ye Pei's mouth, became - free time?

Perhaps, this is the difference between people.

Yesterday, the design ideas for the basic structure of "Po Jun" had been perfected. The rest of the things can be handled at the same time without having to set aside time for them. Qi Yan nodded: "Yes."

Mondrian continued: "Do you know the 'Roentgen Award'?"

Seeing Qi Yan shaking his head, he explained, "The 'Roentgen Award' is an award established by the Roentgen Foundation for all first to fourth grade students in Leto. It starts in mid-to-late September every year and ends on October 10th. The judges will select a first prize from the works received during this period. , two second prizes and two third prizes, with prizes of 500,000 star coins, 400,000 star coins and 300,000 star coins respectively."

Xia Zhiyang looked at Mondrian and then at Ye Pei: "Are you going to participate in the Roentgen Prize?"

Ye Pei held the snacks and spoke with a little more strength: "I didn't think about it before. There were too many things in the research group and I couldn't spare the time, so Mondrian and I gave up directly. But now it's different. We have five days of free time, and the deadline for the Roentgen Prize is also the 10th, just right!"

"You mean you didn't prepare at all before, and now you are going to finish the work in five days?" Xia Zhiyang turned to Qi Yan, "Qi Yan, they are too unreliable! Who doesn't start preparing for the Roentgen Prize one or two months in advance? Five days? How can they win?"

Ye Pei said seriously, "We are going to win the first prize."

Xia Zhiyang: "Dream faster!"

Mondrian continued to persuade Qi Yan: "We had already determined the topic while waiting for the data sequence to be introduced into the artificial chip last night. But the Roentgen Prize requires at least three and at most five people to form a team together. Those who are interested in participating have already formed a team, and we don't have enough people."

Ye Pei's eyes were burning: "So we thought of you."

Mondrian was afraid that Qi Yan would disagree: "It's not just the topic, we've also thought about the structure. If you are sure to join, you will only be responsible for the basic data. When the time comes, we will get the 500,000 star coins bonus, and we will split it equally."

Qi Yan's focus was not on the content and bonus that he needed to be responsible for: "Is this award important to you?"

Ye Pei swallowed the snacks in his mouth and replied: "The amount is about the same, slightly above average. Mondrian and I are both planning to go into scientific research after graduation. If I want to join a space research workstation in the future, the more awards of this kind the better, which can increase the brilliance and competitiveness of my resume."

After understanding the meaning of this award, Qi Yan did not hesitate: "I'll join."

At this time, Xia Zhiyang winked at Qi Yan and asked him to look to the side.

Qi Yan turned his head and saw Jiang Qi walking towards him.

"Brother - no, Qi Yan, are you guys going to participate in the Roentgen Award too?" Jiang Qi looked at Ye Pei and Mondrian beside him, "Although the deadline is approaching, you will definitely have no problem."

He mentioned shyly, "Come to think of it, I and a few classmates have also signed up, but I'm a freshman and I didn't know about this award until I entered the school, so I only prepared for half a month, which is a bit hasty, and I may be eliminated soon."

Ye Pei was overthinking and wanted to encourage him with a few words of "the important thing is to participate and accumulate experience", but he always felt that it was not clear whether it was Jiang Qi's expression or tone, anyway, there was something weird, so he just shut up.

After speaking, no one paid attention. Jiang Qi, however, seemed unaffected and smiled at Qi Yan, saying, "I believe you can definitely win the prize. I'll wait for your good news!"

After Jiang Qi left, Xia Zhiyang couldn't help but speak, "Why do I always feel that Jiang Qi didn't mean 'you can definitely win the prize', but 'I hope you can never even touch the edge of the Roentgen Prize'?"

Ye Pei thought about it for a moment and agreed with Xia Zhiyang's statement, "To be honest, I feel the same way."

At this time, the teacher's holographic projection appeared on the podium, and everyone sat down in their respective seats.

Xia Zhiyang took out the recording board and prepared to take notes. While listening to the class, he thought, why do I always feel that I have overlooked something?

After the afternoon class, Jiang Qi was sent home by the driver. When he entered the house, he saw Jiang Yunyue in a light blue dress, learning flower arrangement from the flower art teacher.

Jiang Yunyue saw that Jiang Qi obviously had something to say to her, so she said to the flower art teacher gently: "Let's stop today's class here. I'll ask the driver to take you home."

The flower art teacher was very interested and said a few words to Jiang Yunyue before leaving.

Jiang Yunyue poured a cup of scented tea for Jiang Qi and waved at him: "What's wrong?" Jiang

Qi sat down on the sofa, took a sip of tea, put it down without tasting it, and told Jiang Yunyue nervously: "Mom, I heard Qi Yan say today that he is going to participate in the Roentgen Award."

Jiang Yunyue's fingers were delicately maintained. She slowly poured herself half a cup of tea and said leisurely: "Didn't you say he wouldn't participate?"

"Qi Yan came from a remote place and didn't know about the Roentgen Award at all. There were two sophomores who didn't want to participate before, but now changed their minds. However, the temporary group didn't have enough people, so they asked Qi Yan to join." Jiang Qi said with some disdain, and asked, "But from the beginning of the school to now, Qi Yan seems to have performed quite well. Mom, will he get the first prize this time?" "

So, that's what you're worried about?" Jiang Yunyue laughed, "Jiang Qi, this is just a small matter."

"Mom, I know, but I can't help thinking about it." Jiang Qi said seriously, "No matter what, Qi Yan must not get the first prize. The accelerator he made only attracted attention in school, and Dad didn't know about it, but if he won the first prize, Dad would definitely notice it!"

Qi Yan's existence has always made Jiang Qi feel jealous and afraid.

On the one hand, she was worried that Qi Yan would tell her secrets, and on the other hand, she was worried that Qi Yan would make something amazing and show up in front of Qi Wenshao.

Jiang Yunyue drank a sip of flower tea, picked up the flower scissors, trimmed the thorns on the branches, and said softly: "Don't worry, have you forgotten that mom injects a large amount of star coins into the Roentgen Foundation every year?"

In addition to being keen on charity, people in Leto's upper class often sponsor various foundations, and the Qi family is the same.

Jiang Yunyue has always been in charge of the projects related to the Qi family, charity and foundation.

"You, just prepare the acceptance speech for the award ceremony and choose the dress to wear that day. Mom will do the rest."

Jiang Yunyue put the flower branches with all the thorns removed into the vase. "As an elder, Mom has this opportunity to teach him a lesson. In Leto, real talent and knowledge are sometimes not that important.

If he doesn't have someone to rely on, anyone can make trouble for him, and the road will be very difficult. In the end, he can only rely on the Qi family."

Ye Pei and Mondrian are very efficient. When they gathered in the laboratory after class, Ye Pei had already written out the task schedule in detail.

Qi Yan took a quick look and concluded that it could indeed be completed in five days, but the price was that Ye Pei and Mondrian's sleep time would be compressed to three to four hours a day. As for Qi Yan, he had already begun to think about how to upgrade the processing model so that he could sleep earlier.

Ye Pei's eyes lit up when she talked about her idea: "Mondrian and I got the inspiration from the task we did two days ago! In order to form the correct data sequence so that artificial intelligence can interpret it, we need to embed a logic chain. The usual practice now is that we preset different logic chains in advance and use whichever one we need. But Mondrian and I found that this approach is very cumbersome."

She made an analogy: "Data is like a metal ball placed in a box, and different logic chains are like different magnetic bars. I use magnetic bar A to probe into the box, and it will attract metal balls that meet the A magnetic properties. I will use the B magnetic bar to probe into the box to attract the metal balls that meet the B magnetic properties. When all the metal balls that meet the requirements are sucked up, I will integrate them and make them form the correct sequence. "

Qi Yan understood what she meant: "You and Mondrian want to simplify this process. Only one magnetic bar can make all the metal balls form the correct sequence."

This is why Mondrian likes to discuss ideas with Qi Yan. In Qi Yan's eyes, nothing seems impossible: "Yes, this can shorten the time required for the whole process, but Ye Pei and I only have preliminary ideas. "

"It's about the same as reducing the number of magnetic bars needed from ten to seven." Ye Pei made a number seven and said with a smile, "I guess this is the joy of doing scientific research. Every time I make a little progress, I can be happy for a long time!"

Qi Yan was looking at the schedule Ye Pei made and asked, "What are you using for the third embedding?"

Ye Pei quickly answered, "GPD connection!"

Qi Yan: "You can use the Hydup connection instead."

"I thought about it, but I couldn't reconcile it in the first stage, so I gave up decisively." Ye Pei wrote it down, "Then I'll try it again later!"

Because there were only five days left, Qi Yan, Ye Pei and the other two did not go to class. Professor Fu knew that the current course was of limited significance to them, so he let them arrange it as they wished.

The people in the research group were basically still stuck in the tasks assigned by Professor Fu. The entire laboratory almost became the territory of Qi Yan and the other two. Ye Pei and Mondrian thought that going home was a waste of time, so they slept directly in the laboratory, relying on nutritional supplements to satisfy their hunger. Only Qi Yan went home as usual.

Half an hour before the deadline for the Roentgen Award, Ye Pei finally uploaded the entire work successfully, and Mondrian wrote the structural ideas and submitted them successfully.

Ye Pei fell on the table: "I can't take it anymore, I'm going to die. How many hours have I slept these days? Twenty hours? Mondrian, can you calculate? Mondrian?"

Qi Yan lowered his voice: "He fell asleep."

Ye Pei stood up and tilted his head to see Mondrian lying on the table, actually sleeping soundly.

"What kind of superluminal sleeping speed is this?" Ye Pei couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Qi Yan with the last bit of energy, "Are you going home soon?"

Qi Yan nodded: "Yes."

Ye Pei closed his eyes, waved his hand casually, moved his lips, but no sound came out, and when he looked again, he had fallen asleep.

It was early morning, and no one was seen in the school. Lu Fenghan was half a step away from Qi Yan, thinking of Ye Pei and Mondrian who fell asleep in seconds: "Are you people who do scientific research masters of staying up late?"

Qi Yan recalled the people he knew and concluded: "Most of them are."

Lu Fenghan was curious: "What about you? How long did you stay up the longest?"

Qi Yan: "Three years ago, something I was working on reached the final stage, so I started sleeping in time periods."

"In time periods?"

"Well, I worked twelve hours straight and slept three hours each time, for 27 days. But after it was over, I got sick and lay in the treatment cabin for most of a week."

Lu Fenghan couldn't explain what he felt in his heart: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Because if the thing is completed and put into use earlier, it can prevent many people from dying." Qi Yan thought it was very calculated, "I just slept a little less."

"Aren't you afraid of sudden death?"

Qi Yan reminded him: "There is a treatment cabin."

Thinking of the Type VI treatment cabin that Qi Yan placed in the bedroom, Lu Fenghan was silent - so, this is one of the uses?

The next day, after Professor Fu commented on the task results submitted by each group, he asked a few more questions about Ye Pei and his team's participation in the Roentgen Award.

Ye Pei slept and recovered successfully. He explained the specific concept to Professor Fu in a detailed manner.

Professor Fu nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, both the idea and the practice are worthy of praise."

Ye Pei's voice was a little lower and he blinked: "Then Professor, do you think we can win the award?"

Professor Fu did not answer directly, but kept it in suspense, "That depends on what level of award you want."

Hearing the implication, Ye Pei smiled a little deeper and said without any modesty: "Of course we want the first prize of Roentgen!" He was a little nervous again, "Professor, do you think... is it likely?"

This time Professor Fu did not keep it in suspense: "Based on the level of previous years, if there is no dark horse this time, the first prize should be yours." Looking at the shadow under Ye Pei's eyes, "Okay, okay, calm down, no matter how good it is I slept well for two nights, and my eye sockets are so dark that I can't even look at them."

After Professor Fu left, Ye Pei poked the table with a metal pen: "I didn't want to participate in the competition before, but now, my desire to win has risen."

Mondrian: "After trying my best, I will want to get a good score."

Ye Pei laughed out loud: "Yes, you gave a perfect explanation for my desire to win!"

She casually flipped through Turan's communication area, "Many people from our school participated in this Roentgen Award. Hey, there are two first-year students? When I was in the first year, the seniors thought I was useless and took up a quota, so they didn't want to take me to play."

Lu Fenghan heard this: "The first-year students are all led by the seniors?"

"That's right. How long have the first-year students been in school? One or two months? Except for those who are self-taught, the others have only scratched the surface and can't produce anything, let alone participate in the Roentgen Award. So most of those who participate join the teams of higher grades."

Ye Pei remembered, "That Jiang Qi should have joined the team of higher grades, but I don't know how he got them to agree to let him join the team. After all, he really won the award, and Jiang Qi also got a share."

Lu Fenghan was concerned.

The selection of the Roentgen Award came out a week later.

The first to be announced was the third prize, and the two winning teams were both from the fourth grade of Turan.

Gathered in the laboratory, Ye Pei joked: "Some people used to say that the Roentgen Award is an internal competition of Turan. The five places every year are basically monopolized by Turan."

Two minutes later, the list of second prize winners was announced, and Ye Pei hurriedly took back his words: "You all just pretend I didn't say that!"

The second prize winning team, one from the first military academy on the other side of the river, and the other from a school on a planet not far from Leto - Ye Pei had only heard of their names, and they should be the rising dark horse players.

What surprised Ye Pei the most was: "No, what's going on this year? Why are people from across the river also participating? Didn't they disdain to participate in such competitions in the past?"

Lu Fenghan glanced in the direction of the First Military Academy, thinking that they might not know the prize money was so high in the past, but this year they might know.

The first prize was announced last.

Ye Pei twisted the long hair on his shoulders around his fingers again and again. Although Professor Fu said that they should be able to take first place, that was under the premise of no accidents.

The result was not out, but he couldn't let it go.

Another minute later, the information about the first prize was announced.

After seeing clearly, Ye Pei frowned, then smiled and said lightly: "You are so happy, it's not us."

Although he had the desire to win first place, he could accept not getting it. Ye Pei even joked: "Professor Fu was right. This is the real dark horse team! There are five people in this team, two fourth-year students, two third-year students, and one is -" She paused, "First-year Jiang Qi."

After leaving the laboratory and going home, Qi Yan stood at the school gate waiting for the suspension car to come, and heard a strange female voice calling his name: "Qi Yan."

Qi Yan looked over.

Lu Fenghan recognized the person at a glance - the Qi family mistress who sang the same tune with Jiang Qi at the celebration party of the Qi family and wanted to slander Qi Yan for stealing.

His eyes were slightly sharp, and he was a little defensive.

Jiang Yunyue adjusted her hair: "I didn't expect such a coincidence to meet you here

." Seeing that Qi Yan ignored her, Jiang Yunyue's smile did not change at all: "Jiang Qi won the first place in the Roentgen Award, and I came here specially to pick him up to celebrate at the restaurant. His father was anxious and has already arrived. By the way, I heard that you also participated? You must have won the award, congratulations first."

Lu Fenghan stood beside Qi Yan, with an ambiguous meaning: "Less than half an hour after the results were announced, you were already in Turan, it seems that you are very well-informed."

Jiang Yunyue said humbly: "I have some connections in Leto, so I got the news a little earlier."

It should be more than "a little earlier".

Lu Fenghan glanced at Qi Yan subconsciously.

Jiang Yunyue was graceful and smiled as she spoke to Qi Yan: "You've been back to Leto for so long and haven't eaten at home yet. Come back when you are free. Or, if you encounter any difficulties, come back and your family will naturally help you solve them."

Qi Yan's eyes were slightly cold and indifferent, and he only replied with four words: "Don't bother."