Department of Materials Science, Class 1.

Department Head Lu Xuewen, a group of tutors, and the top students in the entire department were all gathered in this classroom.

There is a cup of hot, bitter coffee on everyone's table.

Including Lu Xuewen, their eyes were bloodshot, like rabbit eyes, and several instructors' eyelids even swollen into small sausage shapes.

Everyone was thinking about the question posed by Lin Tao.

After the regular meeting of department heads, the dean took over Lin Tao's 100 million yuan prize money with a wave of his hand, and announced publicly that whoever solved the problem would be awarded the 100 million yuan prize money personally by the First Mecha Academy.

A problem that, if solved, could lead to the development of more than seven new materials. Not only the head of the department, Lu Xuewen, but even the dean could understand the significance of this problem to the entire Interstellar Federation.

To exaggerate, if even the person who set the question, Lin Tao, cannot solve this problem, this problem will definitely be as difficult as the X-33 engine of the Engine Design Department, and will be enough to become a century-old problem among the materials engineers of the entire Interstellar Federation.

If it really comes to that, one can imagine how many people will want to break their heads and squeeze into the Materials Department of the First Mecha Academy just to study this problem.

For a question like this, how could the dean be stingy with 100 million yuan?

only--

Until this point, no one has been able to solve this problem.

"Director Lu." Suddenly, a delicate figure in white came lightly to the department director Lu Xuewen.

While he was thinking, the hand of the department head Lu Xuewen, which was gently stroking his beard, suddenly tightened and suddenly pulled out a tuft of white beard.

Hiss! Lu Xuewen grimaced in pain.

When he looked up, he saw Liu Zhengqi, a talented student with one of the best material scores in the entire class. He quickly swallowed back the curse words he was about to say and asked with a smile: "Liu Zhengqi, have you found a solution to the problem?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the classroom looked at Liu Zhengqi.

Liu Zhengqi smiled bitterly. She had been racking her brains for two days and looked dejected. She stretched out her delicate little hands, gently rubbed her fair temples a few times, and sighed softly. If she had found a way to solve the problem, she wouldn't have such a headache now.

"Director Lu, since this question was asked by Lin Tao, why don't we ask him to come over and help solve it?"

As soon as she said this, many instructors' eyes lit up.

"That's right, Director Lu. If it weren't for that formula, we would have thought that this kind of problem was almost unsolvable."

"Yes, since Lin Tao can come up with this kind of question, he must have done in-depth research. Maybe if we follow his way of thinking, we can get to the core of the problem more easily."

…

The mentors gathered around him, saying that two days had already passed and they still hadn't been able to find any ideas or even a starting point.

Hearing this, Lu Xuewen felt even more troubled, because since that day, Lin Tao suddenly seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and disappeared without a trace. Not to mention their Department of Materials, even Tong Zhihe from the Department of Engine Design and the dean who had just taken over the Department of Framework Design were also looking for him.

Just as Director Tong was about to speak, his watch started beeping.

He raised his hand and saw that it was a signal from Director Tong of the Engine Design Department. His eyes lit up immediately: "Wait a moment, I'll be back soon."

Avoiding the tutors and students, Lu Xuewen answered the call, but his voice was quite loud, so even though he was avoiding everyone, it was still heard by everyone.

"What? Lin Tao didn't go home for two consecutive days?"

"Was he kidnapped?"

…

Did Lin Tao really disappear?

Suspected of being kidnapped? The instructors and students present looked at each other in bewilderment.

Liu Zhengqi, who was drinking bitter coffee, spat out a mouthful of brown bitter coffee. She was stunned for a moment and then ran out of the classroom.

At this time, Director Lu Xuewen had long disappeared.

Department of Engine Design, Tutor's Office.

At this time, the entire tutor's room was full of people, including the dean, the heads of various departments, and two students? Students? Lu Xuewen, who had just arrived, looked at them in confusion and immediately recognized the two students: "Why are you here? Where is Lin Tao? Lin Tao is not with you?"

The Du siblings looked embarrassed.

"Old Lu, don't scare them. They couldn't find Lin Tao's whereabouts, so they came here to report." Director Tong Zhihe waved his hands quickly when he saw this.

"But don't worry, I've asked some friends for help, and I'm sure there will be results soon."

As the head of the Engine Design Department, and since the engine is the core of the mecha, Tong Zhihe has a huge network of connections outside the academy. It didn't take long for him to receive a piece of information.

That was a video.

After watching the video, everyone's expressions changed slightly, because the content of the video was exactly the scene where Lin Tao encountered Feng Lehou's search team.

In the video, everyone noticed the bloody wolf head on the bald man's arm.

"Blood Wolf Gang?"

All the department heads were puzzled: "Why did the Blood Wolf Gang come after our students?"

"This is the last video before Lin Tao disappeared. It seems that the people from the Blood Wolf Gang took Lin Tao and others away from Mingyuan City." Tong Zhihe's face did not look good.

"Check what's going on for me right now?" The dean said with a gloomy expression.

Anyone who can become a department head in the First Mecha Academy will more or less have some social background.

The dean was able to use the Liu family's connections to directly find the real culprit - Hou Tonghai from the Blood Wolf Gang headquarters.

Communication connected.

"Who is it?" Hou Tonghai's voice came from the watch.

There was a hint of brutality in his voice, and just the sound coming from his watch was enough to make people tremble with fear. When the Du siblings heard it, they were so nervous that they dared not even breathe.

All the department heads frowned and said nothing.

"Haha~" the dean sneered a few times: "Hou Tonghai, you are so powerful."

"Who are you?" Hou Tonghai was already in a bad mood due to Hou Xiaowei's disappearance. If it weren't for the fact that the Liu family had arranged this call, he would have almost lost his temper on the spot.

"Send Lin Tao back, otherwise don't blame us for using all our connections to wipe out your Blood Wolf Gang from Mingyuan Star." The dean said coldly.

"Hmph! How dare you say such things in front of me, Hou Tonghai? You really don't know how to live or die!" Hou Tonghai said in a cold tone.

"Really?" The dean snorted heavily. "Hou Tonghai, I, Gu Zhengqi, will speak frankly and return Lin Tao, a student of our First Mecha Academy, immediately. Otherwise, only one of you, the Blood Wolf Gang, or our First Mecha Academy, can stay on Mingyuan Star."

After saying that, the dean hung up the call.

All the department heads were stunned for a moment, then they reacted.

Lin Tao is now the rising star of the First Mecha Academy. He can almost replace Master Gu Lei's position and represents the face of the First Mecha Academy. Not to mention the dean, all the department heads present have the same idea.

If the Blood Wolf Gang doesn't release them, they will use every possible means to wipe out the entire Blood Wolf Gang from Mingyuan Star!

…

The First Mecha Academy is looking for Lin Tao's whereabouts.

In the cave at the other end.

In the quiet cave, there was a jet-black tiger-shaped mecha parked. It was a giant red tiger that had been painted with stealth material.

After being coated with stealth material, this tiger-shaped aircraft will transform into a terrifying beast in the dark. Unless it is captured with the naked eye at close range, even the people of the Interstellar Federation may not be able to detect its approach based on the radar of this era.

"Hmm?" Lin Tao held up his chin, his eyes sharp as he examined the jet-black machine in front of him: "Now that this machine has lost its scarlet color, the name Scarlet Giant Tiger is no longer suitable."

"Lin Tao, do you want to change the name of this mecha?" Bai Fan was stunned.

"Of course it has to be renamed." Zheng Cheng also nodded. The Red Giant Tiger was the name given to the mecha by Feng Lehou, but now that the mecha has fallen into Lin Tao's hands, it should have been renamed long ago.

"The whole body is pitch black, and it's in the shape of a tiger..." Lin Tao frowned and pondered for a while.

"In that case, why not call him Black Tiger?" Bai Fan suddenly had an idea and shouted out.

Phew!

Hearing this, Zheng Cheng, who had just put down the dyeing machine, almost laughed out loud: "Do you really think the name of the mecha was chosen randomly?"

"It's not just a random name, is there any rule?" Bai Fan shrugged indifferently.

Although he entered the maintenance department of the First Mecha Academy, his interest in chip cars is still mainly compared to mechas.

"Generally, when a mecha leaves the factory, it will go through a series of naming rules before it can be named. These special custom models need to go through even more complex rules. Otherwise, a random name will greatly reduce the value of the mecha," Zheng Cheng explained.

Lin Tao smiled and nodded. From the information of later generations, he also knew a thing or two about the rules of naming mechas. However, this was only limited to the time when the eight great families still existed.

In later generations, due to the attack of mysterious star creatures, the naming rules for mechas were only limited to mecha companies. As for individuals, they almost just randomly gave their mechas a name that was more catchy.

Just like the machine used by Lin Tao in later generations, it was named after a certain person, so it only had a single-word name.

However, if I use that name to name the machine in front of me, it would be a bit unfair to the machine in the future. After rubbing his temple, Lin Tao didn't think much about it and said, "The name Black Tiger is not bad. Let's call this machine Black Tiger from now on."

"Huh? Lin Tao, you..." Bai Fan was surprised.

Zheng Cheng was also stunned for a moment.

"As for the name of the mecha, just give it a random name. It's just a transitional mecha anyway." After a pause, Lin Tao smiled at the two of them and said, "Could it be that you have taken a fancy to this mecha?"

Bai Fan shrugged: "Mecha driving has always been my weak point. I rarely even go on Skynet. How could I be interested in mechas?"

Zheng Cheng didn't say anything. He was actually quite interested in the aircraft in front of him, especially after knowing that it was a customized aircraft. He was even more hopeful because even Zheng Tuo couldn't get a customized aircraft for him.

Taking the two men's expressions into consideration, Lin Tao smiled and said nothing.

He had long wanted to recruit Zheng Cheng under his command. If he was interested in the machine, things would be much easier.