Chapter 100 Chapter 100
The audience at this exchange meeting was packed.
When Ruan Shiqing took the stage with the equipment and materials, there was a buzz in the audience and people could vaguely hear words like "How can you be so young?" and "I've never seen you before."
Countless eyes, some questioning and some curious, were cast in his direction, but Ruan Shiqing pretended not to notice them. He walked up to the podium with a calm demeanor and steady steps.
Behind him was a huge virtual screen.
Generally, invited scholars will display their lecture materials on a virtual screen so that scholars in the audience can communicate and discuss.
But Ruan Shiqing had no intention of opening the virtual screen. He even ordered people to remove the main podium and fiddled with a strange-looking device on the stage himself.
His unconventional behavior aroused even louder doubts from the audience.
Someone shouted, "If you can't explain it, don't waste everyone's time."
"Yes, this is a forum, a place to display and exchange research results, not a place for you to play tricks."
This academic exchange meeting is both a communication meeting and an exhibition.
Many self-employed mechanics can make a name for themselves through the exchange. The exchange was originally scheduled for two days, with one hour per person, and many mechanics with some achievements could take the stage. However, this unprecedented exchange took five hours just for Ruan Shiqing!
This means that he alone took up the places of at least four people.
So when they saw that the person who walked onto the stage was just a young stranger, many people were dissatisfied. How could such a young man, whose hair had not even grown out, not only become famous by flirting with others, but also attract people's jealousy?
The questions kept coming one after another, and the words became increasingly harsh.
Ruan Shiqing on the stage was still calmly assembling equipment.
Instead, Dais said unhappily, "You're saying ugly things so early, don't feel embarrassed later." After saying that, he glanced meaningfully at Harrison, who had grass on his butt.
Harrison had wanted to please Dai Si before, so he shamelessly followed them. Later, when he found out that Ruan Shiqing was the author he despised, he felt embarrassed and wanted to run away. But Dai Si suddenly changed his temper and warmly pulled him to sit with him.
Seeing Dai Si glancing at him while he spoke, he felt as if he was being roasted on a fire.
While the audience was arguing and making a lot of noise, Ruan Shiqing had already assembled the equipment.
He stood up straight, turned on the microphone on his chest, and without any nonsense, he got straight to the point: "I think everyone came to the exchange meeting just to know whether my paper is true or not."
His eyes slowly scanned the venue, and he smiled and said, "So I brought a small set of experimental equipment with me. Everyone will know whether it is true or not at a glance, and I don't have to waste my breath to convince everyone."
After just two sentences, the noise in the audience gradually died down, and countless pairs of eyes looked at him eagerly.
Some scholars present thought about raising questions during the Q&A session to make him unable to answer and reveal his mistakes; others thought about finding loopholes in his speech to make him admit his mistakes. But no one expected that this young man would be so bold as to repeat the experiment on the spot!
If the paper and the experiment were false, how could he be so confident?
For a moment, everyone had different expressions. No matter what their mood was, they were all waiting for him to start.
Ruan Shiqing took out a metal test tube.
This metal test tube, integrated into the Zerg's shell, is the same as the storage device used to capture antimatter, only this one is smaller. He brought five in total.
The device in front of him was a simple engine simulator.
This type of engine simulator is often used in energy experiments to test energy utilization.
"The test tube contains five milligrams of antimatter. This device is a new engine simulator that I modified to accommodate annihilation reactions." After a brief introduction, he pushed the test tube into the groove of the simulator.
After a gentle beeping sound, everyone saw the data on the simulator's virtual display screen begin to update rapidly.
There were many scholars specializing in energy at the scene. When they saw the constantly changing data on the simulator, they stood up in shock, stretched their necks and stared at the machine.
"Impossible." Someone muttered to himself, "The energy conversion rate can't be that high!"
The energy they currently have is already quite high if it can achieve a conversion rate of 30%. However, the data on the equipment on the stage has exceeded 30%, and while they were stunned, the data on the simulator continued to rise.
Forty percent, forty-five percent, fifty percent!
The simulator's data kept refreshing, and the audience was excited again.
There were bursts of surprise.
Dai Si also watched intently. In order to record a video for the teacher, he sat closer this time and saw everything clearly. Unlike others, he understood Ruan Shiqing's ability best. Seeing this, he didn't care about recording the video and directly called the teacher...
Garland, who had originally just used the exchange meeting to get close to Ruan Shiqing, couldn't help but lean forward and gradually narrowed his eyes.
Although he mainly studies biology, he is also well versed in energy.
He had also read the antimatter paper, and had long known that Ruan Shiqing was the author of the paper. But when he just looked at the paper, he did not take it seriously. After all, the distance between theory and application is separated by an insurmountable amount of time. If he wants to apply the results of the laboratory to practice, there is still a long way to go.
But what he didn't expect was that Ruan Shiqing was actually able to put it into practical use!
The simulator he used was a modified ordinary simulator, not a special device. This means that such modification can also be used in other areas.
He knew the meaning of this very well.
For a moment, his eyes looked even deeper as he looked at Ruan Shiqing.
At this time, the experimental demonstration on the stage had ended, and the energy conversion rate of the simulator stopped at 9.999 percent.
There was a long silence in the conference hall. After a while, someone seemed to react and exclaimed, "If this simulator is specially made, the accuracy of the data is questionable."
"Yes, the equipment has been modified. Who knows if it has been tampered with?"
The questioning voices from the audience gradually grew louder. Several accomplished scholars sitting in the front row looked at each other for a moment but said nothing.
Although they thought the young man would not cheat on the spot, they did want to see how he could prove that there was no problem with the simulator.
"The simulator just has a special coating added to it so that it can withstand the annihilation reaction of matter and antimatter. It will not affect the accuracy of its test. If you have any doubts, you can use other energy sources to test it again."
The host was waiting for him to say this. Upon hearing this, he quickly waved his hand to the people below, and then some people came up to the stage holding various energy sources that are commonly used today.
They are all packed in metal test tubes.
Ruan Shiqing made way, raised his chin slightly, and motioned for them to do it themselves.
Test tubes are placed in the grooves.
Testing ordinary energy is much faster because the conversion rate of these energies is not high, so the time spent on the five energy test tubes is only slightly longer than the time spent on the antimatter energy test.
Everyone was speechless as they looked at the precise data provided by the simulator.
After the shock comes the frenzy.
They realized that antimatter does exist, and that the conversion rate is close to 100% is also true. Then the other things the other party said... are naturally true!
So in the next question-and-answer session, almost everyone raised their hands to ask questions.
Ruan Shiqing did not deliberately make things difficult because of the previous questioning. He answered every question in detail.
Be kind and polite.
So much so that many scholars who had previously questioned him or even made rude remarks to him apologized to him with shame on their faces after receiving his answers.
Although doing scientific research requires constant questioning, only they themselves know how much prejudice and arrogance are contained in their questioning.
Their apology was sincere, and Ruan Shiqing accepted it with a calm expression.
This exchange meeting lasted until eight o'clock in the evening, three hours longer than expected.
Three breaks were arranged during the session, but almost no one was willing to leave. Everyone frowned and compared the key points they had written down with Ruan Shiqing's thesis one by one, wishing they could chew them up and swallow them down.
Even a scoundrel like Harryson could not care less about the embarrassment and shamelessly asked Ruan Shiqing questions.
——Everyone realized that, starting with Ruan Shiqing, a huge change was about to begin.
To keep up with this change, or even become a leader in it, they must be one step faster than others.
The reason is simple: Ruan Shiqing has given up his patent rights and chosen to disclose all core technologies.
This means that everyone can derive new theories and technologies based on his theoretical foundation. There is huge fame and fortune hidden in it, and even scholars who are dedicated to research cannot resist the huge temptation.
After the exchange meeting, Ruan Shiqing was surrounded by people from all walks of life and was offered so many olive branches that he couldn't accept them all.
He declined all the offers, repeatedly stating that he had no intention of accepting any offers and would not consider any cooperation for the time being.
Dais and Garland were squeezed to the outside by the enthusiastic crowd. He frowned, clenched his fists, and said, "The teacher has told me to invite Master Ruan to the laboratory! We must not let anyone take him away!"
After saying this, he rushed into the crowd and, relying on his tall stature, tried his best to squeeze in.
Ruan Shiqing, who was surrounded, looked at the time and was thinking of finding a reason to let the crowd disperse. When he turned around, he saw a tall strange man rushing towards him.
The other party easily pushed away the people who were surrounding him, clamped his wrists with his hands, brought him into his arms, and protected him as he left.
Ruan Shiqing subconsciously wanted to break away, but heard a familiar deep voice: "It's me."
He was slightly stunned, then let the other party take him out.
However, those scholars who failed to snatch the person were very unhappy and questioned who he was.
The Crown Prince, who had waited in vain for the man to return to the hotel and had no choice but to put on a disguise capsule to go out and look for him, turned around with a sinister look in his eyes and said, "I am Master Ruan's family member, and I am here to take him home. We have our own company and research institute, so I won't bother you to worry about Master Ruan's future."
He heard everything from outside just now. These shameless old guys actually tried to pry open his wall!