Chapter 892: 695 Don’t regret it, Miss Ying will lead the way! [Part 2]
Hearing these three words, the male trainee felt somewhat displeased.
After all, he was an A-level researcher.
Although Ying Zijin was indeed the top scorer in this year’s assessment, she still joined the Engineering Institute later and was therefore a junior.
She showed absolutely no respect for her seniors.
"Fine, Xu Jingshan, then just leave." The female trainee was still angry, "Don’t regret it later!"
Xu Jingshan laughed at this: "Ye Siqing, that’s something I should be saying to you instead."
He glanced lightly at the girl: "Originally, I didn’t plan to join Group A, but since a spot has just opened up, surely you don’t actually think you can successfully create the equipment on your own?"
With a mocking snort, Xu Jingshan walked straight to Group A’s table.
The members of Group A naturally welcomed him warmly, clearly Bier had informed them in advance.
A few of the male trainees occasionally shot disdainful looks toward Group B.
Originally, they were keen on having a good-looking junior like Ying Zijin join Group A, but Bier was unwilling, so there was nothing they could do.
They were closer to Bier.
"This Xu Jingshan!" Ye Siqing was furious, clenching her fists, "He obviously wanted to join Group A all along, deliberately slowing down our group’s progress."
Group A had already begun purchasing parts to assemble a small spaceship.
Our group had only completed half of the blueprint, with the experimental results due at the end of the month.
Ye Siqing calmed down a bit, apologizing: "Sorry, Classmate Ying, originally we could have completed the task, but now it seems impossible."
Ying Zijin looked up: "What do you mean?"
"Classmate Ying, you might not be aware, the research projects have designated tasks," Ye Siqing whispered, "Xu Jingshan was responsible for designing the core power device, and he was the only one in our group who knew how."
With a chuckle, she continued: "We haven’t advanced to A-level yet, haven’t learned this technology, with his departure, our whole group is as good as useless."
However, people strive for advancement.
Bier was the only one among them with the capability to challenge the S-level, and her mentor was the first-ranked Instructor Mo Feng in the Engineering Institute.
Following her meant gaining higher status and more resources.
"Don’t worry, we’ll redesign." Ying Zijin lowered her eyes, glancing at the half-finished blueprint on the table, "This blueprint has major issues, it can’t be used."
Ye Siqing and the other group members were stunned: "Can’t be used?"
Meanwhile, Xu Jingshan followed Group A’s members to meet up with Bier and overheard the comment.
The previously accumulated discontent finally exploded at this moment.
Xu Jingshan turned, letting out a cold laugh: "Major issues? Why don’t you explain where the problem is?"
"Ying Zijin, don’t forget, you’re just a newcomer, you haven’t taken many courses, your understanding of aerospace engineering isn’t as thorough as you think!"
How could his designed blueprint have any issues?
He had been studying at the Engineering Institute for five years, initially entering with top-three grades.
He was unwilling to be in Group B with Ye Siqing and those holding back the progress.
Ying Zijin paid no mind, simply standing up, nodding: "Senior Sister Ye, let’s go to the operations room."
Ye Siqing snapped back to reality, hastily standing up, crumpling Xu Jingshan’s blueprint into a ball and tossing it into the wastebasket.
She cast a disdainful glance at Xu Jingshan: "Trash!"
Xu Jingshan’s face turned green with rage, his body trembling: "You..."
"Enough, Jingshan, it’s normal for them to be angry, it’s impotent rage." A male trainee patted him on the shoulder, "Let’s go find Miss Bier, she’s probably getting impatient."
Xu Jingshan felt somewhat better afterward.
A group of people went out.
Bier frowned: "Why did you all take so long to come out?"
Xu Jingshan retold the earlier events in annoyance.
"Newcomers tend to be arrogant, once they’ve done more experiments and faced setbacks, they’ll come to their senses," Bier said flatly, "Geniuses are abundant in the Engineering Institute, last year’s top scorer has now faded into the crowd."
Xu Jingshan nodded in agreement: "I think this Ying Zijin is too arrogant, her future development won’t be very promising."
"Stop talking about her, hey, have any of you paid attention to the streamer called SY on W Net?" one member mentioned, "Even Dean Norman went to find her, is she from our institute?"
Dean Norman holds a very high status in the Engineering Institute, only S-level researchers would receive his summoning.
"Someone who the Dean seeks out personally should be some mentor or senior from a higher class? If SY would go live, it would be great," Xu Jingshan pondered, "Miss Bier, has the Dean ever sought you out personally?"
Bier’s expression changed slightly, her voice cold: "That’s not something you’re supposed to know."
She would certainly never admit that Dean Norman had never sought her out personally, always being brought by Mo Feng to meet him.
She even investigated who Dean Norman had gone to meet that day but couldn’t find out.
Thinking Dean Norman’s confidentiality was very well done this time.
Bier’s gaze held suspicion.
Who exactly is SY?
**
On the other side, in the operations room.
Ying Zijin’s fingers flew rapidly across the 3D projection screen.
Soon, a clearly structured core power device blueprint unfolded before everyone’s eyes.
Ye Siqing watched with wide eyes: "Classmate Ying, you are amazing!"
Although she wasn’t familiar with this technology, she could understand Ying Zijin’s annotations and explanations.
Ying Zijin finished drawing and turned her head: "How about this? We can make more adjustments to optimize it as best as possible. Once the finished product is made, it can travel to a star system thirty thousand light years away from the Solar System."
Ye Siqing was speechless.
The other team members were also stunned, mouths agape: "This is..."
From the moment Ying Zijin started drawing until now, it had only taken one hour.
To put it into perspective, Group A’s experiment diagram took the entire group three days under the instructor’s guidance just to complete the core power unit’s blueprint.
Because not only does it require suitable circuits, the position of the components is also very important.
But when the girl was drawing, it seemed as if there were no obstacles, and she designed it effortlessly.
Most importantly, with the current technological level of the City of the World, the farthest a spaceship can fly is eighty thousand light years.
The entire concept diagram for the spaceship was crafted by Dean Norman.
No student has yet been able to design a spaceship capable of flying over ten thousand light years.
"Ahhh! Classmate Ying, you are incredible!" Ye Siqing excitedly hugged the girl, "We can succeed, we definitely can!"
In comparison, Xu Jingshan’s semi-finished product really was rubbish.
"Let’s start purchasing parts now to speed things up. We can finish by the end of the month." Ying Zijin laughed lightly, "The assembly is up to you."
"No problem." Ye Siqing agreed without hesitation, "With the blueprints, assembly will be easy."
She paused and then asked, "Classmate Ying, do you have a mentor? There should be many mentors in the academy who want to take you on as a pupil, right? Did Instructor Mo Feng not approach you?"
Based on Ying Zijin’s ability to draw up the blueprints in an hour, even ten Biers couldn’t compare.
"I have." Ying Zijin nodded slightly, "I need to take care of something, you guys get ready."
"Alright." Ye Siqing didn’t ask further, seriously, "Junior sister, you are truly our good luck charm."
After Ying Zijin left, it took a long while for the other team members to recover.
Wait, did they get carried away?!
**
Evening.
City center.
Bar.
"Zijin, over here." Qin Lingyu waved at the girl, "Hurry, good spot."
Ying Zijin raised an eyebrow, glancing at the large mug in her hand: "Drinking like that won’t hurt your stomach?"
"Got used to it." Qin Lingyu shrugged, "Genetic defects make me fond of alcohol, just like how my idiot brother likes instant noodles."
It was a symptom caused by genetic technology from back then, something she couldn’t control herself.
Ying Zijin thought for a moment: "I can brew you some medicinal liquor that’s good for your health."
"That works." Qin Lingyu was intrigued, "Thanks, whatever you need help with, just ask."
A voice intruded harshly then.
"Is this your new hostess? All of them look quite nice." The voice belonged to a young master, with a bit of arrogance, "I’ll take both of these."
Many people looked over.
"Another girl’s in trouble."
"How can you say it’s trouble? It’s an opportunity for success. Following this young master, there’s wine and meat to enjoy, a dream come true."
Ying Zijin squinted her eyes, just about to stand up.
The young master suddenly let out a tragic scream, retreating hastily.
Fu Yunshen had one arm protecting the girl in his embrace, while the other snapped the young master’s arm.
He uttered a single word: "Scram."
The young master was furious and couldn’t believe his ears: "What did you say?"
"I said—" Fu Yunshen’s gaze was cold and intimidating, "Scram."
"Just because you say so?" The young master laughed, "Do you know my surname? I can buy this bar if I want, the one who should scram is you. Who do you think you are?"
As he said this, he reached out again, trying to grab the girl’s clothes: "Having a boyfriend is useless, come with me!"
But suddenly—
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
There was a series of crashes, and all the bottles around him exploded, shattering everywhere.
One of the bottles smashed down on the young master’s head.
Instantly, his head was cut and bleeding.
"..."
The bar fell into sudden silence.