316 Encountering Lu Yuan again (1/2)

An Yuqian could not accept Ren Xiaosu's bragging. ”Do you really know what programmable matter[1] entails?”

Ren Xiaosu looked at An Yuqian. ”What?”

An Yuqian raised his voice and said, ”Programmable matter is a type of 'intermediary matter' that changes its physical properties based upon user input or autonomous sensing.”

Ren Xiaosu thought for a second. ”Real words, please.”

”In short,” An Yuqian said, ”if you want to build this kind of armor, its components must at least have the ability to shapeshift and self-reconfigure. Without programmable matter, you can't create flexible self-combination and separation processes.”

”Mhm.” Ren Xiaosu said calmly, ”No worries about that.”

An Yuqian nearly went crazy. ”Don't you understand what I am saying? How can you not be worried about something this important!”

To be honest, Ren Xiaosu could solve all the problems An Yuqian brought up, other than the problem with the power source. As for the ”programmable matter,” the nanomachines were better performing than that.

Ren Xiaosu realized An Yuqian definitely had not specialized in the field of nanotech research. Otherwise, he couldn't possibly be unaware of the current progress that nanomachines were making. Furthermore, he was certainly not a core member of the Yang Consortium.

But how did An Yuqian end up in this state? Although Ren Xiaosu's knowledge was still quite far from allowing him to become an academic, he could feel An Yuqian's stubbornness and pride in the face of science. Why was An Yuqian willing to be a mere librarian here?

In the following days, An Yuqian focused on teaching and playing mahjong, no longer bothering with the so-called power source and programmable matter.

Ren Xiaosu urged Wang Yuchi and the other male students to come up with designs for the armor after they got home and to approach An Yuqian for help during their breaks during the day to resolve any technical difficulties. For some reason, An Yuqian was willing to help them out.

From An Yuqian's point of view, if he helped Ren Xiaosu solve all of his current difficulties and led him to the issues he mentioned, Ren Xiaosu would come to realize how wise he was.

He felt that Ren Xiaosu was not bothered by the state of programmable matter technology only because he wasn't at that level and had yet to encounter the bottlenecks of the technology! After all, An Yuqian did not think that a tenth grader could possibly understand his vision and previous position in the academic field. Thinking of this, An Yuqian even wanted to bug Ren Xiaosu to teach him remedial courses so Ren Xiaosu could quickly understand just how awesome he was.

One day, when Ren Xiaosu wanted to resume studying a textbook from the day before, he found a notebook placed next to it. This was something he had not seen before.

Ren Xiaosu opened the notebook and saw someone had carefully sorted the learning order and key points of knowledge. With just a glance, he knew exactly who had written it. It was definitely An Yuqian!

Ren Xiaosu turned around and looked at An Yuqian in amusement. Was that guy trying to act mysterious? ”Is this your notebook?”

An Yuqian was a little embarrassed. ”Oh, it's just something from the past I stumbled upon and thought would be useful for someone else. You can have it if you think it'll be useful. It's pretty suitable for you. Some topics are deliberately simplified in high school. If you follow the curriculum, you'll end taking a lot of repetitive steps. So why don't you just follow the method I used to learn?”

Ren Xiaosu said, ”Thank you, how much is it?” He was about to pay for it.

However, An Yuqian flew into a rage. ”I didn't give you the notebook for money!” Then An Yuqian angrily went back to the entrance to watch the door.

Ren Xiaosu returned to his seat with a grin.After getting guidance from An Yuqian, the outlook for the armor was becoming better and better. In An Yuqian's words, ”Science is an extremely mysterious subject. When a design moves closer to rationality, it will have an even more special charm to it.”

It was a charm that could truly conquer the mind.

Wait. Ren Xiaosu remembered he'd just received a Basic Skill Duplication Scroll. Although it could not be used to copy superpowers, it was still very useful for learning normal skills.