Chapter 329: Minefield (Part 1/3) (2/2)

Worker Zhai was unwilling to put away the workbench. He used a hand to operate his portable microscope, and he gathered close to the rhombohedron. He clicked his tongue in wonder.

Luo Nan made way for him. Crag Burst understood, and the two walked to the side and whispered to each other.

”What's the difference with Jack's Deep Sea Type IV and this one? Was it also a three-level structure that extends out little by little?”

”Three levels? I don't understand this. I only skimmed through the report a bit.” Crag Burst did his best to remember, but was unable to retrieve the main points. He simply said, ”It's best to make contact with the branch laboratory. You were one of the people involved in that operation, and your evaluation was one of the best. You certainly have the access and inquiry privileges. Just don't leak the information. Ha ha. How do I say this. Not many people really cared back in the past….”

”Yeah, no one really cared.” Luo Nan smirked.

Crag Burst was a bit embarrassed. Rumors spilling all over was the Society's tradition, and Luo Nan was the person who was most harmed by this tradition. Crag Burst hesitated because of this. ”If the branch laboratory handles it, you will certainly need to explain the entire sequence of events to them. Is that all right?”

”Leister, what's your opinion?”

Luo Nan looked at Xue Lei, who was slightly hesitating.

Xue Lei didn't understand the significance of the dynamo core, but he was able to see that this toy wasn't so simple. He just didn't expect that repairing this device would cause side issues to arise, and it seemed to involve pretty big things.

”Don't overthink it. First notify the gym master, then listen to what he has to say.” Luo Nan saw that Xue Lei found difficulty in deciding and put on a straightforward stance. ”This is the gym master's personal object. We snuck it out from the daoguan. Although we have good intentions, if we pass it on, we'll be leaking personal secrets. How can we explain this to the gym master?”

Xue Lei let out a sigh and nodded repeatedly.

Luo Nan looked toward Crag Burst and Worker Zhai once more. Crag Burst performed a zipper gesture in front of his lips, while Worker Zhai returned back to reality from his researcher's state. He smiled and said, ”Protecting a customer's secrets is the fundamental doctrine of a technician.”

”That's good.” Luo Nan nodded to express his thanks.

Xue Lei asked, ”Then let's go talk to the gym master?”

Luo Nan hesitated for a moment, and he cast his gaze at the miniature rhombohedron. He turned his gaze to the three-dimensional projection and the simple diagram on the hologram a few seconds later. It took a long while before he spoke again, this time with an irrelevant answer.

”This diagram... I don't understand it.”

”Huh?” The other three were all dumbfounded.

Luo Nan stepped forward. He extended a hand to swipe on the hologram to look at the previous diagrams that had flashed past. The results deduced by the supercomputer's resources allocated to Worker Zhai endlessly showed simple diagrams of the dynamo core and amendments done to the diagrams. From the perspective of an amateur, the diagrams were quite concise, but the specialized symbols were akin to obscure writings. They were hard to understand.

Luo Nan was originally going to use coupling, configuration, and similar methods to deconstruct and reconstruct the diagrams. But a few thoughts flashed by in his mind, and he gave up on this for now. He turned to ask, ”Worker Zhai, these diagrams are too specialized. Can you teach me about them?”

”Which parts?”

”All of them.”

Worker Zhai was a bit startled, but he soon laughed, ”This will take some time.”

The rate at which Luo Nan swiped with his finger was far from that of the analysis speed of the supercomputer. He soon gave up and let the simple diagrams flash across. However, the thoughts that had formed just now grew clearer, then solidified. ”I want to learn from the beginning. I'm not as good in physics as I am in other subjects, let alone electrical engineering and mechanical design. If I can get some tutelage, that is naturally the best.”

Worker Zhai studied Luo Nan for a moment, and suddenly realized that this member of the Society, who had already stepped to the next level, was still a student. He skimmed through the relevant information. The age of sixteen years old was quite conspicuous.

”What year are you in high school?”

”Freshman.”

”Are you interested in engineering?”

”It's useful.” Luo Nan was quite honest. He looked at things from a practical point of view. ”I want to understand these structural diagrams. I want to have the concepts down at the very least.”

Worker Zhai shook his head. He emphasized once more, ”This is impossible to do in a short period of time.”

To the side, Crag Burst had already been tripped by Luo Nan's flying train of thought. He simply rolled his eyes. ”Weren't we talking about the issue with confidentiality? You said that you were going to speak honestly with that gym master.”

”After we fix it.” Luo Nan interrupted Crag Burst's words. He looked at Xue Lei once more. ”I am uncertain of the gym master's reaction based off his temperament. If we carelessly ask, he may not even give us room to talk. Xue Lei, let's keep this matter in the dark for now. Wait until I understand the principles inside before returning the object back to its rightful owner. Is this okay?”

”Uh, sure.”

Xue Lei was stupefied. This especially happened when he faced Luo Nan's eyes directly. Though there were contact lenses separating them, and the eyes were a reconstruction from optical and electrical signals, Luo Nan's gaze blazed so fiercely that it induced fear.

He never saw this side of Luo Nan before, as far as he could remember.

”Hold on, hold on!” Crag Burst raised both his hands, trying to calm a certain someone down. ”You said that you need to fix it. How are you going to fix it? Are you going to ask the branch's laboratory? This contradicts what you said before! Let me tell you, even though this is the branch's laboratory, they may not wield the necessary technologies.”

Luo Nan didn't speak. He just swept his gaze around the room. He turned from Worker Zhai to Crag Burst, then to Xue Lei, and finally to his own hands.

Everyone was involved.