Study Monster Cultivation System-Chapter 316 - 315 Know its difficulty and strive to do it

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Emotional intelligence, what constitutes high or low?

First observe, then think, and finally speak words that fit the situation and the other person’s values; this is considered normal EQ.

Above this base level, the ability to appropriately add creativity, playfulness, humor, and other elements that make the other party comfortable and arouse their expectation is considered high.

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Below this level, not observing, not thinking, blurting out whatever feels good, or remaining silent with nothing more to contribute than an ’uh-huh,’ is considered low.

And Li Zheng’s EQ would jump backwards and fluctuate, with nine parts deep and one part shallow, which actually only relates to the person he’s communicating with and the context.

For example, most people, when with family or very close friends, usually won’t bother with all that observing and thinking to please the other person—they just say what they have to say.

In this context, everyone has a low EQ, revealing themselves without any pretense.

This is especially true for men—if a good buddy gets a haircut, he might jokingly call him stupid; if a buddy is underperforming in a game, he’s likely to be mocked for being bad; and if someone gets dumped, they might end up hitting the club to dance it off.

Women, on the other hand, tend to be much more delicate in their approach, always feigning surprise and complimenting, "It looks so pretty~~~," no matter how ugly a dress their best friend bought might be.

As for Li Zheng, it’s just that his circle of "insiders" happens to be a little larger, that’s all.

As people of the great learning realm, sooner or later you all are part of my Magic Domain.

Compared to him, Lin Yujing’s circle of "insiders" is just too small because she has experienced too many tragedies where she unintentionally hurt others due to her extraordinary intelligence. Outside of this circle, she chooses to replace words with "uh-huh" to express herself.

Over time, this is essentially the same as discarding her own EQ and, at the same time, losing some of her verbal ability.

Therefore, suddenly entering the workplace environment, Lin Yujing had no choice but to rely on others, otherwise, she feared she would suffer.

Having lost the protection of her mother, she could now only keep her eyes on Li Zheng, ready to move at any moment and copy his skills.

Even though Li Zheng’s circle of "insiders" is quite large, he normally wouldn’t give up the weapon of EQ at the first meeting, especially when interacting with seniors—after all, it’s important to show the right attitude.

So, he began to observe.

[Zhu Mingyue]

[Academic Power: 1959]

Stable, expert level, one of our own.

Combining this with his current state, the fact that he’s speaking about personal issues openly...

Li Zheng already knew what he needed most.

"It’s like you’ve been reborn, your spirit is even more vital than many students," Li Zheng said confidently with a nod, "Although we may not know the details, now that you’ve taken this step, you should just walk boldly on the path ahead and not look back anymore."

This remark left Lin Yujing utterly shocked.

This wasn’t just a matter of EQ anymore; it was downright scummy!

Zhu Mingyue was already somewhat regretful for mentioning those things upon their first encounter, but Li Zheng’s words made him feel instantly at ease.

"Thank you for your consolation," Zhu Mingyue said, shaking his head repeatedly with his lips pursed, "I never thought... that the first person to affirm me would be you guys, whom I’ve just met... My relatives and friends are all trying to convince me to turn back, and my colleagues at the office are keeping quiet about it, but you guys seem to understand my situation better... It has to be said, the thinking of young people these days is indeed very rich."

As he spoke, he looked back and forth between the two, and then with widened eyes, he asked.

"Are you... high school sweethearts? Frankly, my ex-wife and I were too."

Faced with this question, Li Zheng’s EQ train of thought seemed to hit a sudden dead-end loop.

And then it short-circuited...

Lin Yujing even felt an urge to run out the door.

"Ah, sorry, I shouldn’t have mentioned this. I’m a bit excited today, please understand," Zhu Mingyue said as he clicked open an email, flipping through their resumes, "Secretary Zhao told me you’re pretty skilled with data analysis. If you don’t mind, you can start by joining the testing team to get a feel for the situation while familiarizing yourselves with the work. I know you’re most interested in engine projects, but I’d still suggest starting with simpler and more fundamental work, otherwise you’ll feel a big disconnect and it will be hard to truly engage."

"We’re honored," Li Zheng nodded in response.

"Okay, I’ll call the person in charge over," Zhu Mingyue said as he picked up the phone receiver, but then he seemed to think better of it and set it back down, instead saying.

"If you have any questions or ideas, feel free to speak up."

"Secretary Zhao has reminded me many times not to get bogged down in academic qualifications and fixed perceptions, it would be a waste of your talents."

"As the former director of Institute No. 17, he has personally experienced almost every opportunity and difficulty in the aerospace system since the 90s, I trust his judgment, and I trust his insight," said Zhu Mingyue, nodding meaningfully.

"No need to be polite, speak your mind, we’re all family here."

This "family" felt very close.

Some sensitive matters, even the group leaders below may not be at liberty to discuss, or perhaps they simply don’t know.

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Li Zheng graciously accepted the kind offer and tentatively began, "Then... I will boldly ask about seven or eight questions..."

"That many..." Zhu Mingyue swallowed, took a big gulp of water, and then raised his hand, "Go ahead and ask."

"First off, what is the current situation of the team for YF-87, and how are resources allocated?"

Zhu Mingyue didn’t beat around the bush and immediately replied:

"Chief Engineer Zhang’s hospitalization is a massive blow, and I am temporarily acting as the primary person in charge."

"Since our personnel are relatively independent from the kerosene engine, the main backbone of the team has not been affected. Although I’ve approved all annual and sick leaves, most comrades returned to their posts yesterday."

"During yesterday’s meeting, we unified the team from top to bottom, clarifying our attitude to give it another go."

"As for resources, both inside and outside the institute, we are currently in a phase of adjustment."

"Every institute has its own work plan and schedule; there’s always endless work to do. In the previous period, everyone always made Yellow 2’s matters the top priority."

"It can be said that as long as Yellow 2 had a need, no matter who it was, they had to immediately drop their current work and start on the Yellow 2 project."

"At this stage, with the introduction of 927, this preferential treatment is inevitably gone, and the institutes will definitely start gradually turning towards 927."

"However, if we truly have a breakthrough, and it’s a core requirement, Secretary Zhao will still help us out. After all, he is someone who dares to march into the chairman’s office of the group..."

"But the condition is, these needs must not conflict with 927."

"It’s impossible to ask 927 to slow down and wait for us."

"Alright, continue with your questions."

From Zhu Mingyue’s words, it seemed he was quite frank, and Zhao Zhenhua had given thorough instructions too.

It seemed that, in the old secretary’s eyes, his arrival was not meant to be a simple internship or mere formality.

Without any more reservation, Li Zheng immediately asked, "What are the possible reasons for the fault at this stage?"

"Hmm... How much do you know about 87 so far?" Zhu Mingyue countered.

"I just know the problem lies in the oxygen turbopump."

"Then it’s easy to explain," said Zhu Mingyue, gesturing as he spoke.

"As you all know, in order to fully burn the fuel and improve specific impulse, the pressure in the combustion chamber is made very high."

"This means we need a powerful enough turbine to withstand this pressure and inject more fuel into the combustion chamber."

"It’s like having a bottle of cola that has been shaken madly, and you still want to continuously inject even more cola into it. We use the turbine to accomplish this process."

"To inject fuel into a combustion chamber at a pressure of 100 atmospheres, you can imagine the power required for this turbine, so where does the energy that drives the turbine come from?"

At this point, Zhu Mingyue looked at the two bewildered individuals for a long time before he helplessly said, "Don’t look at me... I’m the one asking questions... Secretary Zhao’s judgment is, of course, impeccable, but I need to have a grasp of your understanding as well."

He then leaned forward slightly and said to them seriously, "We have limited time, and I cannot provide you with a set of test papers. We will communicate and evaluate as we go, and I will arrange your subsequent learning and work based on your level. Try to answer if you can; if not, take a guess."

Upon hearing this, Li Zheng immediately started thinking.

But just as his thoughts began to take form, Lin Yujing confidently spoke up, "Design another combustion chamber inside the engine to preburn the hydrolox fuel and drive the turbine?"

"Correct," Zhu Mingyue said with a smile, "It seems Chief Engineer Shen has already told you."

"Um..." Lin Yujing looked down, murmuring a soft "no" in response.

Zhu Mingyue didn’t notice and continued speaking.

"This combustion chamber is known as a preburner, where the hydrolox fuel is preburned to produce work and drive the turbine."

"Speaking of this, I have another question. Don’t find me annoying; I’m just assessing your foundational knowledge."

"For hydrazine-class propellants like liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, what is the temperature needed for full combustion?"

This question was directed at Lin Yujing; the previous question had clearly kindled Zhu Mingyue’s expectations for her.

However, Lin Yujing just looked down, fiddling with her pants, resembling a daydreaming primary school student suddenly called upon by the teacher.

This time, Li Zheng beside her confidently answered, "It should be above 3000 degrees, I believe."

With that, Zhu Mingyue’s attention shifted to Li Zheng, "Then what kind of material can withstand such temperatures?"

After a moment’s thought, Li Zheng shook his head.

"I don’t know..."

"Stainless steel’s highest service temperature is roughly 1000 degrees, while high-temperature alloys used in aerospace engines typically can’t surpass 1500 degrees. Metal ceramics might be higher, but I am not certain if their intrinsic properties are suitable as blade materials..."

"If we look solely at melting points, materials like hafnium alloys, graphite, diamond, tungsten can indeed exceed 3000 degrees. However, either they are too expensive and rare, or unsuitable for the engine’s specific tasks due to issues like plasticity and brittleness..."

"Therefore, I can’t think of any material that could be widely applied in aerospace engines and withstand temperatures of 3000 degrees..."

Zhu Mingyue, upon hearing this, couldn’t help smacking his lips subconsciously.

"Impressive foundations in chemistry and materials science as well."

"Ah..." Li Zheng said modestly, waving his hand, "I’ve just participated in a few minor competitions, that’s all... I can’t even come up with such a material..."

"Not being able to think of it is precisely correct, I can’t think of it either." Zhu Mingyue said with a smile, "Such perfect material only exists in theory. The materials of the entire earth combined might not be sufficient to make one rocket. The alloys we use on a large scale mostly work within 1500 degrees. It’s mostly about special coatings and flow of propellant to achieve cooling."

"But on the turbine pump blades, these technologies are greatly limited."

"In short, at this stage, this part cannot be cooled, and the temperature limit for the pre-combustion chamber is only 1300 degrees."

"But the temperature of fully combusted liquid hydrogen and oxygen is 3000 degrees."

"What to do?"

Lin Yujing, who had been silent, suddenly perked up: "Incomplete combustion... An excess combustion?"

"Exactly, we create incomplete combustion in the pre-combustion chamber by injecting an excess of hydrogen or oxygen to keep the internal temperature within 1300 degrees." Zhu Mingyue turned his head, drawn to Lin Yujing’s side, "So the question arises, is it an excess of hydrogen or an excess of oxygen?"

"It must be hydrogen." Lin Yujing nodded vigorously, "High-temperature pure oxygen would lead to severe oxidative corrosion; who could withstand that?"

"Very good, very good indeed." Zhu Mingyue looked like he wanted to clap his hands. "If you figured this out all by yourself without Chief Engineer Shen’s guidance, your mind... I’ve never seen such brains before..."

He had not finished speaking when he hurriedly said to Li Zheng, "That... you’re also very smart, don’t get me wrong..."

"It’s fine, keep going..." Li Zheng said with an extremely calm expression, "I’m used to it."

Lin Yujing is like this, as is Gu Jianfeng...

Faced with such innately non-human cerebral circuits, Li Zheng had long since grown accustomed...

"Okay, let’s continue." Zhu Mingyue cleared his throat and said, "With such excess hydrogen combustion, there will inevitably be waste gas, and we need to set up an exhaust system..."

"And the fault model from Reset’s first incident was precisely in the exhaust system."

"To put it simply, the exhaust port broke down, leading to airflow blockage."

"In a short time, the flow of gas running the propulsion turbine pump drastically reduced, and as a result, fuel could not be injected into the combustion chamber."

"Combustion quickly ceased, and the engine shut down."

"That was the complete reenactment of the failure."

"Such a failure had never been seen before in over thirty-thousand seconds of engine test runs."

"We think that during Yellow 2’s ascent, it encountered a random extreme environment that led to special resonance, which in turn caused the exhaust system’s failure."

"This exhaust design had been tried and tested; there had never been such a precedent before."

"At the time, we thought it was simply bad luck, capsizing in the gutter."

"After identifying this fault point, we worked against the clock to strengthen the entire exhaust system, hardening it against even harsher conditions than those during the fault reenactment before confidently taking the new version of the engine to the test field."

"The engine still performed excellently in the first two conventional test runs."

"You’ve already seen the results of the third test run under extreme conditions."

"The reinforced exhaust system had no anomalies; instead, it was the shaft system that broke."

"The shaft system is the core of cores. A fracture here is ten times more serious and ten times more complicated than an exhaust fault, and it is unlikely to be something that can be fixed with a few repairs. Many believe that the process of finding and fixing the fault is even longer and more arduous than designing a new engine from scratch."

"To make an inappropriate analogy, we initially found a small leak in the dam and sealed it up with concrete."

"The next day, the whole dam collapsed."

"What we plugged was not a leak, but an ant hole."

"The dike of a thousand miles was riddled with ant holes all along."

"This is the severity of the current problem."

In the end, Zhu Mingyue nodded solemnly.

"Therefore, I personally am not opposed to the 927 project."

"With Chief Engineer Zhang and Academician Zhang having fallen, it’s my responsibility to take over the baton."

"But based on my experience, such severe defects are difficult to resolve in a short time. To not affect the nation’s subsequent aerospace strategy, the decision on 927 is also a painful choice for the leaders, a choice without choice."

"But, that doesn’t affect our determination to give it our all."

"To do what is known to be impossible."

"To strive for what is known to be difficult."

"Since the establishment of Institute No. 17, we have been moving forward under heavy burdens."

Zhu Mingyue stood up and raised his right arm.

"Li Zheng, Lin Yujing."

"Welcome to the China Aerospace Propulsion Research Institute."

Li Zheng shook hands with Zhu Mingyue vigorously, shaking it back and forth, "For it! Strive for it!"

Lin Yujing, much calmer during the handshake, asked thoughtfully, "There’s one thing I can’t figure out..."

Zhu Mingyue nodded with interest, "Please speak."

"Why must we vent it?" Lin Yujing furrowed her brows and rubbed her chin theatrically, "The so-called waste gas from the preburner still contains a lot of excess hydrogen, why waste it? Isn’t it better to inject it into the combustion chamber? Wouldn’t that improve the overall fuel efficiency of the rocket?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Mingyue’s eyes widened in surprise, "Your mom never told you this?"

"No..."

"Then in a few years you might really take over her position..." Zhu Mingyue nodded repeatedly as he explained, "The design you’re talking about definitely exists, and it’s the optimal design. Our YF-100 kerosene engine uses this design, which not only ensures complete combustion but also doubles the pressure in the combustion chamber. But when it comes to hydrogen-oxygen engines, they have higher requirements for structure, components, pumps, and materials. We can’t start by challenging the highest difficulty, so we use the exhaust-needing gas generator cycle."

"Mmm..." Lin Yujing let out a long breath, "That clears it up..."

"I was a bit puzzled when Secretary Zhao praised you so highly... Now I completely accept it," Zhu Mingyue said, nodding repeatedly with a pursed mouth, "18 years old, my goodness... After so many years, the education system has finally cultivated someone like you."

Zhu Mingyue had just finished when he quickly turned to Li Zheng, "Of course, there’s you too... both of you, I misspoke..."

"It’s okay, I’m used to it... used to it..."

"Alright, given your level, there’s no need for you to go to the test group," Zhu Mingyue began arranging, "A temporary fault investigation team will be established shortly. There’s someone more than qualified to be your teacher who will be the team leader. You’ll work directly with him."

While he was speaking, a unique and rapid knocking sound came from behind.

Knock knock, knock knock knock, knock knock knock knock knock, knock knock knock knock knock knock knock...

Li Zheng remembered this knocking pattern, it was at least a prime number sequence.

However, his expression stiffened, and he had a bad premonition.

"Come in," Zhu Mingyue said.

Immediately, a distinguished older face peeked in, "Been waiting for half an hour, is it okay if I cut in?"

Zhu Mingyue was overjoyed, rushing over to greet him, grabbing the distinguished man’s hand and introducing him to the two, "This is Chief Engineer Du Songtao, a top expert that NASA is eager to have. He’s been waiting impatiently for the Qiuzhi-1 and other rockets, specifically requesting to join Institute No. 17 to help out. From now on, you’ll be working with him."

"Ah..."

"Mmm..."

Li Zheng and Lin Yujing were initially quite thrilled.

But they weren’t happy anymore.

It felt like spore-based alien spies had infiltrated the human ranks, like something out of ’Parasitic Beast’.

But Du Songtao seemed quite pleased, pouring himself a glass of water as he walked over leisurely to the two, raising his eyebrows while drinking, "Isn’t this a coincidence."

A coincidence my ass, this is obviously a spore-person conspiracy!

Seeing the deep hostility from the two, Zhu Mingyue asked, "Do you know each other?"

"Not well."

"Not well..."

"All the better if you do," Zhu Mingyue said, "Then you two go out and wait for a while, I need to explain a few things to Songtao."

The two left the office with their heads down.

Then they ran into the long-haired brother who had been ahead of them in line.

The brother stood there in confusion, "I’ve been waiting for an hour... I lined up so long... even let you cut ahead... How could you just jump the line... Can’t you at least talk to me about it..."