Chapter 274 Sudden Enlightenment! From Antelope to High Modulus!

Well-fed and satisfied.

Li Jiajun let out a loud burp and wiped the grease from his mouth with the back of his hand.

That plate of stir-fried pork kidneys had not only filled his stomach, but also allowed him to easily solve the "high-temperature resistance" problem.

Now, he felt full of energy.

"The strength is there, and the high-temperature resistance is there too."

"Next up, it's time for the next few major items."

Li Jiajun picked his teeth while strolling back to his office.

He slumped back into his boss chair and picked up the requirement document that he had crumpled up in the workshop.

His gaze moved downward.

Finally, it landed on the third core indicator.

【Core Indicator: High Modulus (High Rigidity)】

【Requirement: Tensile modulus determines a material's ability to resist deformation. It is recommended that the modulus reach 290 – 300 GPa or higher. It must be ensured that the Fishing Rod structure will absolutely not deform under the high-overload pulling force of a hundred-pound giant, possessing ultimate waist strength.】

Looking at this passage, Li Jiajun smacked his lips.

"Modulus..."

"Rigidity..."

"To put it simply, isn't it just a question of whether it's hard enough?"

This thought popped into his mind.

For a Fishing Rod, this indicator is commonly known as "waist strength."

If a Fishing Rod only has strength, it's dead hard; it's just a fire poker.

If it only has toughness, it's a noodle; it's a weakling.

A true top-tier Fishing Rod must have waist strength.

It's that feeling where you see it bend, but it hasn't actually bent to its limit; it's holding back a burst of energy inside, ready to spring the fish back at any moment.

This requires the material to possess extremely high resistance to deformation.

'300 GPa...'

'This data is a bit insane.'

Li Jiajun scratched his head.

With ordinary carbon fiber, if the strength goes up, the modulus often can't keep up.

It's like a rubber band; you can stretch it very long, but it's soft.

It's like a glass rod; it's hard, but it's brittle.

Trying to achieve something that is strong, hard, and tough at the same time is a huge contradiction in the design of material microstructures.

"If this can't be solved, the Fishing Rod will just be a limp piece of junk."

"When the time comes, let alone fishing, you won't even be able to cast it."

Li Jiajun felt a bit of a headache.

The earlier excitement had faded slightly, and reason had regained the high ground.

He sat in his chair and stared at the ceiling for a while.

He felt like the tightly wound string in his brain was getting stuck.

"Forget it, time to clear my head."

"Time to find some inspiration."

Li Jiajun was never the type to bury himself in books.

His inspiration often came from life, from nature.

Therefore.

He skillfully turned on the projector in his office, connected his computer, and clicked on his favorite documentary—《Animal World》.

There was no helping it.

After all, he had relied on watching these things in the past to figure out so many outrageous technologies.

Now, this could be considered his "reserved research project."

The projection screen lit up.

The melodic and deep narration echoed in the office.

On the screen, a precipitous cliff appeared.

It was a steep mountain range somewhere in Africa, with bare rocks and a slope that was almost vertical; just looking at it made one dizzy.

And on that desperate cliff face.

A group of figures was moving rapidly.

They were antelopes.

To be precise, they were Bharals.

They moved as if they had violated the law of gravity, hopping and skipping on rock protrusions where even monkeys couldn't stand, as if walking on flat ground.

"Tsk tsk..."

"With these skills, it's a shame they aren't delivering food."

Li Jiajun watched while habitually making snarky comments.

The camera zoomed in.

The camera gave a close-up of a jumping Bharal.

It was a thrilling jump.

The Bharal leaped from one rock, spanned a distance of several meters, and landed heavily on another protruding rock only the size of a palm.

A tremendous impact force acted instantly on its limbs.

Li Jiajun's gaze was instantly drawn to the Bharal's legs.

Those four legs looked so slender.

One could even say they were a bit gaunt, as if they would snap with just a little force.

However.

Yet, these slender limbs, at the moment they bore the weight of the body plus the impact of the jump, did not undergo any obvious deformation!

They were like four hydraulic pillars, steadily supporting the body.

No bending!

No shaking!

That ultimate rigidity, that stance against gravity and impact, was simply a miracle of mechanics.

"These legs..."

Li Jiajun stared blankly at the screen.

The happy water in his hand stopped at his lips.

In his mind, that problem regarding "rigidity" and "modulus" surfaced once again.

'Why?'

'Why can such thin bones withstand such great force without deforming?'

'If it were replaced with a steel pipe of the same thickness, it would have probably bent under that kind of impact, right?'

Li Jiajun's eyes began to glaze over.

His thoughts seemed to pierce through the screen, through the Bharal's flesh, and directly into the stark white interior of its bones.

He seemed to see the precise microstructure inside the bones.

It was not just an accumulation of calcium.

But an extremely complex mechanical lattice that had evolved over hundreds of millions of years.

Countless tiny bone trabeculae, following the optimal path of stress conduction, intertwined into stable triangles and hexagons.

They supported each other, leveraging each other's strength.

Instantly decomposing, conducting, and neutralizing the massive external impact force.

This is rigidity!

This is the most perfect "high modulus" structure evolved by nature!

"So it's not about piling on materials..."

"It's about the structure..."

"It's the internal support..."

Li Jiajun muttered to himself, his whole person seeming possessed as he stared fixedly at the Bharal on the screen that was jumping again.

In his eyes.

The Bharal was no longer an animal, but had turned into a walking mechanical model.

The Bharal's curved horns and the bones supporting its body all transformed into streams of glowing data.

At this very moment.

That familiar feeling, that hair-raising, inspiration-bursting sensation, struck again.

【Ding!】

A crisp, pleasant notification sound, like the music of the heavens, exploded in his mind.

【You have deeply studied the micro-mechanical structure and stress conduction mechanism of Bharal bones, combined with principles of bionics and material mechanics, and instantly grasped the internal support structure design of high-modulus carbon fiber!】

【You have had an epiphany—【Bharal-Horn Lattice Support Technology】!】

As the notification sound faded.

Countless complex three-dimensional geometric figures and molecular structure diagrams flashed wildly on his retina like a holographic projection.

Li Jiajun's mind suddenly cleared.

He understood!

To increase the modulus of carbon fiber, it's not just about increasing the purity of the carbon element.

More importantly, it is about constructing a "micro-lattice support system" inside the carbon fiber, similar to that of Bharal bones.

Using special processes, allow carbon atoms to form a specific three-dimensional interlocking structure at the microscopic level.

In this way.

When the Fishing Rod bends under external force, these micro-lattices will act like countless little hands, holding onto each other tightly to resist deformation.

This is ultimate rigidity!

This is the so-called "waist strength"!

"It's done!"

"The third problem is gone too!"

Li Jiajun jumped up from his chair and punched the air in excitement.

A brand-new internal microstructure design scheme that could greatly enhance the rigidity of the material was now completely imprinted in his mind.

The third technical bottleneck—High Modulus.

Declared broken!

Moreover, the Fishing Rod made with this technology would be absolutely stiff and absolutely powerful.

Let alone a hundred-pound big fish, even if you hooked a cow, it could probably force it back!

"Hehe, it seems these so-called top-tier parameters aren't much after all."

Li Jiajun turned off the projector, a confident smile appearing on his face.

However.

His gaze swept over the document again.

His smile diminished slightly.

Because there was still one headache-inducing indicator below.

That was—Lightweight.