148: Colonizing outer space

Upon seeing the carbon fiber board in front of him, Professor Ren's eyebrows shot up.

"Although this thing is rare, especially coming out of a child's backpack, it's even more unusual, but Old Qian, I don't know why you would say I haven't seen this thing before?"

Professor Ren looked puzzled, turning to look at Old Qian, who was smiling.

"Did you forget? Our research direction is rocket materials. Not only have we seen this carbon fiber board in our department, but we've also manufactured it after optimizing and upgrading it!"

"Don't be so quick to judge. Take a closer look at this material."

Professor Qian smiled faintly.

"Material?"

Hearing these two words, Professor Ren immediately realized something.

He quickly turned to look at the carbon fiber board in Xiao Yun's hand, examining it carefully.

"It seems... it really is different. Young man, can I touch it?"

"You may."

Xiao Yun smiled helplessly.

"But please don't call me 'young man' anymore. You can call me Xiao Yun."

"Xiao Yun... Xiao Yun? Wait, are you that Xiao Yun?"

Professor Ren's eyebrows shot up in surprise.

Then he burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha! I knew you guys suddenly not being at the research institute today meant you were up to something big. So, you came to sign a contract with Xiao Yun. Not bad, I've heard of you, young and promising!"

Professor Ren patted Xiao Yun's shoulder, feeling just like Old Man He Mo.

"I never thought that our Haibei City could produce such a genius teenager in the Forbidden Zone. Your generation is our future hope!"

"Alright, stop talking so much. You're so good at flattering, it's not like you anymore. Hurry up and see what's different about this carbon fiber board."

"Pah! How is this flattery! You, Old Qian, only talk nonsense."

As Professor Ren spoke, he took the carbon fiber board from Xiao Yun's hand.

However.

As soon as he took this top-tier material, his expression immediately turned serious.

"This feel, this weight... it's different from ordinary carbon fiber board just by touching it!"

A certain nerve in Professor Ren's mind seemed to light up instantly, and he suddenly stared at Xiao Yun with an incredulous expression.

"Could it be that this is also a material brought out from the Forbidden Zone?"

"That's right."

Xiao Yun nodded silently.

"This thing is called reinforced carbon fiber board. It's a red-quality material from the Forbidden Zone, which means it's the highest grade."

"Red quality! I know about that, that stuff must be extremely rare!"

Professor Ren was shocked.

Just then, the Junior Apprentice Sister next to him also spoke up to explain.

"It's more than just rare, it's practically one in a million! Professor Ren, do you know how many people worldwide have brought out this kind of top-tier material so far?"

"How many?"

"Less than five hundred."

"What!!!"

Professor Ren was even more shocked.

"There are so many agents in that NBA, and the Forbidden Zone has been here for centuries, yet fewer than five hundred people have brought out this material! Then Xiao Yun... isn't he even higher level than us researchers!"

"It's called GTI, not NBA, okay? And 'level' as a unit is from the last century, okay?"

The Junior Apprentice Sister looked helpless.

Although her words were disrespectful, it was evident that Professor Ren probably had a good relationship with her, and he wasn't angry.

Of course, it's also possible that Professor Ren himself has such a personality; he only loses his temper with old guys like Professor Qian but doesn't fuss much with younger people.

"Old Ren, now do you still dare to say I'm out of touch with the times?"

Professor Qian next to him also chuckled.

"I recognized what kind of material this was at a glance, but you had to have someone explain it to you before you knew."

"Get lost!"

At this moment.

Professor Ren was no longer in the mood to bicker with Professor Qian. He held the reinforced carbon fiber board in his hands, carefully observing and examining it.

"This material is at least five times more advanced than what we've optimized... no, at least eight times or more! No, I must take it back quickly for research!"

As he spoke.

Professor Ren immediately tried to stuff the carbon fiber board into his briefcase, but the small briefcase clearly couldn't fit such a large board.

"Hey, hey, hey! Old Ren, what are you doing? Are you trying to steal it?"

"You called me here, you can't just expect me to look at it, can you?"

"Of course not, but this item was painstakingly brought out of the Forbidden Zone by Xiao Yun over there."

Professor Qian said.

"You'll have to apply for funding from the higher-ups, and only after it's approved can you rent it from Xiao Yun."

"How much is the rental fee for this thing?"

Professor Ren asked, looking at Professor Qian.

Professor Qian, however, looked at Xiao Yun, waiting for him to speak.

Material: reinforced carbon fiber board

Quality: Red

Price: 2,156,486

Evaluation: If humanity could bring out a few more of these, they could probably colonize outer space.

"System, your evaluations are getting more and more outrageous."

Xiao Yun silently glanced at the panel price, complaining inwardly.

Last time it was about growing vegetables on the moon, this time it's about colonizing outer space. Does it have to be so absurd?

"If Old Man Ren wants to rent it, it's 2.15 million a year, no price increases."

"What? This reinforced carbon fiber board is even more expensive than our blade server?"

Just then, the Balding Senior Apprentice next to him also found it incredibly hard to believe.

Although he knew the value of the reinforced carbon fiber board, judging by scientific standards, the technological level of this thing definitely shouldn't be higher than a blade server, right?

Yet the market price was even more expensive than a blade server!

"Rarity makes it valuable, you see."

Old Man Ren smiled and, without another word, immediately pulled out his phone.

"Alright, alright, this small amount of money doesn't need to be applied for from the higher-ups. Come on, Xiao Yun, let's add each other on WeChat. I'll rent it for three or five years first."

As he spoke, Professor Ren quickly displayed his QR code for adding friends.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun's eyebrows also shot up.

He didn't expect Professor Ren to be so rich!

This carbon fiber board, at 2.15 million a year, would be 6.45 million for three years and 10.75 million for five years!

Such a huge sum of money, and he didn't even need to apply to the higher-ups; he could just rent it directly?

"Old Ren, how are you so rich?"

Professor Qian next to him was also very surprised at this moment.

He himself had to ask the higher-ups several times just to rent a blade server.

This Old Ren was going straight to transferring money!

This was too generous!

"Alright, I'll have my son transfer the money to you immediately. You can keep an eye out for the bank transfer notification."

After adding WeChat, Professor Ren said very straightforwardly.

"Old Ren, how can you sponge off your son like that!"

Professor Qian next to him looked helpless.

He knew that Professor Ren's son owned a big company and indeed had some money, but he didn't expect Old Ren to be so shameless about spending his son's money!

And seeing Professor Ren being so rich and generous, Xiao Yun's eyes suddenly lit up.

"By the way, Professor Ren, I have some other things here. Are you interested?"

"Oh? What things?"

Professor Ren immediately looked expectant.

Then, Xiao Yun pulled out a pitch-black missile from his backpack and placed it on the table.