2: You failed physics, got zero on the college entrance exam, and you've managed to develop nuclear fusion?!

Zhao Cheng looked at the notebook in his hand, filled with infinite emotion.

At this moment, a scene surfaced in his mind.

Back then, when he was still young, his elderly mentor stood on the podium and said:

"Our Dragon Kingdom still has many shortcomings in various fields."

"It is precisely because of these shortcomings that those powerful countries use them to choke us by the neck."

"Especially in various high-tech and sophisticated fields."

"This is what we lack the most."

"If we can make a breakthrough in Controllable Nuclear Fusion, the phenomenon of being 'choked' in many technical fields will be easily resolved."

"This powerful and sustainable energy source can support development in all other fields."

"Sigh!" Speaking to this point, the elderly mentor let out a sigh.

"To tell you the truth, back when I was a doctoral student..."

"My mentor told me the same thing."

"In the blink of an eye, thirty years have passed."

"Thirty years!"

"In this particular field, there hasn't been any breakthrough."

The elderly mentor reached out and wiped his moist eyes.

"We researchers have no other pursuit but the hope that in our areas of expertise..."

"We can contribute our strength to the country and the common people."

"To allow us to stand up and never again be subject to the sanctions of others."

"To make those who once sanctioned us..."

"Have to look up and act according to our countenance."

*Cough, cough!* Perhaps due to being overly emotional.

The mentor coughed a bit.

"Sorry, I got a bit excited and lost my composure."

"In short, I want to tell everyone that our research topics are not for you to achieve some great results."

"It's just to let you use your intelligence and talent."

"To expand your thinking as much as possible, so that we can have more directions in Controllable Nuclear Fusion."

"To broaden the path for future research."

"Although the Dragon Kingdom is currently taking off, in certain high-tech fields, we still desperately need our own original creations."

"As researchers, even if we dedicate our entire lives just to laying a single brick or tile on this path, we will have no regrets in this life!!!"

"All of this is for one purpose: so that our Dragon Kingdom, our Dragon people, can stand up and look down on those who once looked down on us."

"To be able to conduct research without looking at others' faces!"

"That is my lifelong wish!"

Thinking of this, Old Zhao stood up.

Although he had long since graduated from university and become an ordinary teacher of the people.

And was teaching his favorite subject, physics.

Old Zhao himself had never stopped paying attention to the field of Controllable Nuclear Fusion.

Perhaps it was because the words his mentor said back then were so deeply impressive.

So much so that even after many years of graduation, they remained fresh in his memory.

Thinking of this, Zhao Cheng stood up quickly.

He hurried back to his study, took out his glasses, and began to read impatiently.

"The biggest challenge for Controllable Nuclear Fusion is energy gain."

"Currently, it seems we can start by increasing plasma temperature and density..."

*Hiss!* Reading to this point, Zhao Cheng gasped, then looked at Lu Feng.

He looked back at the notebook, "Did you research all of this?"

"Yes!" Lu Feng nodded. "I just suddenly had a flash of inspiration in my mind."

"Then I suddenly had the ideas, so I wrote them down."

Zhao Cheng continued to bury his head in the exercise book.

"Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Inertial Confinement Fusion are two different methods of Controllable Nuclear Fusion, each with its own advantages and challenges."

"Improving the design and operation of magnetic confinement devices, as well as increasing the energy efficiency of inertial confinement."

"One can start from the following three aspects."

Reading to this point, Zhao Cheng let out a sigh of emotion.

"These are topics we once researched as well."

"But your line of thinking is an entirely new direction."

"Holy crap!"

"Are you some kind of genius who suddenly woke up?"

"There seem to have been people like you in history."

"Usually looking like a fool, then suddenly due to some coincidental opportunity..."

"They turn into a peerless genius?"

Zhao Cheng grabbed Lu Feng's shoulders and shook them vigorously.

"Do you have any idea what your paper means?"

"What does it mean? Can I be admitted to a third-tier university?" Lu Feng asked, completely ignoring the fact that Zhao Cheng had just called him a fool!

"Third-tier??? Forget third-tier."

"When the time comes, I estimate all the universities in the Dragon Kingdom will be begging you to attend their schools."

"Really?" Lu Feng couldn't believe it.

"What do you mean 'really' or 'fake'!"

"Teacher Zhao guarantees you can take your pick of any university in the Dragon Kingdom."

"However, I suspect you might not actually end up going to university when the time comes."

"Why?" Lu Feng was perplexed.

"Now is not the time to discuss this."

"Go home first and wait for my call."

"I must personally make a trip to Beijing."

"Beijing?" Lu Feng was confused.

"Yes, I've glanced through it roughly."

"I can't even understand the new concepts you proposed later on."

"As for its actual feasibility, I must find my former mentor to take a look."

"So go home first and wait for news from me."

"Okay!" Lu Feng nodded.

"Then I'll be going. I'll wait for your call, Teacher Zhao."

After Lu Feng left.

Zhao Cheng hurriedly changed his clothes.

Then he took the exercise books and, according to the content he had read...

Roughly assigned them some numbers.

He pulled out his suitcase.

Very solemnly, he packed the exercise books inside.

Holding the suitcase, he hailed a taxi straight to the airport... In a small courtyard in Beijing.

Liu Chengping had just celebrated his 78th birthday two days ago.

If someone said he was old, he wouldn't admit it for a second.

He felt his hearing and sight were clear, and his limbs were flexible.

He would get up every morning to practice Tai Chi.

In the afternoon, he would go to the park to play chess with the other old men.

Bickering a bit was quite interesting.

After years of high-intensity scientific research, he wasn't very used to such a leisurely lifestyle at first.

Now that he was used to it, he found it quite comfortable.

*Whoosh!*

Liu Chengping held both hands level and slowly pressed them down.

His bent legs also straightened up.

He performed a very standard closing move for Tai Chi.

At this time, his wife had already returned from grocery shopping.

Someone was following behind her.

"Old Liu, look who's come to see you?"

Liu Chengping looked up and was immediately delighted.

"Zhao Cheng! You brat, you actually remembered to come see me?" Old Liu joked with a smile.

In the years since Zhao Cheng graduated with his master's degree...

He often kept in touch with his mentor, and unlike other students.

When other students came, they would bring some gifts, put them down, exchange a few pleasantries, and leave.

Zhao Cheng, however, would chat with Liu Chengping for quite a while about the current development of physics and technology in the Dragon Kingdom.

He would even propose some of his own views and insights.

So the relationship between the two had always been maintained well.

Liu Chengping saw that his student was different from before.

Today, Zhao Cheng looked very exhausted, but that was only the outward appearance.

From Zhao Cheng's bloodshot eyes that were shining with light...

Liu Chengping keenly captured a hint that something was not quite right.

In his excitement, Zhao Cheng didn't bother with idle talk.

Right in front of Liu Chengping, he opened the suitcase.

He just spread it out on the floor.

Liu Chengping took a look and found that inside were some messy exercise books.

They seemed to be the kind of notebooks only middle or high school students would use.

Why did Zhao Cheng bring these things for him to see?

"Teacher, take a look, is this feasible?"

"I've grown rusty in my studies, and there are many things I can't understand."

With a puzzled expression, Liu Chengping took the exercise book Zhao Cheng handed over.

In the next moment, his eyes suddenly widened, bulging to an incredible degree.