Ninth class citizen

Chapter 99: Can a source energy circuit be formed?
General Manager Jin gave up the idea of reminding the president and just grinned at the uninvited old man.

Behind the old man, a group of students from the Mecha Maintenance Department have divided into groups and occupied other processing tables, starting to complete the repair tasks assigned by their instructors.

But from time to time, someone would look over here, quite curious about the person who could attract the attention of their mentor.

The old man ignored General Manager Jin. He raised his right hand slightly, and his index finger gently moved in the air, as if he was conducting a band performance.

General Manager Jin watched for a long time before realizing that his movements were imitating Nan Rong's hand movements.

He was copying with his hands and making clicking sounds with his mouth, no one knew what he was mumbling, but his eyes gradually narrowed and a bright light appeared in them.

After the last stroke, the countdown in Nan Rong's vision showed only 35 seconds left.

She kept working, quickly using detergent and clean water to clean the inside and outside of the micro-spray gun before the lapis lazuli's accompanying hard film completely solidified.

While it was being cleaned, a hand stretched out from the side and headed straight for the three-edged spike.

The president also wanted to take action, but he was a step too slow.

He frowned, frost formed on his hands, and just as he was about to attack, he saw the owner of the hand out of the corner of his eye.

It’s that little old man, who is also the current dean of the Component College and also serves as a tutor in the Mecha Maintenance Department.

General Manager Jin shook his head at the president and pulled him back a step.

It's really a waste of this three-edged spike. I think Dean Pei also can't stand wasting things.

He is not a good-tempered person. The president and General Manager Jin have seen him lose his temper with the students more than once, and sometimes he even takes his anger out on the club members who are participating in activities here.

So the mistake was an accident. In front of Dean Pei, he was bound to be reprimanded for such a reckless act.

But she was not a student of the Mecha Maintenance Department, so apart from being scolded, she probably wouldn't receive any substantial punishment. All the two of them could do was to move aside to avoid being affected by his anger.

Fortunately, the material and appearance of this weapon still have selling points. Although it may not be delivered to the Star Capital in time, we should be able to find buyers willing to bid in the Hexi Province.

While the two were daydreaming, Dean Pei's hand came up empty.

Nan Rong hung the micro-spray gun back to its original position with one hand, and with the other hand he had already grasped the three-edged spike. He took a step back and turned around, with the tip of the spike pointing at Dean Pei.

"Hiss!" The president and General Manager Jin took a breath of cold air at the same time.

"Oh my God!" The students who were peeking at the workbench also exclaimed in shock.

In the Mecha Maintenance Department's territory, they pointed weapons at Dean Pei, who was known for his explosive temper. Was this new member of some club crazy?

Dean Pei, who was the center of everyone's attention, rarely showed any anger.

There was a strange smile on his face: "The little girl is quite skilled."

Seeing that Nan Rong was just looking at him calmly without saying anything, Dean Pei patted his senior instructor badge again and introduced himself: "Are you a freshman in the Component College? I'm Pei Guang, you should have seen me at the opening ceremony."

The last name is Pei, and he lost everything? What an unlucky name!

Nan Rong frowned and did not shake the hand that was extended to her. Her disdain was so obvious that it embarrassed the president and General Manager Jin.

"Wrong, wrong!" General Manager Jin pushed Nan Rong and said, "This is Dean Pei from the Components Institute, a fourth-level federal component engineer!"

"Oh, hello, Dean." Nan Rong responded casually, turned around and connected the three-edged spike to the detector, and at the same time brought up a large void screen.

"Ah, Dean Pei." The president immediately stepped forward, held Pei Guang's hands with both hands, and said enthusiastically: "This is our club's new member. She is not very good at dealing with people, especially idols like you. I don't mean to disrespect you at all, please don't be offended."

Dean Pei pulled his hand back calmly.

"How can your rubbish club recruit such talents?" He rolled his eyes at the president, turned his head at the other's embarrassed expression, and looked at the empty screen.

"I'm curious about what the final product of this pattern will look like," he muttered to himself.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you." General Manager Jin interrupted, "Secretary Wu is still a novice. She just designed this diagram and it hasn't passed the energy circuit test yet. I wanted to use more superconducting materials to practice, but... you've seen it all."

"Newbie?" Dean Pei smiled. "I don't think so. Her wrist is very steady, and her engraving movements are extremely smooth. She is better than the senior students in the Components Academy. Maybe she can give me a little surprise."

"You think too highly of her." The president has adjusted his mood by now: "The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. It's better not to have any expectations from the beginning, so that you can keep a calm mind."

At this moment, Nan Rong had connected all the wires in sequence and pressed a series of buttons.

A bright blue light penetrated the body from below the three-edged spike and immediately projected the pattern inside onto the large screen.

There was a sudden silence all around.

The processing tables that had been working with a creaking sound previously also fell silent.

The mecha maintenance major actually belongs to the Component College. After careful observation, I gradually figured out the tricks.

The pattern of the whole picture is neither complicated nor simple, but the important thing is that the strokes are evenly thick and completed in one go.

The three first-order ice energy patterns seemed to be copied, with no difference in shape, size or internal structure.

The two basic patterns of "Toughness" and "Armor Breaking" surrounding the outer circle are perfectly connected in the middle with the "Merge" pattern, repeating over and over again with an indescribable beauty.

There are also superconducting materials. The iron-gray color with a bronze luster should be the liquefiable hard film associated with lapis lazuli.

They had all come into contact with that thing before. It was notoriously slippery and difficult to control. Dozens of materials were needed to gradually master its properties and draw the simplest basic patterns. But for something like this, don't even think about it.

This combination pattern can be regarded as a masterpiece in terms of both composition, design and painting.

“I see.” Pei Guang’s eyes lit up, and he looked very excited. He didn’t care that Nan Rong didn’t like him very much, and urged directly: “What are you waiting for? Turn on the source energy and check whether a circuit can be formed!”

The president and General Manager Jin had never expected that Nan Rong could engrave this pattern in such a short time and in one breath, and engrave it so evenly and perfectly.

But the matter is back to the beginning. Whether a source energy pattern can be used depends on whether it can form a source energy circuit.

(End of this chapter)