94: From Technological Warfare to Space Empire

Chapter 99 A person... shouldn't be this talented. What secret lies behind Lin Yu?

Lin Yu stared blankly at the birds outside the window.

Looking at the two wisps of smoke that wouldn't dissipate, I suddenly fell into a daze.

After he stopped speaking, the laughter in the meeting room gradually subsided.

All eyes were actually on him the whole time.

Including Academician Wang.

He understands the principles of scientific research all too well.

A person can be a genius.

What kind of geniuses hasn't someone of his generation seen?

Even those geniuses that ordinary people talk about.

A large portion of them belong to the type of people who can't learn calculus even at the age of 14.

For a time, he was just like Qian Lao.

Did you think that even the dumbest person couldn't learn calculus? I later learned that in this day and age, what ordinary people consider geniuses are just good enough to learn calculus.

But even for him, Lin Yu's current performance can no longer be described as genius.

Even geniuses have their limits.

The technical approaches that Lin Yu demonstrated today.

From HMF to DMF, FDCA, and then to furanyl bicycloalkanes.

The term "genius" simply cannot explain Lin Yu's series of actions.

Each road is so clear, as if it has been walked countless times.

This cannot be explained by a mere burst of inspiration.

There must be some kind of system behind this.

Academician Wang took off his reading glasses and gently wiped them with a soft cloth.

He watched as Lin Yu stared blankly out the window.

He wiped slowly, as if he were organizing his thoughts.

Seeing that Lin Yu didn't react, the others in the conference room slowly and enthusiastically began to discuss the fuel's parameters and performance again.

Only he remained silent.

He glanced at Lin Yu for a moment, then at the dense chemical formulas on the blackboard.

After a moment, he finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Xiao Lin."

After a long silence, Academician Wang suddenly spoke. His voice was not loud, but it silenced the entire conference room, and everyone looked at him.

Lin Yu was also brought back to his senses by Academician Wang's call.

Turning my head, I met the deep gaze of the old academician.

The two looked at each other, and Academician Wang waved.

"Come here."

Lin Yu walked over and stood in front of him. Academician Wang stood up; he was half a head shorter than Lin Yu.

But Lin Yu felt as if he had been seen through.

It made him a little uneasy.

What are you doing?

Just then, Academician Wang spoke up.

He said it word by word.

"Your choice of catalysts, reaction pathways, and parameter settings—"

Hearing this, Lin Yu had a bad feeling.

"This isn't something you can figure out just by reading a book."

"The book has the structure of the catalyst, but it doesn't tell you why it's designed that way."

"The book has reaction formulas, but it won't tell you why this path works and that path doesn't."

"I know perfectly well what can and cannot be written in books."

Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat.

indeed.

Most books from that era were translated from foreign languages.

A small number of domestic books simply don't reach his level.

Given Academician Wang's knowledge, it's no exaggeration to say that he has read most of the books on the market.

But he wasn't lying either.

He didn't say that he was reading books from this era.

He was actually reading papers from later generations.

Since he traveled back in time.

I don't know if it's because of what the system said, that he was a homeless child from Hogwarts, but his learning ability and memory have improved significantly compared to his previous life.

According to his learning ability in his previous life—

He simply cannot speak fluently in front of so many people.

Now, learning this knowledge is a piece of cake.

They even integrated and mastered quite a lot of knowledge.

Academician Wang stared into his eyes, and when Lin Yu felt a little uneasy under his gaze, he finally spoke.

"Do you have a complete theoretical framework behind you?"

"A methodology that can directly derive reaction pathways, catalyst design, and process conditions from molecular structure?"

The moment those words were spoken, the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Commander Li stood there, the cigarette in his hand burning so fast it almost burned his fingers.

The elderly professors looked at each other, as if listening to some kind of fantastical tale.

Chief Hou frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed.

He knew that Lin Yu's knowledge was somewhat exaggerated.

But why it was so exaggerated, he really never thought about it.

If Academician Wang said that, then it would indeed resolve some of his doubts.

Upon hearing Academician Wang's question, Lin Yu remained silent for a few seconds.

How so?

He has actually been copying the knowledge products of another era.

But what Academician Wang said does make a lot of sense.

During his learning process, he did indeed gradually master the skill.

He didn't simply plagiarize.

He is also gradually learning the underlying theories.

He had been thinking about how to explain his skills.

Academician Wang has really given him a good way out.

A few seconds later, Lin Yu nodded.

He began to speak under the expectant gazes of the crowd.

"Yes."

"As expected, you can't hide it from Teacher Wang."

Lin Yu's admission was resounding.

It instantly shattered the peaceful atmosphere in the conference room.

Chief Li jumped up.

Several elderly professors began to look up at the ceiling in silence.

This was far beyond their comprehension.

Chief Hou, on the other hand, nonchalantly lit another cigarette.

He wasn't unsurprised.

Rather, he had become numb after spending too much time with Lin Yu.

Academician Wang's eyes lit up instantly.

He couldn't help but speak up.

"Tell me about it?"

There was a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

He had never heard of this before.

He was just making a wild guess.

If there really is such a thing, then it's knowledge that Lin Yu summarized all by himself.

Lin Yu nodded, took a deep breath, and walked to the blackboard.

With Academician Wang offering such a great opportunity today, it would be a shame not to share my thoughts.

Although this was not the main reason he mastered those technologies.

But he really does know this subject.

"Old Wang is right, this is not inspiration, it is a system."

Lin Yu wrote a few words on the blackboard.

Electronic effects—space effects—energy matching.

Let's start with organic chemistry.

"The essence of organic chemistry is the rearrangement of electron clouds."

"Only when this condition is met can the substitution of various functional groups be triggered."

Whether a reaction can occur depends on the matching of the electron donor and the electron acceptor.

"The reaction chooses a certain path based on the distribution of steric hindrance."

"What conditions are needed for the reaction depends on the level of energy."

He drew a schematic diagram of molecular orbitals.

This thing can indeed be explained by principles.

"Like the 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in the corn we selected."

"Why did we choose HMF? Because it has high activity."

"And its high activity depends on the conjugated system of the furan ring."

"It depends on the electron-withdrawing property of the aldehyde group and the electron-donating property of the hydroxymethyl group."

"The synergistic effect of these three functional groups makes the electron cloud distribution of the entire molecule extremely uneven."

"And this unevenness is the driving force behind the reaction."

Lin Yu's explanation made everyone suddenly understand.

They knew these theories before he said them, but if Lin Yu hadn't mentioned them, they would never have thought of such a solution.

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