[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me-":3,"chapter-i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-783":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Focused on Science, But You Want to Trick Me Into Love?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2333919,4563,"Chapter 783","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-783",783,"\u003Cp>December 4, Saturday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou originally planned to go out for exercise with Song Yao, but he ended up staying in the lab until 5:30 p.m., working over five hours, and made some progress—drafting a framework with the researchers for mitigating high thermal load impacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou stepped out of the lab, pulled out his phone, first notified Song Yao, then prepared to meet Xu Zhengyang and the others: “Have you eaten?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I boiled noodles with leftover dishes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eating noodles for dinner? Watch out, you’ll get fat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft, you just got out of the institute after I went running this afternoon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, I was just heading toward Changchun Garden.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Drink less.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it. Alright, talk later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou hung up and headed for the parking lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold wind from the northwest howled, thick with winter’s chill; snow from a few days prior still clung to bare branches, and sunlight cast swaying shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking alone along the institute’s path, he sometimes still felt a sense of unreality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to two years ago, the roadside trees had grown thicker, giving the place the feel of a veteran research institute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All work on the Longwan demonstration reactor is now on track; by this time next year, we should be able to conduct the first ignition experiment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides the demonstration reactor, miniaturizing the tokamak is another direction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Future needs in aerospace, distributed energy, and other fields exist—take aerospace, for example: the Qiankun tokamak weighs 25,000 tons, but spacecraft propulsion systems require masses under 450 kilograms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once energy is solved, the focus of competition will inevitably shift to space.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou pondered, turned a corner, and headed toward the parking lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The U.S. has already announced a series of plans; NASA’s MARVL project, for instance, aims to use fusion reactors to generate electricity, ionize propellants for thrust, and reduce Mars transit time to under two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tokamak technology suits spacecraft, but base energy supply still requires stellarators.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Progress on the CFQS stellarator remains slow, lagging behind Germany and the U.S., even falling slightly behind Japan; China’s foundation in stellarator construction is still too weak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the CFQS stellarator was first launched, it had Japanese technical support; a cooperation agreement was signed, but relations have strained over recent years, leaving China to proceed alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, through prior exchanges, Xu Qingzhou obtained Germany’s W7-X plasma confinement optimization and diagnostic and heating technologies; otherwise, CFQS’s construction would have been far more difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the chance arises, we still need to acquire more tech from them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou was thinking of Kling and the others’ stellarator tech when he arrived at the parking lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Professor.” Liu Bin was already waiting by the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To Changchun Garden neighborhood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou shook off his thoughts and told Liu Bin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty minutes later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou arrived at the old gathering spot: Lao Jingdu Hot Pot Restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou entered the private room and found only Xu Zhengyang there; he asked: “Has Lao Zhai and Lao Kong not arrived yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just earlier in the group chat, both had said they were already on their way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They said they’re coming any minute,” Xu Zhengyang smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou sat down, sipped hot tea to dispel the winter chill: “Let’s order then—come to think of it, I really miss this taste.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d been brainstorming all afternoon; he was genuinely hungry now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Xu Zhengyang, who had shaved his head into a crew cut: “Why the buzz cut?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy had once declared in undergrad he didn’t want to keep studying, yet now he was already in his first year of doctoral studies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shorter looks sharper.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyone who doesn’t know would think you just got out of jail.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft, I’m this handsome—I don’t need to commit crimes; I could just find a rich woman and live off her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Zhengyang flirtatiously ran his fingers through his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I recorded that. I’ll send it to Chen Shiqi right away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough~ No, I was joking—if she hears this, I’ll be sleeping on the sofa tonight,” Xu Zhengyang groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your household status...”\u003C\u002Fp>",677,"2026-06-20T21:06:45.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e5535a393952e8dde09abb77ab6487a580e33f9a688b4b29301c0953f729b87c","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-784","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-782",790,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--cover.jpg"]