Chapter 2371: Material Equation, Inheritance Acceleration

A moment later, Xia Duo finished explaining the derivation process, but Mainuonuo did not continue to ask questions; instead, he left behind the sentence, "I will recommend you to the committee," and then his avatar dissipated directly, leaving the Reception Room.

"That was close. It's a good thing you answered it, otherwise Teacher Mainuonuo really might have had my current mentor send me back."

After Mainuonuo left, Gelinqi immediately let out a long sigh of relief, lingering fear still in his heart. Looking at Xia Duo now, he no longer wore the relaxed expression of someone who had just casually helped an old classmate; instead, he held many complex emotions like curiosity and nervousness.

If time could turn back and he were allowed to choose again, he felt he might not necessarily do the same thing. However, everything was going smoothly for now; as long as Maruente could successfully enter Chixin University, then everything he had done would not have been in vain.

"There are still two more teachers' interviews coming up. Are you confident?" Gelinqi asked Xia Duo with a worried look.

"It's hard to say. As long as it's not like what Teacher Mainuonuo just did, I'm probably still confident."

Xia Duo did not speak with absolute certainty. He truly did not have much confidence in handling everything, but he was no longer as anxious about gains and losses as he was at the beginning. Regardless of whether he could enter Chixin University, it would not affect his receiving the latest education in this era.

……

Before long, spiritual light flickered in the Reception Room again, but this time, it was not just one teacher who appeared, but two who came together.

"Gelinqi, Maruente, Mainuonuo has already told us about the situation here just now. We agree with his judgment. Next, Maruente just needs to answer a few more questions to go through the motions."

Upon hearing this, both Xia Duo and Gelinqi could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, Xia Duo did not relax completely; going through the motions still involved a process, and if he were too careless or slack, variables might not necessarily fail to appear.

"Please ask, two teachers."

"Just tell us about a few specific solutions to the Element-Matter Equation! And talk about their discovery process."

It was actually this question. Xia Duo felt he could truly breathe a sigh of relief now; the former was precisely content from the High School textbook, while the latter was related to the history of Magic, which he happened to have read.

The so-called 【Element-Matter】 Equation is, in essence, the transformation process from element to matter, and the specific solutions are the elemental compositions of matter.

Currently, the Red Heart Alliance has only found the elemental compositions of a limited number of substances, and the discovery processes were all accidental. Judging solely from the High School textbook, finding specific solutions for the 【Element-Matter】 Equation should be a frontier research topic.

For a magical civilization, especially one following the Arcane Magic System, one does not actually need to understand the essence of all matter; one only needs to know the elemental composition of a few substances to be able to synthesize them artificially.

For example, Mithril.

But unfortunately, the Red Heart Alliance has not yet been able to find the specific solution to the Element-Matter Equation corresponding to Mithril. While a substance like Iron can already be synthesized artificially, as far as the current situation goes, this alone cannot play a key role.

Referring to the content in the High School textbook here, Xia Duo gave answers for fourteen specific substances including iron, water, and salt. As for the discovery processes, he also provided simple descriptions for each accordingly.

Afterward, the two teachers each asked a few more questions that could also be found in the books, and Xia Duo gave his own answers to each one.

"Very good, we will both recommend you to the committee."

The two teachers came in a hurry and left in a hurry, indeed looking like they were just going through the motions. As for the first one, Mainuonuo, Xia Duo speculated that the three teachers might have discussed it in advance; if he hadn't passed Mainuonuo's hurdle, perhaps there wouldn't have been anything after that.

"All three teachers are members of the Admissions Committee, but their recommendations alone aren't enough to be safe. It will only be truly stable after I pass my mentor's hurdle tonight. My mentor is this year's Chief Executive Commissioner of the Chixin University Admissions Committee. Although he cannot initiate a recommendation directly, he can influence or even decide the final result of the recommendation."

"So that's how it is. Gelinqi, thank you so much this time!" Xia Duo expressed his gratitude sincerely.

According to what Gelinqi said, even if he applied on his own, it would eventually be submitted to the Admissions Committee of each university. Although there was the bonus of the Excellent Service Medal, if there were no other advantages, top universities like Chixin University would generally reject more often than not.

As for recommendations from committee members, you don't even know the person, so why would they help you recommend, or rather, how would they know you are you?

Even in an era like today, the role of channels cannot be underestimated.

……

After leaving the main Crystal Cube Teaching Building, Xia Duo said a word to Gelinqi and went straight to the Library. Knowing that the interview just now had content beyond the syllabus, he had to prepare for the more important interview in the evening.

The main thing was that time was too tight. He hadn't even fully grasped the High School curriculum, and now he had to swallow the University curriculum whole.

However, Xia Duo did not blame Gelinqi for this. Neither the interview time nor the interview content was something the other party could decide. The other party had already helped him enough; one cannot be too greedy or too selfish.

Inside the Library, Xia Duo quickly found the bookshelf containing the University curriculum. It was an entire bookshelf, more than ten times the quantity of the High School one, and this was only the curriculum for the first ten years of University.

Starting from the eleventh year, university students are considered to have finished the previous twenty years of general education and can choose a major. It is also from this year on that the curriculum will focus on research topics under the guidance of a mentor.

With so many books, it was of course impossible for Xia Duo to finish reading them all in less than half a day, but it was not impossible to take a shortcut; there were Inheritance Chambers in the Library that could be used.

Previously, Xia Duo did not want to trouble Gelinqi too much, which was why he refused Gelinqi's payment. But now, this evening's interview was not only related to whether he could truly enter Chixin University, but also whether Gelinqi needed to return to school for re-education. Gelinqi was preparing to cram for himself before seeing his mentor tonight.

If what Mainuonuo said to him earlier might have just been a joke, if he were truly stumped when meeting his mentor tonight, he might really have to return to school to retake courses. His current mentor at the Negative Energy Research Institute was a student of his university mentor, and he owed his current job to his university mentor's recommendation; one who can recommend can naturally also report him.

"Maruente, you use this Inheritance Instrument. I'll use the one next to it. I've already applied for the Wisdom Gem for the University curriculum for you. Let's work hard together!"

"I've put you to expense."

"It's nothing, this little bit of money isn't even enough for the consumption of one of my usual experiments!"

"Regardless, thank you."

Afterward, Xia Duo followed the operating instructions next to the instrument to install the Wisdom Gem onto the instrument. Gelinqi observed for a while, and after confirming that Xia Duo could operate it without his help, he also began to install the Wisdom Gem into his own Inheritance Instrument.

It was just that he was installing not only the University ones but also the High School ones, and the form of inheritance was also different, focusing more on stimulating past memories rather than instilling content.