"To improve heat insulation, I've stuffed quite a bit inside the mecha. Can the test dummy be a bit smaller..."
Jing Mingqiu walked over and opened the mecha modified by their group. Seeing the thick heat insulation layer inside, his mouth twitched involuntarily.
"Did you stuff too much in? The remaining space can only fit a child about seven or eight years old."
"Professor Jing," the student who had asked the question replied with a sheepish grin, scratching his head. "I was very restrained. He Zhuo's group next door didn't just add insulation inside; they also added a lot of it on the outside."
Jing Mingqiu followed his gaze and saw that the auxiliary mecha, originally only 1.8 meters tall, had been forcibly expanded to over three meters. He couldn't help but freeze.
He Zhuo noticed Jing Mingqiu's gaze and quickly stepped forward, running to him with a fawning smile. "Professor Jing, the competition rules shouldn't have limited the mecha's height, right?"
"There isn't such a limitation, but," Jing Mingqiu looked at the system's scan results, his expression becoming very peculiar, "this method of piling on materials is fine for simply dealing with high temperatures. However, if the temperature fluctuates, with such a drastic temperature difference, so many layers of insulation will inevitably crack due to uneven heating."
He Zhuo patted his chest with confidence. "Professor Jing, don't worry. I've already considered that. I've adopted a special stacking method; it definitely won't crack."
"Is that so?"
Jing Mingqiu glanced at the modification plan provided by the system and said nothing more. He turned and walked towards the other groups, beginning to inquire about their requirements.
The requirements of the remaining groups were similar. Most of them had accidentally occupied some space inside the mecha and hoped Jing Mingqiu could modify the test dummies.
"I understand. Teachers, please handle the modification of the test dummies. I'll go to the adjacent area to debug the testing grounds first."
With a few brief words to delegate the tasks, Jing Mingqiu, accompanied by Mo Ruixue, left the workshop without any intention of modifying them himself.
Adjusting the test dummy to Zhao Geng's physique, showcasing his skills, and successfully seizing the spotlight to prove it was his home turf was enough. Jing Mingqiu wasn't there to do manual labor.
On the way to the adjacent workshop, Jing Mingqiu suddenly felt a void on his right side, a lack of a warm little mountain. He froze for a moment, then turned to look at Mo Ruixue.
"Xue'er, where is Rou Rou? I didn't see her today."
Mo Ruixue shook her head slightly. "I'm not really sure either. She rushed out this morning, and she hasn't replied to my messages..."
"Hiss," Jing Mingqiu recalled the researcher who had been burned to charcoal, and then the guy who had just poisoned someone after plastic surgery. His heart trembled. "Could something have happened to Rou Rou? No, I need to go investigate. Xue'er, I'll leave the rest to you. You just need to press this button later."
"And this one."
Jing Mingqiu pulled out the system scan results of the ten groups' modified mechas, quickly compared them, then grabbed a piece of paper from the desk, wrote a list, and tucked it into Mo Ruixue's arms.
"This is the ranking. You can just read it out according to this list."
Mo Ruixue looked at the ranking list in her arms, her eyes widening involuntarily. "A Qiu, they haven't even tested yet! Where did you get this ranking list? Is this the legendary unfair advantage?"
"What unfair advantage?" Jing Mingqiu raised his hand and ruffled Mo Ruixue's hair haphazardly. "I only need to glance at them to know the level of the mechas they've modified. This upcoming test is just to let them know their own limitations!"
"Xue'er, keep an eye on the venue. I'll be back soon..."
As he spoke, Jing Mingqiu patted his abdomen forcefully. The miniature controlled nuclear fusion reactor hidden underneath activated at 200% overload efficiency, its powerful thrust instantly activating the auxiliary mecha hidden beneath his Hanfu.
Jing Mingqiu's figure turned into a white lightning bolt, rapidly crossing a large part of the campus. Finally, with a slight hook of his hand and a crisp somersault, he broke into the principal's office through the window.
Jing Mingqiu would never do something as foolish as forcing his way through alone when official channels were available.
"Principal, Principal, it's an emergency!" Jing Mingqiu grabbed Feng Weiguo and quickly explained his concerns.
Feng Weiguo quickly comforted Jing Mingqiu, "Don't worry. To prevent anyone from threatening you by capturing someone close to you, the higher-ups have already arranged for guards to secretly protect them. I haven't received any news, which means she isn't in any life-threatening danger."
"You rest here for a bit. I'll make a call and find out what exactly happened with Jing Rou."
Jing Mingqiu didn't have much of an issue with the country arranging guards to secretly monitor his family and friends.
An innocent man is guilty because of his wealth. Jing Mingqiu was well aware that after revealing the system's power, he had become a prized possession, a target of many countries.
And if they couldn't have it, they would destroy it!
The West had done such things more than once.
Five minutes later, Feng Weiguo returned to the office with his phone, his expression complex.
"Mingqiu, the investigation results are out. Student Jing Rou hasn't encountered any trouble, but her father's company is facing joint pressure from over twenty large corporations. Factories have halted production, raw materials are insufficient, and orders have been snatched. They are on the verge of bankruptcy!"
"Huh?" Jing Mingqiu was stunned. "Principal, the project Rou Rou's father is cooperating with me on doesn't have a very high profit margin. Why would so many companies attack them?"
Feng Weiguo sighed, "The companies attacking Jing Rou's father's company are controlled by large multinational groups. They are not after profits, but rather to probe your background and test your relationship with the country."
"You don't need to worry about this. We already have contingency plans for such situations. Since they dare to extend their reach, they should be prepared to have their claws chopped off by us!"
As he spoke, a strong killing intent emerged from Feng Weiguo, and the temperature in the room seemed to drop.
However, for Jing Mingqiu, who had already seen his fair share of grand events, this was nothing. He shrugged indifferently.
"Since you say so, Principal, I won't bother with it. Calculating the time, the test should be ending soon. As the general person in charge of the laboratory, I need to go recruit people."
Jing Mingqiu pushed open the window and was about to jump down when he suddenly turned back. "Oh, right! Principal, how's the interrogation of that guy who came in with plastic surgery to poison things? Which force sent him?"
"If he's stubborn and doesn't say anything, I can provide a formula for a truth serum. You can follow this formula to concoct the medicine, and I guarantee he'll even honestly confess how many times he wet his pants when he was a child."
"Don't underestimate the country's strength too much," Feng Weiguo said with a wry smile. "We have many experts in interrogating criminals. Even if he doesn't speak, we can still extract the intelligence we want from him. Based on the plastic surgery techniques and the viral sequence found on him, he is likely sent by the 'Bangzi' country..."