Deep Space Wandering Fleet

Chapter 94: Chapter 96 The Rise of a New Star

Academician Ding said with a somewhat profound meaning, “The turbulence problem, ah, was once solved by your father thirty years ago, and once again in your heart. With the winning spirit, as swift as a horse in full gallop, one day you will witness all the flowers of Chang’an… I hope you never forget your original aspiration and continue to strive on this difficult path.”

“With this paper, you can now graduate early.”

“Congratulations.”

“Congratulations!”

The several senior brothers and sisters behind him were also incessantly discussing the miracle they witnessed today. They rubbed their hands in excitement, including Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Brother Luo, and Miss Anna.

In human history, the best solution to the turbulence problem, to this date, had emerged from this barren laboratory.

To be captured by this genius junior brother was simply unbelievable!

In fact, they had never really had high hopes that Zhang Yuan could solve this problem and had only offered a bit of assistance within their capacities.

The eventual outcome far exceeded expectations.

A rising new star!

“Having solved this problem, can you treat me to spicy hotpot?” Miss Anna muttered quietly. She originally wanted to tease Zhang Yuan a bit, but in front of so many master-level figures, she simply didn’t dare.

“Thank you, I sincerely thank everyone,” Zhang Yuan bowed deeply.

His peers had provided a lot of help during this process. Without them, his paper would not have been published so quickly.

The sense of achievement and solidity that came after the genuine experimental results were out could not be described in words…

A week later, Zhang Yuan finally completed the paper in its entirety and submitted it to the academic journal founded by Deep Space University, “All Things Theory.”

…

As the one-year deadline approached, Jupiter, the massive gaseous planet, was now within striking distance. With the naked eye, one could see it had grown as large as a millstone. The wooden textures, formed by temperature differences at various latitudes in the thin layers of the atmosphere, were quite beautiful.

Next to Jupiter was a small terrestrial planet—Jupiter’s moon, which also acted as humanity’s farthest space base to date.

Perhaps because it was close to a planet, the oppressive atmosphere inside the spaceship gradually eased.

Whether they were adaptable or not, they had to adapt in any case.

The final work assessment was about to start, and many had mentally prepared for a long winter hibernation, especially those without special achievements.

On this day, the principal of Deep Space University, Xia Xu, and the editor-in-chief of “All Things Theory,” Professor Zhang Xiaoyong, were sighing together.

“… So, before hibernation, I was thinking of increasing the influence of ‘All Things Theory’… You could let me publish an issue of the journal, though, with such a few papers, what can we do?”

“Once we enter hibernation, there will be no more of our journal on Earth.”

“… To publish these filler papers, you might not be embarrassed, but I am!”

The academic journal “All Things Theory,” though originating from a year-old university like Deep Space University, naturally didn’t have much influence.

On Earth, it was just a poor caterpillar that couldn’t crack the top 1000, with very few people aware of it beyond some universities and paper repositories that subscribed out of goodwill.

Scientific researchers wouldn’t think highly of you just because you are “Earth Era”; a paper produced by a new civilization had to be based on actual quality. Trash was trash.

Principal Xia spread his hands helplessly, “So what do you suggest? There are a few submitted papers but mostly filler material.”

“If there are no good papers, it would be better not to publish!”

This matter deeply troubled them.

However, papers weren’t something that could be rushed, nor could they be improved by administrative order.

Most crucially, the academic journal from the neighboring Star University—”Star Journal”—was thriving.

Excellent papers on photo-catalysis, gene matching, Light Stagnation, all produced by Star University, had also received positive responses on Earth.

Despite the unrefined name of “Star Journal,” it had gained some notoriety because of those quality papers!

Compared to that, Deep Space University had nothing to show, which was incredibly frustrating for both individuals.

“Could it be that the name ‘All Things Theory’ we chose was too grand, scaring people away from submitting?”

“It’s not about the name. Look at ‘Science’ and ‘Nature’; aren’t they grand names?”

“Is it that we have too few geniuses in the university? That shouldn’t be the case; it was a fair distribution at the start… I think it’s just bad luck.”

“Old Xia, you still need to rigorously cultivate the academic atmosphere.”

Principal Xia smiled bitterly. Cultivate the academic atmosphere?

The academic atmosphere was already quite formidable, truly.

These graduate and doctoral students weren’t undergraduates; surely they couldn’t be forced to attend mandatory night self-study sessions and have monthly tests, right?

Impossible!

“Knock, knock, knock,” at this moment, the door to the meeting room sounded.

Speaking of the devil, the person they least wanted to see walked in—the editor-in-chief of “Star Journal,” Mr. Daniel.

Following him were a bunch of experts and professors from Star University.

Daniel, a Westerner in his fifties, had consistently outperformed Deep Space University, and his face was full of glee.

The two of them stopped talking as these people entered. Although they got along well in private, they were direct competitors, and internal matters couldn’t be divulged to outsiders.

This foreigner didn’t know the meaning of modesty, speaking bluntly as soon as he opened his mouth, “… Our ‘Star Journal’ editorial office received a rather good paper, however, due to limitations in professional knowledge, there was some disagreement about the content. Therefore, we invite you two authorities to take a look at this paper.”

Principal Xia frowned slightly. What does he mean by ‘limitations in professional knowledge’?

It was clearly a boastful display!

This old fellow…

At that moment, Principal Xia was fervently hoping for the emergence of a legendary-level paper that could leave this old man speechless.

Still, he had to maintain a facade of nonchalance.

Principal Xia spoke indifferently, “What paper? Let me see it.”

It was a paper on new types of nanomaterials, indeed within his field of expertise.

Staring at the various data and formulas on the screen, Xia Xu wanted to find something to criticize but could only come up with a few trivial points after a long search.

The paper’s format and grammar certainly didn’t need his judgment.

He could see no issues with the experimental data. While a competitor, he trusted Professor Daniel’s character; the paper wouldn’t have falsified data, an academically dishonest practice.

After scribbling a few notes on the screen, Professor Xia asked, “I have a question. Studies on the behavior of half-filled correlated insulators have been quite thorough, haven’t they? The calculations in this paper show a significant discrepancy compared to current experimental results. How would you explain that? Doesn’t it need to be optimized before publication?”