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Editors of foreign journals would never have imagined that many in Huaxia Country are also troubled by the practice of paper padding. They even constantly update various review rules just to curb this trend.

Similarly, foreign reviewers simply cannot understand the urgent sense of "now or never" experienced by these domestic material scientists.

Why not seize the opportunity to pad the resume with a few more papers? In the future, when material science papers could be generated by machines, who would still be able to publish them?

Therefore, many people abroad are still baffling over whether such miraculous applications truly exist.

This is actually understandable, as humanity has always been like this.

Every major leap in science has appeared indistinguishable from magic to the people of its time.

Before the invention of the electric light, who could have imagined brightness without flame?

Had anyone not seen the first airplane take to the skies, how could they believe that metal could fly?

Before Deep Blue defeated the world chess champion, could a computer really play chess? Don't make me laugh!

It was only after the global craze of the iPhone 4 that people realized this was a new way to use smartphones.

Clearly, the confusion brought about by the materials science model born in Qiao Ze's office is, in fact, no different.

How could there be such a revolutionary materials science model in this world? It's unscientific!

But if one does not accept this "unscientific" rumor, they cannot explain the papers from Huaxia coming in like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

It is said that all publications were subjected to an emergency administrative order, and material-related papers needed to pass through a mysterious internal committee before external release.

If they hadn't been filtered within Huaxia Country first, even more groundbreaking papers might have been published. Some contend that content that is too advanced to display is directly passed over when submitted for internal approval.

As one can imagine, the public opinion within the world of materials science is incredibly explosive at this moment.

Compared to the domestic situation in Huaxia Country, the environment and resources abroad are significantly lacking.

Initially, domestic materials scientists did not believe it, but those who could, found ways to obtain test codes for verification. Even if someone lacked strong connections and couldn't secure a test code, they could still indulge their curiosity by leveraging various relationships to catch a glimpse inside someone else's lab if they were willing to swallow their pride.

As for these foreign materials scientists, they temporarily have no direct means to ascertain whether this model is real or not.

The only evidence lies in the high-quality papers from Huaxia that have mushroomed recently.

Even more infuriating is that in recent days, the number of papers submitted by Huaxia counterparts has suddenly decreased again. It's said that a very powerful committee has directly halted the practice of paper padding by tightening restrictions on external submissions.

This means that even indirect channels of understanding have been restricted. There are those who consider unconventional methods to gain insight, but with time being of the essence and the task so weighty, not everyone possesses the capability.

There are also experts with connections in Huaxia who began to inquire with their counterparts there. Some were quite candid in confirming the facts as the rumors suggested, while others were deeply apprehensive, unwilling to delve deeper, only offering perfunctory laughter.

With messages being so mixed and no one yet stepping forward to admit to the development of this turn-of-the-century model, the truth has become even more elusive.

It's hard to know what to believe.

Without exaggeration, the information overflowing from Huaxia has thrown the entire world of materials science into chaos at the start of April, even into a state of helplessness. It's unclear what to believe.

If one chooses to believe in this epoch-making model, it means the entire industry's logic is beginning to undergo a fundamental change. A career that one has struggled with for half their life will become history.

If one decides to cover their ears and close their eyes, then they must accept that the capabilities and efficiency of their counterparts in Huaxia might be dozens of times stronger than theirs.

Unless one is not in the field, one surely cannot choose neither option?

Finally, a piece of information seems to have indirectly confirmed that this ultra-modern model has indeed been created.

Huaxia's computational capacity has suddenly been strained, and even at the national level, documents have been released to vigorously encourage and support the development of the supercomputing industry.

According to last year's "World Computing Power Index Assessment Report," Huaxia's computing power ranked second globally, with the overall server market growing by 7.2% and accounting for 28% of the global market share. With such strengths in computing power still strained, one could roughly guess where this sudden surge in demand has emerged from.

After a long wait, the most crucial piece of evidence was finally released to the eager anticipation of the masses.

The Westwood University of Technology Mathematics Institute directly posted a major announcement on its official website.

"Warmly celebrate yet another success achieved by our strategic partner, the Xilin Institute of Mathematics. The materials science theoretical model presided over by Professor Qiao Ze has been widely praised."

Clearly, Xu no longer fears making a big fuss this time.

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Xilin University of Technology.

For Xu Dajiang, he was ready to be reassigned to an uneventful post, reading newspapers.

Actually, being a librarian wasn't bad at all.

It might not pay much, but it would be a quiet job close to home.

From his perspective, if Qiao Ze were to leave, serving as the dean of the School of Mathematics would become rather meaningless. He might as well retire while he was ahead.

That way, the legend of Xu Dajiang would continue to resonate throughout the School of Mathematics at Xilin University of Technology.

After all, the foreseeable truth was that once Qiao Ze left, no matter who took over as dean, the institute would begin its decline after reaching this pinnacle.