1970s Gangster Couple NOT MTL

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Xiao Xiao smiled at Professor Wang: "I understand. If I'm not mistaken, you are planning to use this formula to calculate the temperature for separating a certain substance."

"Junior sister, come here quickly. Can't you see the professors are getting angry?" As soon as Xiao Xiao's words fell, the angry looks from the professors instantly turned into surprise.

Zhang Heng saw the professors all quietly looking at Xiao Xiao, and he thought she had spoken nonsense, leaving the professors speechless. After all, being Professor Wang's close disciple, Zhang Heng felt that Xiao Xiao's frivolous actions not only embarrassed Professor Wang but also reflected poorly on him.

However, as soon as he spoke, Professor Xu squeezed him aside and quickly walked up to Xiao Xiao, staring at her intently: "Do you know?" They were indeed conducting a separation experiment, and this formula was just one of thousands in this experiment. Was it possible for Xiao Xiao to discern their objective from just one formula?

Unlike Professor Xu's skepticism, Professor Wang was excited. He pushed Professor Xu aside, "Xiao Xiao, do you have any thoughts?"

"Old Wang, what is this..." Seeing how much Professor Wang valued Xiao Xiao, the other professors finally sensed something was amiss.

Professor Wang waved his hand, not answering their questions, but looked earnestly at Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao crisply said, "I'll give it a try."

"Good, give it a try. Young people have active minds; perhaps you really can solve the problem." Professor Wang eagerly pulled Xiao Xiao to sit down at the table and handed her the calculation steps.

Xiao Xiao glanced at it, took a blank piece of paper, and swiftly rewrote a formula. At first glance, it didn't look much different from the previous formula, except for the location of a square root, but in science and engineering, a tiny mistake could lead to a huge error. Not to mention a misplaced square root, even a wrong decimal point would lead to a completely different result.

Xiao Xiao thought, if these people were to use an abacus, it would take at least three days and nights to calculate this formula. She simply wrote down the result directly.

Professor Xu and the others also gathered around, watching as Xiao Xiao rewrote a formula, paused for a moment with her pen tip at the end of the formula, and then wrote down a number.

If Professor Xu and the others still held a glimmer of hope when Xiao Xiao was writing the formula, the moment she paused only briefly before providing the result, they were convinced that Xiao Xiao was messing around. The formula, though looking simple, involved a huge amount of computation. Even if Xiao Xiao knew the formula, it was impossible for her to calculate the result instantly.

"Old Wang, let your student leave, to avoid causing more trouble." Professor Xu and the others were convinced there was a mistake in the calculation process, not the formula, because these documents were left by experts from Country E before they withdrew. Their country had already succeeded, which meant the information was correct.

Professor Xu and the others had initially learned from experts from Country E, considering them as the authority in their hearts. How could they easily question such authority?

Yet, Professor Wang was unconvinced: "Zhou Gong also said there's nothing wrong with the calculation process, so why couldn't the formula be incorrect?"

Zhou Gong was the first to waver. He was in charge of coordinating the calculations and knew better than anyone that based on the formula provided earlier, their calculations couldn't be wrong, yet the experiment had failed.