Chapter 500: Resolved

There was absolutely nothing wrong with the engine’s design.

You could even say it was ahead of its time.

The manufacturing precision of the components was flawless as well.

Everyone was shocked to hear the problem was with the materials.

"How could there be a problem with the materials?"

The base materials were all rigorously tested and produced in strict accordance with the specifications derived from our experiments.

And they had all passed their tests.

Fu Mingxue spoke again. "Defects in the material’s crystal lattice are causing the metal to have insufficient resilience. That’s what’s causing the cracks to appear."

Someone raised an objection. "But there weren’t any problems during the earlier tests."

"The earlier tests weren’t long enough, which is why this problem didn’t surface. The rotational speed you’re testing at now is over three times that of the original tests, isn’t it?"

Fu Mingxue’s words left everyone speechless.

It was true. They had run it for over three times as long—they wanted to test its limits.

Just then, the chief engineer asked, "How do we solve this and make a breakthrough?"

Fu Mingxue: ’...?’

’You think I can just pull a solution out of thin air?’

"Give me a private lab and have some materials sent over."

The chief engineer naturally had to agree to her request. "Alright. I’ll arrange it for you immediately."

Fu Mingxue took three days.

For those three days, she spent most of her time consulting the books in her space.

She read the few books on the subject of materials until the pages were practically worn thin.

Moreover, it cost her a lot of money.

Thankfully, the money wasn’t spent in vain—she really did find an answer.

However, she still had to work out the specific ratios herself.

The system’s books were meant to have her learn and apply the knowledge, not just give her a result to copy verbatim.

After another three days, the factory successfully produced a test sample using the data and ratios she provided.

What happened after that was none of her concern.

The chief engineer expressed his gratitude, and then she was sent home.

She hadn’t been home in six or seven days, and she felt utterly exhausted when she returned.

After all, for the past six days, she had been sleeping for less than three hours each night.

"Mom, I’m home!" she called out wearily.

"Oh, dear, why do you look so worn out? How long has it been since you’ve slept?"

"It’s not that I haven’t slept, I just haven’t slept much. Is there anything to eat? I’m hungry. I’ll grab a bite and then go take a nap."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Fu said hurriedly, "I happened to make dumplings for lunch. I’ll go boil some for you now."

She hurried into the small kitchen.

Meanwhile, Fu Mingxue went to wash up.

She hadn’t brought any spare clothes with her, but thankfully, she had things like underwear in her space.

She just hadn’t changed her outerwear.

’I couldn’t just magically produce a new set of outerwear, after all.’

Still, they had provided work clothes for her to wear there.

"Mommy!"

Seeing she was home, the two little ones immediately ran toward her.

Fu Mingxue was overjoyed to see their rosy, tender faces.

"Be good, you two. Mommy’s dirty. Let me go wash up, and I’ll hug you in a little bit!"

"Mommy smells nice! Not dirty."

Qin Keke ran over and hugged Fu Mingxue anyway.

Seeing how adorable her little girl was, Fu Mingxue couldn’t help but bend down and scoop her into her arms.

"Such a good girl!"

She planted two smacking kisses on the little girl’s cheek.

Then she put her down. "I’ll hold you more in a little bit. Mommy is going to get all clean first."

The little girl chirped, "Okay!"

Fu Mingxue returned to her room, found a change of clothes, and went into the small bathroom—

By the time she came out, showered and dressed in clean clothes, Mrs. Fu had already finished boiling the dumplings.

"Hurry over and eat."