Chapter 170: Supercharged

All the manuscripts had never left her dormitory and had remained entirely under her watchful eye. When she began her period of seclusion, she had carefully chosen her location for theoretical derivation, avoiding the mistake of working on such confidential matters in public spaces.

"Alright, Wutong, pack up your manuscripts. I will send someone with a safe to pick you up via a special secure channel and escort you to the 624 Research Institute. The laboratories here are quite fully equipped—even if you plan to make explosives, it will be more than enough for you to work your magic!"

Hua Yanxing was merely speaking in metaphor, yet she did not expect her words to become reality.

Wutong was indeed planning to make explosives—and dangerous ones at that, carrying twenty times the unit energy intensity of TNT.

After hanging up, Wutong gathered all her research manuscripts from the past few days.

While deeply immersed in her derivations, she had not noticed the volume, but seeing them piled up beside her, she could truly appreciate the scale. The massive desk was nearly covered by towering stacks of paper. A single safe probably would not be enough to hold them all, which was why she had just asked Director Hua to bring an extra safe along.

Most of these papers contained her derivation processes. She had placed the most crucial engine design blueprints and the manuscripts detailing the preparation processes for N18 and N24 into a separate file folder, which never left her hands.

This was the most vital part. Had time permitted, she would have typed these into digital documents, as a USB flash drive would be much easier to carry. However, her handwritten notes were expansive and fluid, and organizing them into a massive project of digital conversion would take at least a week—far too much of a waste of time.

The security department acted swiftly. As soon as Hua Yanxing filed the report, Zheng Hongming immediately raised the alert level to the maximum and began arranging the operation. Having witnessed Wutong's astounding capabilities several times before, he knew to value her research results above all else, especially since this project involved such a major field.

Cai Yi and his two companions arrived ahead of the rest. After knocking and receiving Wutong's permission, they stood guard over Wutong and the stack of manuscripts in her living room. An Wenshu, in her own way of easing the tension, had also brought Wutong a light afternoon snack, knowing that there would likely be no time to eat during the high-speed transit ahead.

The operation arranged by Zheng Hongming moved very quickly. Within just an hour, Wutong rendezvoused with the special operations squad responsible for escorting her to the 624 Research Institute.

The manuscripts were packed into the safes, with Cai Yi and Wang Jie each locking one to their hands. The two incoming team members provided rear guard protection. The group moved downstairs and boarded the vehicle they had driven over.

The unassuming commercial van was actually constructed with fully modified bulletproof glass. The moment it left the school gates, two vehicles quietly fell in ahead and behind to provide escort, heading straight for the nearest West District military airport.

After arriving smoothly, they boarded a pre-arranged aircraft. Once Wutong and her team were seated, the plane took off immediately, flying directly to the Xizhou 624 Research Institute, the Chinese Missile Research and Testing Base.

There was a dedicated tarmac here, and two hours later, the plane landed directly on site. Hua Yanxing was already waiting on the tarmac and hurried forward the moment the aircraft came to a complete stop.

"Wutong, welcome to the Xizhou 624 Research Institute!" After Wutong stepped off the plane, Hua Yanxing gave her a warm embrace, thanking this young scholar who had traveled thousands of miles without complaint for the sake of the motherland.

Over the past month, she had heard reports of this young girl's work ethic—every single day was spent studying and researching, almost to the point of working day and night. Her dedication and hard work moved and pained her. It was the older generation's inadequacy that had placed such heavy pressure on the shoulders of a single youth.

"Director Hua!" Wutong smiled brightly. She was also delighted to have lived up to expectations and achieved results. "Let's find a convenient place to talk! It wasn't convenient to discuss details over the phone earlier!"

Speaking over the phone presented two problems: first, it was insecure with risks of data leakage; second, complex technical matters could not be explained clearly.

"OfG course, let's head to the office right away!" Without delay, Hua Yanxing led Wutong and the escort team through a series of security checkpoints straight to her office—easily one of the most secure locations in the entire 624 Institute.

Once the target had been securely delivered and handed over to Hua Yanxing, the escort squad withdrew. Cai Yi and his two companions placed the safes down and stepped out of the office to stand guard outside. At that point, only Wutong and Hua Yanxing remained in the office.

Wutong retrieved the most important file folder from the safe and handed it to Hua Yanxing. "Director Hua, this is the supersonic dual-pulse ramjet engine I derived and designed, along with the matching fuel design. Please review its feasibility!"

"You've already derived the engine?!" Hua Yanxing was instantly overjoyed. Even though she had high hopes for Wutong's progress, she never expected that in just over a month, Wutong would not only complete comprehensive studies in the missile sector but also derive a brand-new engine and specifically design its fuel.

As they spoke, Hua Yanxing unfolded Wutong's design blueprints on the desk, revealing the intricate designs and data within.

"...The design core of this engine uses a flame-retardant and heat-insulating layer within the same combustion chamber, equipping each charge segment with an independent ignition system. The control system determines the ignition timing for each charge segment to introduce an energy management mechanism into the engine's operational cycle, meeting the technical requirements for the optimal overall missile trajectory!"

"Considering the relatively large thrust of the two stages, I utilized a two-stage charge with intermittent ignition between the two thrust stages... To improve the thrust-to-weight ratio, I applied a multi-throat flow field calculation model to optimize the structural parameter design of the engine!" Flow fields and turbulence happened to be Wutong's most recent major research topic, making it her specialty, applied here with absolute precision.

Starting from the initial concept, moving through her design considerations, derivation principles, applied technologies, to the expected thrust and kinetic energy—Wutong explained every detail meticulously to Hua Yanxing.

Hua Yanxing had spent twenty years working on missiles and knew every aspect of them like the back of her hand. The moment she laid eyes on the engine design blueprints, her gaze locked onto them, unable to look away. Only those who truly understood the field could appreciate how much technology was packed into this seemingly simple sheet of paper, and how superior it was.

She truly deserved to be an internationally top-tier mathematical genius. That single flow field design alone was a hard nut to crack that her entire team had spent years failing to conquer. They had studied the paper Wutong previously published on flow fields, but it was clear she had not revealed her true full potential there, focusing more on novel solutions to equations.

As Wutong explained, backed by Hua Yanxing's profound expertise, she instantly grasped just how cutting-edge this design truly was. A world-class top-tier design was guaranteed; she would no longer need to envy Director Yang of the 614 Research Institute!

Translating the data to the PL-14 currently under development, the resulting figures brought a flush of excitement and shock to Hua Yanxing's face.

A top-tier design of this magnitude was absolute classified information. She had thought her security arrangements were already sufficiently rigorous, but she realized they were still lacking and she had underestimated Wutong.

The value of this design was immeasurable. Even assigning another team to protect it would not be too many. Fortunately, the journey had been smooth; had any mishap occurred, she would have been a sinner against the state.