Xing Chen enjoyed Theresa's care for a few days in bed, during which he didn't fall into a dream again.
He made full use of his incapacitated time to put together a mechanical design drawing.
"What should I write as keywords? ... Let's use Originium." He opened the school's core journal and searched for the words "Originium." "Someone else actually published an article..."
The Proliferation of Originium and the Subversion of the Law of Conservation of Mass --- Well, it was the good work of a few people from his own lab, but they didn't forget to add their names.
He was even the first author.
He wondered how his advisor agreed to it.
Oh, his advisor also participated and put his name at the very end.
Just as Xing Chen was about to examine the content of the article, his advisor called him.
"Xing Chen, what are you doing? Do you have time to come to the lab today?"
"Advisor, I've been sick for the past few days, not feeling well. I've been in bed for a few days."
"What kind of illness is so serious? You need to take care of yourself. Should I send you more remuneration?"
"No, no, I'm fine now. Can I go to the lab this afternoon?"
"Alright. Oh, by the way, I've inquired about your girlfriend's matter for you. It's a bit troublesome."
"Okay, thank you, teacher."
After the call, Theresa came in, pushing the door with a basin. She skillfully washed the towel, wrung it out, and wiped Xing Chen's body.
"Theresa, my advisor said he's handled your identity matter for you. We'll go get your ID card in a while."
"Mm, okay." The Demon Lord Girl put away the towel, preparing to cover Xing Chen with the quilt.
At this moment, Xing Chen reached out to stop her, indicating that he wanted to get down and walk around.
Theresa didn't stop him; instead, she just as skillfully helped Xing Chen up, letting him slowly adapt to the rhythm of walking.
Xing Chen smiled and asked her why she was so practiced, and the Demon Lord Girl replied that she used to take care of her injured brother the same way.
He hoped Theresis, his future brother-in-law, wouldn't cleave him in half if he found out.
After walking a few laps around the room, Xing Chen gradually got his feeling back.
He had originally intended to return to school alone once he was proficient. However, Theresa was worried and insisted on accompanying him.
"By the way, Theresa, besides taking care of me, what else have you been busy with outside recently?"
"I'm researching how to program using your writing system."
"English? Or machine language?"
"Not those letters similar to the core circle, but those square characters of yours that somewhat resemble Yan Country's." Theresa said earnestly, "I found that they are very well correlated with the continuation of civilization, but I was afraid you'd get hurt, so I didn't dare to research further."
Theresa was a good person, but unfortunately, she was born in Kazdel and sat on the Demon Lord's throne.
"Then you continue your research, don't worry about me."
"Eh, but your body..."
"It's fine, I can handle it. Besides, when you first came to me, didn't you also use the power of the Crown? I was perfectly fine then."
Theresa bit her lip, showing a conflicted expression, "Alright then, if you feel unwell, you must tell me immediately."
"Of course."
The continuation of civilization was a database jointly designed by Prythian and the Seer, storing not only information about humans and Terra but also knowledge of other civilizations.
If Theresa could find an effective way to retrieve information from it, its significance would be far more useful than the superficial Originium technology of the Terra people.
After all, what Terra people's technology could achieve, humans could basically also achieve. It's just that with the help of Originium, they had more efficient energy and more powerful materials... In the afternoon, accompanied by Theresa, Xing Chen returned to the school laboratory.
His advisor and senior fellow students were already in the lab, cracking sunflower seeds and looking at other advisors' messages to the research group.
"Teacher, how did you manage to publish that article?"
The journal at Xing Chen's school was at least a Chinese core journal; ordinary articles weren't that easy to publish, let alone something that challenged scientific understanding.
"I reviewed it myself," his advisor showed his front teeth, smiling and giving Xing Chen a thumbs-up, "It's fine, don't worry about me. If anyone asks, I'll say you published it using my account."
Xing Chen had an incredulous expression, pointing at himself with his finger, wanting to say something but not knowing what.
"It's fine, you're still young and ignorant, no one cares too much if you mess around. I have good connections in the department; the dean and secretary will at most scold me a bit."
He was completely speechless; there was such an operation.
At this moment, his senior fellow student also spoke. Although their article was outrageous, there were indeed experiments that could prove their conclusions.
Moreover, it wasn't just their own enclosed Originium sample; those samples sent out also showed similar situations, but no one believed it.
Xing Chen's advisor had already gone to discuss this phenomenon with other advisors who specialized in theoretical research.
"Our project is mainly focused on guiding production; let those theoretical guys tinker with this kind of perception-subversion ing stuff."
"Speaking of which, teacher, I want to show you something."
Xing Chen held out his hand, and Theresa immediately took out two devices he had made from her bag --- an Originium power source and an Originium motor.
Although they had the word "electric" in them, they didn't actually involve electrical energy; a special kind of energy flowed inside.
Xing Chen called it Originium energy.
Earth did not have Orichalcum, a common metal mineral on Terra, and ordinary steel did not possess the properties of Orichalcum.
Copper did look very similar to Red Gold, but both were still two different substances.
However, during his time in Tara, he tried combining Originium particles with steel and found that the latter could also export energy through a circuit.
"This was just an accident; I'm not quite sure about the specific principle."
Xing Chen and his research group stared at a small piece of Originium that had been removed, and the motor's blades kept spinning.
Theresa didn't understand why Xing Chen and the others were staring blankly at a toy for a three-year-old. After a long while, Xing Chen's advisor suddenly looked up and started tapping on his phone.
"Phew~~~ Xing Chen, this is an incredible invention."
"Yeah, if this thing can be mass-produced, those guys next door making lithium batteries from salt lake brine won't have to work --- this energy density is even more powerful than uranium."
"Hmm, I know, I've already done the design." Xing Chen had Theresa take out his handwritten design draft, "But I don't know how to publish it."
"You don't need to worry about that. You just publish it; leave the rest to me." The advisor said very firmly.
"But I don't have any references or citations. I'm afraid..."
"Then just write that the design doesn't require references."