Liu Gu took a deep look at Qi Yuan. Reviewing Qi Yuan's results would inevitably offend Tan Qiu. However, as a member of the Hazard Management Department, coupled with the pressure from Ke Shoulin and Feng Qian, he had no choice but to make this trip.
Liu Gu did not want to offend Tan Qiu too much, but he also did not want to be hated by Ke Shoulin and Feng Qian. Originally, he only wanted to take out the Tesseract Qi Yuan used for the assessment and let Tan Qiu and Feng Qian examine it themselves.
This way, no matter what the results of the examination were, Tan Qiu and Feng Qian could negotiate it themselves.
However, he did not expect that Qi Yuan, as the accused party, would take the initiative to ask for another round.
Was he fearless?
Or was he really confident that he could pass the review?
Tan Qiu had obviously expected Qi Yuan's choice. She glanced at Feng Qian and said, "Who has a Rank 2 Tesseract? Bring one over."
A Rank 1 researcher who was fiddling with a Rank 2 Tesseract immediately raised his hand when he heard Tan Qiu's words.
"I have one here!"
Tan Qiu took the Tesseract and checked it casually before handing it over to Feng Qian.
"Since the three of us are witnesses to this review, it's best to check it to prevent anyone from tampering with it!"
Feng Qian took the Tesseract silently. With his eyesight, he could naturally see that there was no problem with the Tesseract. However, he still checked it carefully before handing it over to Zheng Yan.
Although Zheng Yan acted like he was watching a show, he was meticulous when he checked the Tesseract.
After confirming that there was no problem with the Tesseract, Zheng Yan looked at Liu Gu and asked with a smile,
"We've already checked it. Do you want to check it again?"
Liu Gu shook his head and rejected Zheng Yan's suggestion without hesitation.
"The joint testimony of three members of the Academic Committee is enough to convince anyone. You guys are the authorities in this area, so I won't embarrass myself!"
Zheng Yan sized up Qi Yuan and handed the Tesseract to him with a smile.
"Are you interested in changing places?
If you're willing to go to the storm lab, I can directly give you the status of a first-class researcher. As long as you can publish a paper on Hope based on the Berserker's research, you can be promoted to a second-class researcher at any time. "
Before Qi Yuan could speak, Tanqiu raised his eyebrows.
"Zheng Yan, aren't you afraid that you'll be kicked out for trying to steal from our laboratory in front of so many of us?"
Zheng Yan chuckled.
"Qi Yuan hasn't officially obtained the status of an assistant researcher yet, so he's not a member of your laboratory yet. Therefore, it's not considered poaching."
Zheng Yan looked at Qi Yuan and said solemnly, "You haven't even entered the laboratory and you've already offended so many people. Why don't you go to the Storm Laboratory for a change of environment?
I can use my personality to guarantee your safety. If you're worried, I can assign you a level five ability user as your personal bodyguard. If you live, he lives. If you die, he dies. How about that? "
Whoring a Tier 5 for free?
Qi Yuan was shocked in his heart. Since when was Tier 5 so common?
In the face of Zheng Yan's conditions, Qi Yuan was indeed a little tempted.
A level five ability user as his personal bodyguard was completely enough to keep him alive until he reached Tier 4 or even Tier 5!
Unfortunately, the checkpoints were all refreshed in the Black Steel Shelter. He couldn't leave at all in a short period of time.
At this moment, with the appearance of a berserker, the glory of victory, and Zheng Yan raising his status here, Qi Yuan decided to take the opportunity to fish for another wave.
"What I want is not an assistant researcher, nor a level one researcher. I want the status of a level two researcher!" Qi Yuan said calmly.
Compared to a level one researcher, a level two researcher with the Academic Committee was considered to have the ability to protect himself!
A level two researcher!
The researchers who were watching by the side immediately looked at Qi Yuan as if he was a madman.
A wilderness refugee wanting to surpass an assistant researcher, a level one researcher, and directly become a level two researcher. If this wasn't a madman, then what was?
Even Feng Qian took nearly four years to walk the path of an assistant and a level one researcher. With four years of accumulation, he finally became a level two researcher.
What right did you have to jump three levels after coming in?
Even if someone really used only 30 minutes to restore the level two Tesseract, it was impossible to directly obtain the status of a level two researcher.
This was no longer raising the price on the ground, it was wishful thinking!
Zheng Yan was also choked by Qi Yuan's exorbitant demand. The promotion of researchers in every laboratory had strict assessment standards.
Giving a level one researcher status was already the limit of what he could do.
Although Qi Yuan proved his attainments in Mechanical Armament research through the berserker and was not inferior to most level two researchers, this did not directly bring him the status of a level two researcher.
To a certain extent, the status of a level two researcher was stronger than the status of the various shelters.
The M4 or P4 of the Black Steel Shelter was only useful in the Black Steel Shelter. Leaving the Black Steel Shelter, this status would inevitably be greatly reduced and even worthless.
However, the status of a researcher was different. A level two researcher of the Black Steel Shelter would go to any shelter under the Doomsday Munitions, or even any shelter under the Gate of Truth and the Flesh Alliance.
This was why the status of a researcher was so strong!
This was also one of the reasons why the status of the laboratory was so high!
It was also because the status of a researcher was so strong that every level two researcher and above needed to be filed with the Academic Committee.
The Academic Committee set a restrictive threshold for the promotion of level two and above researchers in each laboratory.
Although the detailed conditions for the promotion of a level two researcher were different in each laboratory, there would be the threshold set by the Academic Committee — academic points!
There was only one way to obtain academic points, and that was to publish papers in academic journals!
Without publishing academic papers and obtaining enough academic points, even if Merlin came in person, it was impossible to break this rule and promote a level two researcher.
No matter which shelter's laboratory wanted to be recognized by the Academic Committee and wanted to be recognized by other laboratories, they had to abide by this default rule of the game.
In most laboratories, the academic point threshold for the promotion of a level two researcher was around 100 points. Only the Storm Shelter, due to the special situation, had a lower point threshold of only 50 points.
Several of the top academic journals had their own detailed rules for the academic points for each paper according to the research content, the level of research, and the signature of the paper.
Those papers that were subversive, groundbreaking, and had a great impact, or high-level strength naturally brought more academic points than ordinary academic papers.
The academic points brought by independently published papers and co-signed papers were different.
The academic points obtained by the first author, second author, and third author were also different.
Most of the assistant researchers and level one researchers did not have the ability to independently publish papers in these academic journals. Most of them carried out research and experiments in other powerful laboratories with the help of others, and then used the signature of the second or even third author to gain some academic points.
Under the accumulation of little drops, they slowly crossed the threshold of 100 academic points.
Most of the researchers would only be able to accumulate enough experience and skills to publish independently after advancing to Tier 2.
With the Berserker's powerful capabilities, it was entirely possible for him to write a few independent theses. Although he was limited by his Tier 3 strength, and it would be difficult for him to obtain a generous return of Academic Points, if Qi Yuan were to write his own thesis, obtaining 50 Academic Points would not be a difficult matter.
This was also why Zheng Yan was confident that Qi Yuan could quickly advance to a level two researcher in the Storm Laboratory.
Looking at the high-spirited Qi Yuan, Zheng Yan suddenly had a headache. He could accept the pride of strength, and the Storm Laboratory indeed needed Qi Yuan's expertise in mechanical equipment. However, he could not fulfill the conditions that Qi Yuan wanted.
"Qi Yuan, no laboratory can immediately give you the status of a level two researcher!
I can give you the status of a level one researcher and the treatment of a level two researcher in advance. When you have enough academic points, I can immediately give you the status of a level two researcher! "Zheng Yan persuaded.
Zheng Yan's conditions were already very generous, to the point that many of the assistants and level one researchers could not help but feel envious.
However, Qi Yuan did not respond. He only looked at Tanqiu calmly. Since he took the initiative to ask for the status of a level two researcher, he naturally had his own confidence.
Qi Yuan's confidence came from the paper that he had given to Tanqiu. Although that paper was only a level three energy matrix, it had great applicability. It could almost push all level three mechanical equipment to a large step forward. Furthermore, this was an independent paper. Qi Yuan had enough confidence to obtain 100 academic points.
"I can give you the status of a level two researcher!" Tanqiu said calmly.
Before he finished, Zheng Yan and Feng Qian's eyes fell on Tanqiu at the same time.
"Tanqiu, do you know what you're talking about?" Feng Qian said coldly.
"The rule set by Mo Lin is that if you want to advance to a level two researcher in the laboratory, you need 100 academic points!
How are you going to let Qi Yuan cross this threshold? "
"Moreover, according to the rules, advancing beyond one's level is considered a special promotion. If Qi Yuan wants to advance to a level two researcher, he needs at least two recommendations from the academic committee. Do you think the other academic committee members will be as crazy as you?"
A joint recommendation from the academic committee members was not a regular promotion. It was a special reward given to outstanding researchers under certain special circumstances.
The threshold for the academic committee members was higher than that of the researchers. Most of the academic committee members were level four, and there were very few level three researchers. In the entire Black Steel Shelter, there were no more than ten members of the academic committee. Under normal circumstances, they would not use a joint recommendation.
Among the many researchers in the Black Steel Shelter, only Tanqiu had enjoyed such an honor.
When she was still an assistant researcher, she had independently published a few high-quality papers and obtained more than 100 academic points. After that, under the joint recommendation of a few academic committee members, she was promoted from an assistant researcher to a level two researcher.
This kind of thing was too rare. Most researchers would only get a few joint recommendations in their lifetime.
Zheng Yan frowned. He suddenly remembered what Tanqiu had said before. Tanqiu had said that she wanted his help. Could it be a joint recommendation?
Although there were a few academic committee members in the Black Steel Shelter, they would definitely not make a joint recommendation for a wilderness refugee. For them, there was no need to make a joint recommendation, and it would also offend Feng Qian.
Tanqiu had been promoted to a level four researcher too quickly, and the time was too short. She did not have much interaction with the other academic committee members. She could not be compared to Feng Qian who had been in the academic committee for many years. That was why she called me over.
Tanqiu wanted to jointly recommend Qi Yuan with me!
With our recommendation, Qi Yuan would only need one more threshold to advance to a level two researcher, and that was academic points.
Could it be that Tanqiu had a way to let Qi Yuan bypass this threshold?
Although the threshold for academic points was fixed, people were still alive. If some unusual methods were used, it was indeed possible to bypass this threshold.
For example, co-authorship her own paper with Qi Yuan.
With Tanqiu's current research level, even if it was just a co-authorship, it could easily bring Qi Yuan more than 100 academic points.
But this kind of behavior was almost equivalent to academic fraud!
It would be fine if there was no evidence, but if there was evidence, not only would Tanqiu lose her academic committee member status, she would also lose her level four researcher status.
With Feng Qian's personality, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity to add insult to injury!
What was the relationship between Tanqiu and Qi Yuan? For him, Tanqiu was willing to reject Asterite, reject the research materials of the Angel of Destruction, and was even willing to bet her own future!
From the beginning to the end, Zheng Yan did not know that Qi Yuan had already published an independent paper on "Hope". Moreover, it was an excellent paper that could bring a lot of academic points. It was a unique and groundbreaking paper.
Faced with Zheng Yan's doubts and Feng Qian's doubts, Tanqiu did not seem to care. She looked at Qi Yuan and asked:
"Do you need to treat your injuries first?"
Qi Yuan smiled slightly.
"It's just a level two Tesseract. It won't take too much time. I can wait until it's restored before treating my injuries!"
Qi Yuan was full of confidence. Since Tanqiu had already given him the answer, he knew that his promotion to a level two researcher was already in the bag. She did not say anything now purely because she wanted to give Feng Qian a slap in the face!
Although Feng Qian had suffered a loss in the matter of the berserker, the slap did not directly land on him. Tang Hong and Ke Long had become his scapegoats. However, the next slap would definitely land on Feng Qian's face.
Although this slap would not be able to topple Feng Qian, it could be considered as some interest for Qu Shi!
Liu Yi took out a mechanical clock and placed it on the table next to him. He pressed the start button and a ticking sound could be heard. Liu Yi said to Qi Yuan:
"You can start now!"
Qi Yuan took a deep breath. Energy Control, Data Center, and Area Detection were all activated at the same time. On top of the colorful Tesseract, stars of various colors suddenly flashed rapidly.
The flashing Tesseract quickly attracted everyone's attention. All the onlookers widened their eyes at the same time and looked at the Tesseract in Qi Yuan's hand in astonishment.
The speed at which Qi Yuan moved the energy nodes was too fast!
It was so fast that they felt a little dazzled. Regardless of whether Qi Yuan moved the nodes correctly or not, at least this kind of speed was beyond their understanding.
However, from another point of view, to complete the restoration of this Tesseract in half an hour, it would indeed require this kind of lightning-fast speed!
Looking at the flashing lights, a thought that had never occurred to the onlookers flashed through their minds.
Could it be that Qi Yuan could really restore this level two Tesseract in half an hour?