Chapter 88: Chapter 88: Chloe Sinclair Takes the Stage
After she finished, the judges still didn’t seem to have any questions. Her expression stiffened.
After a long moment, she couldn’t help but speak up. "Esteemed judges, don’t you have any questions?"
At this, Mr. Sutton lowered his gaze slightly and asked, "Why are you researching two-dimensional quantum phenomena?"
Jolie Yates was taken aback. For a moment, she thought Mr. Sutton was joking. "No one has successfully researched three-dimensional quantum phenomena yet," she couldn’t help but say. "But my experiment elevates its two-dimensional counterpart, bringing it closer to the three-dimensional level. This is already a significant advancement regarding the Hall effect."
The three-dimensional quantum Hall effect had been a hot topic in recent years, but everyone was still stuck at the two-dimensional level. Achieving the three-dimensional state would likely take another ten years or more.
But her current experiment was already on the verge of the three-dimensional state. Logically, the judges should have been asking her numerous academic questions. Instead, they didn’t seem inclined to speak at all.
Jolie Yates gritted her teeth and demanded, "Esteemed judges, did I do something wrong?"
Landon Sinclair silently reviewed Jolie Yates’s experiment report for a moment, then nodded. "The direction of your research topic is indeed correct."
Hearing this, Jolie Yates lifted her chin even higher.
She hadn’t expected Landon Sinclair to affirm the direction of her experiment.
But his next words made her expression freeze.
Landon Sinclair paused, then continued, "But your initial approach was wrong."
"What?"
Jolie Yates exclaimed, demanding again, "How is that possible!"
If it weren’t for Landon Sinclair’s high standing and his reputation as a once-in-a-century Physics Genius, she would have questioned if he even understood Physics.
"Professor, did you even read it carefully? I’ve been researching this topic for a long time. Even Professor Warner from Emberfall University said my direction was fine."
Landon Sinclair didn’t say anything. Instead, it was Mr. Sutton who studied the report intently for a long time.
Finally, he affirmed, "Young Landon is right. Your experiment was flawed from the very beginning."
"The quantum particles didn’t start with one-dimensional motion, which is why the sequence was disrupted."
A flash of disappointment crossed Mr. Sutton’s eyes. "You cut corners."
A hint of fear flickered in Jolie Yates’s eyes.
"Impossible... How could it be? I ran the experiment so many times, it’s absolutely impossible..."
But regardless of Jolie Yates’s explanations, the five judges tactfully gave her a bare passing score of sixty.
When Jolie Yates received this score, she was completely stunned. After leaving the stage, she couldn’t stop crying.
Mr. Sutton frowned, a sudden sense of displeasure rising within him.
’That’s just how experiments are,’ he thought. ’There’s a possibility of error at every step. Furthermore, any experiment must be done step-by-step; cutting corners is simply unacceptable. It isn’t that you won’t find success that way, but once you develop a rigid mindset, it becomes very difficult to correct it later on. Just like Jolie Yates now—completely unable to accept that something she had researched for so long was wrong from the very beginning.’
But failure was something every researcher experienced. Her reaction was what truly displeased him.
Just as he was lost in thought, a staff member suddenly handed him Chloe Sinclair’s experiment report.
Mr. Sutton wasn’t expecting much, but he was curious to see what Chloe Sinclair was capable of, so he gave it a casual glance. However, when he saw the topic of her research, his eyes were practically glued to the page.
"This... this... this..."
Mr. Sutton looked up at Landon Sinclair, his eyes filled with an indescribable clarity.
Surprise, doubt, shock, excitement...
In the span of just a few seconds, a flurry of emotions flashed through Mr. Sutton’s eyes.
