92. Points

October, 287th year of the Federation Calendar.

Sulu, dressed in a white lab coat as a research assistant, walked out of the dormitory.

A red-haired young man was loitering by the roadside. When he saw him come out, his eyes lit up, and he took the initiative to go up and greet him.

Good morning, Sulu!

Good day, Andrew!

Sulu responded with a smile.

"Let's go have breakfast together!" Andrew approached and extended an invitation.

"OK."

Sulu did not refuse.

After a month of adjustment, he barely managed to get used to life at the Institute of Electrical Research.

Although the management is very strict, and you have to submit a report and apply for permission to go out, it must be said that the internal facilities are indeed quite good.

It not only has a reasonably priced staff canteen, but also various shops, entertainment facilities, and a bar.

Basically, for science nerds, they can find most of what they need, so they don't need to go out unless necessary; they can just focus all their energy on their research.

Furthermore, the work of an assistant researcher is not strenuous; it mainly involves assisting researchers, taking experimental records, and occasionally performing experiments themselves.

In comparison, Andrew's life was rather miserable.

Not only are they responsible for cleaning the lab, but they are also sometimes bullied by researchers and forced to take on more work.

That's not a big deal. The key issue is that Andrew's skills are indeed lacking, and it seems unlikely that he will be promoted to assistant researcher. There's even a possibility that he might be kicked out.

That's why he was so grateful to Sulu, because Sulu was the only one willing to help him.

Inside the cafeteria, the two sat facing each other, each holding a tray.

Today's breakfast was a sandwich and milk. Sulu ate quickly when she heard Andrew across from her say, "Sulu... do you have time tonight? I'd like to ask you to tutor me."

This research institute specializes in electrical engineering, a field that isn't particularly important to outsiders, so it's difficult to obtain much information about it.

Sulu, on the other hand, seemed to pick it up very quickly and was praised by his mentor William many times.

"Sorry... I need to study tonight!"

Sulu refused without even thinking.

It's one thing to lend a helping hand, but it's quite another to ask him to put aside his own affairs to help others.

Furthermore, the reason he was able to get started so quickly was not because he was particularly intelligent or knowledgeable, but simply because of the gifts of his past life's memories.

Because of his experimental records, Sulu had a lot of inside information about this Institute of Electrical Research.

At this point, the White Eagle Federation had only discovered the existence of electricity and begun preliminary research... they didn't have many clues at all.

But Sulu is different!

As a time traveler, he knew the general direction of electrical development and, more importantly, how to utilize it!

In this respect alone, even some great scientists may not be able to match it.

'Because I not only stand on the shoulders of giants, but giants also pave the way for me?'

Sulu thought to himself, "What do you mean?"

"Reading again... Sulu, you're so diligent!" Andrew, being the rather shy type, immediately apologized upon hearing this. "It's my fault... How could I take up your precious time?"

Sulu shook his head. He liked spending time in the library partly out of interest, and partly because he was genuinely busy. "I'm currently writing a paper, and I really don't have time! Sorry..."

"What? A paper? Published internally?"

Andrew's eyes widened immediately. "That's... amazing!"

As early as the second day after they entered, they were told that the most common currency in the Green Tree Castle Laboratory was not Gold Dragon, but points!

This is a system created by the Green Tree Council. Points cannot be traded and correspond to an individual's contribution to scientific research.

For example, leading several teams, completing an experiment, proving a theorem, achieving a research result, or publishing a paper all earn points after testing.

Even a worker ant like Andrew, who is at the very bottom of the hierarchy, might not earn 0.1 points even if he cleans the laboratory for a month.

However, after becoming a regular researcher, one receives a monthly salary of 1 point, while mentors receive even more.

As for the role of points, that's very important.

The most common practice is to exchange cutting-edge knowledge for public, free knowledge.

Of course, you can also exchange currency directly at a high rate, but reverse exchange is not supported.

Cecilia even said, "Points are everything! If you have enough points, you can even get a promotion or ask the council to let you lead a team to start a research project."

Within the Green Tree Castle Laboratory, assistant researchers and above rely on points to advance their ranks!

However, this promotion doesn't require spending any money; you can directly advance to a higher position simply by accumulating enough points.

According to what Sulu found out, a formal researcher only needs 10 points.

A typical paper that passes review and is published internally can generally earn 2 to 3 points.

If you calculate it this way, the lowest-level assistant or assistant researcher can be promoted if they publish two or three papers and assist the senior researchers in completing some research, even if they spend those points on other things during the process!

However, even so, the time consumed is often measured in years.

Therefore, climbing up in the Green Tree Castle Laboratory is not easy! It's extremely difficult!

Sulu, however, really wanted to give it a try.

He knew that the Green Tree Castle Research Institute he was in was only on the periphery, not the core.

'If I have enough points... perhaps I can directly exchange them for extraordinary knowledge? But that doesn't seem to be something that peripheral members can access.'

Therefore, his current thinking is very simple.

I'll keep climbing the ranks as an assistant researcher, striving to uncover the core secrets of the lab as soon as possible!

'In this respect, I have a strong advantage... I can write groundbreaking papers however I want.'

After finishing his meal, Sulu greeted Andrew and went to the laboratory.

Lately, he felt as if he had left the extraordinary world and become an ordinary person.

Inside the Green Tree Castle Laboratory, even in the Outer Circle, he dared not overuse the abilities of the [Occultist]. He could only do some meditation-like training every day, and he couldn't even think about Soul Projection.

Fortunately, he was very open-minded. He believed that skills could be developed later, and if necessary, experience could be used to compensate.

Although it can't compare to those who have trained hard, you can still suppress them by level.

"Cecilia, Victor!"

Upon seeing two other researchers in the lab, Sulu was the first to greet them.

"Sulu, you're here! Today we're going to conduct an electrical experiment with our professor!" Angelia exclaimed excitedly. "If we succeed, it will be a great achievement for our professor!"

Victor, a male researcher in his thirties, nodded with an arrogant expression, his tone neither warm nor cold.