Although the words "college student" made the College Student Invention Competition sound less than prestigious, the reality was quite different.
Besides teaching, universities also conducted research. Many outstanding student Mechanical Engineers could even reach levels five or six, only one or two levels below the Legendary Mechanical Engineers who represented the Republic's highest combat strength.
These elite students were therefore also central figures in many university research projects. With their specialized expertise and different research fields, sometimes even the Legendary Mechanical Engineers leading their teams had to consult them on certain questions.
It would hardly be fair to call their inventions worthless. Many elite student Mechanical Engineers could already develop mechas and fighter jets...
The annual College Student Invention Competition attracted considerable attention. It also served as a contest between the Star-Moon Republic's hundred-plus universities qualified to offer mechanical programs.
To help students achieve better results, many leading figures in mechanical engineering would personally guide particularly talented students. Although ostensibly an invention competition between students, it actually tested each university's accumulated resources and expertise.
"The Mechanical Era really is convenient."
At the Orange Sky Research Institute, as the competition drew closer, Lu Ran and the others took a short break after completing their invention.
These past dozen or so days had exhausted Six Flower, No. 18, and the others, even with Six Path Flower slowing the flow of time later on and periodically shutting down the Hell Path.
Clearly, even a Legendary being like Six Path Flower could not sustain the expenditure of manipulating time.
Fortunately, they had succeeded in the end.
Another reason Lu Ran found the Mechanical Era so comfortable was that the College Student Invention Competition would not take place in "reality."
Instead, it would take place inside a Mechanical Secret Realm.
Moreover, the primary "judge" was