"What are they doing?"

The members of Group One came in last.

The round-faced girl who mocked Group 10 as trash earlier looked toward the back corner of the lecture hall and snorted, "Are their brains fried? Or have they gotten so used to being last, they’re ready to give up? They’ve come to terms with it."

"I don’t know." Nelson Jones stood around Zevaney Kingsley, glanced at the few people joking and playing, and shrugged indifferently, "They probably worked hard for half a month, found it useless, and came to their senses."

The new members of The First Research Institute all knew that Group 10 had been practically living in the laboratory for the past half month.

It wasn’t just applying to the tutors for 24-hour lab access; they also took turns staying in the lab, almost eating and sleeping there.

Zevaney Kingsley casually glanced up without bothering to speak, unwilling to make any comments, and said to the others, "Let’s go, there are ten minutes left. We’ll start first. Everyone get ready, and don’t worry about irrelevant people."

Technically, The First Research Institute’s group assessment isn’t considered internal competition; it’s just a scoring system assessment.

So there’s no need for procedures like drawing lots to determine the order like in exams.

Generally, the sequence follows the group numbers.

Zevaney Kingsley and her team were Group 1, so they went up first.

Nathalie Quinlan’s team was Group 10.

A few minutes later, a team of tutors in laboratory white coats filed in.

Generally, such assessments wouldn’t disturb the heads of the major labs; it’s usually the team leaders under them who do the grading.

These people are veterans of The First Research Institute.

Within the institute, they have certain qualifications.

Among them was Jake Rabenstein, who was on good terms with the Kingsleys Family.

In such public settings, Jake Rabenstein didn’t specifically greet Zevaney Kingsley, seating himself quite officially.

Then, the groups began heading to the stage one by one to present their research achievements of the month.

Everyone knew the importance of the December assessment, so most reserved their strongest assets from the whole year for this group assessment.

Zevaney Kingsley represented Group One, plugged a USB flash drive into the computer, and after some operations, a PPT appeared on the projection screen.

As Zevaney Kingsley began to introduce her research findings, the large lecture hall instantly fell silent.

Everyone listened seriously.

Zevaney Kingsley herself was indeed impressive, performing on stage with grace and clarity, presenting her explanations in a methodical and calm manner, every word enunciated clearly and logically.

After she finished her presentation, other members of Group One brought up the model they developed and demonstrated it to everyone on the spot.

Nathalie Quinlan, sitting in the back row, watched the confident person on stage delivering the presentation, quickly grasping the essence of Zevaney Kingsley’s findings.

"The automatic collection, generation, transmission of echo signals, and the latest radar detection results to the configured computer have a certain time lag, which Zevaney Kingsley reduced."

Zevaney Kingsley shortened this response time by about 3 seconds.

This might not seem impressive, but it’s actually a remarkable achievement, suitable for publication in top-tier journals.

Somewhat akin to publishing an article in SCI.

Agnes Baker also noticed but remained composed this time, not panicking at all, calmly crossing her arms, "Oh, we’re still a bit stronger then."