Chapter 130 Marshmallow Fantasy
Rong Yuan stopped the two people from releasing the sheep, took out his computer and looked at it intently, while also paying attention to the time.
According to calculations, the inside of the marshmallow is not completely sealed, so it should be able to provide breathing conditions. This is theoretically true, but no one knows the real answer without practice. If the filling material inside blocks the respiratory tract or hinders air circulation, the sheep's vital signs will change significantly within a few minutes.
Zhou Yuan clasped his hands together and waited nervously. After a while, the sheep's cry inside the white ball stopped, and there was no sound for a long time.
"Xiaoyuan..." Jin Yang was also a little worried and called out to Rong Yuan who seemed indifferent.
“Shh—”
Rong Yuan raised his finger and shook his head, listening carefully. He could hear a very faint rustling sound coming from inside the marshmallow. After listening for a while, he smiled and said to the two of them, "It's okay, wait."
Jin Yang and Zhou Yuan could not hear the subtle sound, so they circled the white ball twice and waited together. More than half an hour later, they heard another "meh".
This time the sound was much clearer, and when I looked again, I saw a small black hole on one side of the white ball. The sheep stuck its pink nose out of the hole and sniffed gently. After a while, it retracted its nose and licked the hole with its tongue, making it bigger.
——It ate a hole inside the white ball!
"Okay, get it out."
Rong Yuan said, he was typing away on the keyboard, recording the time and various vital signs. Zhou Yuan took out a small spray bottle and sprayed the transparent liquid on the white ball. Just like a snowball being splashed with a basin of hot water, a dent as big as a watermelon instantly appeared on one side of the white ball. Zhou Yuan sprayed a few more times and rescued the sheep that was wrapped in white filaments. The originally huge white ball was dissolved into just a little bit. The sheep reluctantly lowered its head and licked the filaments still on its front hoof.
Rong Yuan finished taking notes, put away his computer, and said, "Get ready for the next experiment."
The two people who already knew the content of the experiment immediately cast sympathetic eyes on the sheep that only remembered to eat but not to be beaten. It raised its head, moved its ears, and cried innocently: "Mee~~"
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The next day was probably the most unforgettable day in the sheep's life.
More than 100 meters is not actually that high. In order to test whether the marshmallow can effectively protect the safety of the life in it at a higher altitude and faster falling speed, a simple hot air balloon carrying a sheep was raised into the sky. Then at an altitude of 2,800 meters, Rong Yuan pressed the switch, and the bottom of the hot air balloon basket suddenly fell off. The sheep's feet were empty and it immediately did free fall!
When Jin Yang rescued it from the marshmallow ball, the sheep, which had bounced on the ground with the white ball for more than ten times, was dizzy and lay on the ground with limp limbs, motionless.
In order to test whether the suddenly expanded marshmallow ball would squeeze the creatures in a small space and cause suffocation, the sheep was placed in a wooden box that was only slightly larger than itself. With a bang, the marshmallow expanded and the box was broken, with wood chips flying everywhere. However, the pressure sensor installed on the sheep showed that the pressure on the sheep was not very large, far from the fatal level. It was just that the sheep was squeezed in the middle by the dense sugar threads, and it was difficult for it to even turn its neck.
Then they tested the different effects of installing the marshmallow beans in different locations such as on the sheep's hooves and tails; and whether the marshmallow balls would cause any damage to the living organisms in them under different ground conditions such as falling on water, sharp objects (such as lightning rods), burning charcoal, and toxic gas environments.
All the test results were basically consistent with the theory. Even if there were some deviations, they were all within the controllable range. All they had to do was go back and fine-tune the proportions. In the end, Zhou Yuan obtained Rong Yuan's permission and personally conducted two tests. After all, when the sheep was tested, it was Rong Yuan who started it, and when it was actually used, he had to press the switch himself.
Another test on the duration of the effect of marshmallow balls in a simulated acid rain environment was completed. Zhou Yuan went to liberate the sheep. Jin Yang changed a battery for the camera. He turned to look at Rong Yuan who was writing and drawing on paper. The admiration and pride in his heart could not be expressed in words.
"Xiaoyuan, when your invention comes out, it will make a sensation in the world, right?" Jin Yang said in admiration.
"It's not that exaggerated." Rong Yuan shook his head and said, "Besides, I'm not the first inventor."
Jin Yang did not ask who was the first inventor. He said, "With this, ordinary airbags, emergency parachutes and air cushions can be replaced. Airbags also have the risk of suffocation, and parachutes and air cushions have the risk of improper landing. This white ball solves all these problems. By the way, what did you name this thing?"
"Puffy marshmallow." Rong Yuan said.
Jin Yang's hands trembled: "Bang... what's that?" He actually heard it clearly, but he did not quite believe his ears - Rong Yuan still had such a childish heart?
Rong Yuan looked at him silently without saying anything.
"Haha." Jin Yang laughed dryly and suggested, "How about changing the name? If you say it like that, people will think it's some kind of food, and its main function is not reflected."
"Then... first aid device A-One?" Rong Yuan thought of the word A-1 printed on the surface of marshmallow for distinguishing it.
"Too direct." Jin Yang touched his chin and denied it again.
Zhou Yuan, who was walking over and heard their discussion, said, "How about calling it a bouncy ball? Or a cotton ball?"
The sheep was also led over behind her, taking a step forward with a typical cone-shaped face showing a look of despair.
Rong Yuan glanced at him and said, "Are you sure this will show its function?"
The two looked at Jin Yang together, waiting to see if he had any good ideas.
Jin Yang thought for a while and said hesitantly: "How about...super elastic edible quick-release emergency marshmallows?"
As soon as he looked up after he finished speaking, he saw Rong Yuan and Zhou Yuan looking at him with exactly the same eyes, with two words clearly written in their eyes - "contempt"!
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In the end, Rongyuan overcame all objections and arbitrarily named it "Marshmallow - Elastic Edition". The reason for this name is that they have other products of the same type -
"Marshmallow - Drifting Edition" is an oval ping-pong ball-sized block before it is deformed, white on top and blue on the bottom, with a thin dividing line in the middle and the symbol p-1 engraved on it. After the switch is turned on, the upper and lower sides of the block will expand at different rates. The white side is slower and softer, while the blue side is faster. After expanding, it will bulge out from the surroundings of the white side, and the shell will quickly harden. Because of the different rates, the final appearance is not a ball, but a round lifeboat.
This deformed boat can support a weight of 150 kilograms without sinking when placed in water, and will not dissolve when immersed in seawater, but it will be dangerous if it is raining acid. The white sugar thread inside can be eaten, or you can tear off a piece and use it as a filter. After experiments, the seawater filtered by it is not as pure as tap water, but it is also drinkable.
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"Marshmallow - Floating Version" is a simple white ball, only slightly larger than a marble, with the symbol f-1 on it. This type of marshmallow will expand to more than 10,000 times its original size after expansion. Because it is very light, a weak airflow can drive it to fly into the sky, so it must be pulled with a rope after it is started, otherwise it will fly far away.
This kind of "sugar thread" is inedible. Its surface structure imitates some plants, which makes it able to absorb water. Even in arid desert areas, if you raise this cotton candy ball to a high altitude, it can slowly collect a large amount of fresh water and can be "saturated" in three or four hours at most. When more and more water is absorbed, the mass of the ball increases, and it will fall to the ground. At this time, people can squeeze a lot of fresh water out of it with a light squeeze, and it can be drunk directly after filtering and boiling. With this, the water shortage in arid areas can be alleviated to a great extent. If there are adventurous people who go to the desert to explore again, as long as they carry a small bag of "marbles" with them, they can get a nearly inexhaustible source of water. This is also the only one of all the cotton candy products that can be reused-as long as the user does not find it troublesome to pack and carry the giant sugar balls.
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"Marshmallow - Adsorption Edition" is also a round ball that looks like a marble. There are two products, one is dark blue with "x-1" written on it; the other is light green with "x-2" written on it.
The dark blue one is a floating version. It can also rise to the sky after expansion, but it will fall down in half an hour at most. The structure of the sugar thread surface is also completely different. The gaps between the fibers are very large, and there is a layer of translucent, honey-like viscous liquid on it, which has strong adhesion. In addition to pure gas, it can stick to any substance. It is a product specially created to solve the current serious haze problem in Sugar Country. One sugar ball can clean about 10,000 cubic meters of tiny particles in the air. When there are more impurities on the surface, it will fall down due to its weight.
The air quality in City A has been getting worse in the past two years. The X-2 that Rong Yuan put up only rose for about ten minutes before it began to fall. After it fell to the ground, several people ran over to take a look and all showed expressions of disgust.
The sugar ball, which was originally translucent light blue after it expanded, has now completely turned dark brown and spread flat on the ground, like a pile of disgusting mud. This type of sugar ball will quickly degrade under weak acid conditions. After a while, the sugar ball disappeared, leaving only a large black stain on the ground. Suddenly, something in the stain moved, and then a black bird stood up, flapped its wings and flew away.
Rong Yuan wrote in his notes: "Add: Micro ultrasonic bird repeller."
The light green x-2 has a similar effect, but its dissolution conditions are more stringent and its mass is larger. It can be immersed in seawater. After about ten minutes, it becomes a garbage collection mixed with black oil, various heavy metals, pesticides, detergents and other substances. It looks more disgusting than x-1. It is also inevitable that a few small fish were caught in the net, but probably because of the excessive toxicity, these small fish died before Rong Yuan and others could rescue them. Rong Yuan also wrote down the need to add a fish attracting device.
Zhou Yuan pinched his nose and sprayed some dissolving liquid on the garbage mass . He watched the pile of black matter slowly collapse and said worriedly, "I was counting on the cotton candy to purify the air quality of City A and clean up the sea! A sugar ball can only clean up such a small area. City A is so big. How many cotton candies will it take to clean it up?"
Rong Yuan said: "That's a problem the city government needs to consider, why are you worrying about it!"
After a few months of getting along, Zhou Yuan was no longer timid in front of Rong Yuan. She whispered back, "I'm not afraid that it won't be effective and I won't be able to sell it in the future!"
"Don't worry, there will definitely be a market." Jin Yang said optimistically, "I'm just afraid that it won't be a problem of not being able to sell in the future, but a problem of supply exceeding demand."
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In addition, there are two other products that Rongyuan believes cannot be considered inventions at all, but can only be considered derivatives.
"Marshmallow - Children's Edition" is actually based on the elastic version, the original and deformed products are made into cartoon images, the sweetness is stronger, and the colors are colorful. Rongyuan completely left this part alone, and Jinyang was enthusiastically designing various patterns and colors. The shape change was also made by Jinyang unintentionally, but the appearance after expansion... well, ugly and cute.
In simple terms, the "Marshmallow - Night Edition" is coated with some fluorescent powder, and has a small luminous sound device at the core. When it is turned on, the surface will flash various particularly bright colors, and at the same time, it will emit a harsh "woooo ...
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Whether a product is qualified or not is not something that can be determined by a single test result. All versions of the marshmallows were repeatedly tested and adjusted, which took another two months. During this time, Rong Yuan also went to school to take a mock exam and easily won the championship again.
Then, when it was finally time for actual production and promotion, Rong Yuan took a bunch of research institute and enterprise information and looked through it for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Yangyang, how is your financial plan going?"
"I bought several funds and made some profits and some losses. What's wrong?" Jin Yang asked. Because he was busy studying and paying attention to Rong Yuan's inventions, he had no time to manage his finances. Most of his money was still gathering dust in the bank.
"I say...how about you just invest in me?" Rong Yuan asked.
Zhou Yuan, who was washing dishes at the sink, put down the rag and looked over in surprise.
