Soon, after the host's greetings, the final began.

The judging of the final did not give each team the order of experimentation, but left it to each team leader and team members to control their own timing.

The requirements of the competition are to test the actual combat effect of each team's design in different time links according to the on-site participating teams' own choices, from the three time links of seawater pollution in the early stage, middle stage and late stage. By the time the final three teams compete, if two teams have the same score, the impact on the underwater marine life will be further evaluated, and the effectiveness of the two teams in decontamination will be determined.

After the competition between the two teams, the first team and the second team used three generations of degreaser, the only difference is that the design concept of the equipment and the way of putting the degreaser are slightly different.

This degreaser belongs to the concentrated type, and its raw materials sorbitol, fatty acids, etc. are from agricultural and sideline products, the solvent is made of synthetic polyethylene glycol, the toxicity is very small, only 1‰ of the first generation of products, the way to put is the use of large packaging, this degreaser delivery equipment can be used on motorboats, can also be used on medium-sized ships, the cost is relatively low, the application is very convenient, the equipment of these two teams has achieved a good effect of decontamination of seawater in the initial and middle two polluted states once it is actually combated, However, it is a pity that in the post-treatment of pollution, it seems to be inadequate, so the experts give a "B+" evaluation.

The design scheme of the next 3 and 4 teams is also to use a partial dose of the third generation of degreaser, but in the middle and late treatment, the 3 teams used a large amount of activated carbon materials for treatment, and the 4 teams used microbial decomposition for further treatment, and finally the 3 teams got the evaluation of "A-", and the 4 teams got "A".

The 5th team is a different way, although they also use activated carbon adsorption for decontamination, but before the activated carbon is put in, the interception and skimming method of dividing the area is adopted for the initial polluted area, and in the later stage, the method of microbial decomposition is also adopted, because the results achieved in the early stage of pollution are the greatest, and the oil can be recycled and reused, so it has been evaluated as "A+".

Finally, it was the turn of Riva, Sally and Zhao Yili to appear in the 6th team, the University of Munich this group of contestants, because they came from the three aspects of design engineering, marine biology and physics, so they learned from others to design a set of solutions that are very suitable for the oil pollution crisis in the middle and late stages, the core design comes from Zhao Yili's proposal, using more advanced adsorption supplies - activated carbon obtained by rice husk processing, the core of this design, activated carbon made of low-cost rice husks, The sub-packaging is used as an adsorption carrier, and the projection equipment can not only project these small packaging adsorbents on the one hand, but also recycle and clean them on the other side, and repeatedly put them in. Due to the simple production of rice husk charcoal and sufficient raw materials, this method has the advantages of simple operation and low operating cost, which not only explores a road for the deep processing and utilization of rice husk, but also has a good application prospect in the pretreatment of oily sewage in oil-polluted sea areas and oily sewage. It also received an "A+" rating.

In this way, the champion will be decided between the 5th and 6th teams, and the other teams that are lagging behind are actually not very concerned about the results, they are more concerned about whether they can get inspiration from the opponent's design, which is also very helpful for their own growth and progress, so they are not annoyed, but because of the loss, they become more focused on the next final step of the selection - the competition for the impact of marine life.

The atmosphere on the field was extremely warm at this time, and the experts made further analysis and comparison of the living environment of marine organisms about half an hour after the fifth and sixth teams were decontaminated.

Before the final results came out, the scene has gathered a lot of media and a total of about 3,000 marine and technology enthusiasts, from this point of view, the organization of XPRIZE has achieved the original purpose, the host is very happy to XPRIZE, a public welfare organization of the past and present life to the scene of the media and the audience made a formal introduction, and invited the director of the BMW Museum Mr. Steven also made an impromptu speech.

Mr. Steven, in his 50s, with a pair of old-fashioned round-rimmed eyes, a little bowed, but his mental state and clothing show that this is a scholar with rich social experience, and he is full of enthusiasm for speeches, calling on more young people and organizations to pay attention to nature and use technology to transform life, and he is really a very loving person.

Ten minutes later, the experts sent a representative, walked to the rostrum, held the microphone, and announced the final selection results in public with some excitement.

The marine biologist excitedly said, "Dear ladies and gentlemen,

It is an honor to be able to make such a selection on behalf of my colleagues on such an occasion, and now I would like to announce the final results:

The 5th team, the scientific research group of the University of California, USA, was initially evaluated as A+, and after the 5th team was purified, the impact on marine life was detected as level 3, which is a mild impact;

The 6th team of the scientific research group of the University of Munich in Germany, the initial evaluation of the final was divided into A+, and after the experiment, their purification results were detected as 3 levels of impact on marine organisms, which is a mild impact; Therefore, as a rigorous organization of scientists, we are honored to announce:

The 5th group of the University of California and the 6th group of the University of Munich will be tied for first place, with a total of $2 million in prize money. Let's congratulate them together! ”

At this time, there was warm applause on the stage and off the field at the same time, which lasted for a long time.

Zhao Yili didn't expect that his group would be able to tie for the first place with others, and thought that although his design was excellent, he didn't think about it at the beginning of the pollution, and actually laid the groundwork for defeat.

The other group members also feel that Zhao Yili and their group are too strong, and the introduction of new activated carbon materials will definitely change the change of the entire decontamination agent market! Therefore, I was deeply surprised, so the captains of the two teams who came to the stage to accept the award Zhao Yili and Katie politely congratulated each other and agreed to have a good exchange after the game.

At this time, the award ceremony on the stage is over, and the winning captain also has to make a simple acceptance speech on behalf of the winning team.

The organizer held a small buffet reception for all the participating teams in a nearby German restaurant, during which everyone exchanged experiences with the two champion teams, which Zhao Yili had not experienced in the domestic academic organization, so he felt that he had gained a lot.

Considering that some of the participating students are not yet the drinking age stipulated by German law, the wines selected at the reception are all low-alcohol champagne that has been screened, but although it is low-alcohol champagne, most of the people present are hot-blooded young people.

Fortunately, the waiters on the European side have long been accustomed to the gaffes caused by excessive drinking of guests on many drinking occasions, and they have handled it properly, but despite this, the organizing committee had to temporarily add sobering drugs to the banquet site and send some additional people to take care of those who are uncontrollable after drinking.

Zhao Yili communicated with many young students in English for a while, raised a glass to Katie not far away, and then slowly walked to the window, set his eyes on the street, admired the traffic on the street, and didn't notice Katie holding a glass of wine and gently coming to her side for a while.

Katie is the captain of the California team, this is an American girl who is serious about academics and more serious about design, similar to the Shirley in Zhao Yili's mind, the American girl in front of her is also blonde, but compared with Shirley's long hair, Katie's blonde hair is short and broken, but it matches her long-sleeved shirt dress up better.

Looking at Zhao Yili's distracted gaze outside the window, there seemed to be lovesickness in it, Katie coughed lightly and asked with a smile: "Zhao, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Zhao Yili came back to his senses at this time, turned around slowly, saw Katie who came to his side, and replied apologetically: "Hehe, Katie, didn't you study psychology?" ”

Katie also smiled heartily and asked, "Oh, Zhao, you can even guess this?" ”

The habit of American college students chooses 85% of them will choose to study psychology, this Zhao Yili also knows, the two of them are in this quiet corner, in addition to this design competition, a lot of design, engineering technology have made an exchange, it seems that there is a sense of seeing each other late, so they left their contact information, agreed to be a pair of long-term good friends.

After receiving the prize money, Zhao Yili, Riva and Sally, the young people, returned to their schools and celebrated twice with their friends in their respective circles, and then gradually returned to their ordinary and real lives.

And Zhao Yili here, but in the dormitory, he received a call that Shirley was coming to Munich to visit him at the end of this month, and time passed really quickly, and it has been more than half a year since the two of them separated in California, to be honest, Zhao Yili does miss the blonde chick who is sometimes as warm as a virgin and sometimes as hot as a fire, but I don't know what the purpose of her arrival is.

However, Zhao Yili later figured it out, since he couldn't guess, he simply didn't guess, the soldiers came to cover the water and soil, anyway, in any respect, he was also worthy of Shirley's family, especially before leaving, he secretly invited Mr. Iverson to Shirley's name, which can be regarded as a big surprise for her, if this girl comes to Europe, can she still eat herself?

I don't know, Shirley came with the intention of leashing this man, hey, I can't afford to hurt it...