America: I came here to study, not to show mercy.

Chapter 128 Selection of Advanced Learning Cards
Near noon, Li Xiaoen arrived at an apartment building in the dormitory area.

Compared with a detached two-story villa, this kind of apartment building dormitory undoubtedly has a lot more people. Before the get out of class is over at noon, the entrance and hall on the first floor are constantly coming in and out of the students.

There are both male and female students coming in and out. Compared with other American universities where men and women live together in one dormitory, Princeton's dormitory system is much more conservative - men and women are divided into the same floor according to their gender.

Of course, the school doesn’t care if students visit other students’ rooms or if the opposite sex enters the dormitory.

Various posters and notices are posted on the walls on both sides of the lobby. There is also a machine next to the elevator that provides free condoms. Through the glass, you can see that the stock inside is almost empty, which shows the general situation.

Li Xiaoen looked around curiously, amazed by everything around him that he had only seen in American TV series.

He was in New Jersey, a state with the strictest gun restrictions, and studying at Princeton, a top-ranked university, and living alone in a small villa outside. All of these factors helped him reduce the many chaotic characteristics unique to America. The peaceful and stable campus life gave him the illusion of American public order and morality.

"Sean, are you here to see us?"

While standing in front of the elevator waiting, a voice suddenly came from behind me.

Li Xiaoen turned around and saw Grace and her roommate, a classmate he knew well from calculus class.

"I'm looking for someone."

Li Xiaoen smiled and nodded, saying hello.

"Well, after you've found someone, come sit in our dormitory for a while?"

The two girls looked up expectantly, "I'm not kidding, the cat in our dormitory really can dance the lion dance!"

"If there's still time left, I'll go over, okay."

Facing the two girls approaching step by step, Li Xiaoen forced a smile and raised his hands to cover his body.

"Our dorm is on the sixth floor, 605A. How do we know if you have time left?"

The two girls looked at each other and laughed reluctantly, "Where are you going? We'll follow you."

"Isn't this inconvenient? I'm going to discuss a research topic with a classmate."

"Then we'll wait outside the dormitory!"

"..."

"Okay, then I'll try to be quick so as not to keep you waiting."

Having said that, Li Xiaoen could only shrug his shoulders and answer helplessly.

Hearing this, the two girls looked at each other and then laughed.

According to the address given by Lucas, Li Xiaoen took them to the fourth floor.

Walk out of the elevator and come to the corridor between two rows of dormitories.

Putting aside the strange smell in the air, Li Xiaoen unexpectedly saw a big dog in front of a door not far away.

The big dog with yellow hair seemed to smell his scent and turned around, paused, and then ran towards him quickly.

"Sean..."

The two girls were stunned for a moment, their bodies tensed and they screamed. They raised their hands and grabbed Li Xiaoen's arms tightly, closing their eyes tightly.

By the way, if you really think it is dangerous, isn't the best thing to do to turn around and run, or pick up something nearby to block it?

Looking at the two girls who were waiting to die with their eyes closed, Li Xiaoen complained in his heart.

It seems that when the cannon fodder in horror movies encounter danger, their legs become weak and powerless, or they stand there stupidly, which is all based on reality.

The imagined vicious baring of teeth was not heard, but instead, the big dog's joyful and coquettish humming sound was heard. The two girls opened their eyes and saw that the big dog was rubbing its head and body against Li Xiaoen's legs as if it was trying to please him.

"Sean, is this dog yours?"

Seeing Li Xiaoen raise his hand to touch the big dog's head, they asked in surprise.

"No, it's from a friend who is also a student at Princeton."

Li Xiaoen shook his head in response, feeling a little strange.

Logically speaking, the only ones who could lead Bruce were the four members of the band who were practicing singing at the time. Based on their previous training experience, Michael and Daniel had classes at that time, so the only one who could lead Bruce was Malcolm.

But I don’t see him here. Could he be in the room?

As he walked past the room, Li Xiaoen was thinking in his mind. He looked down and saw Bruce wagging his tail to signal, and he had an idea in his mind.

Without thinking too much, after reassuring Bruce to stay where he was, Li Xiaoen walked towards a dormitory at the end of the corridor.

After knocking on the door, there was no movement from inside. Just when Li Xiaoen raised his hand again, the door finally opened, revealing a young white man with a scruffy beard, long hair hanging down to his shoulders, and wearing a loose hooded sweatshirt.

"Are you the freshman Sedgewick invited to join the lab?"

The man's eyes, thick with dark circles, looked very tired. He frowned and looked Li Xiaoen up and down, then spoke first, "What do you want me to do?"

"I came to you to ask for the latest model of our research topic."

Perhaps Lucas only told the other party about his situation and didn't mention that he had seen the other party's results. Li Xiaoen replied, "It's about your latest model. I have some ideas I want to try."

"You, a freshman? What ideas can you try?"

Haskell raised an eyebrow at this, holding onto the door frame with one hand, and looked at Li Xiaoen with a calm expression, "You should also know why Sedgewick asked you to intervene in my project."

"Are you afraid that I'll share your research results?"

Li Xiaoen couldn't help but feel puzzled, and he also understood the other party's concerns.

He didn't know much about the academic circles in the United States. The only things he knew about were the romantic scandals such as the passionate "relationship" between beautiful professors and poor students. As for China, he had heard rumors that graduate supervisors had seized students' research results.

"Although this is just the result of my time, I still don't want to give it to you."

Haskell leaned against the door frame, smiled leisurely, and looked at Li Xiaoen with an inexplicable look, "Or, you can go find Sedgewick and ask him to help you get it."

Li Xiaoen: "..."

He's so sarcastic, and I suspect he got into the lab through connections.

"Forget it, it would be more convenient for me to do it myself."

Feeling helpless and too lazy to explain anything, Li Xiaoen turned around and looked at the two girls, "Let's go, let's go see the cat in your dormitory that can dance like a lion."

"Wait, wait..." Seeing Li Xiaoen turn around and leave with two girls, Haskell shouted hurriedly. Seeing that they did not stop, he simply walked out of the dormitory and quickly stopped them.

"You said you wanted to do it all from scratch? Just because you're a freshman in college and a freshman in the lab?"

Haskell narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Xiaoen meaningfully, and couldn't help but sneered: "Are you provoking me?"

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, no."

Li Xiaoen gave him a regretful look. "I believe you took the time to make that piece of shit. I understand if you don't take it seriously, but why do you think others will cherish it?"

"I've reviewed the results you submitted to Professor Sedgewick. Honestly, the ideas are novel and contain many innovative points."

Too lazy to argue further, Li Xiaoen looked at Haskell and simply told him everything he had seen. "But if you look deeper, the model you submitted last time is still very rough."

"First, the model's data input mechanism is very crude. The reason is that it's based on human-machine collaboration on the device. There's nothing wrong with collecting the pages users click on, and there's nothing wrong with digging into the feedback from page clicks. But you're ignoring data like false touch errors and the time users spend on the page."

"Secondly, the model's reasoning mechanism is crude and lacks robustness..."

As Li Xiaoen listed them one by one, Haskell's brows furrowed more and more, and his face gradually became gloomy.

"Yes, all the problems you mentioned exist."

After Li Xiaoen finished speaking, he nodded indifferently, "But you have to know that this is the result of my time and effort. What are you going to say next?"

"This is the result of your time spent on this project, so can these problems be ignored?"

Li Xiaoen showed a strange expression and shook his head. "It's hard to believe that this is something that a graduate student, who studies computer algorithms, said."

"That was not what I meant!"

Haskell took a deep breath and corrected solemnly.

"I don't care what you mean."

Li Xiaoen shook his head and said calmly, then suddenly coming back to his senses, "There is no deep optimization, the user behavior data collection is single-minded, and there is no long-term planning and coordination. If you don't list them one by one, I haven't realized that you are doing such a piece of shit."

"I made this model in my spare time, but it's definitely better than designing it from scratch."

Haskell couldn't help but laugh. "You're the first person in the entire lab to say that about my model."

"It's up to you. Professor Sedgewick mentioned that we're in the same research area, but he didn't say we have to collaborate."

Li Xiaoen shrugged nonchalantly. "To be honest, I also think it's better and more comfortable to do our own research separately."

After saying that, Li Xiaoen walked around the other person and headed towards the elevator. Seeing this, Haskell was about to chase him, but he was blocked by a big dog with bared white teeth, so he had no choice but to give up.

Damn it, he, a top student who was about to graduate with a master's degree, was taught a lesson by a little brat who was just a freshman.

Looking at Li Xiaoen who reached out to calm the big dog and turned to leave, Haskell cursed in his heart.

Suddenly, a fierce grinning sound came from the front. He looked down, his body suddenly tensed up, and he stepped back lightly.

……

The rooms in Princeton dormitory apartments are more spacious than expected. There is a small living room right after the entrance, which is fully equipped with tables, chairs, TVs, sofas and other furniture. Compared with a single-family double-story dormitory for two people, it is just a little smaller in size.

It is worth mentioning that each student has his or her own independent bedroom, which ensures privacy and personal space. In terms of student boarding treatment, Princeton is extremely generous.

It could be said that he had almost fled from the girls' dormitory, and Li Xiaoen finally had a general understanding of the rooms in this apartment building.

Just now he entered the room of two girls. The cat saw him, but said it was tired today and didn't want to dance the lion dance. Instead, he was treated to a glass of water which turned out to be opaque upon closer inspection. He didn't dare to drink it at all and immediately found an excuse to slip out.

At this time, two boys from the sixth floor of the girls' dormitory came out and noticed Li Xiaoen coming from behind. They smiled with inexplicable meaning, nodded and greeted him.

Li Xiaoen didn't know whether to nod or shake his head, so they simply turned around and walked towards the elevator.

Well, it seems that the provision of free condoms downstairs is very necessary. It should have saved Princeton a lot of trouble.

Taking the elevator downstairs, Li Xiaoen stopped at the fourth floor. Seeing that Bruce was not outside the dormitory door or even in the entire corridor, he went downstairs with peace of mind.

The morning class was over, so unlike graduate students, he didn't have to go to the laboratory in the afternoon, so the rest of the day was free.

After a simple lunch, instead of going back to the dormitory for a nap as usual, Li Xiaoen walked to the parking lot in front of the school and drove towards Ridgeview Estates.

The acceptance of the house has been delayed for a few days. Today, when he has some free time, he can't wait to go and see the first house in his life that he has been dreaming of.

The interior of this DIY Maserati is luxuriously and elegantly decorated. He made this decision after referring to many luxury cars online and comparing and selecting them for a long time. Feeling the car's steady and powerful driving force, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He already has luxury cars and mansions. In addition to the more than 100,000 yuan in his bank account, he also receives more than 300 yuan in hourly wages from virtual employment every day. It seems that he can live a carefree life from now on.

Coming back to his senses, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but smile, and called up the system panel without hesitation.

Advanced virtual learning cards, select the concentration: Computer Science

[Advanced Virtual Learning Cards are used successfully, ignoring all obstacles and automatically simulating the host to focus on computer science learning in the current environment for 5 years]

[Five years of focused learning experience, virtual exercises loading...]

[Loading progress: 0%]

[Note: The current virtual exercise data is too large. The host can extract it separately according to the number of times, each time representing one year of focused learning experience.]

...

It was unexpected, but also reasonable. Seeing that the loading progress had not yet reached 0, Li Xiaoen finally understood until he saw the last line of notes.

The last time I selected the sports card, the loading speed was slow but noticeable to the naked eye. This time, the learning card was stuck there - the knowledge gained from exercise is far different from that gained from learning, so the difference in loading speed is normal.

While this eight-year-old system can be naive at times, it certainly makes sense in this regard.

Without hesitation, Li Xiaoen chose to retrieve by number of times, and then he felt as if something was changing rapidly in his brain. In his mind, there were suddenly more memories of going out early and returning late every day to indulge in learning.

At a certain moment, he suddenly felt that he had more confidence in building reasoning system models for laboratory scientific research.

Everything came naturally, as if I suddenly recalled my past experiences.

Only then did Li Xiaoen finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, if there was no system, he would probably have gone down this path.

Now that he has it, the system will speed up his progress, extend the road, and make it easier for him to reach higher and farther goals with greater confidence.

(End of this chapter)