Top Student: Wasteland Technology Invasion

Instead of feeding the capsule directly to his sister, Tao Luo lifted up his left sleeve, revealing a gray-white watch-like device.

Then the instrument was aimed at the capsule and scanned.

A series of symbols on the dial lit up one by one, but the most prominent green number remained 0.

Tao Luo stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "There are actually medicines this pure! It's unbelievable!"

In the wasteland, there are generally three sources of medicine.

Products from pre-war times, products from large post-war settlements, and counterfeit drugs made in a shady workshop.

But no matter which one, it is difficult to achieve zero pollution.

Looking at the pure medicine in front of her, Tao Luo was momentarily dazed, but she knew that her sister's condition could not be delayed any longer. So Tao Luo got up, poured a small glass of water, and then helped her sister sit up to feed her the medicine.

Time passed by, second by second.

While waiting, Tao Luo tested the drug again with a pollution detector, and the result was always 0.

"That man's voice is so young, where did he get these drugs?"

Tao Luo initially felt she had lost out by exchanging a pistol and ten bullets for medicine, but now she realizes she actually made a profit.

After all, since that great war, the planet's industrial system has been almost completely destroyed, and the soil has been polluted. Except for a very few major powers that have the ability to produce zero-pollution food and medicine, ordinary people simply cannot access them.

Without time to think too much, Tao Luo added a blanket for her sister, her eyes never leaving her sister's face.

After a while, just as Tao Luo began to doubt the effectiveness of the medicine, he noticed that large beads of sweat were pouring down his sister's forehead.

Ten minutes later, Tao Ling's breathing became calmer.

Tao Luo's eyes shone with an unprecedented light.

The drug's effects far exceeded her expectations.

……

Refocusing his attention on his studies, Lin Chuan glanced at the books he had brought: "C++ Primer," "Data Structures," "Introduction to Programming," "Algorithms," and "Introduction to Database Systems," among others.

These are basically textbooks for first- and second-year computer science students.

Now that he's going to work on a project at the School of Information Science and Technology with Professor Du, he can't go into battle unprepared.

He plans to use his special abilities to scan through all these books today.

Lin Chuan majored in computer science during the college entrance examination, and he had already been exposed to some of these textbooks in advance. Now, learning skills in the wasteland world can be considered a unique experience.

Time passed by, second by second.

[Your hard work has earned you +1 Computer Science experience]

[Your hard work has earned you +1 Computer Science experience]

Finally, Lin Chuan successfully completed his learning session for the day, having spent a lot of learning coins.

Simultaneously.

His computer science level has also been upgraded!

[Reward: Improved efficiency in learning basic informatics]

[Reward: Improved understanding of basic informatics skills]

[Reward: 100 Learning Coins]

[Reward: Increases carrying capacity by 5kg when traversing the wasteland world]

Looking at the lines of upgrade prompts, Lin Chuan felt a mix of emotions.

Upgrading to Level 1 in Informatics brings him benefits such as improved learning efficiency, enhanced comprehension, learning coins, and increased carrying capacity – all of which are good things.

However, without the ability to travel through time or the addition of new capabilities like opening up anchor points, Lin Chuan felt that something was missing.

"Is it only an upgrade in mathematics that will bring about significant changes?"

"Or perhaps Level 2 is a threshold; would there be significant changes in computer science when it reaches Level 2?"

"But anyway, my carrying capacity has now increased to 15kg. If I time my traversal twice a day, I can bring 30kg of items to the wasteland, including generators."

After taking stock of his gains, Lin Chuan glanced at the system panel.

[Time Travel Countdown: 00:05:12]

Without waiting for the countdown to finish, he activated his skill, Interdimensional Travel, and successfully returned after confirming that the area around the anchor point in the real world was safe.

[Achuan, come to the teacher's office sometime. There are some things I need you to fill out.]

After the phones were synced, messages from my mentor, Lu Zhiwei, came through immediately.

Lin Chuan replied "Okay" and then rushed to Building 2 of Hainayuan without stopping.

Lin Chuan quickly arrived at Professor Lu's office, greeted his senior brother Xiao Song, and looked at Professor Lu with some surprise.

To be precise, she was looking at the paper in Professor Lu's hand—the scholarship application form.

During his high school years, Lin Chuan received many scholarships, so he was quite familiar with this kind of thing.

However, he had only been at Yueyang University for a little over a month and hadn't even taken the midterm exams yet. Based solely on his college entrance exam score, which was transferred to the School of Mathematics, he wasn't qualified to apply for a scholarship.

Therefore, Lin Chuan never paid any attention to this matter.

Lin Chuan was pleasantly surprised when Professor Lu suddenly produced a scholarship application form.

The scholarship at Yueyang University is at least several thousand yuan.

Before Xinping Loan and the Information Academy's reward are approved, we can thoroughly resolve his financial crisis.

As if sensing Lin Chuan's thoughts, Lu Zhiwei lowered his voice and said, "Don't be surprised, your paper is already under review. It's remarkable to publish an SCI Q2 paper at the age of eighteen. The scholarship review for this term will end soon, and your paper may not be published before then. But I know about your family situation and want to give you a try. As for whether you'll get the scholarship, I can't guarantee it."

"Thank you, Director Lu."

Lin Chuan was filled with gratitude.

Having said all that, Lin Chuan naturally understood.

This was an opportunity that his mentor, Professor Lu, secured for him by using his influence.

This was also a belated reward for his successful apprenticeship.

The scholarship of several thousand yuan is very helpful for him to strengthen the defenses of his safe house in the wasteland world and gradually explore outwards.

"Director Lu, is there anything I can do for you?"

Lu Zhiwei shook his head. "You don't need to do anything. Just focus on your studies. By the way, did Lao Du contact you?"

Professor Du invited students to participate in a project at the School of Information Science.

"Well, with your mathematical talent, just attending classes in the Qiushi Class is a complete waste. Old Du is quite skilled; learning computer science from him would be very beneficial for your future mathematical research."

"The student understands."

Lu Zhiwei tapped the application form. "Alright, hurry up and finish filling these out and go back. Go do whatever you want to do."

"Yes, Director Lu."

Lin Chuan stopped being polite, quickly filled out the scholarship application form with a pen, thanked Lu Zhiwei again, and left the office quickly.

……

"mom!"

"Chuan'er, are you done with get out of class? Have you eaten?" His mother's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I'll eat in a bit. I was delayed a little while in my advisor's office."

"Are you settling in well in the math department? Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Taking care of your health is the most important thing. Mom just transferred another thousand yuan to your card. Don't be stingy. You're a young man who's growing, so you can't go hungry."

Lin Chuan knew his family's expectations of him.

Everyone knows that math majors can't compete with computer science majors in terms of job prospects.

If things had gone according to the old rules, he would have studied mathematics for four years in college, and by then, he would have been lucky if he hadn't become a freeloader, let alone given back to his family.

But now everything is different.

Lin Chuan has a wasteland world and a top student system.

Although the wasteland world is currently a huge hole and cannot directly bring him any economic benefits in the real world.

But judging from recent events, Lin Chuan feels that the time for knowledge to be monetized is not far off.

"Mom, I said you don't need it. You and Dad should take care of yourselves..."

Lin Chuan chatted with his mother for ten minutes before hanging up the phone, as his father hadn't come home from get off work yet.

He took a deep breath and strode toward the cafeteria, his eyes growing increasingly determined.

He calls home around this time every week, saying that time really flies; it's been a week since he got the system.

Lin Chuan knew very well that his greatest asset was his ability to travel between the two worlds. He was currently unable to transport things from the wasteland to the real world, nor could he find "high-tech" products such as books in the wasteland. However, as long as he had a little experience in liver science, he would eventually be able to gain something in the real world.

Lin Chuan firmly believed this.