Top Student: Wasteland Technology Invasion

Director Ding walked up to Teacher Zheng, shook his head and sighed, "Little Zheng, if there's anything wrong, you should have gone to Director Xiang or me first. How could you do something like this in public? It's so undignified. Luckily, Dean Zhang wasn't here, otherwise, how would you have cleaned up this mess?"

Teacher Zheng forced a smile and explained, "Director Ding, I really just heard that the students have some issues with Lin Chuan and wanted him to prove himself in person. I didn't mean anything else."

"Ah, I hope so. Old Lu was right just now. Young people should focus more on teaching and academics; that's how they can be recognized for advanced positions and outstanding young talents, isn't that right?"

"Understood." Teacher Zheng lowered her voice. "Director Ding, did Lin Chuan really publish an SCI paper? There shouldn't be any problems, right? I heard someone used a proxy..."

"Xiao Zheng!" Director Ding's tone suddenly hardened, and he said sternly, "You graduated with a doctorate from our institute, you're a researcher and a young lecturer, and you say such low-level things? Can't you use your brain? SCI Q2, core journals—who can ghostwrite papers like that? Or I'll give you a year, can you publish a paper in an SCI Q2 journal? Can you?"

Director Ding became increasingly angry as he spoke. He had initially had a good impression of Teacher Zheng, but he never expected her to be so muddle-headed.

Teacher Zheng was covered in sweat and dared not utter a single word in rebuttal.

He realized the problem with what he had just said.

Even if Lin Chuan works hard, he can still get someone else to write his ordinary, low-quality papers.

There are only so many people who can write papers like those in SCI Q2 journals.

Even if Lu Zhiwei helped his student write it, Lin Chuan would quickly be exposed if he didn't have real talent.

It's pointless to spend so much money to put on a show for freshmen.

"Alright, you'd better watch yourself. I have something to do, so I'm leaving now."

Ding Xu sighed, shook his head, and chased after Lu Zhiwei and Lin Chuan, calling out, "Old Lu, Lin Chuan, wait for me!"

Seeing that Director Ding, Professor Lu, and Lin Chuan had walked away, Zheng Quanxun quietly came to Teacher Zheng's side and whispered, "Uncle, do you think it's possible that someone else wrote Lin Chuan's thesis for him, and that question just now, he looked at it in advance, and even memorized it?"

Teacher Zheng was furious and immediately yelled, "Xunzi, you participated in competitions in high school, you shouldn't be stupid, how could you say such a thing! I really want to crack open your head and see what's inside! SCI Q2 journals aren't low-quality journals, you can't publish papers in them without some skills, right? And that question just now was set by me, how did Lin Chuan memorize it!"

"I'm sorry, I understand, Uncle."

"Also, use titles at school, and stop calling him 'uncle' all the time. Your high school classmate is really formidable, so don't go looking for trouble with him."

"Yes, Teacher Zheng."

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Director Ding and Professor Lu took Lin Chuan away, asked him a few key questions, and then left satisfied to prepare for the website's promotion.

Lin Chuan then went to Xingsheng Internet Cafe to enjoy a rare holiday with his roommates.

Then, for the next three days, October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, Lin Chuan went out early and returned late, basically staying at the library.

In the past few days, he has earned a lot of learning coins and a small amount of subject experience in the real world.

The date is October 4th.

[Travel Cooldown Time: 24:00:00]

Lin Chuan waited for so long, but the two sisters still didn't return.

He decided not to wait any longer.

October 4th was the deadline he set for himself, and today he was going to launch an exploration operation.

The safe house had a lot more stuff than it had a few days ago. Lin Chuan had moved a small generator over, and the whole house was packed full.

He installed electrical wiring and a heater in the room.

While this thing can't compare to central heating in the real world, it can still slightly raise the temperature inside the safe house.

The temperature outside the window was more than ten degrees lower than when Lin Chuan had just transmigrated, but he didn't need to wear a down jacket inside.

However, due to the smell and noise of the generator, Lin Chuan still prefers not to develop motors or heaters.

After arriving at the safe house, he changed into the military overcoat that had been prepared in advance.

Today, he will take the initiative to step out of the safe house and explore.

After spending some time putting on stab-proof clothing and bomb suits, grabbing a fish-shooting device and an NP15, and carrying the long knife he had painstakingly sharpened, Lin Chuan pushed open the door to the safe house.

He prepared 150 learning coins in advance for this exploration.

Although he could travel back to the real world at any time, he would lose his exploration "progress".

The best approach is to spend 100 learning coins to open a second anchor point, and then move the anchor point within a certain range.

This way, if there is a danger that he cannot resolve, he can be teleported to the first anchor point corresponding to the safe house at any time.

Overall, the risks of exploration are controllable.

702.

After leaving the house, Lin Chuan looked back and realized for the first time that he knew his safe house's room number.

I found my way to the stairwell, and from the outside, the elevator here looked very similar to the one in the real world.

However, the original buttons and floor indicators have been replaced with an electronic screen.

Lin Chuan tried touching it twice, but there was no response.

"It seems this place suffered some kind of electromagnetic damage; most of the electronic products are now malfunctioning."

"If you take the screen apart and bring the technology inside back to the real world, it should fetch a lot of money."

"It's a pity I'm not strong enough... but even if I were, it would be very risky to unleash all my technology rashly."

"Or perhaps we should launch the product from the first generation and then gradually iterate through subsequent generations."

"It feels like the road ahead is long and arduous."

After a brief moment of thought, Lin Chuan didn't linger in front of the elevator and walked down the stairs.

He didn't encounter a single zombie along the way.

It's very likely that the woman cleared out all the zombies in the building beforehand.

Lin Chuan tiptoed downstairs.

What came into view was footage he had already reviewed many times using action cameras.

However, there is still a significant difference between seeing it in person and seeing it through a video.

The gray cement road in front of me is covered with cracks, and purple vines of unknown name are growing tenaciously in the green belt and cracks in the cement road.

The sunlight had an unnatural dark red tinge.

If Lin Chuan hadn't felt nothing unusual these past few days, and if the Geiger counter hadn't gone off, he would have suspected that the thing was radiation.

There were many abandoned cars all around, with dark purple plants climbing all over their roofs.

Through some of the broken car windows, Lin Chuan could even see the moss on the seats.

From an appearance standpoint, cars are not much different from those in the real world.

"I just wonder about the core technology; reversing a car must be even harder than reversing an elevator."

"Moreover, judging from the appearance, the Chenxi Garden residential area has been extensively raided by some weapon; most of the electronic equipment is now unusable. These cars have also been looted by survivors; there are hardly any usable parts left."