Top Student: Wasteland Technology Invasion

The physical collection of Yueh Yang University Library has exceeded six million volumes. In addition to a vast collection of e-books, periodicals and other resources, it also contains rare items from famous private libraries such as "Jiayetang" and "Yuhailou".

Inside the library, the soft rustling of pages filled the air. Lin Chuan found a comfortable spot to sit down, opened his laptop, plugged it in, and after a moment of contemplation, typed a few words into a Word document.

"Spectral Stability Analysis of Non-Self-Adjoint Matrices": "Abstract: This paper aims to study the spectral properties of non-self-adjoint matrices, i.e., matrices that do not satisfy A∗=A, within the scope of a finite vector space. The paper first elucidates the spectral theorem for self-adjoint matrices, and then focuses on analyzing the spectral distribution characteristics of non-self-adjoint matrices…"

Lin Chuan attempted to summarize the extended content from the recent test into a paper.

This is certainly not done for the sake of graduating easily.

In fact, Lin Chuan always felt that since the "Fake Wasteland, Real Academic Superstar" system could help him improve his academic level, he would eventually gain some benefits by producing a paper.

After writing for quite a while, Lin Chuan finally copied what he had written on the draft paper during the test onto the computer.

Looking at the screen from the process to the answer, at each operator symbol brimming with mathematical beauty, Lin Chuan couldn't help but nod and mutter a soft praise: "Not bad, quite elegant!"

But here is the problem.

The paper contains a lot of content that only second- or even third-year math students would encounter; heaven knows where he got the inspiration from.

Oh, it seems to have been obtained in the wasteland world.

Lin Chuan now understands these things to some extent, and through writing and drawing, he can even figure out some tricks of the trade.

Asking him to write a paper and publish it, especially given his current knowledge base, would be a real challenge.

It seems that taking a trip to the wasteland, writing a thesis in the wasteland world, or reading more books to solidify one's foundation is the best solution.

Silently repeating "System, System" in his mind, Lin Chuan summoned the system panel.

Name: Lin Chuan

Mathematics: Level 1 (192/200)

Physics: Level 0 (68/100)

Chemistry: Level 0 (42/100)

[Biology: Level 0 (40/100)]

Engineering: Level 0 (11/100)

Informatics: Level 0 (89/100)

[Skill: Interdimensional Travel]

[Skill: Scientific Intuition]

[Learning Coins: 8]

Looking at the math experience he had painstakingly accumulated over the past few days, Lin Chuan felt a small sense of accomplishment.

I believe it won't be long before my math level reaches level 2.

Lin Chuan was somewhat looking forward to seeing what changes would occur.

"The problem is that I never have enough learning coins."

"Even with all that hard work from dawn till dusk in the real world, it's still not enough!"

"The remaining coins aren't even enough for one activation of Scientific Intuition."

"Alright, time to go study in the wasteland today. I'll grind for two study coins first."

Having made up his mind, Lin Chuan closed his laptop, opened a book, and began to study.

[Learning Coin +1]

[Learning Coin +1]

……

When Lin Chuan arrived in the wasteland this time, the room was noticeably colder than it had been in the past few days.

This made Lin Laichuan, who was wearing a thin coat, shiver involuntarily.

Different flow rates of time can cause many problems, such as seasons and temperature...

In the wasteland, besides worrying about zombies and monsters, natural disasters might also need to be considered.

"This house is currently qualified as a safe house, but it will cause significant problems in the long run."

"Without suitable anchor points, efficient learning will become impossible."

Many thoughts flashed through Lin Chuan's mind: safety in the wasteland world, academic planning in the real world, but he knew that many things couldn't be rushed.

Looking around, his "safe house" was no longer empty.

After several trips through the area, each time carrying no more than 5KG of items, the room became overflowing with goods, looking almost like a workshop.

There was a wooden workbench by the wall, which Lin Chuan had found at the second-hand furniture market at the east gate of Yueyang University.

There were hacksaws, grinding wheels, and fixed clamps on the table, and the walls were covered with a jumble of hooks and shelves, along with common tools such as hammers and nails.

Unfortunately, Lin Chuan has not been able to bring the generator over yet.

Firstly, the generator itself is too heavy, and even if it is disassembled and reassembled, it will take up a lot of load.

Secondly, transporting fuel and other materials here each time also takes up load capacity.

"If only we could trade in the wasteland."

"Food and medicine must be scarce here."

"Security needs to be ensured before any transactions. Never mind, I need to finish my paper first."

Lin Chuan did not bring his laptop due to concerns about weight and battery life.

He took notes with pen and paper, and then copied the paper back at the end.

During his previous time travels, Lin Chuan had conducted an experiment: regardless of whether there was writing on the paper or not, as long as the paper came from the real world, he could take it back with him.

He pulled out a chair and sat down, activating his skill: Scientific Intuition.

In an instant, the objects in his field of vision became digital, and Lin Chuan spread out a draft paper and began to write.

Unlike in the real world, where Lin Chuan felt unfamiliar with or even at a loss about concepts such as "discrete eigenvalues," "continuous spectrum processing," and "existence of invariant subspaces," in the wasteland world, after activating his skills, he found each mathematical concept to be crystal clear.

These concepts did not appear out of thin air, but were accumulated from his study of mathematical materials over the past few days.

Lin Chuan wrote down lines of knowledge in an orderly fashion on the draft paper.

When others write papers, they might get stuck and have to work through it bit by bit, but Lin Chuan doesn't.

With the support of scientific intuition, inspiration flows like a well-trained white dove.

They flew in from all directions.

Yet their actions were orderly.

[Your hard work has earned you +1 math experience point.]

[Your hard work has earned you +1 math experience point.]

……

In the end, only forty minutes had passed, and the draft paper was already filled with over a thousand words.

The thesis is temporarily completed.

With the mindset of not wasting a single learning coin, Lin Chuan took advantage of the last ten minutes to open his book and continue to study the concepts of "discrete eigenvalues," "continuous spectrum processing," and "existence of invariant subspaces," which were somewhat vague to him in the real world, and made notes from time to time.

When the one-hour state of scientific intuition wore off, Lin Chuan leaned back in his chair and stretched vigorously.

"Adding the content written on my real-world laptop, publishing a paper shouldn't be a problem."

"Next, we need to thoroughly understand these concepts, at least to the point where we can fully grasp them in the real world."

"Finally, let's see if the paper can be made more concise, and also figure out how to publish it."

Glancing at the 2 hours and 58 minutes countdown to the wasteland crossing, and knowing he was still two points short of leveling up his math experience, Lin Chuan didn't hesitate. Even though he didn't have any learning coins to unlock the skill "Scientific Intuition," he was determined to grind his math skills in the wasteland world today.