From child prodigy to chief scientist

Yang Dun was indeed very fast; he finished writing down his process in just one or two minutes.

"See, it only takes five steps, isn't it much simpler?"

After seeing Yang Dun's problem-solving method, Xu Xiao couldn't help but admire the child.

Youngton did not establish any differential equations, but instead used the conservation of energy as the core, combined with the conservation of angular momentum, to solve the problem.

Xu Xiao could also see that Yang Dun must have thought of his own method, but he chose an easier one.

"As expected... there really are people more capable than you in this world, and there's always something beyond your understanding."

Xu Xiao had this experience on her very first day at Yucai Children's Class.

Even though I am a reborn person, there is still a certain gap between me and a true genius like Yang Dun.

If I were that age, I probably wouldn't have been able to understand the questions at all.

However, Xu Xiao would not give up easily. He believed that as long as he continued to work hard, he would have a good chance of catching up with these geniuses.

Lu Yihang and Ding Mosen, who were standing to the side, had long forgotten their homesickness and their expressions became somewhat serious.

Xu Xiao and Yang Dun's abilities clearly exceeded their expectations.

This allowed them to join Xu Xiao and Yang Dun in their studies, otherwise they would have fallen far behind.

The dormitory lights automatically turn off at 10 p.m. sharp.

This lights-out time is a bit early for Xu Xiao, but children of this age really shouldn't stay up too late.

After washing up and getting into bed, everyone had trouble falling asleep, so they naturally started chatting.

Apart from Xu Xiao, the other three people in the dormitory are all locals from Shengjing, especially Yang Dun, who previously attended Yucai Primary School.

Because they had just been working on problems together, Yang Dun and Xu Xiao got along exceptionally well.

"Xu Xiao, you're quite smart, better than many of my previous classmates."

To be honest, the question Yang Dun gave Xu Xiao wasn't exactly easy.

This is a high school physics competition question. Unless you are a student who has specifically studied for competitions, most people will not be able to solve this question.

"Haha, I'm still quite a bit behind you guys. By the way, Yang Dun, why are you learning such advanced knowledge so early?"

"My dad is a physics teacher, and he's been doing all sorts of physics experiments with me since I was little, which happens to be something I'm quite interested in..."

Listening to Yang Dun's story, Xu Xiao couldn't help but admire his experiences.

Yang Dun started primary school when he was five years old. He skipped two grades but still felt that what the school taught was too simple, so he simply began to study the knowledge of secondary school on his own.

Now, Yang Dun has basically taught himself high school mathematics and physics, and has even begun to explore university-level knowledge.

According to the plan his family made for Yang Dun, he was prepared to take the college entrance examination before the age of fourteen, and would also try to be admitted to university in advance through competitions and other means.

"No wonder your name is Yang Dun... that must be the name your father gave you, right?"

"Hehe, you found out. My dad hopes I will become a great physicist like Newton in the future, so he insisted on giving me this name despite my mom's objections."

Having learned the origin of Yang Dun's name, Xu Xiao could also understand Yang Dun's mother's feelings at the time.

That night, Yang Dun and Xu Xiao talked about everything from Newtonian mechanics to Maxwell's equations, and then from calculus to general relativity.

They didn't know how much time had passed before they finally felt sleepy, and their breathing gradually became even.

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The next morning at 6 a.m., the dormitory alarm rang on time.

Because they had talked late into the night, all four of them were still a little sleepy, but they still struggled to get up.

After washing up, the four of them went to the cafeteria for breakfast and then headed to their classroom.

There are two classes in this year's Yucai Junior Class. Xu Xiao and the other three are in Class 1, which is "Class 1 of the 2004 Junior Division".

There were only thirty students in the class, and each student had a separate seat; there were no deskmates in the strict sense.

Since they arrived quite early, they all took the initiative to start studying on their own.

As 7:30 approached, the day students entered the classroom one after another.

The first class today was math. Before class started, the math teacher introduced himself.

The math teacher's name is Liao Qiuju. She graduated from the Mathematics Department of Northeast Normal University. She is a short-haired woman in her thirties and is also their class's homeroom teacher.

After a brief self-introduction, Liao Qiuju immediately began her lesson.

As soon as the course started, Xu Xiao quickly felt the fast pace of the Yucai Children's Class.

Although the junior high and high school curriculum is planned to take five years to complete, it is not actually implemented in a "2+3" manner, but rather in a "1+2+2" manner.

The so-called "1+2+2" means spending one year to learn junior high school knowledge, two years to learn senior high school knowledge, and the remaining two years for review.

This means they will be teaching at three times the normal pace, which will be a significant challenge for many students.

The little geniuses in the class were all staring intently at the blackboard, afraid of missing any detail.

At first, Xu Xiao listened attentively to the lecture, but she quickly relaxed.

This lesson mainly covered rational numbers, which was indeed too simple for Xu Xiao.

Even if the teacher's lecture speed is indeed very fast, it is unlikely that Xu Xiao will not understand it. Even if he takes a nap and wakes up, he will be able to keep up completely.

Once Xu Xiao confirmed that she could understand what the teacher was saying, she stopped attending the lecture and started studying with her own textbook.

Listening to knowledge you already know is very inefficient for accumulating effective learning time, so there's no need to waste time and energy on it.

On the other hand, Yang Dun was even more "unscrupulous," not listening to the lesson from the very beginning and instead studying something on his own.

After all, Yang Dun was a terrifying figure who taught himself calculus, so it was indeed difficult for him to be interested in learning something as basic as rational numbers.

Liao Qiuju saw Xu Xiao and Yang Dun's actions but said nothing.

One of the educational philosophies of Yucai is to give exceptionally outstanding students enough freedom.

After all, there are so many students in a class, and everyone's abilities are bound to be different. The teacher's lecture pace can only take care of most of the students as much as possible.

Students who learn exceptionally quickly can selectively skip classes, a practice tacitly approved by schools.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, they finally finished their last regular class of the day.

After class, the students all looked exhausted.