From child prodigy to chief scientist

Combined with the latest news they received today, it seems quite reasonable that Xu Xiao finishes his exams early every day and goes to the computer lab to write his thesis.

Subsequently, Gershwin shared his speculations with others.

After hearing Ge Xijie's ideas, the others also felt that it seemed like this might really be the case.

"Holy crap... So, Xu Xiao secretly wrote a paper while participating in the training camp with us?"

"Seriously? We're exhausted from daily training camps, how can he possibly have the energy to do extra research?"

"It's possible that we just find the training camp tiring. Xu Xiao can finish the four and a half hours' worth of questions in just one or two hours each time, which means that these questions are not challenging for him at all."

At this moment, Ge Xijie became somewhat silent. Considering how large the gap between himself and Xu Xiao had become, he no longer felt particularly disappointed.

Instead of obsessing over comparing yourself to such a genius, it's better to just focus on being the best version of yourself, which can save you a lot of trouble.

On the other side, after parting ways with Yuan Jiyang, Xu Xiao walked alone towards the dormitory.

On the way, Xu Xiao pondered the matter of translating the thesis.

"I suggest you first build up your vocabulary of commonly used terms in math papers, and then read more English-language math papers."

While translating the paper directly is possible, it easily results in Chinglish, making it difficult to clearly present one's findings to journal editors.

In comparison, systematically building up your English academic expression skills is a better choice in the long run.

In this way, when I write papers in the future, I can directly output them in English, saving the translation process.

Just as Xu Xiao was pondering this question, an electronic voice suddenly came from his mind.

[The entry/task has been refreshed...]

【1. Quantum Fluctuation Speed ​​Reading】

[Entry Task: Complete 10000 high-speed book flipping actions (blindfolded or closed)]

[Effect of this entry: When flipping through a book at an extremely fast speed, you can feel that you have already absorbed the knowledge.]

Hand movement speed increased by 20%

【2. Thinking】

[Entry Task: Accumulate 100 hours of brainstorming]

[Entry Effect: Permanently increases thinking ability by 10%]

There's a small chance that tackling creative problems might trigger additional thinking abilities.

3. Parallel Processing

[Entry Task: Conduct at least two hours of "dual-task" training each day for 30 consecutive days]

[Entry Effect: The brain can actively divide thought into two independent threads, processing core tasks and secondary tasks simultaneously]

When secondary tasks become too complex, focus on the core task will decrease accordingly.

"The quest entries have been refreshed again... Let me take a good look."

Upon seeing the first entry, "Quantum Speed ​​Reading," Xu Xiao subconsciously pictured a group of children frantically flipping through books in a classroom.

This so-called skill of reading 100,000 words in five minutes is clearly a scam.

Such self-deceiving entries would undoubtedly be rejected by Xu Xiao immediately.

After seeing the second entry, "mindset," Xu Xiao was clearly much more interested.

"An entry that permanently enhances thinking skills? That sounds pretty good."

Although it seems similar to the previous entries on "focus" and "flow," both of which can improve learning efficiency.

However, in terms of their specific mechanisms, they operate in completely different ways.

"Focus" and "flow" emphasize maximizing Xu Xiao's brain capacity by focusing his attention highly and avoiding wasting energy on other irrelevant things.

"Thinking," on the other hand, focuses more on raising the upper limit of brainpower, fundamentally enhancing the brain's capabilities.

Unfortunately, this entry only improves thinking ability by 10%, which seems a bit low.

If the value could be increased to 20%, Xu Xiao might not even need to look at the third term before making a choice without hesitation.

The third term, "parallel processing," also greatly interested Xu Xiao.

This ability to multitask allows him to study mathematics and learn English at the same time, much like turning his brain into a dual-core processor.

However, this ability also has certain limitations; it will not affect the progress of the core mission only when the secondary mission is relatively simple.

After weighing the options, Xu Xiao still felt that the ability to use the term "thinking" was what he needed more right now.

Although Xu Xiao is quite satisfied with his current state, he still feels that his abilities are nearing their limit.

If I continue to develop in this way, I may become an excellent scholar in the future, but I certainly cannot compare with the greatest scientists in history.

The effect of thought-word entries can break through this limit, allowing Xu Xiao to have more possibilities.

With this in mind, Xu Xiao still made his decision.

"10% it is. System, I choose the second option: Mindset Entries!"

The "Mindset" entry task has been activated.

[Cumulative brainstorming time: 0/100 hours]

Seeing that the new entry task had begun, Xu Xiao continued to think.

"I don't even know what exactly constitutes a brainstorming session."

The system does not provide very detailed explanations of some of the rules involved in the term tasks; some of these rules can only be explored by Xu Xiao on his own.

Literally speaking, as long as the brain is in a working state, it should be considered a brainstorming session.

Since that's the case, Xu Xiao felt that he didn't need to do anything special, since he already did a lot of mental work every day.

"Let's go to the library and see if there are any suitable English-language math vocabulary books."

Thinking that she wasn't too tired, Xu Xiao decided not to take a lunch break and instead headed towards the library.

Following the book classification guide in the library, Xu Xiao found the information he wanted.

"The English-Chinese Mathematical Vocabulary...that's it!"

The book was much thicker than Xu Xiao had imagined, with over 900 pages and as many as 60,000 mathematical terms.

Compared to this, Xu Xiao's previous memorization of "3500 English Words for College Entrance Examination" seems completely insignificant.

After completing the borrowing procedures, Xu Xiao immediately started reading the book in the library's study room.

It must be admitted that the vocabulary in this book is indeed somewhat exaggerated.

Even though Xu Xiao's memory is far superior to that of ordinary people, it would still take him quite a bit of time to memorize all the terms.