1: Chapter 1 The Rebirth of the Chip-Powered Ox and Horse

"Auntie, is your Yang Yang okay? He's been running a fever for three days now. What did the doctor say?"

"It's fine, it's fine. The doctor said it's normal—just too much stress. He'll be better after resting for a few days."

"That's good. It's just a pity about the College Entrance Examination…"

"Sigh, tell me about it…"

...

Zhao Yang listened to the voices outside and slowly opened his eyes.

As a middle manager at a chip company, Zhao Yang was currently feeling a bit bewildered.

What was going on?

He had clearly been in the middle of haggling with several large home appliance factories. Because of the trade war with USA, the Long Country chip industry was facing a huge opportunity.

His company had brought full sincerity to the table, starting negotiations for cooperation with several top domestic home appliance brands, and they had already almost reached an agreement.

Just as he was about to sign the contract, everything went black before his eyes.

When he woke up again, he heard the conversation outside.

He recognized one of the voices—it was his mom. Although the voice sounded very young, Zhao Yang could still tell it was his mother.

As for the other voice, it was completely unfamiliar.

Rebirth?

Zhao Yang lay on the bed, thinking for a long while, before he was able to roughly determine his current state.

Zhao Yang didn't read many web novels, but the concepts of rebirth and transmigration were extremely popular in later generations.

From the memories of his body, Zhao Yang roughly determined the point in time of his rebirth.

It was already the third day after the College Entrance Examination.

Zhao Yang clearly remembered that his high school grades had always been quite good, but because of a high fever before the College Entrance Examination...

...it caused him to fail the College Entrance Examination.

Originally, his usual scores were around 640 or 650, but in the end, he only scored a little over 530 on the College Entrance Examination, barely getting into an average first-tier university.

Fortunately, the major he studied was quite good—Electronic Science and Technology, which was related to semiconductors.

Later, relying on his own efforts, he was admitted as a graduate student at a well-known university in his senior year.

After graduating with a master's degree, he entered a company specializing in chip semiconductors.

He worked his way up to a middle management position, and in 2018, he hit the trade war, where the Long Country chip industry encountered unprecedented opportunities and began to flourish.

Zhao Yang's social status rose accordingly, his future was bright, and he was originally in high spirits.

Yet he never expected that suddenly, he would be reborn?

Zhao Yang was also a bit bewildered.

He lay on the bed, sorting through his memories for a good while.

Not long after, Mother Zhao gently knocked on Zhao Yang's bedroom door.

"Yang Yang, are you awake? I cooked some porridge for you. Do you want to have some now?"

"Mom, I'm awake."

Zhao Yang called out, feeling a bit dazed.

Soon, the door was pushed open.

A young mother, who only existed in Zhao Yang's memories, walked into the room.

At this time, his mother's hair was still pitch black, and there weren't that many wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

"What's wrong? Yang Yang, why are you staring at Mom?"

Mother Zhao noticed Zhao Yang's gaze and asked curiously.

"No, nothing."

Zhao Yang retracted his gaze.

"Drink it while it's hot. Just leave the bowl on the side when you're done. If you need anything else, just call Mom."

Mother Zhao said gently.

"Okay!"

Zhao Yang nodded.

Looking at the sensible and well-behaved Zhao Yang in front of her, Mother Zhao sighed slightly in her heart. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but hesitated.

"Get some good rest!"

After saying that, Mother Zhao left Zhao Yang's bedroom.

Zhao Yang was the only one left in the room again.

After finishing the porridge, Zhao Yang scanned his room, his eyes unfocused.

For him, rebirth sometimes really wasn't a good option.

Especially at this point of rebirth.

If only he had been reborn a few months before the College Entrance Examination; that way, he could at least make up for the regret of his first degree not being very good.

He could also make up for the disappointed looks in his parents' eyes back then.

Yet, he happened to be reborn at such an awkward time—the third day after the College Entrance Examination.

He had a high fever during the College Entrance Examination and failed it directly.

There was no chance to make up for the regret at all; instead, he would once again see the disappointed looks in his parents' eyes.

Really… fate plays tricks on people.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yang shook his head with a bitter smile.

He casually placed the empty bowl on the bedside table next to him.

Zhao Yang saw the high school math textbook on the side.

It had some strange symbols drawn on it, and some of the characters on it had been doodled with funny things using a ballpoint pen.

Looking at all this before him, the corners of Zhao Yang's mouth curled up slightly, and his eyes held a smile.

Being young was actually quite fun.

Picking up the textbook, Zhao Yang flipped through it casually.

It was filled with the notes he had taken, and besides that, there were some messy comics, some inexplicable signatures, and a character for "Dao" (Way) written heavily with countless strokes of ink.

Youth, ah!

Zhao Yang's eyes were full of emotion.

A strange emotion lingered in Zhao Yang's chest.

Regardless of everything, his rebirth now wasn't the worst outcome.

Zhao Yang flipped through the textbook in front of him a little more.

His expression was slightly strange.

Although he had graduated with a master's degree, he had after all been out of school for five or six years.

These College Entrance Examination questions were really a bit…

If he had really been reborn in the College Entrance Examination exam room, or three or four days before the College Entrance Examination…

That would have been a really big joke!

In the current situation, attending university was actually his advantage!

Experiencing university life again, to be honest, wasn't a bad thing either.

With the insights from his previous life, he should be able to reach an even higher position in this life.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yang was in a pretty good mood.

Flipping through the math textbook, Zhao Yang began to calculate a geometry problem inside with interest. From university to work, it had been four or five years.

Zhao Yang hadn't touched these high school knowledge points for over a decade.

Currently, doing the problem felt a bit rusty.

The problem wasn't very difficult; Zhao Yang could use some formulas and theorems learned in university to solve it, as he remembered those slightly better.

But Zhao Yang still forced himself to recall the high school knowledge points. It took him about half an hour, and he even had to go back and flip through the formulas and theorems, before he managed to solve the problem with difficulty.

"Whew! That really wasn't easy! Fortunately, I wasn't reborn before the College Entrance Examination, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to score 530."

Zhao Yang's expression was a bit strange.

Just at this moment, Zhao Yang suddenly discovered that double images were appearing before his eyes.

When he looked at the book in front of him again.

He discovered that some special characters had actually appeared on the book in front of him.

"Difficulty 1, completion grants 2 experience points? What is all this nonsense?"

Zhao Yang was stunned for a moment. Looking at the handwriting appearing on the book in front of him, he was a bit confused.

Could it be that something was wrong with his eyes?

Rubbing his eyes, Zhao Yang's gaze continued to fall on the book, but those words didn't disappear; instead, they became even clearer!

Could this be the legendary golden finger, a system?

Although Zhao Yang hadn't read many novels, he had heard a little about them.