279: Chapter 279 Portable Laser Energy Gun

The speed at which his brain processed information underwent another exponential leap. Those mathematical problems that previously required a bit of thought now only took less than a second to automatically complete their deductions in his mind.

His brain's operating speed had improved significantly compared to before!

The improvement of Intelligence is not as simple as 1+1! Especially when Intelligence reaches a certain height, every point of Intelligence gained brings massive changes to the brain!

If I were to raise all my subject levels to Level 10 or even higher, what would I become?

Zhao Yang was full of wonder.

When his vision refocused.

On the system panel, a final message popped up.

"Ding! Congratulations to the User for reaching Physics LV5. Physics branch skills unlocked."

"Obtained passive branch skill: [World Penetration]."

[World Penetration: When the User activates this state, any macroscopic physical phenomenon captured by the retina can be instantly parsed in the mind, reducing its dimensions to the microscopic state of particle forces. (Extremely high burden on physique; use with caution.)]

Zhao Yang looked at the description of this skill in surprise.

This skill was extremely practical.

He could actually see the force states of microscopic particles. This was equivalent to having a built-in ultra-high-precision electron microscope and physical stress analyzer. In the future, when doing materials science research or reverse engineering, this would be a complete dimensional strike.

The Physics branch skill indeed did not disappoint him.

The high burden on his physique was completely understandable. To parse the physical laws of the microscopic world with the naked eye, the brain and optic nervous system would inevitably consume a massive amount of energy. With his current 26 points of physique, he should barely be able to support it.

An IQ of 209. Zhao Yang was very satisfied.

He still had six random lucky draw opportunities.

Zhao Yang directly issued a command in his mind, choosing to draw six times in a row.

"Ding! Obtained Trash +1."

"Ding! Obtained Portable Laser Energy Gun +1 (Non-dismantlable)."

"Ding! Obtained branch skill: Hacker Mastery."

"Ding! Obtained Trash +1."

"Ding! Obtained energy potion +10."

"Ding! Obtained skill: Cold Weaponry Mastery."

Hearing the six consecutive prompts in his ear, Zhao Yang was somewhat surprised.

The items obtained from this draw were all fairly good.

Putting aside those two pieces of trash taking up slots, the Portable Laser Energy Gun was definitely a good item. It was a self-defense weapon that transcended the era.

The system specifically noted it was non-dismantlable, which was normal. If it could be dismantled, he might be able to research it, which would be truly incredible!

Even so, its lethality definitely far exceeded existing gunpowder weapons. Combined with the individual soldier shield he always carried, he would no longer have to fear any targeted assassinations in the real world.

Hacker Mastery appeared very opportunely. This should be an exclusive branch skill for Informatics. Although his Informatics level had already reached LV5 and he was already very strong in algorithms and programming—he could be considered a top-tier programmer—the Hacker Mastery directly instilled by the system naturally contained more practical offensive methods.

The last one, Cold Weaponry Mastery, was rather average. With the Laser Energy Gun, the role of cold weapons was greatly diminished.

After all... beyond ten paces, the gun is fast; within ten paces, the gun is both fast and accurate!

Zhao Yang chose to receive these two skills. A massive stream of data flooded into his brain, and he felt as though a lot of combat knowledge he had never encountered before had been added to his mind.

These skills were more useful than he had imagined.

Within Cold Weaponry Mastery, it didn't just include routines for using sabers, spears, swords, and halberds. It also included hidden weapons and even methods for exerting force using roadside stones. This surprised Zhao Yang. These techniques were very stealthy. Especially some methods for using flying needles; relying on the instantaneous explosive power of the wrist, one could silently subdue a target at close range, making it impossible to guard against.

The Hacking skill provided a large number of computer virus writing methods. It came with domineering specialized intrusion skills. With this knowledge in his mind, as long as he was given a computer connected to the internet, he could hack into most servers in the world that weren't physically isolated within a minute!

This level of destructive power was simply terrifying.

After organizing the items from the draw, Zhao Yang turned his gaze to the glowing Diamond-grade Optional Task Card in the system warehouse.

He chose to use it. Three rows of golden text floated on his retina.

[Task 1: A professor who doesn't want to be a president isn't a good professor. Become the President of Peking University. Task Reward: 200,000 Free Experience, 1 Random Diamond-grade Item, 3 Random Lucky Draws.]

[Task 2: Without relying on the system, research an invention patent sufficient to change the world. Task Reward: 300,000 Free Experience, 1 Specified Diamond-grade Item, 3 Random Lucky Draws.]

[Task 3: Solve a problem at the level of the Seven Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics. Task Reward: Mathematics level increased to LV7! 5 Random Lucky Draws!]

Zhao Yang glanced at the three optional tasks and fell into brief thought.

Truly worthy of being Diamond-grade optional tasks. Every task's difficulty was immense.

Task 1 was purely about biding time and engaging in administrative struggles; it was too much of a waste of time. Moreover, Zhao Yang had no desire to be a president at all; it was meaningless.

As for Task 2, it was truly difficult to control... Researching without using system resources to achieve a world-changing result?

To what extent must it change the world? This thing is really hard to define!

After thinking for about half a minute, Zhao Yang decisively chose Task 3.

Directly increasing the Mathematics level by one—this reward was too enticing. Mathematics is the underlying logic of all natural sciences. By raising his Mathematics level to LV7, solving problems in Physics or Informatics would become as simple as chopping melons and vegetables.

Just as Zhao Yang was processing the system rewards and planning his next steps.

Across the ocean in the United States.

A piece of internal news leaked from the editorial department of 'Physical Review Letters'.

An insider involved in the review revealed to familiar media outlets that the cover article of the next issue of PRL would be a theoretical masterpiece regarding a Microscopic Phase Transition Model for High-Temperature Superconductivity. Several Nobel-level reviewers privately stated that if this physical model could be experimentally verified, it would definitely have a chance to contend for the next Nobel Prize in Physics.

As soon as the news came out, the academic circles on the foreign internet were instantly in an uproar.

When it was learned that the author of the paper was the Chinese scholar Yang Zhao, who had just won the cole number theory prize, Twitter and major Physics academic forums immediately exploded.

Many people posted on Twitter to raise doubts.

"A mathematician specializing in Number Theory crossing over to Condensed Matter Physics? He probably hasn't even stepped into a superconductivity lab, right? This is too ridiculous."

A Physics professor from an Ivy League University publicly commented on social media.

"Are the editors of PRL crazy? How can such a purely theoretical mathematical derivation, without any experimental data support, be given the cover?"

"I don't believe a 21-year-old Chinese person can simultaneously achieve such breakthroughs in the two most top-tier fields of mathematics and Physics. This violates the common logic of human Intelligence. I suspect the data in this paper is fraudulent."

The waves of doubt from the foreign internet grew higher and higher.

The public opinion was quickly relayed to the Chinese internet.