4: Chapter 4 Kerr Doping

When he had first been reborn...

Zhao Yang hadn't actually thought about doing scientific research; back then, his thoughts were still on the trade war that would happen over a decade later.

He was thinking about the upcoming complete transformation of the chip industry.

Zhao Yang had thought about accumulating capital for a few years and then positioning himself early in the Dragon Country's chip industry, so that it could radiate with a brand-new brilliance.

After all, as a transmigrator, Zhao Yang knew very well that after the 2018 trade war, the Dragon Country's chip industry exploded in popularity almost overnight.

But unfortunately, Dragon Country's chips weren't actually developing well at that time; they were truly being held by the throat by the USA.

Even by the year 2022, when Zhao Yang was reborn, Dragon Country's chip industry was still struggling to break through into high-end manufacturing processes.

If he could solve this problem, his reputation and wealth would soar—he could be said to have achieved both fame and fortune!

However, that was actually very complicated.

Because for something like a chip, the upstream and downstream industrial chains are very long, and many of the technologies involved are extremely troublesome.

Even ASML didn't solve the problem of photolithography machines as a single company.

It used almost the most cutting-edge technology on the entire planet, assembled through the joint cooperation of over a dozen countries.

To put it bluntly, this wasn't something one or two people could solve.

Even if Zhao Yang was a transmigrator.

He didn't actually possess these technologies, and it was unrealistic to rely on him alone to break through them.

It was never going to be easy to solve.

Moreover, before Zhao Yang was reborn, he wasn't a technical employee; he was a middle manager in the marketing department. Although he knew a bit about technology, well...

Asking him to handle epitaxy was fine, but as for the rest...

So, Zhao Yang had only given it some thought.

But now, a better path seemed to lie before him.

Doing scientific research!

As long as he kept grinding to increase his IQ, he could go further on the path of scientific research!

Thinking about it...

Zhao Yang seemed to already see the grand occasion where major awards from all over the world, including the Nobel Prize, were inviting him to receive them!

A scientist!

What a wonderful title!

That was his childhood dream! Later, after growing up, it was only because of the cruel reality that he had to set it aside. Now, he had a system!

Perhaps, it didn't have to be a dream! It could be reality!

As he thought, Zhao Yang's heart began to grow more and more excited.

He calmed his emotions and pulled back his wandering thoughts a bit.

After his subject level increased by one, it seemed he had also gained a random lottery chance?

Zhao Yang was slightly curious.

What kind of things could be won in such a lottery?

With curiosity, Zhao Yang didn't hesitate and directly chose to draw.

“Ding, the User has successfully drawn ker brand stimulant +10!”

Stimulants?

Zhao Yang was stunned.

Could it be some kind of stimulant from an alien civilization?

Was there anything special about it?

Zhao Yang opened the system panel, and an inventory had appeared on it. Currently, there was only one item in the inventory: the stimulant.

There was also a detailed introduction.

Zhao Yang clicked it open.

【Stimulant: After consumption, the mind enters a state of excitement and intense focus. All physical attributes are increased by fifteen percent for a duration of two hours. After the effect ends, a three-hour fatigue period begins.】

This is good stuff!

Mental excitement and intense focus.

And all physical attributes increased by fifteen percent.

These were all very good effects, and the duration was two hours.

If this thing were sold to Olympic athletes, it could probably be sold for an astronomical price.

The only problem was explaining its origin, and more importantly, selling a drug not listed in the medical directory is illegal.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yang smiled.

Then he could only use it himself.

It was a pretty good auxiliary drug to help him study hard and grind experience!

Especially if used before bed.

Use it at ten, study until twelve.

After falling into the fatigue period, he could just go straight to sleep. He estimated he'd sleep even more soundly then.

Simply perfect!

After finishing the drug's introduction, Zhao Yang noticed it was already twelve o'clock at night.

Time to sleep.

At this moment, Zhao Yang felt slightly tired.

After all, he had just been reborn today, and his current body had just finished a three-day fever.

Although the fever had subsided, his body was still somewhat weak after all.

After tidying up a bit, Zhao Yang lay down directly.

He fell asleep shortly after.

The next day.

When Zhao Yang woke up, his parents had already gone to work.

A few days ago, Mother Zhao had taken a few days off to take care of Zhao Yang because of his College Entrance Examination and high fever.

Now that Zhao Yang was fully recovered, she naturally had to go to work.

A note was left on the dining table, and steamed buns were in the pot, reminding Zhao Yang to eat.

After Zhao Yang finished the buns, he returned to his room.

He glanced at the books in front of him.

Last night, the system had given him a task: study books worth one thousand value points.

One thousand value points—Zhao Yang didn't quite understand it.

But the system provided some explanation: he could see how much each of these books was worth, and at the same time, there would be a progress bar while he studied.

Only when the progress bar was full would the book be considered fully learned.

So, Zhao Yang wanted to tally up how much each of the books in his room was worth.

After finishing the tally, he would decide whether to go to the Library or the Xinhua Bookstore to take a look.

He would look for some high-value books to study.

If there were books worth a hundred or even more, it would mean he only needed to study ten books to easily complete this task?

But everything had to be seen first.

Back in his room, Zhao Yang's gaze turned toward the books there.

“Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation is worth... 5 points? Are you kidding me!”

Zhao Yang just took one look and was completely dumbfounded.

Damn, the knowledge level of 'Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation' in high school isn't low; for books of this level, Zhao Yang felt many of the knowledge points were quite blurry.

But it was only worth five points...

Looking at other books, their values were basically not high, around one or two points.

The Physics version of 'Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation' was slightly better, worth 7 points.

He looked around a bit more.

Zhao Yang was lost in thought.

He roughly understood how the system calculated value.

It was simple: it was based on filling his knowledge gaps. The less he knew about the knowledge contained, the higher the value!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yang didn't hesitate.

He took some change from his piggy bank and hurried out of the house.

Soon, Zhao Yang arrived at the County Library.

He began to check the books in the Library.

The values contained in those books constantly appeared in Zhao Yang's vision.

Those novels and liberal arts books had the lowest value, basically around 1 point, and many books simply showed zero, almost making Zhao Yang lose his composure.

He skipped these liberal arts books directly.

He soon came to the science and engineering books.

Indeed!

Every book here had a high value, with 10 points being the starting price.

Some books even reached 20, and a few even reached a value of 50, which surprised Zhao Yang a little.

He took one directly from the shelf.

It was "Basic Topology," and the author was Mark Armstrong.