Chapter 29 Ah Yin Has Made It (Revised)
Gu Yin tried it out and found it really convenient, even more so than the computers that existed in her previous life. It felt like futuristic technology. Gu Yin searched for holographic games that didn't yet exist in this world, but a string of red text appeared on the screen: "You are not authorized to view this information."
001 laughed: "I already said it wouldn't work, but you insisted on trying anyway. Give up now."
Seeing that it was indeed as 001 had described, Gu Yin didn't try again. She looked down at herself and realized that she didn't appear to have entered in a physical body; she seemed to be in a spiritual form.
"001, how long have I been staying here compared to when I was outside?"
001 flew to a touchscreen and had Gu Yin put her hands in it. After a short while, an image resembling an electrocardiogram appeared on the screen. Gu Yin couldn't understand it, so 001 provided an explanation.
"This is a test of your mental state. Your brain hasn't undergone any secondary development; it's just like any other human's. Your mental state is also quite ordinary. So, for your health, you can only stay here for a maximum of 24 hours. If you haven't left by then, you'll be ejected. You're free to come and go within 24 hours! Of course, if your IQ increases, it means your brain is undergoing secondary development, and we don't know how long you'll be able to stay then. How long you stay here won't affect your time outside. You'll leave the same way you came in, so don't worry. Moreover, the smarter you are, the more knowledge you'll be exposed to. So, do your best!"
Even with just 24 hours, Gu Yin was already incredibly happy! While others could only study during the day, she had an extra 24 hours! She'd hit the jackpot!
Looking at the library, which was as vast as the universe, Gu Yin was very interested in its origin. She wondered which great person had created it; it was amazing!
Upon hearing her thoughts, 001 proudly put her hands on her hips: "These are all collected by my master and me as we traveled across various worlds. So when you have the means in the future, you will also have to take me to libraries and museums in various cities. I need to collect data. There are too many parallel universes, and many histories are different. We need to improve them to prevent gaps in the knowledge that mission takers learn. We also need some ancient civilizations, which is the data that the main god needs."
Gu Yin nodded upon hearing this: "Okay, I'll take you to the city library and museum when I have my vacation!"
After understanding the situation, Gu Yin did not go out. Instead, she clicked on the math video she had just found and selected the explanation by a famous teacher. To her surprise, a teacher appeared on the screen as soon as she opened it and started lecturing a minute later.
Gu Yin: "...Online classes?"
001: "How far can you learn by yourself? There must be a teacher guiding you. These videos are from the most skilled teachers that my master has selected from all over the world. You should start learning now."
Seeing this, Gu Yin stopped daydreaming and started keeping up with the teacher's pace.
When she was bounced out, she was still in a daze. That was amazing! This person didn't even need a textbook in class; just one problem connected to the entire book's knowledge! More than ten solutions, from complex to simple—this was more than just applying what they learned!
Gu Yin lay on the bed, closed her eyes and recalled the methods her teacher had used to solve the problem for her. She tried to apply them to the problems she had encountered during the day, and then she realized that she only knew two solutions at most. This meant that her knowledge base was insufficient and she was trapped in the knowledge she had already learned. Even if she had a solution, she didn't have the knowledge points to solve it. It was like knowing the recipe but not knowing what the required herbs looked like. She still needed to read and study more!
After the midterm exams, the classmates noticed that the vice class monitor had become increasingly diligent. She used to go home for lunch and dinner, but now she eats at school and goes straight to the classroom to study, skipping her afternoon nap. Seeing this, the people around her also joined the study group, otherwise they would feel guilty. However, not many people could stick to it.
Because some students live far away and it's cold now, the school lets them go home after two classes on Friday afternoons, giving them plenty of time to go back.
"Ayin, are you going back now?" Gu Hua went downstairs to Gu Yin's classroom. Gu Yin had gotten her aunt's ID card at home earlier, and Gu Hua was worried that she would be late coming back from the internet cafe alone, so she planned to go with her.
Gu Yin was on duty today. She had just closed the window when she heard Gu Hua's voice. She turned around, saw her, and shook her head: "I'm going to the internet cafe later, I won't go back yet!" After saying that, she put all the chairs that she had put on the table earlier down.
Gu Hua went over to help her: "Then I'll go with you later."
Gu Yin smiled and didn't refuse. Their road home was lined with fields from beginning to end, all planted with corn, very densely! It was quite unsettling to walk through alone, especially the three-way intersection where the three villages separated. It was full of graves and wild grass and thorns. If someone were dragged in by bad people, no one passing by would know. Such things had happened before, so girls were very afraid to pass through those places. She had heard stories of girls getting into trouble there, but Gu Yin had never actually seen it happen in her previous life. Perhaps they were just more cautious and never went alone.
As soon as they stepped out of the school gate, they saw Gu Shu leaning against his bicycle by the roadside. When he saw the two of them come out, he waved.
Gu Yin and Gu Hua went over, and Gu Shu straightened up: "Let's go, go and come back as soon as possible, don't stay out too late."
"Are you coming with us?" Gu Yin asked, puzzled.
Gu Shu immediately hopped on his bicycle and set off: "Isn't that obvious?!"
Gu Yin smiled, said nothing, and rode her bike with Gu Hua to catch up with him.
Before going to the internet cafe, Gu Yin took the two of them to the post office to retrieve the reply that "Youth Magazine" had given her.
Although Gu Shu knew that A Yin had submitted articles to various magazines, she still got goosebumps when she saw the cover featuring the recent successful launch of a manned spacecraft and the words "National Journal" written on it. This thing was much better than the colorful notebooks that her female classmates usually read!
Gu Shu hugged Gu Yin tightly, patting her back excitedly: "You're amazing! You've made us proud!" He choked up as he spoke.
Gu Hua hugged them too. Heaven knows that her family didn't have high hopes for this at all. It wasn't that they thought Gu Yin was incapable, but rather that the people behind her could even interfere with the magazine, so who knew if they could interfere with other organizations? Now it turns out that having the backing of the state really can be powerful!
Gu Yin wasn't really sure about the outcome before, but now that everything was finally settled, it meant her goal was correct. If she had listened to the system and entered the entertainment industry, she feared she would be devoured before she even got in. But by pursuing academic excellence and even scientific research, with the backing of the state, they wouldn't dare to act rashly. As long as her value was high enough, she wouldn't be afraid of those people, even if they were incredibly wealthy! Therefore, she needed to succeed in multiple areas! And she had to remember to always follow the "red" path!
"Alright, alright, we still need to go to the internet cafe. Let's go, I'll treat you guys to something to eat tomorrow!" Gu Yin waved the envelope in her hand, which contained 200 yuan of royalties.
Gu Shu sniffed: "The payment for this manuscript is really high! Our A-Yin has really made something of herself!"
Gu Hua picked up the magazine and flipped through it casually. Inside, there were not only various stories, but also question sets for various subjects, introductions to top scorers from previous years and their study methods, as well as some great deeds that had recently happened in the country. It was a wide variety of topics, but all of them were very impressive.
"Ayin, what are you writing?"
Gu Yin flipped to the piece she had written. Because the manned spacecraft had just been successfully launched recently, Gu Yin used this topic to write about the future achievements of the country's space program from the perspective of a teenager's wild imagination. Her fantasy carried some personal opinions, and if anyone in the industry could see it, it could play a small role in promoting the future of the space program.
"How do you think your brain works! How can you be so imaginative!" Gu Shu exclaimed as he flipped through the pages. All he ever thought about was what to eat and when school would end. But look at what his sister was thinking: moon landing, agricultural exploration, spacewalking, independently developed satellite navigation, our country's own space station, space tourism and living, etc. He had no idea what any of these things were. After reading them, he felt even more dizzy.
Gu Yin took the magazine, got on her bike, and said, "They're just some trivial fantasies. You'll see when you look them up online." After the moon landing, every citizen had looked forward to and fantasized about these things. Later, the country accomplished many things one by one. She just had lived another life and seen more, but she still had much more to learn.
When they arrived at the internet cafe, the two people who had originally come with her to register a pen name, perhaps because they had just suffered a setback, turned on the computer and plunged into the world of the internet without even looking up.
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