Chapter 2380: Progress Accelerated, The One-Year Deadline

Subsequently, Xia Duo and the other twenty classmates discussed and verified their work at any time, and within the next two days, they shaped the Semi-Plane to be indistinguishable from the Main Plane, specifically making targeted adjustments to the Magic Net environment here at Chixin University after it had been modified by the Mythallar.

Only half of the one-week time given by Instructor Tuto had passed, yet Xia Duo and the other students had perfectly completed the practical assignment following the first lesson.

Naturally, the instructor would not come early to teach for the remaining time, as this was the course time stipulated by the School, but students could view the instructor's teaching plan in advance and then make preparations ahead of time, thereby forcing the instructor to accelerate the plan.

The faster the progress, the more outstanding the class, and at the same time, it would be easier to apply for independent project funding from the Academy.

Not only that, the faster the progress, the faster the learning plan within the syllabus could be completed, and the more time would be left over for independent projects.

Correspondingly, the more independent projects a student does during their studies, the more Research Sequence Points they can obtain upon graduation; if the points reach a certain level, they can even directly become an Official Researcher.

A student who starts off like this after graduation can catch up to the efforts others spend ten or twenty years striving for.

Taking Gelinqi as an example, although he could be considered excellent, he still failed to become an Official Researcher upon graduation, and once one leaves school, it is too difficult to rise from an Intern Researcher to an Official Researcher.

It took Gelinqi a full ten years, and others might take even longer; they might not even manage to become an Official Researcher in their entire lives.

Of course, one must not underestimate an Intern Researcher because of this; every Intern Researcher has received a complete nine-year compulsory education, ten years of higher education, and fifteen years of research practice teaching.

Placed in the Main Plane, each one could be called a leader in their respective field, and their influence on civilization far exceeds those Great Arcanists of the old era in the Main Plane.

In this Projection Plane of the Red Heart Alliance, there is no such title as Great Arcanist at all; starting from Advanced Arcanist, there is only the title of Arcanist, and in later careers, Arcanists are rarely even mentioned.

Most are addressed by their profession or rank; for example, Xia Duo was previously called "Sergeant" by two students from the Negative Energy Research Institute because he had military service experience, and he was later called a student because of his advanced study qualifications.

He is now an eleventh-grade university student and can barely be called an "Intern Researcher," though under normal circumstances, this is only possible after graduating from university.

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Originally, Xia Duo's team had already completed the learning and practice tasks ahead of schedule, and the next step should have been to conduct advance previewing or even advance practice according to Instructor Tuto's teaching plan.

However, the other classmates, considering that Xia Duo had been promoted directly to the eleventh grade through advanced studies, decided unanimously to wait until the twelfth grade to start rushing the progress, in order to prevent him from failing to keep up.

For now, they would follow Instructor Tuto's teaching plan, leaving the extra time for Xia Duo to make up for his previous foundations; of course, during this period, the other classmates would still preview what they were supposed to, but they would not let Instructor Tuto accelerate the progress.

Xia Duo needed to use his spare time to make up for his comprehensive foundations while keeping up with the normal teaching progress and even the preview progress of his classmates.

It must be said that this was a very arduous task.

Xia Duo felt immense pressure, but he was also touched by his classmates' consideration; he decided that if he could not keep up with the progress after one year, he would repeat the grade, which was not a difficult choice to make.

Even if he did not do so, Instructor Tuto might advise him to repeat the grade; forcing people together when their progress does not match is not good for anyone.

After all, starting from the eleventh grade, one is not entirely considered a student anymore, and the title of "Intern Researcher" also means one has officially stepped into society.

In fact, those like Xia Duo who entered the school through advanced studies are already social personnel to begin with; if he were to drag down the learning plan of normal students, that would be something the school could not tolerate at all.

But there is a time limit for repeating a grade, generally the same as the normal study time; for Xia Duo, that is fifteen years. Even if he reached the twenty-fifth grade, as long as he was willing, he could still stay in school and linger for another fifteen years.

It is just that there is not much practical significance to that.

……

In the days that followed, Xia Duo's life could almost be described as pitch-black; he completely gave up rest, only taking a short nap before Instructor Tuto's weekly lesson, and spent all other time, except for eating and attending to personal needs, immersed in the Library.

In addition to the four major subjects of Magic, he also paid slight attention to subjects like literature, history, philosophy, art, physical education, and music, but in the end, except for history and physical education, he gave up the rest.

Thanks to his extraordinary memory, history only required him to continuously record information; as for analysis, there is nothing new under the sun, and his knowledge and perception were sufficient to cope with the exams.

As for physical education, it stemmed from the Sword Art foundation Xia Duo had cultivated when he incarnated as an Elf in other Projection Planes; physical education at Chixin University was mostly developed on the basis of the training of past Sword Singers.

It was not difficult for Xia Duo to relearn it, but he had no more energy to delve into other literature, philosophy, art, and music; he could only memorize most of the textbooks and learn them slowly when he had time in the future.

The four major subjects of Magic were the subjects on which he spent the most time and energy, and they were also the subjects he valued the most; in order to quickly complete his foundational accumulation, he went through the history of the Red Heart Alliance's magical development according to the records in the history of magic.

Finally, he sorted all the knowledge points into a complete system ranging from Principles to conclusions and theorems, and then to Equations and Applications, or rather, he interpreted and applied this entire system to all his cognition.

During this period, socializing and extracurricular activities had nothing to do with Xia Duo, but as long as one is a living creature, it is impossible to be completely detached from the outside world while living in this society.

Gelinqi came to find him several times, but Xia Duo did not see him; however, Gelinqi could understand Xia Duo's efforts and goals, and simply expressed his support via Sending.

However—

Maruente's wife and daughter might not necessarily understand; after all, Xia Duo had projected over, and he was no longer the original Maruente.

The reason Gelinqi could understand was that the two had not seen each other for too long, jumping from childhood to several decades later.

But Maruente had almost never been separated from Danas during his service, and he was in frequent contact with his wife and daughter; choosing to go to university for advanced studies might have made them a bit puzzled, but it definitely did not reach the point of being a disturbance.

But like what Xia Duo was doing now, almost cutting off contact, that was completely incomprehensible, to the point of causing distress; thus, Maruente's wife, daughter, and Danas all came to Chixin University many times during this year.

Xia Duo wanted to refuse, but could not find a reason to do so; in the end, he sent them away using the excuse of "only having one year to make up for the foundations," which made him feel a bit guilty.

The essence of the Projection Plane is virtual, but the various experiences within it are real and true; how could one not be affected by being in such an environment for a long time?