Chapter 96: line with translation of chapter title

Ah! When will I be able to raise this Professional LV5 ability up another tier again?

Heaven Rewards Diligence's all skills are divided into a total of five tiers, namely Foundation, Elite, Professional, Master, and Transcendent!

Each tier is further divided into levels 1 to 5, and if counting from after the College Entrance Exam to now, Li Mingyang has already undergone nearly three full years of effort.

But he is still just one step away from the Master tier, the progress bar stuck at 99% and unable to move; this situation has persisted for over a month.

Whether Li Mingyang is researching papers or other materials, it does nothing to raise the progress bar.

Although progress gets slower the further along, Li Mingyang has long since become accustomed to the system's operation.

But a situation where the progress bar hasn't moved at all after being stuck for a full month is still the first time it's happened, if not for the other skills still progressing normally.

Li Mingyang is almost suspecting whether his system has crashed!

According to the system's description of skill tiers, the Professional tier already counts as rare talent in this field, and if one can enter the Master tier.

Whether LV1 or LV5, as long as it belongs to the Master tier's range, in this field you are the highest standard of human society.

It is the pillar-level scientist driving human societal development!

And now Li Mingyang is only one step away from such a realm, yet this 1% experience bar feels like a heavenly chasm.

It has been stuck for Li Mingyang's full month with no hope of any progress in sight!

He irritably scratched his scalp, and the dandruff from his unwashed head for nearly a week flew down with his finger movements.

For these minor details, Li Mingyang now has no energy to spare; he must figure out what's going on with his skill level.

Could it be that my talent only goes this far? That shouldn't be, didn't we agree that Heaven Rewards Diligence means effort brings progress?

Moreover, Li Mingyang does not believe that after such long effort, with his IQ exceeding 180, he would lack talent.

So……

Could it be that I've put my effort in the wrong direction?

Suddenly this idea flashed into Li Mingyang's mind like a thunderclap from clear sky.

Yes! Eight or nine times out of ten, that must be the reason!

If not for this reason, there's no reason my aircraft's design and manufacture would be stuck for over a month without any movement!

Li Mingyang began to carefully consider his learning process over these years; although he often had hands-on practice, after all, he sometimes had to go help at Myriad Territory Company.

In hands-on ability, Li Mingyang is naturally not lacking.

But he normally spends most of his time studying textual or video materials, his mind filled with various theoretical knowledge.

If he is truly lacking something to reach the Master tier, then eight or nine times out of ten the cause lies in his hands-on ability.

Thinking again, the hands-on things he's made over the years seem to be limited to participating in key drone design and manufacture, with nothing truly large-scale produced.

Even the teacher's excellent laboratory, on his side, has become mere decoration, with no truly outstanding product ever designed.

Let alone actually building one himself!

Realizing this, Li Mingyang had a sudden enlightenment; it seems the key to truly entering the Master tier lies right here.

Having only theoretical knowledge in mind is not enough; his hands-on ability must also develop in tandem with his theoretical level.

Mere armchair strategy certainly cannot count as top-tier human; one must grasp both idea and reality, and only by possessing both can one be called truly top‑tier human.

"Hey? Teacher? It's like this, I want to ask the teacher if there's any relatively large‑scale project on hand now?"

"After nearly three years of study, I feel I've learned almost all the theoretical knowledge; now I just lack hands‑on practice in this area."

"So I want to ask the teacher whether there are any decent opportunities for hands‑on practical learning."

One must say that although Old Wang Qiang is up in years, his energy is still unmatched by ordinary young people.

Even at this age, his hair is mostly gray‑white, and he spends at least 360 days a year busy with various work.

For example, right now, although Li Mingyang doesn't know where this teacher is, he knows one thing: this is surely another business trip to some hidden research institute.

"Project? Give the teacher a day or two to think it over, let him consider whether there's a place suitable for your level."

As for Li Mingyang this student, Wang Qiang is still quite concerned; in his view, Li Mingyang is a genuine genius.

These years, although he's been busy with work, his attention to Li Mingyang has never waned.

As early as half a year ago, Wang Qiang already knew clearly that although Li Mingyang is currently only a third‑year college student, he hasn't even reached his fourth year.

But this little disciple of his already possesses the level to earn a doctorate directly under him.

Now another half year has passed; one would think his little disciple has made considerable progress, and if we merely find him an ordinary research institute or an ordinary project,

it might actually not help his learning and progress at all!

After all, some research institutes' conditions are probably not as good as the lab he keeps at Harbin Institute of Technology!

Li Mingyang himself knows this as well; if the teacher readily agrees and casually arranges a place for him,

then Li Mingyang would probably be rather unwilling; in that case, he might as well go straight to his own Myriad Territory Company.

At least there, it's his own domain, with all kinds of experimental equipment and materials fully prepared.

No matter what he wants to research, he needn't worry about experimental environment or material funding, and he can stay there more happily.

The reason he called the teacher for help arranging things is precisely to get into a highly valuable lab; at least it should be a major project, right?