Chapter Summaries

After defending Shihe Village from the living dead, Chu Fei accepted Captain Huang’s offer to enroll in Dawn Academy and pursue awakening, despite the danger and loss of freedom. As he left his ties to the village behind, he briefly sensed a dazzling gem deep in his consciousness.

• Chu Fei led the village boys in defending the last wall until two armored riders from Flying Tiger City arrived and cut down the living dead.
• Captain Huang told Chu Fei that Dawn Academy could train him to become an Awakened through Big Data Cultivation, but enrollment would cost him his life and freedom.
• Chu Fei agreed to enroll, and the old village chief took the fifty bills paid for his recruitment as repayment for raising him.
• Chu Fei decided he had no further ties to Shihe Village and briefly sensed a dazzling gem in the depths of his consciousness.

Chu Fei traveled with an ammunition convoy to Dawn Academy, learning about its brutal recruitment practices and the Federation’s Big Data Cultivation. After witnessing the Thunderclap Land Carrier and arriving at the academy, he placed third in a punishing entrance test and met Li Honggang and Jiang Shaohu.

• Chu Fei saw the convoy collect children from protected villages and learned from Zhao Hongyue that Dawn Academy recruited twelve-to-fourteen-year-olds, while Big Data Cultivation was both the Federation’s greatest legacy and, in Zhao’s view, its most hateful one.
• A Thunderclap Land Carrier emerged from the mountains, apparently driving a Living Corpse Tide ahead of it, and the convoy continued to Flying Tiger City.
• At Dawn Academy, Chu Fei watched someone fall from a cliff before Cao Liwen announced a timed uphill test with lashes for the bottom three or anyone who failed to finish.
• Chu Fei used his unusual ability to estimate the route’s distance, finished third, and introduced himself to Li Honggang and Jiang Shaohu.

Chu Fei learned that Dawn Academy trained awakened ones through Big Data Cultivation, a demanding discipline enforced with brutal whippings. After discovering his learning ability was extraordinary, he saw a Wisdom Tree Seed in his consciousness and learned it grew by absorbing knowledge.

• Chu Fei watched the old men whip the ten teenagers who had arrived late, then joined Cao Liwen’s top three for a briefing on Dawn Academy and Big Data Cultivation.
• Cao Liwen explained that cultivation relied on scientific knowledge, gene unlocking, and raising the Potential Index, while Chu Fei chose a sunny dormitory room.
• Chu Fei studied a book about Big Data Cultivation and learned that potential above 7.8 could produce superpowers, while reaching 8.0 could make someone awakened.
• Chu Fei began reading Elementary Mathematics and discovered he had finished one-fifth of the difficult book in less than ninety minutes.
• A translucent Wisdom Tree Seed appeared in Chu Fei’s consciousness, and he learned that it consumed knowledge and granted formidable learning ability.

Chu Fei earned a reward at Dawn Academy, then used its strict food-waste rules to turn Huang Dapeng’s attempt to extort him against him. After studying and reflecting, Chu Fei discovered that recalling what he had learned increased the Wisdom Dewdrop’s progress.

• Cao Liwen rewarded Chu Fei and four other students with five yuan, then warned the rest for loafing during his inspection.
• Chu Fei bought five jin of fried chicken legs, and Huang Dapeng confronted him after dinner and demanded money.
• When Huang Dapeng knocked the chicken legs to the ground, Chu Fei reported the food waste to Cao Liwen, who had Huang Dapeng whipped and sent to the little black room.
• Chu Fei returned to the dormitory and studied, then saw a Wisdom Dewdrop on the Wisdom Tree Seed marked at 36%.
• Chu Fei reflected on what he had learned, and the Wisdom Dewdrop increased to 37%.

After punishing the students during physical training, Cao Liwen tested their potential and warned Chu Fei that he had ten months to meet the academy’s cultivation threshold. Chu Fei studied until his Wisdom Dewdrop reached 100%, then activated it and felt his consciousness ascend.

• Chu Fei and the other students ran mountain trails, and Cao Liwen ordered several students—including Chu Fei—to be whipped for poor performance or taking it easy.
• The students received treatment in the medical room, then underwent tests that measured their potential, bone age, and health.
• Cao Liwen told Chu Fei his potential was 7.5587 and gave him ten months to reach 7.75 before turning fifteen, or he would be assigned elsewhere.
• After lunch, Chu Fei studied mathematics until his Wisdom Dewdrop reached 100%, then returned after dinner and activated it.
• The Wisdom Dewdrop dispersed into mist, released a trace of Wisdom Order, and left Chu Fei’s mind clear as his consciousness rapidly ascended.

Chu Fei used a Wisdom Dewdrop to study with heightened clarity, then learned about Dawn Academy’s harsh rules and Big Data Cultivation. The chapter left him focused on reaching potential 7.8 by separating the Cosmic Brain from the Biological Brain.

• Wisdom Dewdrop gave Chu Fei two hours of enhanced learning, during which he reviewed his knowledge and completely absorbed half of the Elementary Mathematics Compendium.
• Cao Liwen coached Chu Fei through stretching, increasing his Wisdom Dewdrop accumulation, and Chu Fei then studied Human Engineering and Human Mechanics.
• Chu Fei placed third in morning training and entered class, where Cao Liwen explained the academy’s sixty punishable rules and the requirements for advancing to the second semester.
• Cao Liwen described Dawn Academy’s record and explained that Abstract Meditation developed from geometric structures toward a Quasi-Hilbert Space Matrix, separating the Cosmic Brain from the Biological Brain around potential 7.8.
• Chu Fei asked about the stages beyond potential 7.8, and Cao Liwen distinguished Semi-Awakened, ordinary Awakened, and Fully Awakened cultivators before explaining that Big Data Cultivation could be formatted and restarted.

Chu Fei attended a full day of classes and discovered that explaining lessons helped his Wisdom Dewdrop grow almost as efficiently as listening to lectures. After using another dewdrop to analyze Big Data Cultivation, he concluded that Mathematical Language might be the key to understanding the universe’s laws, then fell asleep with its effects still active.

• Chu Fei attended Gao Mingsong’s mathematics lessons, answered when called on, and watched his first Wisdom Dewdrop reach 77%.
• Chu Fei found a second Wisdom Dewdrop forming, then studied physics and completed the day’s classes.
• Cao Liwen asked Chu Fei to explain the mathematics and physics homework, and Chu Fei’s second Wisdom Dewdrop rose to 71%.
• Chu Fei used another Wisdom Dewdrop to consider Big Data Cultivation and realized that Mathematical Language could express the laws of the universe and unlock the Metaverse and Cosmic Brain.
• Chu Fei summarized the dewdrop’s effects as a temporary increase in wisdom and fell asleep before its power had run out.

Chu Fei earned a perfect score but witnessed brutal punishment after Jiang Shaohu tried to flee the training grounds. After helping carry the injured students to the medical room, Chu Fei used his reward money to ask Captain Huang what he could buy.

• Chu Fei received a perfect score and a ten-yuan reward, but Cao Liwen struck him and other top students for untidy work and punished the rest for their mistakes.
• Cao Liwen led the students outside, where Jiang Shaohu fled; Captain Huang caught him and the instructors whipped him until he stopped moving.
• A girl ran toward the western cliff, while three other youths approached the instructors and received lashes that left them unable to stand.
• Chu Fei and the others carried the injured students to the medical room, and Cao Liwen ordered everyone to stay on the mountain for the weekend.
• Chu Fei approached Captain Huang with his ten-yuan coin and asked to buy something; Captain Huang listed the basic supplies it could cover.

Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrop to sharpen his dagger skills, then killed Huang Dapeng when Huang confronted him. The academy doubled Chu Fei’s punishments until his potential reached 7.65, and Chu Fei resolved to meditate nightly.

• Chu Fei spent an hour and a half practicing with a Spring Dagger under Wisdom Dewdrop’s effects, using his scientific knowledge to improve his movements.
• Huang Dapeng confronted Chu Fei on the stairs, and Chu Fei used his last drop of Wisdom Dewdrop before stabbing Huang in the chest and killing him.
• Cao Liwen tried to stop Chu Fei and choked him, while Captain Huang intervened verbally and later helped the injured Chu Fei reach the medical room.
• Chu Fei reflected on the risks and luck behind his attack, then continued studying until Captain Huang told him the academy had doubled his punishments until he reached a potential of 7.65.
• Chu Fei challenged the school’s failure to protect him from Huang Dapeng, then decided to meditate for at least an hour every night after lights-out.

Chu Fei completed the week’s cultivation-cycle classes and endured another exam, then used Wisdom Dewdrops to advance his meditation training. The chapter left him facing a threat from the Greedy Wolf Team over its failed investment in Huang Dapeng, while Zhao Xiaofeng approached him with an unexpectedly delicate name.

• Chu Fei maintained second place in the morning run, and Teacher Gu Yuehua introduced Natural Studies as a broad survival subject with no rankings.
• The students completed a week of classes and took ten exam papers; Chu Fei used a Wisdom Dewdrop to absorb the question-setters’ knowledge but received four strikes for two presentation errors.
• Unable to sleep after the exam, Chu Fei meditated with a Wisdom Dewdrop and built a cyclical figure containing 127 triangles.
• After his meditation ability fell to 87 triangles overnight, Chu Fei reinforced it to 116 triangles and went about his morning routine.
• Tang Zhengang warned Chu Fei that the Greedy Wolf Team wanted an explanation because Chu Fei had ruined its investment in Huang Dapeng, but Chu Fei refused to go outside.
• Zhao Xiaofeng introduced himself to Chu Fei.

Chu Fei learned how battle teams invested in promising students and considered Flying Cloud Battle Team’s offer, while Dawn Academy continued punishing students for poor test scores. After Cao Liwen announced an evening vote for class monitor and vice class monitor, Chu Fei asked him about the investment offer, and Cao Liwen directed him to Captain Huang.

• Zhao Xiaofeng explained that battle teams recruited and invested in Dawn Academy students, then offered Chu Fei five thousand yuan worth of supplies from Flying Cloud Battle Team.
• Chu Fei declined to decide on the offer immediately, and Zhao Xiaofeng left after Chu Fei said he would think it over.
• Cao Liwen announced that Chu Fei and three other students had earned perfect scores, then oversaw punishments for students who had lost points.
• Cao Liwen announced that the class would vote for a class monitor and vice class monitor that evening, explaining the positions' responsibilities and rewards.
• Chu Fei told Cao Liwen that Flying Cloud Battle Team had approached him about an investment, and Cao Liwen advised him to ask Captain Huang.

Chu Fei joined Zhao Hongyue to maintain weapons and learned about Flying Tiger City’s teams and Cybernetic Grafting. He discovered that Li Honggang had won class monitor by disparaging him during the campaign, and decided to compete with Li.

• Chu Fei visited Zhao Hongyue at the Dawn Team’s base, and she offered him information about the teams in exchange for helping maintain weapons on weekends.
• After Chu Fei finished maintaining firearms, Zhao Hongyue explained Flying Tiger City’s teams and told him that Captain Huang was a Semi-Awakened Augmented Warrior.
• Zhao Hongyue described Cybernetic Grafting, its combat benefits, costs, and risks to Chu Fei.
• At the cafeteria, Chu Fei learned that Li Honggang and Lu Hong had criticized him during their campaign speeches and that Li had been elected class monitor, with Lu as vice class monitor.
• Chu Fei was not nominated for class monitor and resolved to begin competing with Li Honggang.

Chu Fei used the Eye-Skipping Method and Wisdom Dewdrop to calculate an efficient way to run the mountain route, taking first place in the expanded morning run. Cao Liwen rewarded him for demonstrating a path for Big Data Cultivation, while Li Honggang and Lu Hong finished angry and exhausted.

• Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrop to calculate his route and ran over rocks and dirt in a way that widened his lead over Li Honggang.
• Li Honggang, Lu Hong, Zhang Xuan, and other students copied Chu Fei’s thumb-raising calculations as they ran.
• Chu Fei completed the required three round trips far ahead, but Cao Liwen ordered the class to run a fourth lap.
• Chu Fei alternated between calculating and sprinting, then reached the finish line first while the others struggled to keep up.
• Cao Liwen announced the rankings and punishments, and Li Honggang protested that Chu Fei had slacked off.
• Cao Liwen awarded Chu Fei one hundred yuan for taking first place and opening a path for Big Data Cultivation.

Chu Fei continued prioritizing his studies, helped Zhang Xuan understand a chemistry and physics contradiction, and earned Captain Huang Gang’s praise for his weapon maintenance. Huang Gang hinted at the True Intent of a Semi-Awakened but asked Chu Fei what he would pay to learn it.

• Cao Liwen punished Li Honggang, Lu Hong, and Zhang Xuan for losing points, while Chu Fei studied instead of going to the infirmary.
• Zhang Xuan returned to study despite her injuries, and Chu Fei explained why chemical reactions could involve an effectively negligible mass loss.
• Chu Fei went to work with the Dawn Team and earned a full drop of Wisdom Dewdrop while maintaining weapons.
• Huang Gang tested a restored submachine gun, praised Chu Fei’s skill, and called him a natural-born warrior.
• Huang Gang offered to share the True Intent of a Semi-Awakened and asked Chu Fei what he was prepared to pay for the knowledge.

Chu Fei accepted the Dawn Team’s training offer in exchange for a promise to support the team if he advanced, and received books on firearms before leaving. While returning by a mountain trail, he overheard Zhao Xiaofeng recruiting Li Honggang and Lu Hong for a mission to retrieve an item from the teachers’ office, and learned that they had received Superbrain Potion; he later encountered them back at the training square.

• Huang Gang asked Chu Fei to give the Dawn Team priority if he became Semi-Awakened and to look after it if he became Awakened, and Chu Fei agreed.
• Huang Gang gave Chu Fei books on firearms and promised to teach him Gun-Fu after he read them.
• Chu Fei took a quieter mountain trail to avoid Li Honggang and Lu Hong, then used a Wisdom Dewdrop to investigate voices he recognized.
• Chu Fei overheard Zhao Xiaofeng tell Li Honggang and Lu Hong that they were to retrieve an item from the teachers’ office, and offer them Superbrain Potions as part of the Flying Cloud Battle Team’s deal.
• Li Honggang and Lu Hong agreed to the mission, and Li Honggang asked whether they could kill Chu Fei; Zhao Xiaofeng told them to avoid causing trouble and focus on the job.
• Chu Fei returned to the training square and ran into Li Honggang and Lu Hong, who said they had been training and that he should work hard.

Chu Fei weighed whether to report Li Honggang, Lu Hong, and Zhao Xiaofeng’s plan to take a valuable item, then resolved to compete with them while staying under Cao Liwen’s watch. At the next academic exam, Chu Fei handed in his paper early, prompting Cao Liwen to raise both the possible punishment and reward for his score.

• Chu Fei decided to wait and see if he could get the item Li Honggang, Lu Hong, and Zhao Xiaofeng planned to take from the teachers' office, then trained with a Wisdom Dewdrop before sleeping.
• During the morning run, Chu Fei noticed Li Honggang and Lu Hong had improved, and Lu Hong asked whether Chu Fei had joined Dawn Team; Chu Fei said he only did part-time work for them.
• Chu Fei decided not to yield to Li Honggang and Lu Hong, believing competition could protect him and create a chance to obtain the item they sought.
• Li Honggang and Lu Hong kept their heads down and studied during the following week, while the morning running rankings remained stable.
• At Saturday night's exam, Chu Fei handed in his paper early, and Cao Liwen warned that mistakes would bring quadruple punishment while a flawless paper would earn a quadruple reward.
• Chu Fei returned to his desk to study, and his classmates became increasingly restless as they continued the exam.

Chu Fei challenged Li Honggang and Lu Hong for trying to enforce a private rule against early test submissions, then earned a perfect score and exposed their actions to Cao Liwen. He later impressed Huang Gang by mastering the books he had given him, and Huang Gang took him to the shooting range.

• Li Honggang confronted Chu Fei over handing in his exam early, and Chu Fei dodged Li Honggang's punch, knocked him down, and criticized the monitors' private rule.
• Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrop to meditate and study, then learned that his class would take another Potential Index test the following Sunday.
• Cao Liwen announced Chu Fei had made no mistakes and rewarded him with four hundred yuan, while Li Honggang and Lu Hong received corporal punishment for their errors.
• Chu Fei told Cao Liwen that the class monitors had blocked him over early submissions, and Cao Liwen warned the two not to do it again.
• Chu Fei answered Huang Gang's questions about the books he had been given, and Huang Gang praised him before taking him to the shooting range.

Huang Gang taught Chu Fei how firearms fit into Augmentation Combat Arts, emphasizing calculation over instinct. Chu Fei left with a new understanding of augmentation and asked Huang Gang about the Superbrain Potion.

• Huang Gang challenged Chu Fei’s ideas about Gun-Fu by explaining the calculations needed for accurate long-range shooting.
• At the shooting range, Huang Gang assessed Chu Fei’s repaired gun and taught him how its specifications determined its best use.
• Under Huang Gang’s guidance, Chu Fei scored a perfect ten-ring shot at fifty meters, and Huang Gang began teaching him Augmentation Combat Arts.
• Huang Gang defined augmentation broadly as external equipment and explained that its combat arts relied on defying instinct and calculating constantly.
• After the lesson, Chu Fei gained three Wisdom Dewdrops and asked Huang Gang whether he knew about the Superbrain Potion.

Chu Fei teamed up with Huang Gang to investigate Flying Cloud Battle Team’s suspicious investment and received a pistol, while also seeking instruction in whip techniques. After hours of meditation, Chu Fei broke through to stable Three-Dimensional Thinking Mode and found his thought efficiency and dynamic perception improved.

• Chu Fei told Huang Gang about Flying Cloud Battle Team’s plan to steal something from Cao Liwen’s office, and Huang Gang agreed they should investigate without alerting Cao Liwen.
• Chu Fei asked Huang Gang about learning whip techniques from the four old men, agreed to pay five thousand yuan a month, and took books on colonization.
• Huang Gang gave Chu Fei a pistol, and Chu Fei returned to the cafeteria openly carrying it, silencing Li Honggang and surprising the other students.
• Cao Liwen confronted Chu Fei about the pistol, contacted Huang Gang, and warned Chu Fei not to act recklessly.
• Chu Fei used Wisdom Dewdrops to practice Three-Dimensional Thinking Mode and formed a stable sphere that moved freely through his consciousness space.

After strengthening his Three-Dimensional Thinking Mode with Wisdom Dewdrop, Chu Fei dominated the morning run against Li Honggang and Lu Hong. Cao Liwen whipped the two runners despite their second- and third-place finishes, explaining that their widened gap behind Chu Fei meant they had fallen behind.

• Chu Fei used four drops of Wisdom Dewdrop to replace the sphere in his Three-Dimensional Thinking Mode with a tetrahedron, sharpening his senses and improving his computing power.
• Li Honggang and Lu Hong, confident after taking the Superbrain Potion, tried to block Chu Fei during the morning run.
• Chu Fei used precise calculations and nimble movements to get past them, then repeatedly prevented them from overtaking him.
• Chu Fei widened his lead over Li Honggang and Lu Hong despite running with a pistol at his waist.
• Cao Liwen whipped Li Honggang and Lu Hong, saying their gap from Chu Fei had widened and that those who fell behind got beaten.