For a long time afterward, Benjamin took the four words "studying like mad" to the absolute extreme.
With learning abilities far beyond ordinary people's, along with the foundation laid by the vast knowledge he had accumulated before, Benjamin absorbed an ocean of genuine knowledge in this world.
That exaggerated learning efficiency also allowed him to display a terrifying rate of progress on the academic path.
University courses that would originally have taken years to complete were conquered one by one with astonishing efficiency.
Papers, projects, exams—every hurdle before him was as smooth as an open road.
In the end, he completed his studies in physics ahead of schedule with the best grades in the entire school, achieving remarkable results.
He even attracted the attention of several senior professors, who believed him to be an academic genius rarely seen in decades.
Naturally, his "parents" were "ecstatic," their faces overflowing with flawlessly proud smiles.
They held a celebration banquet for him, speaking all manner of encouraging and expectant words.
Yet those excessively perfect reactions and emotional displays now only made Benjamin feel a falseness and discomfort that seeped into his bones.
Especially as he gained more experience distinguishing "True Persons," the flaws in his parents became increasingly obvious to Benjamin, as though he were watching a meticulously arranged yet utterly soulless puppet show.
Over these years, Benjamin had not confined himself solely to the campus.
After nearly two years of effort, he used the convenient global transportation network of this highly developed civilization to visit almost every continent, every major city, and every natural wonder on the entire planet during his spare time.
Using his own eyes, he personally confirmed that the planet beneath his feet was unquestionably real.
Its physical scale, geological structure, ecosystem, and other characteristics all matched those of