The Older I Grew, the Lonelier I Became
Shen Qi had a long talk with Zhou Yu'an in Zhou Yu'an rented apartment.
Zhou Yu'an rented a house and secluded himself to study. His actions and study materials spoke for themselves: math and English, TOEFL and GRE—this was the pace of preparing to study abroad.
"People who study basic mathematics naturally want to go to the Princeton Mathematics Department," Zhou Yu'an said.
"Princeton, everyone's going to Princeton. It's Prince Town Tomb." Shen Qi realized that Princeton seemed to have become a bus stop.
"Then I'll be waiting for you at Princeton. Good luck." In the end, Shen Qi still wished Zhou Yu'an well before leaving.
While designing the Bravais pendulum experiment, Shen Qi received some good news: the ninth of his ten mathematical papers had been published.
The paper, "Analysis of Quadratic Integrable Non- Hamilton Systems," was published in the general journal "Mathematical Abstracts." It was short and effective, which was exactly the result Shen Qi wanted.
Shen Qi gained 5000 x 2 = 10,000 academic points, leaving him with 197,549 academic points.
System achievement task progress: 9/10.
The Earth's rotation produces many non-inertial effects, and using these effects to quantitatively measure the Earth's rotational angular velocity is an important aspect of experimental physics research.
The Bravais pendulum can accurately measure the Earth's rotation period; this was Shen Qi's last physics experiment.
"Lend me a few strands of hair." By the Weiming Lake, Shen Qi asked Ou Ye to lend him some hair.
Without saying a word, Ou Ye tore off a clump of hair and handed it to Shen Qi.
Shen Qi straightened Ou Ye's long hair and observed it intently. "Hair is about 65 centimeters long and very flexible, suitable for making a rope."
"Statistical Physics of ponytail shape and hair cellulose?" Ou Ye asked. She knew her boyfriend must have some academic purpose in borrowing her hair; Shen Qi was about to get his second degree in physics.
"No, the Foucault pendulum is a pendulum that moves in a vertical plane, while the Bravais pendulum moves in a horizontal circle. The innovative physics experiment I'm doing is an experiment on the Bravais pendulum," Shen Qi explained, twisting Ou Ye's hair into a hair tie.
Shen Qi picked up a small twig, tied it with a hair tie, and swung the rope in a circular motion.
"You liar, you're too small-minded," Shen Qi said angrily after spinning around for a while.
"Huh?" Ou Ye was extremely nervous, and also felt wronged and helpless. "What can I do? I can't exactly get breast implants, can I?"
"Huh?" Shen Qi was surprised, "Breast augmentation? Why would you need breast augmentation?"
"Didn't you just say it was too small...?" Ou Ye said resentfully, a little unconvinced, "But I didn't lie to you, I never said it was big..."
After a three-second pause of confusion, Shen Qi hugged Ou Ye and burst into laughter. "Haha, hahaha!"
"Don't laugh!" Ou Ye was angry; even flat-chested girls have dignity.
"Not small, not small. I didn't mean you're small. Let me explain..." Shen Qi finally understood the situation.
"I won't listen! I won't listen! I won't listen!" Ou Ye covered her ears.
"The ideal diameter for the rope in Bravais pendulum is 1 millimeter. You pulled a handful of hair from my head, twisted it into a rope, and the diameter is exactly 1 millimeter," Shen Qi explained forcefully to Ou Ye.
"When I was in high school, I participated in the CMO finals at Shuimu University. That day, there was a long-haired guy playing with Bravais pendulum. He only used five strands of hair as the pendulum string, and the diameter obviously couldn't be more than 1 millimeter. So he was a fraud. The diameter of his pendulum string was too small to calculate the Earth's rotational angular velocity, not even an estimate."
"That long-haired conman, academic fraud, all those years of idolizing him. Only today, after personally playing with the Bravais pendulum, did I suddenly realize that practice is the sole criterion for testing all theories." Shen Qi sighed, looking back as if in a dream.
"Oh." Ou Ye was skeptical. She looked down at her chest. Actually, she couldn't blame Shen Qi; it wasn't big to begin with, just a B-cup.
"Come on, Little Ye Ye, let's take a picture together." Shen Qi put his arm around Ou Ye and took a series of close-up photos of the two of them by Weiming Lake, which made his girlfriend happy.
Shen Qi entered the laboratory and used a steel wire rope as the pendulum string and a 3kg lead ball as the pendulum body to conduct a formal Bravais pendulum experiment.
When this experiment was completed, Shen Qi's tenth mathematical paper, "Linear Analysis of Projective Mappings of Operator Products," was published.
System: "New achievement! Congratulations, host, for publishing a mathematical paper. The basic reward is 5,000 Academic Points. Multiplied by the Mathematics Main Talent System 2.0, the final reward is 10,000 Academic Points. Remaining balance: 207,549 Academic Points. Please confirm."
"The host has published a total of ten mathematical papers within the specified time, completing the task 'Diligent Paper Writing Award' and receiving a basic reward of 100,000 academic points."
"Since all ten papers are mathematical papers, the main talent bonus is 2.0 times, and the final reward for this task is 200,000 Academic Excellence Points."
"407,549 Academic Points Remaining, please check."
"A new 'Paper IF Value-Added Module' has been added. Effective immediately, the base reward value of academic points earned by the host for published papers will be multiplied by the IF value of the journal in which the paper was published on the date of publication. The resulting value will be the actual reward value for that paper."
Note 1: If the journal's impact factor (IF) is less than 1, it will be calculated as 1.
Note 2: If the published paper is a mathematical paper, you can enjoy a double bonus of 2.0 times the IF value.
Note 3: The above calculation method is only applicable to this system and should not be applied to real-world scenarios.
The system displayed a flood of information.
"400,000 academic points, finally enough!" Shen Qi had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
As his sophomore year was drawing to a close, Shen Qi improved his math level to 9.
Mathematics Level 9, 0/750,000
Physics Level 6, 825/150,000
Sports Level 5, 2811/50,000
English Level 5, 521/50,000
Chinese Language Level 5, 108/50,000
Political Level 4, 1936/10,000
Chemistry Level 3, 421/5000
Biology Level 3, 5 31/5000
History Level 2, 1127/3000
Geography Level 2, 678/3000
Remaining Academic Points: 7549
Topological Physics was the last physics major course Shen Qi took, and he scored 100 points, bringing his undergraduate career at Yenching University to a perfect close.
"Shen Qi, after assessment, you have completed all the required credits for the Physics major in our college. You are hereby awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics. Congratulations, and we wish you all the best at Princeton." A leader from the Physics Department's Degree Evaluation Committee solemnly presented Shen Qi with a degree certificate.
"Thank you! I will always remember the nurturing I received from Yenching University, and I will come back." Shen Qi accepted his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, his second degree.
System: "New achievement! The host has obtained a second degree in physics, rewarding 100,000 Academic Points. Remaining Academic Points: 107,549. Please confirm."
It took two years to complete, I earned a double degree in mathematics and physics from Yenching University, published ten mathematics papers, completed a National Natural Science Foundation of China project, and achieved a GPA of 4.0. My hobby is running, and I even won a long-distance running championship.
In addition, he also had a girlfriend.
My girlfriend is very intelligent; most guys are no match for her.
After two years of study at Yenching University, Shen Qi had few regrets.
The only regret is that Shen Qi was the only one to take his undergraduate graduation photo, because he was the only one in his graduating class to graduate that summer.
After taking off his Yenching University scholar's robes, Shen Qi felt lonely.
The older you get, the lonelier you become.
But loneliness is not an excuse to escape; this man cannot stop moving forward, he can only keep going.
Shen Qi was fully prepared. Princeton, here I come!