Finalizing the Plan

Professor Wang Xi's speech ignited the fighting spirit of every student present.

Even Chen Chen's blood boiled as he listened.

Theology and science had always been two opposing things. One existed in human thought and faith, while the other was the objective law of the world.

One was idealism; the other, materialism.

Yet as times changed, religion had continually undergone growth and decline.

Chen Chen, who possessed the USB Drive, understood this especially well.

After all, only a few days ago, he had personally tested it. The miraculous USB Drive, capable of materializing all manner of things from movies, could not contain films with fantastical elements.

But...

Suddenly, Chen Chen frowned. He thought of something very troubling once more.

If those fantasy films could not be stored in the USB Drive, then how had the horror movies already inside it been put there?

"Could it be..."

Chen Chen's pupils suddenly constricted.

At that moment, a hair-raising sensation overtook him. A chill rose from his tailbone straight to his scalp, making his skin crawl!

"If they could be stored in the USB Drive, wouldn't that mean the ghosts and monsters in those horror movies could really exist in this world?"

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became...

Then perhaps, just as Professor Wang Xi had said, they existed not because they lay beyond science, but because modern science was not advanced enough to prove their existence?

"No, I have to find a way to delete those movies from the USB Drive..."

Chen Chen thought silently. If he did not delete those terrifying films, he feared he would never sleep peacefully again.

After barely enduring the end of the long class, Chen Chen felt as though he had escaped a sea of misery. Fighting through the weakness in his limbs, he returned to his dorm, packed up his laptop, and hurried to the library.

The library only allowed books to be borrowed. If he wanted to compare academic papers, he still had to bring his computer.

After witnessing NZT-48's miraculous effects, Chen Chen had gained some confidence. As long as he was not afraid of his head exploding, he could completely cram hundreds of academic books and journals—or thousands of academic papers—into his brain within a month.

And this kind of "cramming" was not rote memorization, but the kind that allowed him to truly integrate and understand everything.

It would not even be an exaggeration to say that, given a week, he could finish all the core courses of his entire university education!

What did you call an academic genius again? (Leans back tactically.)

Feeling smug inside, Chen Chen slung his computer over his shoulder and returned to the library. He realized that he had already fallen in love with the atmosphere here.

He let out a deep breath and greedily inhaled the fresh air of the "Life, Medicine, and Agriculture Reading Room"...

No, this was not air. This was the scent of knowledge.

Before coming, Chen Chen had bought six steamed buns from the cafeteria, with fillings ranging from chive and glass noodles to vegetables and mushrooms. He had also steeped a large cup of goji berries in his thermos.

After all, while mental labor did not consume as much energy as physical labor, nutrition and hydration still had to be replenished. You could not make a horse run without feeding it grass.

If conditions allowed, Chen Chen also planned to eat more nuts and drink more Brain Power supplements in the future.

After all, running his brain at full power was no less taxing than intense exercise. Chen Chen felt as though he had lost weight over the past two days.

Finding a quiet corner, Chen Chen took out an NZT pill and held it in his palm. Then he spun his pen and deliberately let it fall beneath the table.

By the time he emerged from under the table again, NZT-48 was already in his mouth. He unscrewed the cup lid and took a sip of water, smoothly washing the drug down into his body.

He did this to prevent the surveillance cameras from recording him taking the pill.

Although no one would be bored enough to target him, one could never be too careful about such things.

Hadn't every villainous boss been exposed at the very moment their schemes were about to succeed, all because of some tiny mistake they had made earlier?

That was why one had to know how to lie low in life. As the old sayings went, "Lying low prevents major mistakes," and "Turtles live ten thousand years," or something along those lines.

NZT-48 truly deserved to be called a miracle drug. Not only could it unleash the brain's potential, but its effects also kicked in with incredible speed.

In less than a minute, Chen Chen's drowsy mind suddenly cleared. Endless thoughts and inspiration surged forth like an erupting geyser!

His brain seemed to have been wound up, rapidly reaching peak activity.

This was the feeling!

The corners of Chen Chen's lips curled up slightly. In just a few seconds, he transformed from a dispirited drunkard into a confident, successful man.

As though he had come "alive" again, Chen Chen briskly opened his laptop, connected to the library's Wi-Fi, and began downloading papers that interested him from CNKI.

"Right now, I need to constantly absorb knowledge and improve myself with astonishing learning ability. This process will probably take around a month..."

As his fingers clattered across the keyboard, Chen Chen rapidly considered his plans for the future.

"After a month, I'll need to start looking for ways to make money, and earn enough within the following year to rent a factory."

"Factories can indeed be rented, but the minimum lease is at least half a year. And I need a huge amount of electricity, so a small factory won't be enough. It would be too easy to expose myself. I need a medium-sized factory, which means I'll need to earn at least a million within a year..."

"The remaining time will be used to charge the USB Drive."

Plans for the future flashed rapidly through his mind.

While thinking, Chen Chen also picked out several biology books from the shelves.

As he browsed the shelves, his mind had already mapped out a rhythm—these books progressed from simple to complex, with a corresponding order for what to read each time and what to move on to next.

Once he had chosen the books, the next step was turning pages at a rate of one every twenty seconds.

The pace was fast, but it was only mildly eye-catching. After all, speed-reading was a real skill in this world, not something shockingly outlandish.

In less than an hour, he had thoroughly absorbed a copy of Fundamentals of Microbiology.

Chen Chen remained calm and composed as he gently closed the book and set it aside, then picked up the second one, Principles of Genetics (Third Chinese Edition).

The reason he had not chosen the English edition of Principles of Genetics was that the library did not have it. Otherwise, given the English cramming he had done all afternoon yesterday, he would have been able to read even a book filled with technical terminology with ease.

At this point, Chen Chen's English was roughly equivalent to an IELTS score of 7 or a TOEFL score of around 100.

Just like in the movie, an NZT-48 user needed only a single day to learn a foreign language.