The Exam Approaches

June 5th, 1900, Sunny.

When Li Qiwei woke up, he noticed Hong'er's complexion was a bit off.

When he asked her what was wrong, the young girl bashfully refused to say.

Meanwhile, Li San had just left to mail a letter back home.

Li Qiwei didn't think much of it. As usual, he washed up and ate under Hong'er's service before heading to school.

At this moment, the campus of Cambridge University was devoid of students chatting idly.

Every study room and the library were packed to the brim.

The reason was simple: final exams were just around the corner!

It would be a trial by fire for the strong, and utter annihilation for the weak.

As the world's foremost institution, passing at Cambridge was no easy feat.

Failing exams meant not accumulating enough credits, which meant not graduating, not finding a good job, and not marrying a good wife.

Consequently, the vast campus was much quieter than usual.

Li Qiwei had over a dozen courses to be examined on, covering all fields of physics.

Mechanics, optics, thermodynamics, various experimental courses, and even electives on cutting-edge theories.

There were even two mathematics courses.

As everyone knows, mathematics is the skeleton of physics. Without it, physics cannot become a systematic science.

One shouldn't underestimate the level of mathematics at this time. It had been over thirty years since the great Riemann passed away.

Riemannian geometry, complex analysis – just thinking about them made one's head hurt.

However, for Li Qiwei, all of this was not exactly a piece of cake, but at least effortless.

Having survived the grueling "sea of problems" tactic in his previous life, Li Qiwei viewed the problems of this era with a condescending attitude.

Moreover, for Wilson's course, he didn't even need to take the exam; he'd get full marks directly.

At this moment, Li Qiwei wanted to say to everyone: "Go ahead and review. I'll wing it."

Li Qiwei wandered around the campus for a while before finding an empty classroom to sit in.

He wasn't there to review his studies but to start writing textbooks.

The Spark Plan required a vast amount of content. He had to start writing a little every day, accumulating it over time to compile into a book.

Li Qiwei initially decided to compile three textbooks: Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry.

Physics was the core, crucial for future atomic bomb research, and thus of utmost importance, allowing no room for error.

Mathematics was intended to improve China's overall scientific research literacy, serving as the foundation for all natural sciences.

As for Chemistry, it was involved in all aspects of industrialization and was closely related to national production.

Li Qiwei had initially considered adding Biology, but decided against it, fearing he might spread himself too thin. Biology could be studied later.

Suddenly, another thorny issue came to mind.

Where would the students of the Spark Plan study together when the time came?

It was definitely impossible within Cambridge University. The place he rented couldn't house many people either.

The initial estimate was around three to four students for the first batch. If there were more, he wouldn't be able to manage.

As Li Qiwei was writing the textbook and contemplating the details of the Spark Plan, a voice suddenly interrupted him.

"Hey, Bruce-senpai, I finally found you."

"You've been going straight to the lab after class these past few days; I didn't dare disturb you," Chris said, walking over excitedly.

Li Qiwei looked at him and smiled, "Oh, it's Chris. What's up?"

Chris rubbed his hands together, his tone a little awkward. "Um, Bruce-senpai, I wanted to ask you for a favor. Could you tutor me for my courses?"

Seeing his hopeful expression, Li Qiwei smiled and said, "Sure. Bring the problems over, and I'll teach you."

Chris quickly thanked him and added, "Thank you so much, Bruce-senpai, but I have one more small request."

He then explained the reason: Chris had formed a small team called the "[Physics Society]" with four or five members.

The members were all first-year physics students at Trinity College. They often gathered to study and discuss together.

With study resources at the school being scarce, Chris proposed holding their study sessions at his family's countryside home.

Chris's hometown was not far from the outskirts of Cambridgeshire, in a village with beautiful pastoral scenery.

Chris wanted to invite Li Qiwei to his home to guide the Physics Society members collectively.

Upon hearing this, Li Qiwei suddenly had an idea for the location of the Spark Plan.

Why not hold it at Chris's place? It wasn't far from Cambridge University, and the students could still use the school's library – killing two birds with one stone.

So, he readily agreed, "No problem, Chris. I was just thinking of getting some fresh country air myself."

Chris hadn't expected Li Qiwei to agree so readily and was overjoyed.

"Thank you so much, Bruce, you're such a gentleman."

"How about I take you to my place tomorrow? I'll notify the members of the Physics Society today."

Li Qiwei said, "Okay, we'll leave from school tomorrow morning."

After Chris repeatedly agreed, he jogged off to deliver the news to the others.

Meanwhile, Li Qiwei smiled and continued to write teaching materials.

The next morning, Chris found Li Qiwei as promised, accompanied by four other boys.

The reason there were no female students was that Cambridge University was a male-only institution until the mid-20th century.

Even if women had the right to attend Cambridge, they couldn't receive a degree; the university wouldn't grant them one.

Let alone the fact that Cambridge didn't admit women at all back then.

This would be unimaginable in later generations.

Therefore, despite Europe's self-proclaimed civilization, it was hardly anything special.

If science hadn't coincidentally been born here, the world's landscape would be hard to predict.

Although the women's education movement in Britain had been developing for decades, it had yet to conquer the hard nut that was Cambridge.

Consequently, the university was teeming with hormonal male students.

It wasn't surprising that problematic students like Raymond and Cecil appeared; they were likely driven to it.

Li Qiwei was certainly opposed to this situation, but since he was in Britain, it didn't really matter.

The group chatted and laughed along the way, quickly becoming familiar with each other.

The four boys were named Jeni, Habi, Luo Lun, and Ruika De.

Like Chris, they all held Li Qiwei in high regard and felt honored by his presence.

In reality, all five members of the Physics Society came from common families in Britain at that time, and attending Cambridge University had cost their families a significant amount of savings.

To live up to themselves and their families, they naturally had to study hard.

And to avoid being bullied at school, the five of them naturally banded together to form the so-called Physics Society.

Li Qiwei had no information about these names in his mind, indicating they were nobodies, just like Chris.

However, this was also normal; there were only so many big names in physics, and you couldn't just bump into them easily.

An hour later, they finally arrived at the countryside where Chris's home was located.

Li Qiwei was instantly captivated by the scene before him.

As far as the eye could see, endless lavender swayed in the wind, like a purple ocean.

The air was filled with the fragrance of flowers and the scent of the earth, truly a paradise on earth.

Surrounding the sea of flowers were country cottages with a distinctly British charm. Although they looked old, they were spacious and detached.

Chris's parents warmly welcomed Li Qiwei and the others.

It was within this intoxicating scenery that Chris and the other five suffered intense mental torment from Li Qiwei.

"This is a small wooden block that can be treated as a point mass."

"A smooth surface means there is no friction."

"First, analyze the forces on the pulley separately."

"Watch carefully, I'm about to transform."

"..."

Li Qiwei drew upon typical physics problems he had encountered in the Gaokao exams of later generations.

For the students of this era, it was a complete dimensional reduction attack.

Chris and the others had never imagined that a simple physics problem could be approached in such a way.

For the first time, they experienced the terror of the exams from the mysterious East.

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