"So, has anyone completed the assignment I left behind?"
He walked onto the podium and looked at the students below.
Xu Zhi was somewhat curious. It sounded as though this teacher had assigned a difficult problem, but did not expect every student to solve it?
Soon, someone stood up to answer his question.
"Teacher Qin, I believe the star chart you gave us foretells a disaster."
The old man standing on the podium nodded. "And then?"
"Um..." The student who had answered looked slightly embarrassed, then shook his head.
"It's fine. Sit down. Has anyone else seen more?"
Another student stood up. "Teacher Qin, the disaster foretold in the chart may have already happened—or perhaps it has already begun?"
She sounded uncertain as she spoke, her gaze toward the teacher full of inquiry.
Fortunately, the old man was not the nitpicking sort. He merely nodded gently. "You're right. Next time, be a little more confident. So, anything else?"
The female student shook her head, and the old man gestured for her to sit down.
"So, does anyone else have an answer?"
The classroom fell silent.
"Looks like there isn't." He shook his head regretfully. "It seems the extra credits I promised the entire class if anyone could give an answer that satisfied me are off the table."
Hm?
Xu Zhi immediately perked up. Extra credit? What extra credit?
Oh, so there would be no extra credit after all.
Why were her classmates so useless?!
Xu Zhi really wanted to ask him to let her take a look, but unfortunately, even if she did, she probably would not understand it.
The introductory material for this course was incredibly broad and complicated, and nearly all of it started with foundations. For example, what a particular star was called, what tools people in