October had arrived.
Ling'an Academy, women's dormitory.
For once, Zhang Suannai sat at her desk facing her computer, with a document editor open. But one hand rested motionless on the keyboard, while she propped her other elbow on the desk and bit her raised thumb. She stared blankly at the screen.
The screen's glow lit her face snow-white and made her eyes sparkle.
Today she wore rainbow-colored shorts that showed off her pale legs. On top, she wore only a plain white tank top, with the faint outlines of white straps visible beneath it.
Today, Zhang Suannai was Academic Zhang Suannai.
Yesterday, she had asked her friend about writing a thesis, only to be mocked mercilessly. Furious, she vowed to produce a thesis that would Shock the world, stun every advisor, examiner, and classmate at her defense, then stun the whole academy—ideally, the whole country. Finally, she would slap her friend and everyone in the Silly Goose Group who looked down on her right in the face until their cheeks swelled.
Step one: choose a thesis topic.
At present, she had roughly four types of thesis to choose from—
Surveys of current conditions, teaching experiments, technical and tactical statistical analyses, and theoretical analyses.
The first was super easy. It required almost no technical skill; all she had to do was conduct a survey and compile the results. Naturally, it carried little academic weight and suited people of modest ability who just wanted to scrape through graduation. Topics included "A Survey of the Current Operations of Traditional Swordsmanship Clubs in Jade Capital City" and "A Survey of the Proportion and Preferences of Jade Capital City Students Taking Traditional Swordsmanship as an Elective."
Apart from being ineligible for awards, this kind of thesis had basically no drawbacks.
The second required some technical