Early afternoon, the fourth day of Winter Month.
Chen Shu brought his newly revised High-Tier Tracer Technique to Teacher Shi Qian's home.
"Hey, Little Gold."
"Woof~"
"Long time no see! Oh, opening cans now? You're getting smarter and smarter!" Chen Shu rubbed Little Gold's head, then sat down on the sofa. "What are the usual requirements for the Graduation Project and thesis? I've got some free time lately, so I want to finish the thesis first and take it easy later."
"Woof!"
"I wasn't asking you."
"Just write whatever you like."
Teacher Shi Qian wasn't too concerned. "Title, abstract, keywords, introduction, main text, acknowledgments, references. That's it. If you want to start early, I can find you a thesis by one of your seniors to use as a reference. The formatting requirements might change by then, but we won't know until the time comes. And if fixing the format gets on your nerves, you can just leave it."
"That's awesome!"
Chen Shu couldn't help giving him a thumbs-up.
"What's so special about that? If you've got the ability, you can stand tall anywhere." Teacher Shi Qian waved a hand. "Besides, it's only formatting details. Getting too caught up in those would be missing the forest for the trees."
"Fair point."
"Oh, and our major requires a certain number of images in the graduation thesis. At least ten, I think. They're for showing the Rune Arrays of different modules, structural diagrams, and so on. You also need a mind map."
"That's easy."
"Right. Especially since you have a Graduation Project. Just take a few screenshots of the spell structure, snap a few pictures during testing, and put them in."
"What about the word count?"
"If you're only writing a thesis, twenty to thirty thousand words. If you have a Graduation Project,