Jiang Fan

Biodata

Power Progression

Jiang Fan’s advancement consists of Technology System unlocks and knowledge rewards rather than cultivation realms.

Background / History

Previous Life and Rebirth

In his previous life on Earth, Jiang Fan was a scientific researcher specializing in nanomaterials. After graduating, he spent five years on research funded at three billion yuan annually, but technological limitations prevented a major breakthrough. He was subsequently reborn in a parallel world, Blue Star, returning to the age of seventeen during his second year of high school 1 29.

The Technology System offered access to future science, but its activation trial demanded precise score control: nine consecutive high-school examinations totaling exactly 300 points each. Any deviation reset the count. Despite his previous academic strength, Jiang Fan initially missed the target by one or two points and had to review the entire high-school curriculum intensively 1.

The 300-Point Examination Trial

By the opening chapter, Jiang Fan had completed eight qualifying examinations. When the municipal education bureau canceled the next scheduled examination, he believed his opportunity to activate the system had disappeared. His distressed protests were mistaken for a breakdown over his poor grades, and he subsequently refused to eat or speak for two days 1 2.

Chu Ruoxi restored his hope by pointing out that the college entrance examination was still part of high school. After confirming that it qualified, Jiang Fan resumed studying, now alongside her. His final result—60 in Chinese, mathematics, and English, plus 120 in combined sciences—produced the required total of 300 and activated the system 2 3.

Fusion Research and National Recruitment

His next system mission required admission to Dragon University of Science and Technology. Unable to find an ordinary admission route with his score, Jiang Fan offered a 10,000-yuan Zhihu bounty for advice. A sarcastic suggestion that he develop a spaceship inspired him to submit some of his controlled fusion formulas and data to the university instead 3 4.

Zhou Huaide verified the program through a supercomputer, prompting a state response and a competition among leading universities to recruit Jiang Fan. Officials concealed his fusion work behind a story that he had invented solar photovoltaic panel materials, protecting both the research and Jiang Fan from foreign attention 10 16 17.

After traveling to the Capital, Jiang Fan explained his research to initially skeptical experts. He publicly estimated that controlled fusion could be achieved within five years, then privately told Zhou Huaide that he needed only one year and ten billion yuan in funding 21 24 25.

Northern Base Breakthrough

Jiang Fan arrived at the Northern Controlled Nuclear Fusion Base after most of its researchers had been reassigned to a fighter jet project, leaving eighteen behind. He won their confidence by answering increasingly difficult technical questions and was appointed chief engineer. He then prepared a detailed tokamak reconstruction plan 31 33 34.

The first ignition attempt produced no reaction because of a loose wire in the laser ignition controls. Once the fault was repaired, the team resumed the experiment. Jiang Fan adjusted the magnetic confinement and external power supply as material temperatures rose, helping the reaction reach the required 100 stable seconds; it ultimately continued for 118 seconds 38 39 42.

The achievement prompted national honors and an order recalling the base’s former researchers. It remained a limited demonstration rather than the sustained fusion system Jiang Fan intended to develop 36 42 43.

University Enrollment

Jiang Fan selected Dragon University of Science and Technology despite offers from other leading institutions. Choosing its admission letter completed his mathematics-reward mission 44 45.

At university, he accepted Elder Long as his teacher and firmly chose space science as his major. Elder Long assigned him a faculty apartment because his continuing work for the Northern Base involved classified documents, and invited him to assist with mecha research instead of attending military training 48.

Jiang Fan subsequently entered the Freshman Math Challenge, where the system offered future fighter jet blueprints for first place. He completed the first two questions in one minute and three seconds, then submitted a solution to the notoriously difficult “Death Question” after five minutes and twenty-one seconds. His third answer was still awaiting verification at the end of the supplied account 48 50.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, straight-postured, and not overweight 28 36.
• Features: Handsome face and slender fingers 3 14.
• High-school appearance: Long, ungroomed hair and shabby clothing reflected his single-minded focus on studying 14.
• Later appearance: A haircut and change of clothes transformed him enough that former classmates initially failed to recognize him 14.
• Recorded outfit: A white T-shirt and khaki casual trousers during his Huaqing University visit 27.

Personality

Jiang Fan is intensely research-driven and patriotic. His desire for the system stems from wanting to overcome the technological restrictions imposed on Dragon Country and accelerate its scientific development. His persistence includes a year of exacting exam preparation and overnight work on the Northern Base’s reconstruction plans 1 34 35.

His technical confidence contrasts sharply with his romantic inexperience. Having devoted his previous life entirely to research, he had never had a girlfriend or even a female friend. He becomes visibly flustered around Chu Ruoxi and uncomfortable under Qiao Yifei’s deliberate flirtation 10 17 27 28.

He is grateful toward his parents and conscious of the ridicule they endured because of his apparent academic failures. Before leaving for the Capital, he thanks them and kowtows three times, resolving to make them proud 22.

His interest in space science is tied to a personal conviction that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations exist. He suspects the system is a medium through which such a civilization teaches humanity, but this remains his interpretation rather than an established explanation of its origin 29 48.

Abilities & Skills

Technology System

• Grants scientific knowledge, blueprints, and special rewards through missions and choices 3 27 48.
• Integrates rewarded knowledge directly into his mind, allowing immediate recall and explanation 20 45.
• Does not remove practical constraints: research still requires funding, equipment, materials, and an appropriate working environment 3.
• Jiang Fan infers that its technological rewards are selected with Blue Star’s manufacturing capabilities in mind; this is his deduction, not a confirmed system rule 48.

Controlled Nuclear Fusion

• Explains advanced fusion theory without reference materials and makes difficult equations accessible to experienced researchers 24.
• Diagnoses tokamak design problems and produces detailed reconstruction plans 33 34.
• Detects a component misalignment of 0.02 degrees during inspection 36.
• Directs real-time confinement and power adjustments during the successful 118-second experiment 42.
• Limitations: The modified tokamak is intended for one use. Its shortened construction process leaves material endurance problems, particularly as magnetic ring temperatures approach 2,000°C 36 41 42.

Nanotechnology and Nanometrology

• Draws on five years of previous-life nanomaterials research 1.
• Proposes optical interferometry methods as an improvement over Qiao Yifei’s atomic force microscope approach 29.
• His technique is successfully developed by Qiao Shan and Qiao Yifei, delivering performance several times better than their previous method 31.

Mathematics and Score Control

• Masters the high-school curriculum closely enough to obtain exactly 300 points across nine consecutive examinations 1 3 26.
• Correctly answers difficult mathematics questions even while deliberately suppressing his overall examination results 1.
• Gains all mathematical knowledge currently mastered on Blue Star through the system 45.
• Demonstrates rapid problem-solving during the Freshman Math Challenge, though his Death Question solution remains unverified in the supplied chapters 50.

Research Leadership

• Wins experienced researchers’ trust through technical answers and practical solutions 33.
• Organizes work through detailed plans, explanations, and task distribution 34 35.
• Helps unite the remaining Northern Base team; its efficiency rises to three times its usual level 35.

Honors and Rewards

Relationships

• Chu Ruoxi — High-school classmate, study partner, and later girlfriend. Her encouragement enables him to finish the system trial. He unknowingly calls her his girlfriend while she is messaging him as “Little Wildcat”; by university registration, they are explicitly a couple 2 36 48.
• Jiang Jingguo — Father. Supports him despite his apparent academic decline, shares his enthusiasm for The King of Fighters, and proudly celebrates his achievements 3 9 45.
• Li Guiqin — Mother. Prioritizes his health over academic success and supports him through his withdrawal, recovery, and departure for the Capital 2 3 22.
• Zhou Huaide — Research sponsor and Northern Base commander-in-chief. Trusts Jiang Fan’s one-year fusion proposal, seeks funding, appoints him chief engineer, and willingly handles support work for him 25 33 35.
• Long Zhenguo / Elder Long — University mentor. Recruits Jiang Fan, accepts him as his student, provides accommodation, and brings him into mecha research 16 48.
• Qiao Shan / Elder Qiao — Huaqing academician and competing recruiter. Tries to recruit Jiang Fan through his niece and becomes still more determined after learning of his nanotechnology expertise 27 31.
• Qiao Yifei — Qiao Shan’s niece and Jiang Fan’s Huaqing tour guide. Attempts to charm him into enrolling there, then benefits academically from his nanometrology advice, earning credits and a Research Innovation Award 27 28 50.
• Teacher Wang — Former homeroom teacher. Mistakes Jiang Fan’s controlled scores for poor ability and mocks his prospects; Principal Ma later criticizes him for overlooking Jiang Fan’s talent 1 14 26.

Notable Quotes

“I'll stick with Classmate Chu Ruoxi. I can't bring myself to call you anything else!” 12

“Dad, Mom, thank you for your understanding and everything you've quietly done for me this past year.” 22