My Honkai: Star Rail System Arrived Early

"What is he trying to do? Does he really think he can master Ruan Mei's knowledge after just a few hours of reading?"

Phantylia thought to herself.

Driven by curiosity, Phantylia began to shift its gaze towards Ji Yuan as he walked back into the room, then watched him start arranging his materials.

As Phantylia watched, Ji Yuan, through the system's rewards, knew that Phantylia had been observing him the entire time. He didn't mind it at all. "I'm doing scientific experiments here, if you want to watch, go ahead."

Phantylia couldn't understand the array of flashy solutions and formulas, but it patiently continued to watch.

"It looks quite convincing, but I don't know if it's real or just a facade."

After watching for four or five hours, Ji Yuan finally placed a fernling into a reagent. A 'bang' sound echoed, and a cloud of white smoke appeared before Ji Yuan.

Huh!?

Phantylia's attention sharpened, and soon, a small object flew out of the smoke. Phantylia immediately recognized it as the fernling Ji Yuan had placed in the reagent earlier.

It even had a pair of wings that allowed it to fly.

Phantylia was both speechless and surprised.

Ji Yuan's proficiency made her feel as though he might have already studied life sciences before.

His talent was terrifyingly immense.

Phantylia's desire to cause destruction grew even stronger.

Early in the morning, Sushang emerged from her resting room, yawning.

After seeing Ji Yuan become a "slacker" like herself yesterday, she had slept incredibly soundly.

"Ah~ Time to get up and eat."

She murmured to herself.

Just then, she suddenly felt something flying towards her.

Huh? Is it an enemy?

Sushang instinctively raised her fist, intending to knock the object down. However, just as she lifted her arm, she felt a hand press down on it.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't move it. My brother spent all night creating this, don't you break it."

Ji Yuan's voice sounded in Sushang's ear.

"What is it?"

At that moment, Sushang clearly saw the object flying towards her. Green leaves and branches – it was that fernling plant. But why did this plant have wings?

Watching the small wings flap back and forth, making the plant fly in mid-air, Sushang felt as if she hadn't woken up yet.

"I must still be dreaming, I must be dreaming."

She quickly rubbed her eyes.

Opening her eyes again, the plant was still flying around in front of her.

Sushang quickly turned her head and saw her brother, his eyes filled with fatigue and even bloodshot, but looking at her with immense pride.

Sushang stammered, asking Ji Yuan, "Wh-what is this?"

"This is the result of my experiment. Look."

Ji Yuan beckoned, and the fernling flew to the back of his hand and coiled around it.

Sushang's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in disbelief, "Didn't you give up? I saw you sleeping yesterday… Ow! Why are you hitting me!?"

She was interrupted as Ji Yuan lightly tapped her on the head.

"You still dare to sneakily spy on your brother? And you say I was sleeping? Do you think I'm like you? I was meditating, contemplating the content of the research paper."

"You call it meditating, but why did it look like sleeping from my end?"

Sushang retorted quietly.

Ji Yuan said to Sushang, word by word, "I closed my eyes and created new life. You closed your eyes, and all you got was a new nickname from the teacher."

Sushang's fists itched with anger, but she couldn't win the argument with her brother, nor could she defeat him physically. Since the logic wasn't on her side, she could only lower her head dejectedly.

"So, from now on, follow your brother and study hard. Also, no dating! I'm going to see Ms. Tingyun. You remember to study properly."

Ji Yuan hadn't forgotten to remind Sushang not to date.

Sushang looked at Ji Yuan with displeasure.

You don't let me date, but what's going on between you and Tingyun? It's one rule for you and another for me!

Wait a minute, I wasn't planning on dating anyone anyway!

Watching Ji Yuan's retreating back, Sushang gritted her teeth in anger.

Just as she was about to stamp her foot, she heard Huohuo say from behind her, "Sushang, Sis, what's wrong?"

"Hmph, my brother was mocking me. That guy, he was studying, but he acted like he was sleeping. Then, just now, he created a flying plant for me. It's so infuriating," Sushang said angrily, glaring at Ji Yuan's departing figure.

"Hmm?"

Huohuo tilted her head, not quite understanding what Sushang was saying about Ji Yuan's actions.

However, she seemed to grasp one thing.

Her teacher wasn't sleeping; he was genuinely creating something remarkable.

Upon hearing this, Huohuo immediately straightened her small chest.

As expected of teacher, truly amazing.

Ji Yuan arrived at Ruan Mei's guest room. Before he even reached the door, he saw her. Ruan Mei was in the hallway, looking out at the starry sky through a pane of glass. Hearing Ji Yuan's approaching footsteps, she turned her head to look at him.

First, she noticed his bloodshot eyes, messy hair, and the pile of books he was holding in his right hand.

These were the books she had given Ji Yuan yesterday, and he was returning them today. Had he given up?

Hmm, he gave up after looking for one night without figuring it out. That's quite smart.

Ruan Mei thought to herself.

However, this thought vanished in the next second.

She saw the flying fernling on Ji Yuan's arm.

With her eyesight, she could naturally tell it was newly cultivated.

Such a strange creation was documented in the study materials she had given Ji Yuan yesterday. And such a creation actually appeared in Ji Yuan's hands.

Ji Yuan handed the fernling to Ruan Mei and said, "Ms. Ruan Mei, I've understood what you gave me yesterday. Look, this is a creature I created. Please take a look."

Ruan Mei reached out and took the fernling. Her gaze towards Ji Yuan showed surprise.

This was the first time Ji Yuan had seen genuine emotion on Ruan Mei, not the pretense from before.

Ruan Mei said to Ji Yuan calmly, "Yes, this is indeed a very good creation. Have you truly never studied any works on life sciences before?"

As she spoke, she quickly gestured around Ji Yuan's neck. Ji Yuan had experienced this several times during those five hundred hours; he was getting used to it.

"Of course, I haven't. I learned all of this from you,"

Ji Yuan quickly replied.

Ruan Mei's gaze swept over Ji Yuan, trying to see through him. Her expression remained a gentle smile, but Ji Yuan could see a hint of sincerity within that smile.

Ruan Mei wouldn't completely ignore him.

Ruan Mei said to Ji Yuan, "To reach this level in just one night, even I couldn't have done it back then. Your talent in life sciences truly makes me curious."

Could she have met someone even more of a genius than herself?

Ruan Mei's expectations for Ji Yuan increased significantly at this moment.

She also felt a sense of excitement.

Chapter 65 Ruan Mei: Ji Yuan's thoughts align with mine? [First Update]

"Come, let me see the creature you've created."

Ruan Mei reached out and took the flying fernling from Ji Yuan's hand.

The flying fernling offered no resistance in her hand.

Ruan Mei immediately returned to her room, not forgetting to take Ji Yuan's hand and lead him into the room as she walked.

At this moment, Yanqing was on patrol nearby. Seeing Ruan Mei actually pulling Ji Yuan into her room, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Wh-what is this situation?"

Yanqing's still young mind couldn't comprehend the current situation.

Didn't Big Brother give up yesterday? What does it mean for this woman to bring Big Brother into her room?

Yanqing unconsciously stopped patrolling and began to stare at the room, wanting to see what that woman would do to his Big Brother.

After Ruan Mei brought Ji Yuan into the room, she didn't pay attention to him. Instead, she placed the winged fernling on the table and began to study it. She didn't even sit down, but directly leaned forward, bending over to observe the plant.

Ji Yuan stood behind her, perfectly positioned to admire her elegant posture as she bent over. Her waist was slender, barely able to be grasped, while the curve of her hips beneath the smooth satin was quite full.

Ji Yuan quickly averted his gaze, worried Ruan Mei might notice.

Ruan Mei paid no attention to Ji Yuan's gaze; she was lost in thought, observing the plant.

Initially, she intended to check the completeness of Ji Yuan's work, to see what deficiencies he might have in the creation process.

Hmm, normal operation, normal connections, no signs of forced fusion using energy. She nodded noncommittally upon seeing this. If he couldn't even do this, then he wouldn't be qualified to study her life sciences. But considering he had achieved preliminary mastery in just one night, he could already be considered a genius worth noticing.

Then, she began to observe carefully, wanting to see the specifics. After close examination, she discovered that the plant Ji Yuan created was missing several pieces of genetic information compared to hers, and had added one more.

As Ruan Mei briefly considered Ji Yuan's additions and omissions, surprise spread across her face.

She found that the few pieces of information he deleted were redundant and useless, things she had unintentionally added based on the creation habits of other organisms. They served no purpose and instead occupied genetic space.

Conversely, the information points Ji Yuan had newly added actually increased the fernling's flight speed and would also improve its lifespan.

These were things she should have noticed herself, but she had been busy with other experiments and hadn't paid attention to this aspect. It wasn't written in her textbooks; instead, Ji Yuan had figured it out himself.

Ruan Mei wondered if she could have reached this level at his age and with his knowledge.

No, she couldn't have. Had Ji Yuan truly only just encountered life science knowledge, or had he been quietly studying it beforehand?

Ruan Mei thought to herself.

"Come, tell me your ideas for modification," she turned back to Ji Yuan and asked.

"It's like this, I want this part to inherit the fernling's method of absorbing nutrients from the soil, but since we're making it mobile, there's no need to retain that genetic information. Conversely, if we want it to be able to fly in the air, we need to enable it to absorb nutrients in the air..."

With those five hundred hours of instruction, Ji Yuan was incredibly proficient in this introductory knowledge. Hearing Ruan Mei's question, he immediately began to answer.

Listening to Ji Yuan's words, Ruan Mei's expression gradually grew serious. Some of what Ji Yuan initially said, she had occasionally experimented with, and if someone looked carefully, they might still find traces. But as he continued, her thoughts were things she had only considered in her mind, never voiced, never written down, and some were even just vague notions. There was no way this young man could possibly know them.

This meant that these ideas were conclusions this young man had arrived at through his own thinking.

Ruan Mei was very confident in her own abilities, but what Ji Yuan was saying not only matched her thoughts exactly but even surpassed them. This couldn't help but spark a strong curiosity in her towards Ji Yuan.

As a member of the Genius Club, she had always believed that the experiments she most wanted to complete could only be carried out by herself, in secret. But now, it seemed that with a little guidance, Ji Yuan's talent might make him her assistant.

No, that wasn't right. It should be a helper.

His abilities and talent couldn't be described as merely that of an assistant.

Seeing Ruan Mei lost in thought, Ji Yuan felt a bit anxious. After stating his ideas, he wasn't sure how Ruan Mei would react.

She would probably approve, right?

Ji Yuan had been very confident at first, but seeing her contemplative expression now, he felt a little uncertain.

He looked at Ruan Mei and said, "Um, Ms. Ruan Mei..."

Only then did Ruan Mei emerge from her thoughts, looking up at the young man before her.

"May I learn life science knowledge from you?"