Tan Yan’s heart is very heavy, forty years in the industry, as long as the task assigned by the leader, he has done his best to do the best he can every time, although no one awarded him the most effort award, but this is his little honor and pride.
However, today, the last task in his working life may not be able to be completed, will this last time become a stain on his life? Retiring with such regrets, can he really leave everything to the young people, letting go and traveling all over the country1大江南北 dà jiāng nán běi: north and south sides of the Yangtze River; all over China.?
“No, I said…” Qiao Zhixue propped up his chin and looked at Tan Yan helplessly, “Can you tell me what you don’t understand?”
Tan Yan: “…”
He didn’t understand everything.
Ah San also looked surprised: “It’s all high school knowledge. At your age, it should be the end of the college entrance examination, right? How did you get into the special class?”
Oh, Ah San didn’t know Tan Yan’s actual age and always thought that he was admitted to the Central Military Academy with the majority and entered the special class because of his outstanding performance. Ah San also came here this way. Although he has worked for many years, he can still master the college entrance examination questions proficiently, so he doesn’t understand why Tan Yan can’t.
Except for the English a little better, everything else is poor.
Even for English, it’s just memorizing the words proficiently, the grammar is still poor.
The irrelevant political grades are good, but they are a science class!
“I’m going back to study by myself.” Tan Yan bowed to the two teachers and walked out of the staff office with heavy footsteps.
“Superman is also afraid of mathematics, physics, and chemistry…” Ah San slumped on the chair weakly, without any image. Teaching Tan Yan to study really drained the energy in his body. After more than two hours of teaching, Tan Yan didn’t understand anything. He lectured so fast that his brain was almost deprived of oxygen, and he was more exhausted than staying in the tropical jungle for three days and three nights without sleep.
“Superman?” Qiao Zhixue asked back.
“That’s right, don’t you know how powerful he is in another world?”
“I heard that his physical ability is different from ordinary people, whether it is basic strength, jumping ability, or reaction speed, all exceed the level when he was on Earth. However, I have given him a physical fitness test, which shows the average value of special forces. The reaction speed is slightly faster but not much faster. It seems that his uniqueness can only be manifested in a different world, when returns to Earth, only amazing resilience remains.”
Qiao Zhixue also conducted a detailed test on Tan Yan because of Minister Yu’s description, and the result was very disappointing. The real world doesn’t seem to have the conditions for Tan Yan to become a superhuman, but if he has to exchange the Earth for the end of the world, then everyone would rather be ordinary, and the world is still peaceful.
“That’s because you didn’t see it with your own eyes.” Ah San shook his head.
Words cannot describe the shock at that time. When Tan Yan lifted up the meteorite of dozens or even hundreds of tons, his jaw almost dropped from shock.
“But what you said is also right, it doesn’t matter how strong, the power there can’t be used in the real world.”
Ah San and the others also took a physical fitness test after waking up, and there was no change from the usual. Entering a different world once, the only thing that becomes stronger is the resilience. Qiao Zhixue also warned them that the number of cell divisions is limited, and the rapid recovery may be exchanged for lifespan. Don’t rely on resilience in the other world, there is no free lunch in the world.
On the other side, Tan Yan returned to the dormitory with heavy steps, Ke Hao and Yan Yongfeng were still receiving training of hell because they didn’t complete their military training mission, Cui Heyu typing furiously on the computer, it’s unknown what he was looking for, but Qiu Qizheng was reading the book 《Atomic Physics》 casually.
Qin Li was reading a book like Qiu Qizheng when he saw Tan Yan coming in, he immediately sat beside him and poured him a glass of water.
Qiu Qizheng Cui Heyu: “…”
Not seeing each other for half a month, our good brother Da Li has become the transfer student’s henchman.
“Thank you.” Tan Yan accepted Qin Li’s kindness, and drank some water to nourish his dry soul, “How’s your review going?”
“Don’t understand.” Qin Li is also quite desperate.
Tan Yan suddenly felt that he had found a team, and it was rare for him to warmly invite him: “Let’s review together?”
Qin Li nodded: “My mathematics, physics, and chemistry are actually okay, but what we usually study is classical physics, and quantum mechanics has almost completely subverted all the theories of classical physics. The laws of the microscopic world and the macroscopic world are not the same at all. I need to completely subvert the past thinking to understand it, you’re the same, right?”
Tan Yan: “…I’d better review it by myself.”
He is no longer worried about the problem of microscopic particle motion trajectories, he doesn’t understand classical physics.
“Da Li,” Cui Heyu frowned, “If you don’t understand, I can teach you, but are you going to join that weird interest group?”
“I must join,” Qin Li said firmly, “I’m very, very interested in quantum mechanics, I suggest you join in, it’s very interesting.”
However, his hopeless expression shows no interest at all, and the way he looks at 《Atomic Physics》 didn’t show the slightest interest at all.
Cui Heyu and Qiu Qizheng are unfamiliar with Tan Yan, but they know Qin Li. Qin Li’s behavior has been bizarre these days. He often looks at Tan Yan with fanatical and admiring eyes while others are not paying attention and go to Tan Yan’s side whenever nothing is going on, which makes people very concerned.
“I will definitely join,” Cui Heyu said without hesitation, “The new teaching assistant’s statement is so ambiguous, how can I not participate and try it out? And the interest group also has special class seniors from other grades, I really want to ask them for advice.”
“I will also join, my mother said that I have to participate in more activities organized by the school when I’m in college, this is the best four years of my life, I can’t just focus on studying and surfing the Internet, experience more, don’t know what experience will be helpful in the future.” Qiu Qizheng also said.
“I think the university in Auntie’s eyes is not the same species as our university, but it would be better if you participate, I think that due to the difficulty of quantum mechanics, not many new students can be admitted, the interest group should be mainly third-year students, it would be good to know more people.” Cui Heyu said, “Is there anything you can’t understand?”
“It’s alright, the basic principles can be understood.” Qiu Qizheng’s grades have always been stable, and his comprehensive strength is very strong, 《Atomic Physics》 is not difficult for him.
“Then that leaves Da Li,” Cui Heyu turned off the phone and patted the place next to him, “Come on, Teacher Cui is going to give a lecture, a rare opportunity.”
Qin Li immediately leaned over to listen to the lecture, but Tan Yan stopped listening after Cui Heyu got up, he didn’t understand the first sentence.
There were only a few people in the dormitory, if he read high school textbooks, is really too eye-catching. Tan Yan picked up his schoolbag and planned to study in the self-study room. As soon as he went out, he saw Liang Xian hovering at the door of their dormitory.
“Ah!” When Liang Xian saw Tan Yan, he immediately made a ‘chance encounter’ expression, “What a coincidence, where are you going?”
“Go to the self-study room, the exam is coming.” Tan Yan said.
“It’s just right, I’ll go too.” Liang Xian leaned forward, “I saw that you didn’t quite understand quantum mechanics at the meeting that day. Do you want to learn together?”
Tan Yan frowned slightly, the content of what he had learned was different, but he changed his mind, Liang Xian was different from the others. They had entered the ‘void’ together, Xu Mingyu also instructed Tan Yan, as long as it’s not special confidential matters that cannot be revealed, some background information can be told to the team members.
The so-called special secret is the mystery of Tan Yan’s immortality. Minister Yu has been admonishing him never to say anything about it. He is afraid that Tan Yan will become the flesh of Tang Monk2唐僧肉 Tángsēng ròu: Literally, “the flesh of the Monk Tang Seng (Tang Sanzang)”. Tang Sanzang is the central character of the classical novel Journey to the West, whose flesh is reputed to have the ability to make its consumer immortal; Fig. Something highly attractive that every person wants a share of; something that is much coveted; a big bonus or benefit that is pursued at any cost. in the eyes of everyone. Before finding out the reason, only a few people know about it.
Age can’t be said, junior high school graduate… to Liang Xian can mention it, his grades are very good, if he can teach himself to learn…
Tan Yan showed a smile of expectation to Liang Xian: “Then let’s go together.”
Liang Xian was a little bit elated by this smile and immediately went back to the dormitory to carry a pile of books. These are the books on quantum mechanics that he bought these days, and he is waiting for Tan Yan to ask for help.
Since the first-year students are all in military training, the study room is very good, the two found a corner to sit down, Liang Xian took out 《History of Modern Physics3近代物理學史 Jìndài wùlǐ xué shǐ: History of Modern Physics》, 《Seeing the Microscopic4見微知著 Jiànwēizhīzhù: Seeing the Microscopic; one tiny clue reveals the general trend; small beginnings show how things will develop.》, 《In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat5尋找薛定諤的貓 Xúnzhǎo xuēdìng’è de māo: In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat》, 《The New Quantum Universe6新量子世界 Xīn liàngzǐ shìjiè: The New Quantum Universe》, 《The Ghost in the Atom7原子中的幽靈 Yuánzǐ zhōng de yōulíng: The Ghost in the Atom》, 《A Brief History of Time8時間簡史 Shíjiān jiǎn shǐ: A Brief History of Time》, 《The Universe in a Nutshell9果殼中的宇宙 Guǒ ké zhōng de yǔzhòu: The Universe in a Nutshell》, 《The New Quantum Universe10Not a typo, the author mentioned this twice.》, 《Elementary Particles11基本粒子物理學史 Jīběn lìzǐ wùlǐ xué shǐ: Elementary Particles》, 《The Feynman Lectures on Physics12費恩曼物理學講義 Fèi ēn màn wùlǐ xué jiǎngyì: Feynman Lectures on Physics》, 《Basics of Quantum Mechanics13量子力學基礎 Liàngzǐ lìxué jīchǔ: Basics of Quantum Mechanics》 and other books from his backpack. He didn’t know Tan Yan’s degree of understanding of quantum mechanics, so he bought everything from popular science books to teaching handouts, intending to help Tan Yan learn from all angles.
He put the book on the desk, intending to start with the basic, 《History of Modern Physics》, it seems more convenient to begin with classical physics.
However, he turned around and saw that what Tan Yan took out from the book bag was 《High School English》, 《High School Mathematics》, 《High School Physics》 and 《Five-Year College Entrance Examination and Three-Year Simulation》, there are also a few high school exam books, what’s going on?!
Liang Xian: “…”
Tan Yan: “…”
Most afraid of the sudden silence of the air, Tan Yan slowly blushed under Liang Xian’s gaze.
He lowered his head and whispered: “I enlisted in the military right after I graduated from junior high school, but I never went to high school.”
Liang Xian: “…”
He wanted to ask how did you get into the special class, we still have to take the college entrance examination. However, once he remembered that Tan Yan had had a ‘void’ experience, he was relieved, and if he were the leader, he would want Tan Yan to come to the special class and establish a good relationship with the future team members first.
No, there is another important question.
“The law stipulates that you can join the army at the age of eighteen. Did you graduate from junior high school at the age of eighteen?” This age is a bit problematic…
The era when Tan Yan served in the army was very chaotic, age was not a problem, and having a junior high school education was already good.
So he hung his head even lower and said vaguely: “Wasn’t I encountered a ‘void’?”
Encountering a void → appearance remains the same → age is older → when he was born, the management was relatively loose, it’s different from now → so he joined the army before he turned eighteen, logically no problem.
But when this logic comes to Liang Xian, it becomes: Encountering a void → panicked → grades drop → failed to enter high school after completing compulsory education → dropped out of school → joined the army after turning eighteen. Now joining the army requires a high school degree, however, there are still many vocational high schools and private high schools in society that can get a diploma, so the academic qualifications are not a big problem.
Although the thought process is different, the conclusion is still the same.
Liang Xian’s heart immediately softened, he had seen the other world, the thought of the now extremely powerful Tan Yan was once just a junior high school child who accidentally got involved in the ‘void’, suffering in silence alone, just imagining it his heart hurts a little.
After returning to school, Liang Xian carefully smoothed out his feelings for Tan Yan and found that this feeling came too suddenly and too abnormal. He is a person who is very defensive towards strangers. At first, his feelings for Tan Yan were also appreciation + scrutiny, and he was more curious about his identity, background, and strength.
If the military training continues smoothly, he will probably be able to become good friends with Tan Yan. After all, this person’s character is very admirable. Compared with Qiu Qizheng, he has the sense of righteousness of a veteran cadre.
But they unexpectedly entered another world. In the desperate situation, he saw Tan Yan’s strength and unconsciously developed a sense of dependence on him.
There is an experiment in psychology, that let a man and a woman look at each other on the only suspension bridge between the two cliffs, the sense of crisis makes them have the illusion of a heartbeat, this is the famous ‘suspension bridge effect14吊橋效應 Diàoqiáo xiàoyìng: Suspension Bridge Effect, see: Misattribution of arousal‘.
Falling in love with someone after just a few days of acquaintance, the rational Liang Xian felt that it was impossible. He thinks that his fascination is somewhat similar to this kind of feeling. Whether it is the hero saving the beauty, or the ‘suspension bridge effect’, it is easy to produce the illusion of love. He doesn’t mind that he likes the same sex, he just doesn’t want to be swayed by the illusion.
If it was another person, they might want to stay away from the other person, calm down a little, and with less contact, this sudden feeling will naturally disappear. But Liang Xian and Tan Yan are bound to spend a lot of time together in the ‘void’ in the future, and avoidance is impossible. Moreover, Liang Xian is not a character that likes to evade problems. He thinks that he should have more contact with Tan Yan in daily life to understand everything about him, his strengths, and his weaknesses.
Passion always makes people fascinated, the shining virtue of a lover makes people feel that he is glowing, and only ordinary life can make the relationship back to normal.
In another world, Tan Yan, who is like a god, is so handsome that he has the illusion of love, so as long as he finds Tan Yan’s shortcomings in ordinary life, this illusion will be broken.
Now he has found it.
Low educational standards, fraudulent academic qualifications, and poor learning ability are all serious problems.
Liang Xian once imagined his future lover. It isn’t easy to match him in physical ability. After all, he grew up with special education since childhood, but he can protect his lover. A little difference is still quite beautiful; But they must be similar in terms of academic knowledge. He hopes that the two of them can have a common language in the future. On the academic road, they can discuss and research together and talk about each other’s views on science during bedtime conversations. Just imagining it makes Liang Xian look forward to it.
Tan Yan, on the other hand, is far superior to Liang Xian in physical ability, so he will not experience the feeling of protecting someone at all, but always be the one being protected. Not to mention academic knowledge, the difference is too much.
But thinking that Tan Yan was as powerful as a superman in another world, but now he bowed his head in shame in front of high school knowledge, how could he be like this…
How can he be so cute?
Liang Xian quickly stuffed all the books on the table back into his bag, casually tossed the bag aside, rolled up his sleeves, and took the book in front of Tan Yan 《Five-Three》: “I’ll teach you.”
“Really?” Tan Yan snapped his head up, his eyes filled with joy and hesitation, “But Instructor Qiao and Assistant Teacher Chai have just taught me, but I can’t understand at all. Am I too stupid? You have an exam soon, so why don’t you study by yourself? Those books you just took out… Huh? Where’s the book?”
“You find the two of them are using cannons to hit a mosquito, one is a doctoral supervisor, professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the other graduated so many years ago, they simply can’t think of what high school students should learn. I’m different, I just finished the college entrance examination and am still familiar with the knowledge points.” Liang Xian pushed the bag further away, “I will memorize these books after reading them once, don’t worry.”
Only then did Tan Yan feel relieved and handed the mock exams he had made to Liang Xian: “This is my test result, you can take a look first.”
In front of a cultured person, Tan Yan has always been respectful. Initially, Liang Xian was treated as a junior, but now Liang Xian is his teacher, so he should respect his teacher.
The admiration in his eyes made Liang Xian feel comfortable and he instantly felt that graduating from junior high school was nothing. It’s better if he’s illiterate, he could teach Tan Yan how to write by hand, that would be a beautiful feeling!
After taking the test paper and looking at the results, Liang Xian fell silent again.
He probably… has never taught a student with such a poor foundation.
“I’m really… quite stupid.” Tan Yan said with embarrassment.
“No, how could that be?” Liang Xian slaps the table, “It’s just poor foundation, those teachers don’t know how to teach. Give me some time, I will make you a detailed lesson plan.”
“How about this, you memorize the words first, and we will start to study systematically tomorrow morning.”
After Liang Xian finished speaking, he rushed out, holding Tan Yan’s mock exam paper. He ran through the bookstores in B City at noon, bought textbooks from elementary school to high school, and stayed up all night writing lesson plans when he returned to the dormitory.
That night, the roommate secretly told Cui Heyu, he had heard that you play online games every day recently, Liang Xian in our dormitory didn’t sleep all night last night, his desk was full of books on quantum mechanics, and he wanted to be the Top 1 even in the interest group.
Cui Heyu became nervous when he heard this, he didn’t care about his relationship with Liang Xian, he rushed into the dormitory across from him early the following day, grabbed the notebook in Liang Xian’s hand, and checked his study progress.
Cui Heyu, who saw the lesson plan: “…”
“Are you looking for death?” Liang Xian snatched his lesson plan. He is still not finished writing it. He will start to give lectures after breakfast.
“Are you very short of money?” Cui Heyu asked cautiously.
“What?”
“Not short of money, then what kind of tutoring are you doing? We don’t have to spend money on college. Every month still receive a subsidy. Are your family in a bad spot, the family is very short of money?” Cui Heyu guessed.
Liang Xian’s family is also a secret in the class, no one knows his background, so now he can only guess like this.
Liang Xian, who hadn’t slept all night but was still excited, completely ignored Cui Heyu, grabbed the lesson plans, took his bag, and ran out of the dormitory. He is going to the classroom to write.
When Tan Yan entered the self-study room according to the agreed time, Liang Xian had already written the lesson plan and washed up briefly in the washroom, making himself look handsome again.
According to Tan Yan’s level, he started with elementary school knowledge. From a point to a line, continuously spread the simple knowledge points, gradually deepening the difficulty.
Although Tan Yan is not a genius, his IQ is still at the level of normal people. The reason why he can’t understand is because his foundation is not good. Forty years after graduating from junior high school, what can he still remember? What’s more, at that time, he only started to learn a second language in high school, and he didn’t learn English but Japanese. All the knowledge points were different, but Qiao Zhixue arranged for him to be tutored by some high school teachers. Of course, he learned slowly.
However, Liang Xian taught students according to their aptitude and tackled each problem one by one. Tan Yan’s learning speed gradually improved, and he also gained some confidence in himself.
“Very good, you have mastered this knowledge point in just one day,” Liang Xian nodded with satisfaction, “In the future, don’t say that you are stupid, obviously, your understanding is so strong, it’s just a lack of time.”
Tan Yan said in a low-key and modest manner: “It’s all because Teacher Liang taught me well. Thank you, teacher.”
The word ‘teacher’ made Liang Xian feel comfortable all over, he smiled and said: “According to this progress, you will be able to catch up with our learning progress in just one year.”
Tan Yan: “…”
There is still one week before the final exam, if you fail the exam, you may fail the course, if you fail the course, you will be demoted, if you are demoted, you will leave the special class. Moreover, he heard that the Central Military Academy is stringent, even if it is an ordinary class, if you fail more than three subjects every semester, you will be expelled.
Tan Yan’s silence made Liang Xian realize that time was running out, and he hurriedly comforted him: “It’s okay, you will definitely enter the interest group, no one dares to eliminate you!”
“I know,” Tan Yan’s mood is still low, “But everyone can see the results. Let’s not mention the students in our own class. The students in the ordinary class will question the school. Why do you recruit a student like me?”
National affairs are important, but students’ physical and mental education is equally important. The Central Military Academy has an exceptionally high prestige in students’ hearts, and the presence of such a questionable student as Tan Yan is indeed not good for the school’s reputation.
Of course, this is not a big deal. After all, the first lesson of a soldier is to obey orders, and no one dares to make comments.
But Tan Yan can’t pass his own level, he is not the kind of person who will let go of his responsibilities.
“I know,” Liang Xian nodded, “It’s okay, you can just study step by step, this is homework for tonight, I will find a way.”
That night, Liang Xian stayed up all night again, hacked into the school’s teaching system, and got his hands on the exam papers a few days later.
Naturally, the confidential content will not include a preliminary examination, and the protective measures are average. With Liang Xian’s level, it can definitely be done without anyone noticing.
He print out the test, dragged Tan Yan to an unoccupied study room, secretly took out the test paper like a thief, and said in a low voice: “This is our test paper in the next few days, I wrote out the answers, you have to memorize the answers these days. Let’s get this exam out of the way first.”
Liang Xian didn’t sleep for two nights, his eyes were red, and he didn’t know why he was so excited.
But when Tan Yan saw the examination paper, he frowned deeply.
“How did you get the exam paper?” He asked in a low voice.
“I hacked the system,” Liang Xian blinked, “Don’t worry, they won’t find out. These questions are wrong answers, pay attention to them when you memorize them, and don’t let this affect your study in the future.”
“I won’t memorize it,” Tan Yan shook his head, “You put the exam paper away, we study step by step, even if the test is not good, but also worthy of our hard work.”
“You…” Liang Xian was a little anxious, “Why don’t you know how to adapt, just this once!”
Tan Yan folded the examination paper handed to him bit by bit, put it into Liang Xian’s hand, and said seriously: “I understand how you feel, and I also know that the world is not black or white, not so rigid. But your excellent ability should not be wasted on opportunism, don’t lose your principles because of momentary achievements.”
“You like this…” Liang Xian didn’t sleep for two nights and was over-excited, his brain was already exhausted, and now that Tan Yan rejected him, he was in a terrible mood, “Don’t know good from bad15不識好歹 bù shí hǎodǎi: cannot tell good from bad; mistake good for bad.!”
He tried his best not to lose his temper, but he couldn’t help shaking while holding the test paper arm, feeling that his blood was thrown into the ice cellar, angry and depressed.
Seeing him like this, Tan Yan didn’t reprimand him sternly but held his hand gently. The heat from his palm warmed Liang Xian’s fingertips which had become cold due to anger.
“I understand that you are doing it for my sake. If it was just you, you probably wouldn’t bother looking at the exam papers right before you.” Tan Yan racked his brain to talk, he was not good at words, and thinking of these words really exhausted a lot of brain cells, “Can you imagine, if you were me, would you peek at the test paper because you might not do well in the next test?”
“I won’t.” Liang Xian calmed down a little and understood what Tan Yan meant.
This is not a problem of test scores but of principles and bottom lines.
Some things once broken, it is difficult to maintain the original heart. Just this time, once such words are spoken, it means that this time will definitely not be the last. This time he can steal exam papers because of his hacking skills, so will he do harm in other worlds next time because of his supernatural ability? The more you have superhuman power, the more you must be true to your heart.
He took a deep breath and tore up the test paper in his hand: “I understand.”
“It’s good to understand.” Tan Yan smile heartily, “Let’s go find Instructor Qiao.”
“Find him for what?”
“Although I can’t read the test papers in advance, your action reminds me of one thing.” Tan Yan also looked relieved, “I will follow the organization’s requirements, work hard to learn about quantum mechanics, and strive to contribute to the country one day. But I still have to report my difficulties to the organization for things beyond my ability. I believe that with the wisdom of Instructor Qiao, he will be able to help me solve this difficulty.”
Liang Xian: “…”
The words are right, but how come listening to Tan Yan’s speech is like taking a political class?
Thank you so much for the Ko-fi, laurelis~~ 🥰
Omg, I don’t know why I insist on searching all those books, at first, I just want to make sure the translations is correct, but it became an obsession *sweat*. Sorry for the tons of footnote, you can totally ignore those book link.
If you like my translations, a cup of coffee would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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