"Seriously, how did you get into the University of Science and Technology of China?"
Compared to his joking appearance just now, Xia Xu was obviously serious at this moment.
There is a new talent on Grant’s attribute panel!
This was absolutely unprecedented and of vital importance to him.
If Grant could gain new talents through this, it naturally meant that he could, too.
He can see through other people's talents at a glance, but because of this he also understands the difference between having talent and not having talent.
Those without talent will be mediocre throughout their lives, while those who can develop talent on the attribute panel, even if it is only one star, will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort when working in related industries as if they were assisted by God.
Not to mention people with five-star talents like Uncle Luo, who have trained themselves to transcend the limits of mortals, and are even much stronger than artificial biological weapons like werewolves, and even extraordinary protagonists like Yao Fu and Pan Long. People with low-star talents may find it difficult to achieve this in their entire lives.
"I'm not kidding. I just suddenly discovered that I have a strong talent for mechanical design."
Grant's expression became more serious after seeing Xia Xu's attitude, but he could only shrug his shoulders: "Maybe I was buried in the past. It's all because of those damn werewolves. They caused a super genius like me to drop out of school early, and almost caused a huge loss to world science."
"Have you had any special experiences recently? Or any strange experiences? Or tell me how you came to USTC and what is your purpose?"
Xia Xu frowned slightly and ignored Grant's narcissism.
No one in the world was more certain than Grant that he had any hidden talent for mechanical engineering.
"I came here as an exchange student, and my purpose was naturally to track down werewolves. I found a very special werewolf, but before I could do anything, it had been secretly captured by an unknown force, and its final destination was the Magic City of Xia Country..."
Grant and Xia Xu had a good relationship. Seeing his attitude, he stopped joking and started telling about his recent experiences in a serious manner.
Thanks to all kinds of messed up plots, the current Aquamarine Star has actually been in a state of rampant demons in secret for a long time, and compared to those remote small countries, the most concentrated ones are prosperous countries such as the United States and Japan.
This is a very normal phenomenon. After all, it seems that except for Pan Long, a psychic who is somewhat beyond the scope of current scientific cognition, the rest of the extraordinary creatures are basically the products of various advanced technologies, at least they have not surpassed the conceptual cognition of modern science.
Science and technology are always inseparable from talent, materials, and industrial foundations, all of which rely on the economy and education. Naturally, the more prosperous a country is, the more developed it will be, and it will also provide a breeding ground for the birth of advanced black technology.
The other remote small countries may not be without plots, but if they do not involve black technology or the extraordinary, they can only be some daily plots. They may be good as film or television viewing, but they have limited influence on reality and it is difficult for people to pay special attention to them.
As the undisputed superpower today, the United States has an advanced level of technology, which naturally makes it a high-incidence area for special plots.
There are already happy American gunfights every day, and now with the various gangsters and organized forces in the plot, as well as mutant creatures, modified creatures, scientific lunatics and the like, it is a complete scene of demons dancing wildly.
The most terrible thing is that America’s attitude towards these things is not consistent with that of Xia Country. Xia Country set up a special department early on and is trying to gradually make it public, while America or most countries today are still trying to cover up the news.
After all, the national conditions are different. If they really make this chaos public, there is no telling how many ambitious people and factions will be attracted to attack them. Even without mentioning these, the panic riots and zero-dollar shopping caused by them are enough to make them suffer.
However, in this atmosphere, special people with outstanding combat power like Grant are thriving. Many wealthy people are worried about their own safety and will never be stingy in hiring strong bodyguards or spending money to solve certain troubles.
Although Grant and his group including Dorothea still focused their main efforts on hunting werewolves and causing trouble for the Andra Group, they would occasionally take on some tasks that did not conflict with their own ideas. In addition, they were occasionally involved in other events, so they made a small fortune and made a lot of connections.
Later, Grant discovered that he was unexpectedly talented in mechanical design and decided to pursue further studies.
As for entering the University of Science and Technology of China, the admission requirements here are indeed very high, but the difficulty lies in the fact that it does not use test scores as admission conditions, and admissions are more inclined to be based on unilateral evaluation and selection.
Probably in order to exclude those nerds who only know how to study hard and to take into account those geniuses who are extremely biased in one subject, the test scores will only be used as a basic reference. The admission weighting of the University of Science and Technology of China is more based on the need for giftedness and sufficiently outstanding performance or resume.
To put it bluntly, this thing is in the same vein as the prodigy classes that were once very popular. Those recruited are geniuses who have shown extraordinary talents since childhood, or simply have some commendable resumes. In addition, the authorities can make some preferential treatments and have the right to add extra points and recommend them.
Of course, this talent or resume is not as extraordinary as the fuss made by Xia Xu and Tang Youxin.
If Tang Youxin's exaggerated resume of hacking into the GPS satellite system were used as an admission requirement, then the University of Science and Technology of China would not be able to select many people from around the world.
As for Xia Xu, the Decheng beastman incident is obviously not something that a normal person can touch. He also has an extremely extraordinary resume, but if you really think about it, there is a suspicion of using a backdoor.
After all, even if he solved the incident of the beastman in Decheng, he still had nothing to do with the title of biological genius. The fact that Uncle Luo reported this and was still recognized was essentially due to the authority and official credibility of the special department.
Normally, students at the University of Science and Technology of China are either gifted and talented since childhood and have been verified, or have family backgrounds and have been involved in certain projects and events early on, or have made some inventions, achievements, or sufficiently valuable competition records, etc., and only then are they admitted or recommended. Academic qualifications and test scores are secondary.
And these are obviously more beneficial than harmful to Grant.
Capital is the master of capital, and with the help of his connections and his own talent, he was successfully admitted to the International Research University in the United States. Recently, he went to Xia Country as an exchange student because he was tracking a special mutant werewolf.
As for the most crucial issue, how did he suddenly become so gifted? After Xia Xu repeatedly emphasized and asked, he finally got some clues.
Before he discovered his talent in mechanical engineering, this guy once tracked down an experimental base under the Andra Group, where he had an accident. When he woke up, he was lying on someone else's test bench. In the end, he was able to break out of the siege thanks to his werewolf transformation and the timely rescue of Dorothea and others.
"This way, everything will fit in..."
There was not much useful information obtained from Grant, but when Xia Xu heard the name Andra, a gleam of brilliance appeared in his eyes.
Whether it is the super brain potion or the mechanical centipede spine, these are all subsidiaries and branches of Andra, such as Carol Medical Laboratories.
But these seemingly unrelated research and developments are actually pointing to a core project - the Leap Plan!
The Super Brain Potion is a secondary project derived from the Leap Project's Brain Research Institute. Because it only temporarily overclocks the brain through drugs rather than essentially strengthening it, it was separated out, and thus the Carol Medical Laboratory was established.
The mechanical centipede spine may seem like mechanical technology, but its core technology lies in the human behavior algorithm that controls the human body by stimulating nerve reflexes and muscles, which is essentially derived from biology.
Perhaps this is also a derivative product of a body enhancement project, which was rejected because it was inconsistent with the pursuit of the leap plan and the technical route was inconsistent, but people were unwilling to abandon it, so it was also divided out as an independent project. There is a high probability that Pan Long's father is involved in it.
Judging from the appearance of the Gleipnir system last time, advanced research on this project is still ongoing, and there is a high probability that a branch force similar to Carol Medical Laboratory is behind it.
In addition, there should be another known force that specializes in genetic modification and gene fusion technology, that is, the group of people who are still creating werewolves and have studied bat-humanization technology and gene fusion technology in Decheng.
Andra made his fortune from this in the first place, so it is impossible for him to give up this technology. However, after the initial laboratory was exposed, he would not place such a high-risk and world-shaking project in the parent company again. It is most likely to be a secretly controlled branch.
Putting aside all the branches mentioned above, there should be only one project that Andra really values the most and is the most core, and that is the jump plan!
He had speculated before that this so-called leap plan might very well be about extracting the superior genes born out of individual differences among humans, and transplanting or adding these superior genes that originally belonged to the human gene pool to other individuals.
Some people have better eyesight, some are born with well-developed brains, and some are gifted in certain jobs and studies. These are largely determined by genes.
Moreover, these are genes that have evolved over a long period of time by humans themselves. Their stability, safety and other aspects are definitely far superior to the beastman modulation technology and the gene fusion technology that Yao Fu has. The technical difficulty will also be greatly reduced, and there is no need to worry about genetic conflicts.
"It seems that Andra has really succeeded..."
There was a hint of burning in Xia Xu's eyes as he looked at Grant.
There is no doubt that Grant has an extra talent that should not exist.
This means that his guess was correct, and regardless of whether it was Grant's protagonist halo that was at work, Andra's jump plan was definitely close to success.