Tan Yan was in a very heavy mood. Having been in the industry for forty years, he always tried his best to do the best every time the task was assigned by his superiors. Although no one gave him the award for the best effort, it was his small honor and pride.
However, today, the last mission of his working life may not be completed. Will this last time become a stain on his life? With such regrets in retirement, can he really hand over everything to the young people and let go to travel all over the country
"No, I mean..." Qiao Zhixue propped up his chin and looked at Tan Yan weakly, "Can you tell me what you don't understand?"
Tan Yan: “…”
He didn't understand anything.
Ah San was also surprised: "These are all high school knowledge. At your age now, you should have just finished the college entrance examination, right? How did you get into the special class?"
Oh, Ah San didn't know Tan Yan's real age. He always thought that he had taken the college entrance examination with the rest of the army and was admitted to the Central Military Academy. He was admitted to the special class because he was very good. Ah San also went through this. Although he had been working for many years, he was still able to master the college entrance examination questions. Therefore, he had no idea why Tan Yan couldn't do it.
Except for English, everything else is terrible.
Moreover, even in English, I am only proficient in memorizing words, but my grammar is still terrible.
Their performance in irrelevant political subjects is pretty good, but this is a science class!
"I'll go back and study on my own." Tan Yan bowed to the two teachers and walked out of the staff office with heavy steps.
"Superman is also afraid of math, physics and chemistry..." Ah San slumped in the chair, looking completely undignified. Teaching Tan Yan really drained all his energy. After more than two hours of teaching, Tan Yan didn't understand anything. His brain was almost deprived of oxygen from his lectures, and he was more exhausted than staying awake for three days and three nights in the tropical jungle.
"Superman?" Qiao Zhixue asked back.
"Yeah, don't you know how powerful he is in the other world?"
"I've heard that his physical fitness is different from that of ordinary people. Whether it's basic strength, jumping ability or reaction speed, it's beyond the level on Earth. But I've done a physical test on him, and it's just the average for special forces. His reaction speed is slightly faster but not much faster. It seems that your specialness can only be manifested in the other world. When you return to Earth, you only have amazing recovery ability."
Qiao Zhixue also conducted a detailed test on Tan Yan based on Minister Yu's description, and the answer was very disappointing. The real world does not seem to have the conditions for Tan Yan to become a superman, and if having superpowers requires the earth to enter the apocalypse, then everyone would rather be an ordinary person and the world will remain peaceful.
"That's because you didn't see it with your own eyes." Asan shook his head.
Words cannot describe the shock he felt at that time. When Tan Yan lifted up the meteorite weighing tens or even hundreds of tons, his jaw almost dropped.
"But you're right. It doesn't matter how strong the power is that can't be used in the real world."
After waking up, Ah San and the others also took a physical test, and there was no change from usual. After entering the other world once, the only thing that became stronger was the recovery ability. Qiao Zhixue also warned them that the number of cell divisions is limited, and the rapid recovery ability may cost life. Don't rely on the recovery ability to mess around in the other world. There is no free lunch in the world.
On the other side, Tan Yan dragged his heavy steps back to the dormitory. Ke Hao and Yan Yongfeng were still undergoing hellish training because they had not completed their military training tasks. Cui Heyu was typing frantically on the computer, and no one knew what he was checking. However, Qiu Qi was reading the book "Atomic Physics" attentively.
Qin Li was reading a book with Qiu Qi at first, but when he saw Tan Yan come in, he immediately sat down next to him and poured him a glass of water.
Qiu Qizheng Cui Heyu: "..."
After not seeing each other for half a month, my good brother Dali became the transfer student's lackey.
"Thank you." Tan Yan accepted Qin Li's kindness and drank a sip of water to moisten his dry soul. "How is your review going?"
"I don't understand." Qin Li was also quite desperate.
Tan Yan suddenly felt that he had found his group, and he invited enthusiastically, "Shall we review together?"
Qin Li nodded: "I'm actually OK in math, physics and chemistry, but we usually study classical physics, and quantum mechanics has almost completely overturned all the theories of classical physics. The laws of the microscopic world and the macroscopic world are completely different. I need to completely overturn my past thinking to understand it. Is it the same for you?"
Tan Yan: "... I'd better review on my own."
He was no longer worried about the movement trajectory of microscopic particles; he didn't even understand classical physics.
"Da Li," Cui Heyu frowned, "If you don't understand, I can teach you, but are you planning to join that weird interest group?"
"I must join," Qin Li said firmly, "I am very interested in quantum mechanics. I suggest you join as well. It's very interesting."
However, his expression of despair showed no interest at all, and he looked at "Atomic Physics" without any interest in it.
Cui Heyu and Qiu Qizheng were not familiar with Tan Yan, but they knew Qin Li. Qin Li's behavior was very strange these days. He often looked at Tan Yan with a fanatical and admiring look when others were not paying attention. He would get close to Tan Yan no matter what, which made 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 join and give it a try. Besides, there are seniors from other grades in the interest group who have special classes, and I really want to learn from them."
"I'm joining too. My mom said that when I go to college, I should participate more in activities organized by the school. These are the best four years of my life. I can't just focus on studying and surfing the Internet. I should experience more. I don't know what experiences will be helpful to me in the future." Qiu Qizhen also said.
"I think the university in Auntie's eyes is not the same as our university, but it's better if you join. I think that with the difficulty of quantum mechanics, there will definitely not be many freshmen who can pass the exam. The interest group should be mainly composed of juniors. It's good to have more people you know." Cui Heyu said, "Is there anything you don't understand?"
"Fortunately, I can understand the basic principles." Qiu Qizhen's grades have always been stable and his overall strength is very strong. "Atomic Physics" is not a problem for him.
"Then Dali is the only one left," Cui Heyu turned off his phone and took a photo of the place next to him. "Come on, Teacher Cui is going to give a lecture. This is a rare opportunity."
Qin Li immediately leaned over to listen to the lecture, but Tan Yan just listened to Cui Heyu's introduction and stopped listening, not understanding the first sentence.
There were only a few people in the dormitory, and he was too conspicuous reading a high school textbook. Tan Yan carried his schoolbag and planned to go to the study room to study. As soon as he went out, he saw Liang Xian wandering at the door of their dormitory.
"Ah!" Liang Xian immediately put on an expression of "encountering by chance" when he saw Tan Yan, "What a coincidence, where are you going?"
"Go to the study room, the exam is about to begin." Tan Yan said.
"That's great. I'll go too." Liang Xian came up to him and said, "I noticed that you didn't quite understand quantum mechanics during the meeting the other day. Do you want to learn it together?"
Tan Yan frowned slightly, because what he was learning was different. But he changed his mind and realized that Liang Xian was different from the others. They had entered the "Void" together, and Xu Mingyu had also told Tan Yan that as long as he could not tell anything particularly confidential, he could tell the team members some background information.
The so-called special secret is the mystery of Tan Yan's immortality. Minister Yu has repeatedly warned that this matter must not be told. He is afraid that Tan Yan will become Tang Monk's flesh in the eyes of everyone. Before the principle is found out, only a few people know about it.
I can’t tell you my age, I just graduated from junior high school… I can mention Liang Xian, he has very good grades, if he could teach me to read…
Tan Yan gave Liang Xian an expectant smile: "Then let's go together."
Liang Xian was so delighted by this smile that he immediately went back to the dormitory and carried a large stack of books. These were all books on quantum mechanics that he had bought these days, and he was waiting for Tan Yan to come for help.
Since all the freshmen were in military training, the study room was very friendly and the two of them found a corner to sit down. Liang Xian took out books such as "History of Modern Physics", "Seeing the Big from the Small", "Searching for Schrödinger's Cat", "New Quantum World", "Ghost in the Atom", "A Brief History of Time", "The Universe in a Nutshell", "New Quantum World", "History of Elementary Particle Physics", "Feynman Lectures on Physics", and "Foundations of Quantum Mechanics" from his backpack. He was not sure about the extent of Tan Yan's understanding of quantum mechanics, so he bought everything from popular science books to teaching handouts, intending to help Tan Yan learn from all aspects and angles.
He placed the book on the desk, intending to start with the basic "History of Modern Physics". It seemed easier to start with classical physics.
However, when he turned around, he saw that what Tan Yan took out from his schoolbag were "High School English", "High School Mathematics", "High School Physics", "Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation", and several high school entrance examination books. What's going on!
Liang Xian: “…”
Tan Yan: “…”
What she feared most was the sudden silence in the air. Under Liang Xian's gaze, Tan Yan's face slowly turned red.
He lowered his head and whispered, "I joined the army right after I graduated from junior high school. I actually never went to high school."
Liang Xian: “…”
He wanted to ask how you got into the special class, we still have to take the college entrance examination. But when he thought of Tan Yan's previous "empty" experience, he felt relieved. If he were a leader, he would also hope that Tan Yan would come to the special class to build a good relationship with the future team members.
No, there is another important question.
"The law requires that you must be 18 years old to join the army. Are you 18 years old when you graduate from junior high school?" This age is a bit problematic...
The era when Tan Yan served in the army was very chaotic. Age was not a problem, and a junior high school diploma was already a good education.
So he lowered his head even more and said vaguely: "Isn't this a 'void'?"
Encountering a void → his appearance remained unchanged → he was very old → the management was looser when he was born, unlike now → so he joined the army before he was 18, which is logically correct.
But this logic becomes: encountering emptiness → panic → grades drop → failing to get into high school after completing compulsory education → dropping out of school → joining the army after turning 18. Now you need a high school diploma to join the army, but there are still many vocational high schools and private high schools in society where you can get a diploma, so academic qualifications are not a big problem.
Although the thought process is different, the conclusion is the same.
Liang Xian's heart softened all of a sudden. He had seen the other world before. When he thought of the now extremely powerful Tan Yan, who was once just a junior high school student and was accidentally involved in the "Void" and endured it all alone, he felt a little distressed just by imagining it.
After returning to school, Liang Xian carefully sorted out his feelings for Tan Yan and found that this feeling came too suddenly and too abnormal. He was a person who was very wary of strangers. At first, his feelings for Tan Yan were also admiration + scrutiny, and he was more curious about his identity, background and strength.
If the military training goes smoothly, he will probably become good friends with Tan Yan. After all, this man has an admirable character and even more integrity than Qiu Qizhen, an old cadre.
But they happened to enter a different world. In the desperate situation, he witnessed Tan Yan's strength and unknowingly developed a sense of dependence on him.
There is an experiment in psychology in which a man and a woman look at each other on the only suspension bridge between two cliffs. The sense of crisis makes them have the illusion of heartbeat, which is the famous "suspension bridge effect".
Liang Xian, who is rational, thinks it is impossible to fall in love with someone after knowing each other for just a few days. He thinks his feelings are similar to this kind of feelings. Whether it is a hero saving a beautiful girl or the "suspension bridge effect", it is easy to have the illusion of love. He does not mind falling in love with the same sex, he just does not want to be swayed by illusions.
If it were an ordinary person, they might want to stay away from each other, calm down, and have less contact, so that this sudden feeling will naturally disappear. But Liang Xian and Tan Yan will have to spend more time together in "Hollowness" in the future, and they can't avoid it. Moreover, Liang Xian is not an evasive person. He believes that he should have more contact with Tan Yan in daily life to understand all of him, including his strengths and weaknesses.
Passion always fascinates people, and the shining qualities of a lover make people feel that he is glowing. Only an ordinary life can make feelings return to normal.
He was so attracted by the god-like handsomeness of Tan Yan in another world that he had the illusion of love for him. However, as long as he could find Tan Yan's shortcomings in ordinary life, this illusion would be shattered.
Now he has found it.
Low education level, falsified academic qualifications and poor learning ability are all serious problems.
Liang Xian once fantasized about his future lover. It would be difficult for her to match his physical abilities, after all, he grew up with special education, but he could protect his lover, so a little gap was still beautiful; but they must be similar in knowledge. He hoped that the two of them would have a common language in the future, and could discuss research together on the academic path, and chat about each other's views on science before going to bed. Just imagining it made Liang Xian look forward to it.
Tan Yan, on the other hand, was far superior to Liang Xian in terms of physical fitness. He never let him feel like a protector, but was always the one being protected. Not to mention his academic performance, the gap was too big.
But when I think of how Tan Yan was as powerful as a superman in the other world, and now he bows his head in shame in front of high school knowledge, how can this be...
How can it be so cute
Liang Xian quickly stuffed all the books on the table back into his bag, threw the bag aside, rolled up his sleeves and took the "Wu San" in front of Tan Yan: "I'll teach you."
"Really?" Tan Yan raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of joy and hesitation, "But Instructor Qiao and Assistant Chai just taught me, but I didn't understand a thing. Am I too stupid? You have an exam soon, why don't you review by yourself? Those books you just took out... Hey? Where are the books?"
"You are just using a cannon to kill a mosquito. One is a doctoral supervisor and a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the other has graduated for so many years. They can't even remember what high school students should learn. I'm different. I just finished the college entrance examination and I'm still familiar with the knowledge points." Liang Xian pushed his schoolbag further away. "I can memorize these books after reading them once, don't worry."
Tan Yan was relieved and handed the mock test paper he had done to Liang Xian: "This is my test score, take a look first."
Tan Yan has always been respectful in front of intellectuals. He originally regarded Liang Xian as a junior, but now Liang Xian is his teacher and he must respect him.
The admiration in his eyes made Liang Xian feel comfortable all over. He suddenly felt that graduating from junior high school was nothing. It was better not to be illiterate. He could teach Tan Yan how to write step by step. That would be a wonderful 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 am indeed... quite stupid." Tan Yan said embarrassedly.
"No, how could that be?" Liang Xian slapped the table, "It's just that the foundation is poor, and those teachers don't know how to teach. Give me some time, and I'll make you a detailed lesson plan."
"Well, you memorize the words first, and we'll start systematic study tomorrow morning."
After Liang Xian finished speaking, he rushed out with Tan Yan's mock test paper. He ran around all the bookstores in City B in the afternoon and bought textbooks from elementary school to high school. When he returned to the dormitory, he stayed up late to write lesson plans.
That night, the roommate secretly told Cui Heyu, I heard that you have been playing online games every day recently. Liang Xian in our dormitory did not sleep the whole night. His desk was full of books related to quantum mechanics. He wanted to be the top one in the interest group.
Cui Heyu became nervous when he heard this. Regardless of his relationship with Liang Xian, he rushed into the dormitory opposite early the next morning, snatched the notebook from Liang Xian's hand, and checked his learning progress.
Cui Heyu saw the teaching plan: "…"
"Are you looking for death?" Liang Xian snatched his lesson plan. He had almost not finished writing it, and he had to start teaching after breakfast.
"Are you very short of money?" Cui Heyu asked cautiously.
"What?"
"Why would you be a tutor if you're not short of money? We don't have to spend any money to go to college, and we even receive a subsidy every month. Could it be that your family has fallen on hard times and is very short of money?" Cui Heyu guessed.
Liang Xian’s family is also a secret in the class. No one knows his background, and now we can only guess.
Liang Xian, who hadn't slept all night but was still excited, ignored Cui Heyu. He grabbed the lesson plan and ran out of the dormitory with his bag. He was going to the classroom to write.
When Tan Yan entered the study room at the agreed time, Liang Xian had already written the lesson plan, and had simply washed up in the bathroom, making himself look handsome again.
According to Tan Yan's level, he started with elementary school knowledge, and then expanded the simple knowledge points from point to line, gradually increasing the difficulty.
Although Tan Yan is not a genius, his IQ is at the level of a normal person. The reason why he couldn't understand is that his foundation is not good. It has been 40 years since he graduated from junior high school. What can he remember? Moreover, in his era, people only started learning a second language in high school. They learned Japanese instead of English. All the knowledge points were different. However, Qiao Zhixue arranged some high school teachers to tutor him, so of course he learned slowly.
Liang Xian taught students according to their aptitude and solved problems one by one. Tan Yan's learning speed increased immediately and he gained some confidence in himself.
"Very good, you have already mastered this knowledge point in just one day," Liang Xian nodded with satisfaction, "Don't say you are stupid in the future. You obviously have a strong understanding ability, but you just lack time."
Tan Yan said modestly: "It's all thanks to Mr. Liang's good teaching. Thank you, teacher."
Liang Xian felt relaxed when he was called "teacher". He smiled and said, "If you keep going at this rate, you can catch up with us in just one year."
Tan Yan: “…”
There is only one week left before the test. If you fail the test, you may fail the course. If you fail the course, you will be demoted, and if you are demoted, you will leave the special class. And I heard that the Central Military Academy is very strict. Even in the ordinary class, if you fail more than three subjects per semester, you will be expelled.
Tan Yan's silence made Liang Xian realize that time was running out. He quickly comforted her, "It's okay. You will definitely be admitted to the interest group. No one dares to eliminate you!"
"I know," Tan Yan was still in a low mood, "but everyone can see the results. Let's not talk about the students in our own class. The students in the ordinary class will question the school. Why did they recruit a student like me?"
National affairs are important, and the physical and mental education of students is equally important. The Central Military Academy has a particularly high prestige in the hearts of students, and the emergence of a questionable student like Tan Yan is indeed bad for the reputation of the school.
Of course, this is not a big deal. After all, the first lesson for a soldier is to obey orders, and no one dares to raise any objections.
But Tan Yan couldn't get over his own hurdle. He was not the kind of person who would let go of his responsibilities.
"I see," Liang Xian nodded, "It's okay, just study step by step. This is tonight's homework, I'll find a solution."
That night, Liang Xian stayed up all night again. He hacked into the school's teaching system and got his hands on the test papers from a few days later.
A baseline test would naturally not include any confidential information, and the protective measures were general. With Liang Xian's level, he could definitely do it without anyone noticing.
He printed out the test, dragged Tan Yan to an empty study room, and took out the test paper like a thief, whispering: "This is our test paper in a few days. I have written all the answers. You should memorize the answers in the next few days. Just get through this test first."
Liang Xian hadn't slept for two nights and his eyes were red from staying up late. He didn't know why he was so excited.
But when Tan Yan saw the test paper, he frowned deeply.
"How did you get the test paper?" he asked in a deep voice.
"I hacked the system," Liang Xian blinked, "Don't worry, they won't find out. These are the wrong answers to the questions, pay attention when you recite them, don't let this affect your future studies."
"I can't recite it," Tan Yan shook his head. "Please collect the test papers. We will study step by step. Even if we don't do well in the test, it will be worthy of our hard work."
"You..." Liang Xian was a little anxious, "Why are you so inflexible, just this once!"
Tan Yan folded the test paper handed to him bit by bit, put it in Liang Xian's hand, and said seriously: "I understand your feelings, and I also know that this world is not black and white, and it is not so rigid. But your excellent abilities should not be wasted on opportunism. Don't lose your principles because of temporary results."
"You..." Liang Xian hadn't slept for two nights and was overly excited, his brain was extremely tired. Now that he was rejected by Tan Yan, he was in a very bad mood, "You don't know what's good for you!"
He tried hard not to lose his temper, but his arms were shaking as he held the test paper. He felt as if all his passion had been thrown into an ice cellar, and he felt angry and depressed.
Seeing him like this, Tan Yan did not scold him harshly, but gently held his hand. The warmth from his palm warmed Liang Xian's fingertips which had become cold due to anger.
"I understand you're doing this for my own good. If it were just you, you probably wouldn't even bother looking at the test paper right in front of you." Tan Yan racked his brains to speak. He was not good at speaking, and thinking about these words really killed a lot of brain cells. "Imagine, if you were me, would you peek at the test paper because you might not do well in the next exam?"
"I won't." Liang Xian calmed down a little and understood what Tan Yan meant.
This is not a question of test scores, but of principles and bottom line.
Some things, once broken, are hard to maintain. Once this kind of words are spoken, it means that this time will definitely not be the end. This time he can steal the test paper because of his hacking skills, so next time, will he use his superpowers to do evil in other worlds? The more superhuman power you have, the more you need to be true to yourself.
He took a deep breath and tore up the test paper in his hand: "I understand."
"I understand." Tan Yan smiled knowingly, "Let's go find Instructor Qiao."
"Why are you looking for him?"
"Although I can't look at the test paper in advance, your actions remind me of something." Tan Yan also looked relieved. "I will follow the organization's requirements and work hard to learn about quantum mechanics, and strive to contribute to the country one day. But if it is beyond my ability, I still have to report my difficulties to the organization. I believe that with the wisdom of Instructor Qiao, he will definitely help me solve this difficulty."
Liang Xian: “…”
What he said is true, but why does it sound like a political class to listen to Tan Yan talking
The author has something to say: Oh, finally caught up with the update time qaq
Next we will catch insects on a large scale~
Regarding Chapter 23, some readers said that they couldn’t understand quantum mechanics, but I understand it. After all, it is very profound.
In fact, all you need to know is the following points:
1. Everything beyond common sense in this article can be explained by quantum mechanics (made up)
2. The void is a big pit that can only be used for eating but not for excreting. It also has the ability to teleport through space, but it is only a single-arrow teleportation.
3. Currently, only Tan Yan can find the channel to teleport back.