Chapter 327 - 253: One-Click Hosting, Smart Learning

Chapter 327: Chapter 253: One-Click Hosting, Smart Learning

Judging by its focus, the article deliberately linked two things: the Cray Research Institute’s invitation and the fact that Chen Lin wasn’t going abroad. It was an attempt to create the public perception that he was being officially barred from leaving the country.

Professional.

And insidious.

But...

A cold smile touched the corners of Chen Lin’s lips.

’If this is all they’ve got, to be honest, it can’t really hurt me.’

His current standing wasn’t even in the same league as it was before his meeting in the Imperial Capital.

The National Science and Technology Award, his role as an advisor to the controllable nuclear fusion project, the meeting with that senior figure...

Besides, after his conversation with Fu Yangqing yesterday, Chen Lin was well aware of his current position.

He wasn’t just a scholar anymore, nor was he merely an entrepreneur.

He was "an important national asset."

’And what did that mean?’

’It meant someone was protecting him.’

’It also meant that whenever he ran into trouble, someone would naturally be there to solve the problem for him.’

Therefore, lying low was the best course of action for now.

With that thought, Chen Lin stuffed the other half of his bun into his mouth and stood up.

’Time to get back to work.’

He didn’t have the time or energy to waste on some trashy article.

「Ten in the morning.」

Chen Lin returned to his desk, put on his headphones, and booted up his computer to continue the code he hadn’t finished the day before.

As per the division of labor decided in the last tech meeting, Pan Si had assigned him the task of developing a data-cleaning module.

Although Chen Lin’s programming skills couldn’t compare to professional-level coders like Bai Qian and Pan Si, several months of diligent self-study had taken him from a Python novice to someone who could "independently develop simple scripts."

’At least his code could run without errors.’

’And he could fix the bugs.’

’That was pretty good, all things considered.’

"CLICK-CLACK-CLICK-CLACK—"

The sound of keyboard clatter echoed through the office.

Chen Lin’s eyes were glued to the screen, his fingers flying across the keyboard.

Time ticked by, second by second.

At noon, Yunqing called everyone for lunch. Chen Lin just scarfed down a few bites before returning to his desk.

At one in the afternoon, he continued to code.

At two, he started debugging.

At two-thirty, he found a bug and began troubleshooting.

3:05 PM—

"Finally got it!"

Chen Lin let out a long sigh of relief and committed the last block of code to the repository.

Seeing the green "Commit Successful" message on the screen, he nodded in satisfaction.

It was only a small script, but it was his contribution to the company’s AI project.

’Time for a break...’

Chen Lin leaned back in his chair and picked up the phone on his desk, planning to scroll through some news to unwind.

However, the very instant he unlocked his phone...

"DING!"

A crisp notification sound suddenly echoed in his mind.

Simultaneously, a translucent system panel materialized before his eyes without any warning.

[Growth System Upgrade Complete!]

Chen Lin froze.

Then, his eyes lit up.

"Holy shit!"

"It finally finished upgrading?!"

He almost leaped out of his chair.

A few days ago, the system had notified him that it was upgrading and would take about three days.

He’d thought he would have to wait until tomorrow, but it had finished this afternoon.

Chen Lin suppressed his excitement and quickly scanned his surroundings.

Pan Si was wearing headphones, typing code with intense focus on the screen.

Nearby, Bai Qian was surrounded by several monitors, debugging something.

Shen Yan was at her desk, head down, reading a document.

Sun Yu was nowhere to be seen; his desk was empty.

No one had noticed him.

Chen Lin discreetly adjusted his posture, pretending to look at his phone while focusing all his attention on the system panel before him.

With a thought, he opened the system’s main interface.

[Growth System 2.0]

’2.0?’

Chen Lin raised an eyebrow. ’Was it version 1.0 before?’

He continued reading.

[Titles Obtained: Little Mathematician, Little Love Saint, Little Champion (Enhanced), Little Singer, Little Financial Planner (Enhanced), Little Driver]

He was familiar with all these titles; nothing had changed.

Except that Little Champion and Little Financial Planner now had an "Enhanced" tag—he had used Little Red Flowers to upgrade them before.

Chen Lin’s gaze moved further down.

And then—

His eyes shot wide open.

[New Features: Automatic Learning, Lucky Draw]

’New features?!’

Chen Lin’s heart instantly started to race.

’This was what he’d been hoping for!’

’A system upgrade couldn’t just be a new version number, right?’

’Sure enough, there were new toys to play with!’

Chen Lin eagerly tapped on [Lucky Draw].

A new panel popped up:

[Lucky Draw]

[Description: After completing a system mission, the Host may choose to forfeit the obtained title in exchange for one "Lucky Draw: Ten Consecutive" opportunity.]

[Prize Pool: Various items beneficial to the Host’s growth.]

[Available Draws: 0]

Chen Lin frowned slightly after reading it.

’Give up a title for a chance to draw?’

’That’s an interesting mechanic...’

The problem was, he didn’t have any system missions at the moment, so there was no way to trigger this feature.

Besides, the description "various items beneficial to the Host’s growth" was far too vague.

’What if I just draw a bunch of useless junk?’

’Giving up a title for a ten-pull...’

’It was hard to say whether that trade-off was worth it.’

’Whatever. I’ll worry about it when I get a mission.’

Chen Lin set the feature aside for now and turned to the other new one—

[Automatic Learning]

The panel switched, and a brand-new interface appeared before him.

The interface was very simple, with just three buttons:

[Select Subject]

[Select Duration]

[One-Click Study]

’What’s this?’

Curious, Chen Lin tapped [Select Subject].

SWOOSH—

A long list unfurled.

[Language Arts] [Math] [English] [Physics] [Chemistry] [Biology] [History] [Geography] [Political Science]...

These were elementary and middle school subjects.

He scrolled further down—

[Advanced Mathematics] [Linear Algebra] [Probability and Mathematical Statistics] [Discrete Mathematics]...

[General Physics] [Theoretical Mechanics] [Electrodynamics] [Quantum Mechanics]...

[Inorganic Chemistry] [Organic Chemistry] [Physical Chemistry] [Analytical Chemistry]...

[Data Structures and Algorithms] [Operating Systems] [Computer Networks] [Principles of Compiler Design] [Artificial Intelligence] [Machine Learning] [Deep Learning]...

[Microeconomics] [Macroeconomics] [Econometrics] [Game Theory]...

[Constitutional Law] [Criminal Law] [Civil Law] [Administrative Law]...

"???"

The corner of Chen Lin’s mouth twitched as he stared at the absurdly long list.

’What the hell is all this?’

’So much for a "primary school" Growth System.’

’Do elementary schoolers learn quantum mechanics?’

’This system is way too intense.’

’It’s on a completely different wavelength from me, its Host!’

Chen Lin shook his head, speechless. But then again, wasn’t this exactly what he needed?

If this [Automatic Learning] feature was actually useful, wouldn’t that mean he could quickly master anything he wanted to learn?

At this thought, Chen Lin’s eyes lit up again.

He scrolled through the list and selected [Computer Science].

After all, that was the field he’d been most involved with lately.

Since he was testing this new feature, it made sense to start with something familiar. That way, he could properly judge its effectiveness.

After he selected the subject, the interface automatically switched to [Select Duration].

[One Hour]

[Three Hours]

[Eight Hours]

[Twenty-Four Hours]

[Three Days]

[One Week]

...

The corner of Chen Lin’s mouth twitched again as he looked at the options.

’A week?’

’If I chose a week, would I be stuck here "automatically learning" for seven days, unable to do anything else?’

’What about my work and research?’

He kept scrolling down and finally saw a less absurd option at the very bottom of the list:

[Temporary Study - Intelligent Duration]

Chen Lin chose it without a second thought.

’Finally, a reasonable option...’

He had just breathed a sigh of relief when another system prompt popped up:

[Engage Autopilot, Begin Intelligent Learning!]

[During Automatic Learning, the Host will lose control of his body. Please do not be alarmed!]

Chen Lin: "..."

’Lose control of my body?’

’What does that mean?’

Before he could even react, more system prompts began popping up in rapid succession:

[Detecting Host’s current computer science knowledge level...]

[Detection Complete!]

[Host’s Current Computer Science Level Assessment: Entry-Level (Equivalent to a computer science major at the end of their first year’s second semester)]

[Matching optimal learning path...]

[Match Complete!]