After taking the advice, I became a top student.

Xihua University, student dormitory.

"Come on, Lao Huang, you're always studying advanced mathematics. Are you preparing for graduate school? Get online, we're one short."

"I think I can still be saved."

Huang Xinyuan said seriously, "Look at that classmate on Zhihu. He didn't have much talent either, but after working hard for just over a month, he went from failing to getting a perfect score in math. I think if I work hard, I might be able to do it too."

After reading Chen Mo's post on Zhihu that day, he stopped playing games and reading novels, and devoted himself to studying textbooks every day.

"Come on, you believe everything you read online?"

My roommates were speechless. "It might be a fake account."

"I still want to give it a try."

Huang Xinyuan shook his head and plunged back into the ocean of mathematical knowledge. He was also considering whether to study in the library in the future, as he felt that the guys in his dormitory were seriously hindering his progress.

My roommate didn't know what to say either.

Now that you've come to Xihua University, what's the point of working harder?

"Holy crap, you weren't right, were you? Is he really just trying to create an account? This guy's started streaming."

Suddenly, another roommate exclaimed, "Are they going to start live-streaming sales next?"

Huang Xinyuan frowned. Although he knew that things on the internet were unreliable, he felt that what that person said was probably true.

But he still took out his phone, wanting to find out more.

Soon, the password was copied from Zhihu, entered Douyin, and redirected to the live stream.

[Mastering Science from Scratch, Day 2]

In the picture, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy is sitting upright at his desk, flipping through a book with his left hand and holding a pen in his right. Beside him are densely written notes with clear diagrams. Judging from the picture, he seems to be studying the topic of chemical equilibrium.

【What?! We were supposed to start from scratch? This is already high school chemistry?】

[Clickbait title? Zero-scoring student watching 11th-grade material?]

[Is this an act? Flipping through the book so fast, how can you possibly remember anything? Is this what "speed reading" means?]

Perhaps it was Huang Xinyuan and his group that brought in some traffic, triggering Douyin's push mechanism, and a few unsuspecting viewers entered the live stream.

【No way, are you really "Zi Mo" from Zhihu?】

Chemical equilibrium? This part is a bit difficult; it's unrealistic for someone with no prior knowledge to try it.

[Reading ten lines at a glance? If I could learn that, I'd wash my hair while doing a handstand.]

[Host, please be down-to-earth and start from the first year of high school, the compulsory courses.]

Because a new set of questions was posted just two days ago, Chen Mo's question has regained some popularity on Zhihu. After the question was updated last night, many people also followed the live stream address in the question to find it.

The more viewers there are, the more traffic Douyin will give. In the blink of an eye, the number of people watching the live stream at the same time has exceeded 100.

However, Chen Mo, who was studying diligently, was unaware of what had happened.

He is still studying chemistry diligently.

Many people left after making a few comments when the streamer didn't respond, but quite a few others stayed, such as Huang Xinyuan and his group. Most of those who stayed in the live stream came from Zhihu.

Some people were also inspired by Chen Mo's focus and decided to stay and take another look.

Soon, it was 10:30.

When Chen Mo finished his study session, he looked up and realized that there were already 99+ comments in the live stream. He noticed that many of the comments were from viewers who had followed him from Zhihu, so he smiled and greeted them.

"Alright, that's all for today's live stream. See you tomorrow at the same time."

He is very grateful to these veteran users on Zhihu; without their advice, he wouldn't have been able to grow so quickly.

[Bro, you can't fake studying. I advise you to stop wasting time on livestreaming and focus on your studies. Get into a good university, and then you can start livestreaming later.]

Chen Mo didn't explain and prepared to turn off the live stream. He needed to hurry back to his dorm, wash up, and go to sleep; he had class tomorrow.

Suddenly, he saw a newly popped-up barrage of comments.

[Host, don't think I'm teasing you. Let me test you with a basic question: If you increase the concentration of reactants, which side will the equilibrium shift to?]

[The answer upstairs is too simple. I'll give you my answer: For 2SO₂ + O₂⇌ 2SO₃, how does the equilibrium change when the pressure is increased? How does the yield of SO₃ change?]

"Want to ask a question?"

Chen Mo's eyes lit up. If he could explain the problem to netizens via live stream, wouldn't that count as fulfilling his suggestion?

He acted on his thought without rushing to end the live stream and sat back down.

He picked up a pen and drew a simple diagram on paper illustrating "equilibrium state - disruption condition - direction of movement - new equilibrium," then explained it to the camera in the simplest terms:

"The first problem is like when a cafeteria opens for lunch, the number of people queuing suddenly increases, so the food serving window has to speed up the process, thus shifting the balance towards the positive reaction direction and reducing the reactants."

The second question is, as pressure increases, the equilibrium shifts towards the direction where the gas volume decreases. Since the forward direction of this reaction involves a smaller volume, the equilibrium shifts to the forward direction, increasing the SO₃ yield. Simultaneously, because it is exothermic, increasing the temperature will cause it to shift in the reverse direction…”

Clear and concise.

Holy crap, he actually seems to know how!

This understanding is good; it doesn't seem like rote memorization.

[The host is quite skilled; his train of thought is very clear. Let me ask you a more difficult question...]

Soon, the live stream chat exploded with comments, many people started giving likes, and some even started sending virtual gifts. As the popularity grew, more and more streams were pushed to the live stream, and the number of viewers increased.

[What's going on? Wasn't this supposed to be a speedrun from scratch? How did it turn into a quiz show?]

The new viewers were completely bewildered, not understanding why a chemistry Q&A live stream was so popular.

Over the next ten minutes, Chen Mo answered five or six questions, ranging from easy to difficult, covering calculations and image analysis. He handled them all with ease and even pointed out easily confused points during his explanations.

The trend of comments began to shift, with fewer doubts and more exclamations and "666" (a Chinese internet slang for "awesome").

[Complete the suggestion: Explain the problem to your classmate and make sure they understand. Reward: +33 Nutrients]

[Complete the suggestion: Explain the problem to your classmate and make sure they understand. Reward: +18 Nutrients]

Chen Mo was overjoyed as he watched the prompts flashing in front of him. He hadn't expected that explaining problems on live stream could actually be beneficial, and that explaining a problem often yielded more than one benefit.

Although each portion is small, it adds up to a considerable amount.

[Could the host provide a qualitative discussion on the relationship between the equilibrium constant K and temperature T using the Arrhenius formula? You don't need to calculate it; just explain the general trend and logic.]

Soon, a paid highlighted comment appeared in the live stream.

This time, Chen Mo truly fell silent.

After a long while, he finally spoke, "I'm sorry, I really don't know how to do this question."

"Alright, that's all for today's live stream. Lights out in the dorms. See you tomorrow at the same time!"

Chen Mo said, then turned off the live stream, packed his bag, and rushed back to his dormitory, which closed at 11 p.m.

[Tch, the streamer chickened out.]

[Haha, the streamer fled in panic!]

[No, has anyone considered that the streamer is actually studying high school chemistry? Isn't it normal that they don't know this?]