Academic genius: Arcane Invasion of America

Li Ang did not rush to confront Martin.

He didn't even take out the counterfeit drugs he seized in the brick alley.

It's true that Li Ang is grateful for Martin's kindness, and it's also true that he wants to help Martin, but all of this is based on the premise that he himself is not threatened.

At the same time, Li Ang carefully recalled what happened that night.

The conflict between the Italian Mafia and Martin's subordinate Nathan stemmed from Nathan's debt to loan sharks, and had no direct connection to the generic drugs.

There's no need for direct conflict with the Mafia.

Conversely, the Voodoo cult, hoping to gain access to the Chicago pharmaceutical market, is more likely to cause trouble for Martin.

If Martin were injured or killed in the fight against the Voodoo Cult, Leon would be saddened and would certainly seek revenge for Martin.

But then again, Martin must have his own tricks up his sleeve to have been operating in Chicago for so long and dared to sell generic drugs right under the noses of the FDA and the police.

If the two sides really start fighting, it's hard to say who will win or lose.

……

Over the next few days, Li Ang maintained a very regular study and life routine.

I studied at the University of Chicago and worked out at the gym.

Before the countdown to "travel between worlds" could finish, the University of Chicago mathematics students were faced with a strange exam.

It was already strange to have an extra exam in April, but this math exam was open-book.

At first, students from the neighboring department were very envious of the math students when they heard the news.

After all, if you do well on an exam that awards academic credits, you can earn or save a lot of money.

think about it.

When taking math exams, students can bring various reference books or look up theorems and formulas on the spot.

This is such a wonderful thing.

Upon learning this news, many students jointly protested to the school.

Why should math students be treated differently?

They also hope for open-book exams.

The students quickly received their reply: "Special treatment? No, no, no, you couldn't possibly not know, the math department has a new oddball, the student who published the paper a couple of days ago..."

"This open-book exam wasn't held to accommodate that student."

"How about this, after you finish the exam, you can ask your friends in the math department what they think of this open-book exam. If they think it's good, our department can follow their model for future exams."

Subsequently, many students went directly to the mathematics department to inquire about the situation and were told that the difficulty of this exam might increase significantly.

But if it's an open-book exam and people can just copy whatever they want, what difference does a significant increase make?

This strange exam instantly attracted a large number of students to watch.

Everything will be revealed on the day of the exam.

The exam officially began at nine o'clock in the morning.

The mathematics students brought their prepared reference materials.

Everyone was carrying a thick stack of things.

On the podium, the chubby senior student introduced himself.

"My name is Jett Hughes, and I am Professor Nolan's student."

"I will be in charge of this test today."

"First of all, I want to clarify that you don't need to worry too much about the difficulty of this exam, although I actually think it's quite difficult."

"This exam will only affect about 10% of your sophomore year credits."

"My suggestion is to skip the questions you don't know how to do and not let them affect your mindset. Do the questions you know how to do first."

"The exam will last two hours."

Soon, Li Ang received the exam paper.

Although in a sense, the result of this exam has little impact on him—he has already published his first paper and successfully secured his place in academia, so whether or not he skips a grade at the University of Chicago is not of much concern.

On the other hand, considering that he is about to publish "Faltings' Theorem", he needs to do some packaging.

Imagine a mathematician or scholar who has proven a world-class conjecture, yet fails to get an A+ in a casual exam – that would be rather unbelievable.

Therefore, Li Ang does not intend to go easy on anyone in this exam.

Inserting a learning coin, Li Ang activated the skill [Mental Focus], instantly entering a state of flow. The powerful perception brought by [Mental Awareness] and everything happening around him could no longer affect him.

There were only eight math questions on the test paper. Li Ang quickly glanced at them and then focused on the first question.

A comprehensive proof problem concerning the analysis of special functions.

Essentially, their knowledge base did not exceed that of a second-year mathematics student.

This question posed no difficulty to Li Ang.

During the few days that [Interdimensional Travel] was on cooldown, he spent most of his time on mathematics, except for occasionally studying magic-related topics.

With the subject experience reward for publishing his first paper, he only needs 32 more experience points to level up to level 3 in mathematics.

For Li Ang, the symbols of operators in advanced mathematics were already as familiar as his own body.

He picked up his pen to answer, and numbers and symbols flowed from his pen like sprites, dancing gracefully on the exam paper.

The first major problem was quickly proven.

Next up is the second question, functional analysis...

Meanwhile, Jet wandered around the classroom.

He quickly crept to a seat on the side of the fourth row, casually glancing at the students who were answering questions.

That's right, Jeter's main focus today is his junior brother Aldrin.

Jeter still remembers what it was like when he first met his junior. Only a few days have passed, and his junior has already published a paper in a core journal?

Moreover, unlike other students who brought a lot of reference materials, Aldrin didn't bring any books and took the exam in a completely "closed-book" format.

Standing behind Li Ang, Jet realized just how terrifying Professor Nolan's new student was.

In just a short while, he had finished the second question and was now moving on to the third.

As Kayla Nolan's doctoral student, Jeter was quite good at math. He glanced at Li Ang's exam paper and knew he had gotten everything right.

Is it really that fast and good?

It's not that this set of papers is extremely difficult; it's that several professors in the department collaborated to create the questions to give Li Ang a more challenging test.

Could the test paper have been given to the wrong person...?

Jet turned his gaze to a student next to Li Ang and found that the student's face was contorted and his body was twisted into a ball.

Ok.

That's right.

Jeremy nodded, not lingering in place, and continued to patrol the classroom.

At this moment, a mathematics student sitting in the front row of the classroom is reviewing the first major question.

In his eyes, this math exam wasn't testing arithmetic symbols; it had little people dancing on them!

Fake!

Who exactly set this question?

Have some decency.

This student had just transferred to the mathematics department last semester and was studying very hard, on his way to becoming a mathematician.

result.

The exam hit him like a ton of bricks.

If future math department exams are all this difficult, he should probably transfer back to his original department as soon as possible.

……

Time passed in a stifling atmosphere.

Just as Jet finished walking around the classroom, feeling quite emotional, he saw his junior, Aldrin, look up at him.

Jet's heart skipped a beat. Could there really be something wrong with this test paper? Could it be that some professor made a mistake that Aldrin noticed?

That would be a bit awkward.

Jet quickened his pace and came to Li Ang's side, asking, "Junior Brother Aldrin, is something the matter?"

"Senior brother, can I hand in my paper early?" Li Ang asked.

He hadn't originally planned to show off like this.

He just needs to answer the questions carefully and hand in his paper on time.

Unfortunately, the atmosphere in the examination room was too oppressive, and several female students next to me even showed signs of sobbing.

In addition, he didn't bring anything with him, so he couldn't even read or study.

The best option right now is to submit the exam early and then borrow some books from the library to study at home.