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On the international flight back to Jiangcheng.

Inside the first-class cabin, the partition is pulled up, creating a private and independent space.

Lin Wan had been up all night at the hot spring hotel and hadn't slept much. She was curled up in a reclined chair, covered with a blanket, sleeping soundly. Even her breathing carried a hint of tired charm.

Not far away, on the small table in front of Lu Ci was a half-finished mock college entrance exam physics paper, and the draft paper next to it was covered with calculations.

As he wrote, Lu Ci couldn't help but smile with a hint of self-deprecation.

He sometimes finds this state of mind really interesting.

Perhaps it's because when I was eighteen, the allure of my college entrance exam scores was far less than the tangible rewards offered by the system today.

Or perhaps, one's mindset has undergone a complete transformation over the years.

If he had the same dedication he has today—carrying study materials wherever he goes and even squeezing in time to do practice problems on airplanes—he would probably be the man Jiangcheng University couldn't have back then.

This is the eighth mock exam he has taken since he started reviewing physics in Hengdian.

From initially only scoring 40 points when his memory was hazy, he gradually regained his form and scored 72 points on the last test.

We are very close to meeting the system's requirement of "80 points or above".

Lu Ci wrote down the number he had calculated for the last question on the exam paper.

He threw down his pen, leaned back in his chair, and let out a long sigh.

The next second, the system's voice sounded:

[The host has been detected as having completed the quiz.]

[No cheating or use of external tools was observed during the exam, and the exam complied with the time limit regulations for a closed examination room. Current physics exam difficulty level: National Paper II.]

Final score: 82 points.

Upon hearing the score of "82 points," Lu Ci breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally, another subject has been solved."

After relaxing, anticipation rose in Lu Ci's eyes.

Previously, when the "Chinese Language Task" was completed, the system provided the relevant terms "Masterful Writing Skills" and "Flowing Ideas" to match the subject.

What kind of reward will the system give for physics, a discipline that encompasses the laws governing the operation of everything in the universe?

He didn't have to wait long before the system's announcement sounded again:

[The main quest "Ladder of Progress" has been successfully completed, specifically the quest "Achieve a Physics score of 80 or above".]

[Task Rewards:]

1. "The General Outline of Human Physics" (You will gain a comprehensive and perfect understanding of all the physics knowledge currently known to human civilization on Earth.)

2. Obtain the gold-tier affix: "Civilization Prophet" (When you encounter a bottleneck in your research in a technological field, you will have a 50% chance to deduce subsequent theoretical models or directions of inspiration.)

After the broadcast ended, Lu Ci exclaimed inwardly, "Holy crap, the Southern Heavenly Gate plan is working!"

The next second, a massive amount of information flooded into his brain.

Lu Ci winced in pain and quickly raised his hand to support his head.

He had experienced this overwhelming feeling of information many times before, but never before had it been as unbearable as it was now.

His head throbbed as if it were being split open, his temples throbbed, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

"Hello sir, are you feeling unwell?"

Just as Lu Ci was gritting his teeth and holding on, a flight attendant pushing a service cart noticed that something was wrong with him and quickly walked over, bending down to ask him.

Lu Ci pressed one hand against his forehead:

"Please give me a glass of ice water, thank you."

Upon hearing this, the flight attendant dared not delay and immediately got up to pick up a water cup from the service cart and poured water.

As the flood of information into my mind came to an end, the tearing sensation that felt like my head was about to explode finally began to subside like a receding tide.

Lu Ci, panting heavily, took the ice water handed to him by the flight attendant, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.

The coldness traveled down my throat, instantly dispelling any lingering discomfort in my brain.

He handed the empty water glass back, looked up, and said "thank you."

The flight attendant took the cup, her gaze unconsciously falling on Lu Ci's face.

The flight attendant's pupils contracted sharply, her eyes instantly lighting up with astonishing light, and she blurted out, unable to contain her surprise, "Lu... Lu Ci?!"

Lu Ci looked at the excited flight attendant, gently made a "shh" gesture, then smiled warmly and nodded politely to her.

The flight attendant wanted to take out her phone for a group photo or ask for an autograph.

However, the company's regulations forced her to suppress her fervent passion for idol worship.

Finally, she could only reluctantly return to the work area with the empty cup, turning back every few steps.

Lu Ci leaned back in his seat, crossed his arms, turned his head, and gazed at the scenery high above the porthole.

However, when he looked at the world again, his once clear eyes now appeared much deeper.

Lu Ci had previously wondered how the world as seen through the eyes of scientific giants like Einstein and Newton differed from that of ordinary people.

And at this moment, he finally experienced it firsthand.

The world he saw with his naked eye was still the same world, but in his subconscious, everything had changed.

When his gaze falls on the sea of ​​clouds outside the window, he no longer exclaims as before, "These clouds are so beautiful, like cotton candy."

Instead, he began to subconsciously think about the process of cloud formation.

"Tsk..."

This almost instinctive, subconscious tendency to deconstruct everything made Lu Ci feel uncomfortable.

The more you know, the more you feel the vastness of the universe and your own insignificance, and the more you develop an irresistible thirst for knowledge about the world.

Lu Ci withdrew his gaze from the window and prepared to find something to do. He took out his phone and opened the online novel author app he had downloaded earlier.

His pen name is derived from the character "辞" (ci) in his real name, hence "辞旧" (Ci Jiu).

Lu Ci created a new document, then hovered his thumbs over the keyboard and began typing.

The plots and settings that flooded his mind almost made his hand speed unable to keep up with the birth of his ideas.

Lu Ci wrote a science fiction novel.

In order to cater to the tastes of readers in the current online literature market, he did not simply apply all the physics knowledge he had just acquired to his mind, as he would when writing an academic paper.

He uses science fiction as a framework, focusing on the readability of the story.

The story tells of a boy living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland who has mastered the ability to travel through time.

Time and again, he went against the flow of time, using future technology to try to save a civilization heading towards destruction.

The plane shuddered as its heavy landing gear slammed into the runway at Jiangcheng Airport.

Lu Ci then stopped typing.

He looked up and saw that the passengers around him had already started unbuckling their seatbelts and getting their luggage to disembark. He was suddenly surprised to realize that three hours had passed.

Lu Ci breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the opening paragraph on his phone document, which already contained more than 10,000 words.

He then realized that, with the help of the term "flowing inspiration," he had unknowingly entered a "flow state."