Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 24 My bright future depends entirely on my own efforts. Plan, increase proficiency!
"A significant speed increase, but to what extent?"

Inside the classroom of Class 1, Grade 12 at Shilan Middle School.

While leisurely enjoying his breakfast of soy milk and fried dough sticks, Lu Mingfei pondered the newly acquired terminology.

"Only ten seconds at a time? That's pathetic! Does it mean I can run the 100 meters in under ten seconds? That would be barely acceptable, maybe I could even compete with Usain Bolt!"

Logically, he would try out new terms first to experience their effects.

But this time it obviously won't work. The description of the effect is very clear - after a significant speed increase, a state of exhaustion will follow.

God knows exactly how exhausted this state of exhaustion was.

If Lu Mingfei uses it on his way to school for his morning run and fails to get to school, and then can't run anymore... then he feels he doesn't need to go to school at all, he can just call 120 and reserve a bed in the morgue.

"During the test, we also need to find a safe place to make sure that no one can see us."

As a gamer, Lu Mingfei is quite sensitive to things like [skills].

Generally speaking, the more restrictions there are and the more severe the side effects, the stronger the effect will be!

Things like [Super Speed ​​Calculation], [Precise Hit], and [Stamina Recovery] are less obvious and can be excused as simply "realizing one's talent" or having a "special physique," which is barely acceptable.

But the [Explosive Sprint] is different. What if this attribute allows me to actually run at Bolt's speed? Wouldn't I then face the risk of being sliced ​​up again?
Despite having a rather unscientific schedule, Lu Mingfei still harbored a bit of caution and worry.

Having made up his mind to temporarily shelve the testing plan, Lu Mingfei brought up the proficiency panel of the schedule and clicked on the [Learning] category.

After doing homework and studying last night, my proficiency in each subject has improved a bit, but Lu Mingfei fell asleep quickly and forgot to look at them.

[Chinese Language LV0 - Proficiency 78/100]
Math LV1 - Proficiency 34/200
English Level 0 - Proficiency 95/100
Physics LV0 - Proficiency 62/100
Chemistry LV0 - Proficiency 70/100
Biology LV0 - Proficiency 77/100

"English is the closest to being upgraded."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head.

Before the schedule was even set up, his best subject was English. This was evident from his proficiency panel—his initial English proficiency was 80.

"What does upgrading in Math grant [Super Speed ​​Calculation], and what does upgrading in English grant?"

Filled with curiosity and anticipation, Lu Mingfei began studying as soon as the designated "morning self-study" time arrived, right on the warning mark.

Through hard work, your English level has improved, and you have gained three points of proficiency.

【go through……】

Time passed by minute by minute.

When the second person arrived at the classroom "late," Lu Mingfei finally received the schedule notification he had been waiting for.

Congratulations! Through your hard work, your English level has reached lv1!

You have obtained the entry "Mastery of Language Sense"!

[Entry: Proficient in Language Sense]

Effect: Your English fluency will be greatly improved.

"Sense of language?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

He was familiar with this word.

Because his English teacher had said those things to him countless times—

"Lu Mingfei! Don't think you can skip the effort just because you have a good feel for the language. Are your grades really that good? Besides English, which can help you get a little better, are you even capable of the other subjects? You need to work harder on memorizing vocabulary and learning grammar!"

Unlike other subjects that require understanding, learning, and memorization to achieve good grades, English has a rather mysterious skill called "language sense," which is considered a "talent skill."

For example, if you don't know how to solve a math problem, you simply don't know how to solve it.

If you can't understand the question, can't find the conditions, have no solution strategy, make calculation errors, forget the formulas... there are countless steps involved, and if you make a mistake in just one of them, you can't solve the problem.

But English is different. As long as you have a feel for the language, even if you don't know a single word, can't understand the whole passage, and don't even understand the questions and options, you can still read it a bit, "feel" that choosing this word makes sense, and then... hey, that's it!

Of course, the fact that most English exams are multiple choice questions is one of the important reasons, but it is undeniable that "language sense" is really useful.

Lu Mingfei is a typical beneficiary.

He hasn't memorized a single word since starting high school. Once, he was intermittently full of ambition and bought a second-hand CET-4 vocabulary book sold by an upperclassman. Now, his progress bar is still stuck on "Abandon".

They couldn't even distinguish between the present continuous tense and the past tense.

Even so, relying solely on his junior high school vocabulary and "feel" for the language, he was able to score around 120 points in every English exam!
Although it's only 80 points when converted to a percentage system, it's still much better than Lu Mingfei's other subjects where he often hovers around the passing mark.

Lu Mingfei was somewhat relieved that English was a core subject, and he scored 150 points; otherwise, his college entrance exam goal would have shifted from "securing a second-place finish and striving for first" to "securing a vocational college finish and striving for a bachelor's degree"...

Being in Shilan High School, where the first-tier university admission rate is over 90%, being reduced to "striving for a bachelor's degree" is no longer shameful. Even Lu Mingfei himself felt that he should be buried in the ground by then.

Of course, that's all in the past. Lu Mingfei knows very well that as his proficiency increases, he will only become stronger!
Just a little bit of relaxation would be great... just a tiny bit!

According to my English teacher, my sense of language is not bad, and can even be said to be top-notch. Because the English score I can get by relying solely on my sense of language is between 110 and 125.

In this situation, my English speaking ability improves significantly again. How much will the resulting effect change?

After a brief moment of thought, Lu Mingfei looked down at a brand new book.

His question was quickly answered, and he even looked somewhat surprised.

He completely "understood" this reading!
One word after another comes into view, some familiar, some unknown, some familiar, some unfamiliar...

Lu Mingfei's vocabulary of junior high school English was enough to allow him to recognize some of the basic words.

According to the original plan, he should have found those completely unfamiliar words next, then looked at the question, used his "thinking power," and chosen whichever one looked most appealing.

but now--

The entire reading comprehension passage, containing only a few hundred words, was automatically broken down word by word. All the unfamiliar words were summarized and categorized, then automatically arranged, combined, and inferred in the mind...

Then, he "felt" the meaning of those unfamiliar words!

Because only when it is interpreted according to his "feeling" does the article appear fluent and make sense!

Simply put, Lu Mingfei translates all the familiar words in an English reading comprehension passage into Chinese, leaving the unfamiliar ones blank.

Then, I filled all the gaps through "feeling".

All of this was automatic; all Lu Mingfei needed to do was read the entire text, and the complete translation would spring to his mind.

The rest is even simpler. What difficulty could there be in reading comprehension multiple-choice questions that have already been completely translated?

Lu Mingfei quickly made a choice, then flipped to the answer to verify—all correct.

He was silent.

"That's completely unreasonable..."

Lu Mingfei murmured, then quickly became delighted again.

If the vocabulary entries for math and English are this powerful, the vocabulary entries you get after upgrading other subjects will definitely be just as good!
When the time comes, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to turn my grades around from last place?

The only thing to worry about is that you might progress too quickly and be mistaken for cheating!
Lu Mingfei didn't think he was cheating. He had been studying hard according to the schedule, hadn't he? The gradual increase in his proficiency was the strongest proof of that!

As for the entries, they are nothing more than the "reasonable gains" after one's hard work.

"Yes, that's it. My bright future is entirely due to my own hard work!"

Lu Mingfei quickly convinced himself. As the countdown to the distraction warning went off, he threw himself back into focused study, shouting inwardly.

"Put my proficiency level up on the schedule!"

My attempt to adjust my sleep schedule was a complete failure, but updates won't be delayed! One more chapter to go!
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(End of this chapter)