My Ironclad System is ahead of schedule.

"I'd better go and study."

Ji Yuan shivered, then strode quickly toward his room.

Yanqing wanted to try to dissuade him again, but Sushang waved her hand to stop him.

Watching Ji Yuan walk away, she said earnestly, "It's no use. Once a brother makes up his mind about something, there's absolutely no way to persuade him otherwise. Back then, my mother wanted us to join the Cloud Cavalry so badly, yet he still dared to sneak out of the Yaoqing Immortal Ship and come to Luofu to work as a maritime trade official. Let him go and see for a while. If he finds that he can't understand anything in a couple of days, he'll naturally give up."

"Will you really give up?" Yanqing asked uncertainly.

"I don't know, what followed was just my usual behavior."

Yanqing remained silent.

……

Ji Yuan went to his room where he was resting.

The space for resting on the ship wasn't large; Ji Yuan only had a single bed, a desk, and a chair.

However, this was enough. Ji Yuan placed the book in his hand on the writing desk.

He didn't rush to open the book, but instead closed his eyes and opened his reward.

He welcomed Nguyen May, rewarding her with an introductory book on life sciences and her introductory course in life sciences. As for the question-and-answer session, he wasn't in a hurry to use it. The answer from a terrifying scientist capable of creating messengers was extremely important.

After opening the reward, a virtual research lab appeared before him. Two sets of books also appeared in his hand.

One set was given to him by Ruan Mei, and the other set was a reward he received through the system.

A crisp click of heels on the floor rang out, and Ji Yuan looked up to find Ruan Mei standing in front of him.

This is also a virtual creation.

Looking at Ruan Mei before him, Ji Yuan felt that the past century hadn't left many marks on her face. Only her eyes had become more profound, a testament to her growth over the past hundred years. A century of continuous research would have led to significant advancements in scientific understanding, especially after successfully nurturing the Ling Shi; her mastery of life sciences would have reached an even higher level.

While Ji Yuan was thinking, the virtual Ruan Mei poked his cheek with her finger, then traced her fingertip down his neck to his chest and abdomen. After doing so, she nodded in satisfaction.

"It's alright, not too difficult to teach. If it were an idiot, I don't know how long it would take to teach him. I hate teaching idiots the most, but because I am a virtual being born from you, I have to teach you to completion."

"Can you determine someone's intelligence by measuring their physical condition?"

Ji Yuan asked curiously.

If that's the case, he'll definitely go back and measure Changchang properly to see how good she really is.

"No, I'm just checking how much pressure your body can handle."

The virtual Ruan Mei smiled and shook her head.

"I see." Ji Yuan nodded regretfully.

Before he could say anything, the virtual Ruan Mei picked up the two sets of books from Ji Yuan's hands.

Ruan Mei took the set of virtual reality equipment that Ruan Mei had given him, flipped through it, and then threw it aside.

"The things in here were written a hundred years ago, and many of them seem complicated today. You will master them all as we teach you. If you look at them now, they won't be of much use."

After speaking, she reached out and took Ji Yuan's hand, pulling him to the lab table. The table was covered with test tubes, computers, and other equipment, many of which were still bubbling. On the other side were various experimental materials, some of which made Ji Yuan feel his sanity plummet. Virtual Ruan Mei glanced at them, her eyes filled with only the regret of looking at failed experiments.

"You open the introductory textbook that I recently wrote, and I will teach you how to do introductory experiments and give you basic knowledge of life sciences."

Virtual Ruan Mei leaned close to Ji Yuan and spoke to him.

"A beginner's experiment? What is it?"

Upon hearing the virtual Ruan Mei mention the introductory experiment, Ji Yuan asked with some curiosity.

Virtual Ruan Mei replied calmly, "It's a very simple experiment; it's just about making ferns grow wings so they can fly."

"A simple little experiment?"

Ji Yuan's expression turned slightly ferocious.

"Yes, it's not difficult."

The virtual Ruan Mei smiled and nodded.

Then, she brought a microscope over to Ji Yuan.

"Come on, take a close look at the DNA of the fern, and I'll explain my introductory course to you..."

……

The door to Ji Yuan's rest room was quietly opened a crack, and Su Chang peeked inside. She saw Ji Yuan with his head tilted back and his eyes closed, his expression becoming excited. Then she quietly closed the door again.

Turning around, she looked at the inquisitive crowd and proudly puffed out her chest.

"Sure enough, there are many top students in the world, but the poor students all perform the same way."

"Huh? What's going on?"

Huanlong asked Sushang.

"Hmph, my foolish brother, he probably can't understand anything in Ruan Mei's books either, and is resting with his eyes closed right now."

Su Chang felt even more confident.

Let's see if her brother has the right to lecture me again if he falls asleep while studying next time.

Chapter 64 Ruan Mei: His talent is even greater than mine!?

Seeing that Ji Yuan chose to 'give up', Yan Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

That's great. It's wonderful that my brother can recognize his shortcomings and then focus on practicing swordsmanship.

“Perfect timing, my salary for this month will be deposited into my account when I get back. I’ll go to the Bureau of Works and buy a brand new sword as a gift for my elder brother.”

Yanqing thought to himself.

"As expected, I was right."

Tail also agreed.

Huo Huo didn't argue, but she still clenched her hands tightly, thinking that her teacher wouldn't do such a thing.

Huanlong gently opened his folding fan, a thoughtful look inevitably appearing in his eyes.

She didn't believe in her heart that Ji Yuan would be someone who would give up easily.

"Perhaps this is his learning method? If he can actually learn some of it, it would prove that he has a talent for life sciences, which would be even better."

Huanlong thought to himself.

Such a person would give her more destructive impulses.

……

It was past midnight when Ji Yuan suddenly opened his eyes. After opening his eyes, he first patted his chest, and then rubbed his head.

"Five hundred hours. I spent a full five hundred hours studying inside to finally master the basics of life science. Even with Ruan Mei from a hundred years in the future teaching me personally, it still took me five hundred hours to learn it well. No wonder the virtual Ruan Mei complained that she could only be considered a smart person, but had little to do with being talented."

Ji Yuan thought to himself.

In the virtual space just now, Ruan Mei explained everything from the beginning of life to various academic knowledge such as DNA and genes. After learning that knowledge, the virtual Ruan Mei began to teach him how to modify genes and started the experiment directly.

Nguyen Mai's teaching style was so direct and clear.

This introductory tutorial was not considered complete until Ji Yuan successfully mastered how to make ferns grow small wings.

It took a total of 500 hours.

Looking at the time, Ji Yuan realized that he had been resting with his eyes closed for five hours.

Is the ratio of real-world time to virtual time 100:1?

Ji Yuan thought to himself.

After stretching his stiff body again, Ji Yuan didn't rush to rest, but instead walked outside.

Once it's created in the virtual space, it also needs to be created in the real world.

Anyway, searching the ship should be enough.

Once outside, Ji Yuan went to find materials. Fortunately, he was a professional in this field and had considerable expertise. Soon, he returned to his room with a pile of life science research materials.

Throughout this process, Huanlong kept watching him. She followed his gaze as he came out of the room, and when she saw him carrying a bunch of materials that looked like they were for experiments, she looked somewhat surprised.

"What is he going to do? Does he really think that reading books for a few hours will allow him to master Nguyen Mai's knowledge?"

Huanlong thought to himself.

Driven by this curiosity, Huanlong turned her gaze to Jiyuan, who was walking back into the room, and began to watch him move the materials.

While Huanlong was watching, Ji Yuan also learned through the system reward that Huanlong was always watching him. He didn't care about it; he was conducting a scientific experiment, and if you wanted to come and watch, so be it.

The various fancy solutions and formulas were too confusing for Huanlong to understand, but she patiently continued to look at them.

"It looks quite convincing, but I don't know if it's real or just a disguise."

They watched for four or five hours until Ji Yuan put a fern into the reagent. A 'bang' sound was heard, and a cloud of white smoke rose in front of Ji Yuan.

Um! ?

Huanlong focused his attention, and soon a small thing flew out from the smoke. Huanlong recognized it at a glance; it was the fern that Ji Yuan had put into the reagent earlier.

It also has a pair of wings that can fly.

Huanlong looked on, speechless and surprised.

Ji Yuan's level of proficiency made her wonder if he had previously studied life sciences.

The talent is terrifyingly high.

Huanlong's destructive desires intensified.

……

Early in the morning, Su Chang walked out of her rest room while yawning.

After seeing Ji Yuan become just as bad at studying as herself yesterday, she slept incredibly soundly.

"Ah~, time to get up early and go eat breakfast."

She muttered to herself.

At that moment, she suddenly felt something flying towards her.