"Next step: Instantiate the 'permanent immunity shot'."
"If it succeeds, then no matter what I do in the future, I'll have plenty of room to maneuver."
"But if it fails..."
On the subway, Chen Chen kept going over his future plans in his notebook.
However, even after taking NZT, Chen Chen still did not dare to make any predictions about the USB drive.
After all, it was an existence that surpassed the current scientific system. All the cutting-edge science that mankind had developed so far was nothing in front of it.
"Anyway, I'll try it as soon as possible."
Chen Chen touched the USB drive strapped to his arm and thought to himself.
At around 3: 30 in the afternoon, Chen Chen returned to school but found that the dormitory was empty.
According to the schedule, Professor Deng Yun's biochemistry class was in the afternoon. If he had not taken a day off, he would not have dared to skip Professor Deng's class.
Chen Chen locked the door and quickly turned on the computer to download the final episode of the Limitless television series.
Ten minutes later, when the episode was downloaded, Chen Chen removed the USB drive from his arm.
Chen Chen had been observing the USB drive for the past few days to see if it could automatically regain its luster. After all, when he first got the USB drive, it had enough energy.
The energy could not have been left behind by the previous owner of the USB drive for him.
Therefore, Chen Chen had reason to believe that the USB drive had the ability to automatically recharge.
However, Chen Chen's guess was wrong.
Over the past seven days, the USB drive had not changed at all. There was no sign of it regaining its luster.
Perhaps, the recovery time was measured in years.
Chen Chen did not know how many times it had been instantiated, how much energy was left in the USB drive, and whether it could instantiate the permanent immunity shot.
Chen Chen pondered silently while inserting the USB drive into the computer.
The USB drive was quickly scanned and formed a disk symbol on the computer.
Chen Chen opened the USB drive's space and copied the downloaded video, then pasted it.
Finally, Chen Chen double-clicked the video.
"Ding!"
A program error window popped up.
"Unable to play?"
Chen Chen frowned. Just as the frustration in his heart rose, it was immediately suppressed by the effects of NZT.
The most valuable thing about NZT was that it allowed the user to maintain absolute calmness.
Compared to the average person, calmness was just an adjective. It was not easy for anyone to truly and completely calm down.
However, Chen Chen did it easily as if it was instinctive.
Humans were born with the ability to breathe and cry. This was human instinct. For the current Chen Chen, calmness was his instinct.
"No, maybe it's another reason …"
Chen Chen, who was in absolute calm, suddenly thought of a possibility.
He thought about it and tried to create a folder in the USB drive.
As he right-clicked on the blank — New — Folder, sure enough, something called "New Folder" appeared in the USB drive.
There was hope!
Chen Chen quickly opened the webpage and began to download the TV series version of Limitless one by one, from the first episode to the second to last, not missing a single one.
This time, they had to wait for a long time.
Chen Chen suddenly realized that he could not stand doing nothing.
Since that was the case, he decided to test his learning ability after taking NZT-48.
While waiting for the download, Chen Chen flipped open a copy of "21st Century College English (Volume One)" on the table.
English and mathematics had always been Chen Chen's weaknesses. Otherwise, he would not have chosen bioscience as a major. The employment prospects of this major were bleak. The only advantage was that it had a high graduate guarantee rate.
Shaking his head, Chen Chen flipped open the book and started reading.
However, he was completely immersed in it.
In an instant, the entire dormitory fell into absolute silence. The only sound was the hum of the computer hard drive and the endless ticking of the clock...
"Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock..."
Beneath the calm surface, Chen Chen's brain was working at high speed. Memories of every English class since junior high surfaced clearly in his mind.
Referring to the current textbook, the points that he did not understand were quickly understood and digested...
...
"Hmm?"
By the time Chen Chen snapped out of his stupor, he had already flipped through the entire textbook and reached the last page.
Staring blankly at the blank cover of the last page, Chen Chen snapped out of his stupor.
"Is this what it feels like to absorb knowledge?"
Chen Chen recalled the magical state he was in earlier.
In that state, the process of absorbing knowledge was no longer boring. On the contrary, he could clearly feel that he was being enriched bit by bit.
Under the effects of NZT, he had grasped all the points in the book after flipping through it once.
Not only that, but this time, even the knowledge that he did not understand in high school had been solved by inference.
He looked at the time. Only an hour had passed.
In just an hour, Chen Chen had learned the entire semester's worth of English lessons.
"Phew!"
Chen Chen exhaled a breath of turbid air and revealed a heartfelt marvel. For the first time, he felt that learning was so enjoyable and addictive.
All of this was thanks to the effects of NZT-48.
"Ding!"
Just then, a notification came from the computer indicating that the download had been completed.
Chen Chen closed the book and turned on the computer. After confirming that all the episodes had been downloaded, he pressed ctrl + c, then opened a new folder in the USB drive and pressed ctrl + v.
The progress bar flashed by.
Ten seconds later, a file that was more than ten gigabytes in size had been moved into the USB drive.
Chen Chen clicked on the 22nd episode and the video software started immediately. This time, there was no program error window popping up on the computer.
"I knew it!"
Chen Chen's eyes lit up.
His idea was correct. In order for the USB drive to instantiate material, other than having to be a live video, there was another hidden requirement.
That was the integrity of the story.
Just like earlier, he had only downloaded the last episode of the TV series and could not open the movie at all.
However, after he had downloaded all the episodes, he could open it.
In other words, only with a complete story could the USB drive be instantiated?
Who knew how many more secrets were hidden in this USB drive...
Chen Chen sighed to himself. He silently dragged the video to the "permanent immunity shot" screen and pressed pause at the same time.
Following that, Chen Chen began to imagine how the immunity shot on the screen could be instantiated in reality.
"Gurgle..."
The screen seemed to turn into a pool of clear water. The permanent immunity shot floated slowly in the water, creating circles of ripples.
Chen Chen instinctively raised his hand.
However, just as Chen Chen was about to grab the immunity shot, the screen abruptly stopped!
"Ding!"
In an instant, Chen Chen's fingertip felt numb as if it had been electrocuted. It was as if he had been bitten by some insect!
He quickly pulled his hand back, only to find that his finger was bleeding profusely.
A small piece of flesh on his fingertip had vanished into thin air...
At this time, another window popped up on the screen.
However, the font on the window was no longer a program error, but —
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