strictlysupreme Chapter 1 I've never seen such an outrageous newbie gift pack!
Chapter 1 I've never seen such an outrageous newbie gift pack!
"Yao'er, keep an eye on the live stream for me for a bit, I'm going to get the groceries for your dad."
"Friends, my husband is back from shopping, and I have to go pick up the goods. My son will be watching the live stream for me. If you have any questions, just tell him!" Sun Xiulan said to the live stream, which had only a few viewers.
Sun Xiulan runs a restaurant in a small town. These days, in order to make a living, she has been forced to learn how to do live streaming.
Normally, only about ten people watch her cook in her live stream, but Sun Xiulan is satisfied. Anyway, she cooks when customers order, so live streaming is just a side thing for her.
With limited visitor traffic in the town, every additional way to acquire customers was valuable, so Sun Xiulan racked her brains to make money.
Otherwise, relying solely on existing customers without attracting new ones will prevent a small restaurant from operating for long.
This small restaurant is the Luo family's only source of income, so Sun Xiulan takes it very seriously.
The only thing that worried Sun Xiulan was her two children, Luo Zhu and Luo Yao.
Luo Zhu was born earlier than Luo Yao. She was a normal and filial child who would help Luo Yao after school. However, being a girl, Sun Xiulan was often worried that she would be bullied.
Luo Yao... has excellent grades, but he doesn't like to talk. Sometimes when he does say something, it's always something that's sure to be surprising.
For example, when Wang Ergou, who also ran a restaurant next door, came over excitedly to show off that his son had scored 80 points on his junior high school math test, Luo Yao, who was still in elementary school at the time, took the test paper, glanced at it, and said in a particularly cold tone, "He can't even get full marks on such simple questions. He should get his IQ checked."
The Wang family and their family were already somewhat competitive. Wang Ergou had used many underhanded tricks to steal customers. Now, Luo Yao's words had made Wang Ergou so angry that he couldn't do anything to Luo Yao. Instead, he took his anger out on Luo Yao's parents, often finding excuses to pick fights with them.
Unfortunately, Luo Yao was clever, and not long after, he skipped a grade from fifth grade to Wang Ergou's son's class, once again outsmarting the other son.
Whenever Wang Ergou upsets Luo Yao's parents, Luo Yao will abuse his son in his studies, including but not limited to publicly calling him an idiot.
Wang Ergou's son's grades were never as good as Luo Yao's, and Luo Yao was only ten years old. His self-esteem was doubly hurt, so he could only go home and cry. Over time, Wang Ergou also figured out that Luo Yao was standing up for his parents.
In order to prevent his son from being bullied at school, Wang Ergou had no choice but to restrain his behavior.
Sun Xiulan hadn't received much education and didn't know what was wrong with her son. She took him to the city hospital, but the hospital couldn't find anything wrong. They just said that either his emotional intelligence might be a problem or he might have some emotional deficiencies.
Sun Xiulan couldn't understand what it meant to have emotional intelligence problems or emotional deficiencies. The doctor said she didn't need medication, so Sun Xiulan could only hastily attribute the cause to her poor family conditions.
Years ago, Luo Yao's father had an accident at a construction site and became disabled, making it impossible for him to go out to work anymore. So the couple borrowed money from all over the place to open a small restaurant.
Because of the two children, the family could only make ends meet. Luo Yao's father, Luo Xingguo, felt sorry for his two children and rarely communicated with them, just focusing on his work.
At this moment, Luo Yao heard Sun Xiulan's call, responded, and slowly walked to the kitchen with the book in his hand.
When Sun Xiulan saw him arrive, she asked him to sit on a stool in the kitchen and reminded him to keep quiet before going out to receive the goods.
After sitting down, Luo Yao didn't greet the people in the live stream and immediately started reading a book.
As soon as the camera entered the live stream, the viewers became curious.
"I never expected Sister Luo's son to be so handsome!"
"Wow! How studious you are! You're even reading a book!"
"Working this hard? What a pity, growing up in a family like this, he can only be a test-taker in a small town!"
"Why do you care if others are exam-taking geniuses from small towns? They're so young, as long as they try their best, that's all that matters!"
"Wait a minute, is that a book on algebraic topology that kid is holding? That's a textbook for graduate-level math students!"
This discovery surprised one netizen, who immediately asked, "Little friend, can you really understand what's in this book?"
Luo Yao didn't look at the live stream interface; he was focused on the book in his hands.
Once he finishes reading this book, the system will reward him with a skill.
That's right, Luo Yao has a system.
When Luo Yao first arrived in this world, he found himself turned into a baby. As he frantically waved his hands, the system made its dazzling appearance.
[Host detected to meet National Technology System standards; binding in progress...]
[Host information verified, binding successful!]
[Host: Luo Yao]
[Mathematics: LV0 (0/100)]
[Physics: LV0 (0/100)]
Chemistry: LV0 (0/100)
Computer Skills: LV0 (0/100)
Language: LV1 (30/100)
[Biology: LV0 (0/100)]
[Technology: None]
[Talent: None]
[Points: 10 points (gifted by the system)]
Even as an infant, Luo Yao was still quite conscious. Knowing that he had gained a cheat code, he stopped crying.
A semi-transparent panel, visible only to Luo Yao, appeared before him, displaying his personal information. Only after reading the annotations in smaller print did Luo Yao understand the purpose of the suddenly appearing National Technology System.
Simply put, Luo Yao needs to keep learning and accumulating basic knowledge, and the system will reward him with skills based on the accumulated knowledge!
Luo Yao realized that the system was forcing him to study by doing this!
According to the system's rules, you can't acquire skills without learning!
The technology obtained through the system also needs to be used. The higher the level of recognition, the more points the system will reward. These points can then be used to purchase the items needed in the store.
Luo Yao casually browsed the system's shop and found that it was full of talents.
These talents are divided into inherent talents and temporary talents. Inherent talents, as the name suggests, are valid permanently once purchased, but their main selling point is their high price.
For example, the system explains the "Super Learning" feature as being able to remember everything seen, comprehend and memorize everything seen, making the entire brain seem like a memory palace, thus saying goodbye to the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve.
This innate talent is expensive to buy; it costs one million points.
A one-time purchase only costs five points, but the time limit is eight hours. If you want to buy more points, you have to double the amount.
During those eight hours, he was able to quickly understand and memorize everything he saw.
Luo Yao thought to himself that this person had great talent, and that he would buy it as soon as he decided what type of knowledge the person wanted to learn.
Just as Luo Yao was figuring out how to best use the points given by the system to purchase talents, the thoughtful system told him that he could receive a talent as a newbie gift.
Luo Yao silently wished for the [Super Learning] talent, and the system, perhaps having misheard him, gave him the [Sherlock Holmes-style talent].
[The host will soon inherit his IQ: 300, EQ: 20]
Sherlock Holmes?
Isn't that a prime example of high IQ but low EQ?
I've never seen such an outrageous newbie gift pack!
Luo Yao vaguely remembered that in his previous life, he bowed and scraped to his superiors and managed to get by smoothly. Now that he had come to another world, was he going to be someone who "turned the table when the boss picked up food and sat when the boss was standing"?
This is ridiculous! It's about to create a flying leader!
and many more!
In exchange for something else, the system will take it from you...
Take the things?
Luo Yao recalled his past life and realized that there was indeed something he no longer wanted.
Luo Yao's mind stirred slightly, and he quickly fell asleep under a sudden wave of warmth.
When he woke up again, he gradually noticed the difference in himself. It was as if something was wrapped up in his mind, and he couldn't remember some things. However, the inexplicable displeasure he felt towards pretentious people was still so familiar.
After Luo Yao's hardware was forcibly upgraded by the system, his thinking became incredibly sharp and clear. From childhood to adulthood, he could memorize anything without having to look at it a second time. Every piece of knowledge and experience he had ever learned was clearly stored deep in his brain.
This is a great thing, but correspondingly, as he gets older, he becomes less talkative, or more accurately, he stops talking nonsense.
Before doing anything, he quickly considers the pros and cons, and if it's not worth doing, he won't do it.
For example, right now, facing the phone camera, the only thing Luo Yao feels is worth doing is finishing the book as quickly as possible.
Unbeknownst to him, the number of online viewers in the live stream was gradually increasing.
"This kid is probably only in high school. He can't possibly understand algebraic topology? He's definitely just trying to get attention!"
"Parents these days are really going all out for clicks; they'll even come up with tricks like this!"
"This is a bad trend. Kids putting on airs like this will only encourage others to follow suit!"
"Are they treating children as money-making tools? That's disgusting!"
While flipping through the book, Luo Yao glanced up and immediately saw the comments on the screen. He paused for a few seconds, which was unusual for him.
The people in the live stream got even more excited when they saw him look up.
"Kid, did your mother deliberately let you read this book?"
"How could you possibly understand algebraic topology? You should switch to a comic book; that's more like it!"
"You're so young and you're already studying algebraic topology? If you're going to pretend, at least make it look real!"
Luo Yao remembered his mother's words and told him to speak less, so he still didn't say a word.
People watch live streams hoping to have some fun, and when they saw Luo Yao not saying a word, they immediately became interested.
One guy even sent a comment: "Kid, if you can prove you understand algebraic topology, I'll send you a rocket!"
The people in the live stream didn't even know what algebraic topology was, but when they saw that the big spender was willing to send rockets, they started making a fuss. They thought Luo Yao would react, but he still ignored them.
Holy crap, is he an idiot? He doesn't even want a rocket!
While the people in the live stream were speculating, someone suddenly walked in.
P.S. ① Some readers have noticed that although the protagonist has a high IQ, others sometimes think he has a problem with his brain. This is actually due to the fact that everyone cares about different things. For example, ordinary people care about the leader's opinion, but the protagonist does not. Ordinary people know some common sense, but the protagonist does not want to memorize useless things. Ordinary people will think that the protagonist is not smart and lacks wisdom, but the protagonist knows that those things are unimportant.
②This is not a typical time-travel story; the protagonist's memories are related to the subsequent plot, so I will not spoil it for now.
③ The author is a newcomer with a computer science background. All theoretical knowledge in this book has been researched from relevant papers. Everything serves the plot, and there's no piling up of information throughout. You can read it with confidence! (I hope some authors won't label this as studio writing. Who writes studio writing by spending all their time on CNKI?)
By the way! This story has no female lead, only characters like "Watson".