He sat there tangled up for a while, then shook his head and continued gnawing on the unfinished "Advanced Algebra."

Are girls more important than studying?

Interpersonal relationships?

Sorry, a true academic ace doesn't need that stuff.

Leveling up math to LV1 is equivalent to owning the whole world!

Very soon, William Carter got into the zone, completely throwing the matter to the back of his mind, treating it as just a small episode of cramming in the library.

Chapter 5: On the Importance of Washing Your Face Before a Lottery Draw

By the time the library closed at 10 p.m., one "Advanced Algebra" (Tu Boyun edition) and one "C Language Detailed Explanation, Fifth Edition"—he had finished both books.

As he left the library, William Carter glanced at the task bar and saw that only 9 hours remained, prompting a soft sigh.

Fifteen hours had passed without him noticing; it was the first time he felt time fly so quickly while reading reference books.

After a whole day of studying, he discovered something: when he finished a book, not only did that book's value coefficient drop to single digits, but other reference books with similar knowledge points also experienced varying degrees of value reduction. Conversely, those reference books that originally had pitifully low or even zero value coefficients all saw their quality improve to different extents.

For example, that "Didonne's Foundations of Modern Analysis"—he remembered its value coefficient was only 10 at first, but now it had become 30, a full twofold increase.

Walking back to the dorm, William Carter couldn't help but wonder: if the system's math level went from LV0 to LV1, what kind of changes would happen to him?

Omniscience?

Instantly solving problems as soon as he saw them?

Or would it be stuffing all those concepts he'd never even heard of into his brain at once, turning him into a math prodigy on the level of Chen Jingrun?

At this thought, William Carter didn't feel the least bit excited—instead, he was a little uneasy.

The human brain has its limits. It's like having a 1TB hard drive; you can't possibly cram 2TB of data into it. If the system forcibly made this happen, he was actually a bit worried that his brain would explode first.

Of course, William Carter also knew that worrying about this was completely pointless.

What would actually happen, only the system itself knew.

Anyway, the answer would be revealed tomorrow. For now, he just wanted to get a good night's sleep and relax his overheated brain...

...

[Congratulations to the host for completing the task. First-time task completion reward: an extra lottery draw.]

[Task completion details: Books read during AFK time include "New Lectures on Mathematical Analysis" (Zhang Zhusheng edition) value coefficient 100, "Advanced Mathematics" (Tu Boyun edition) value coefficient 100, "C Language Detailed Explanation, Fifth Edition" value coefficient 100, "Nikolskii's Mathematical Analysis" (translated edition) value coefficient 57, "CET-4 English Real Exam Questions Detailed Explanation" value coefficient 0. Total value coefficient mined: 357. Rating: B+]

[Task rewards: 500 points math experience, 100 points informatics experience, 100 points, one lottery draw (90% junk, 9% sample, 1% blueprint)]

After another day of diligent cramming, William Carter finally completed the AFK task.

Congratulations, congratulations.

After leaving the library, suppressing his excitement, William Carter found a blind spot out of the surveillance cameras' view by the pitch-dark outdoor basketball court. Seeing no one around, he took a deep breath and opened his attribute panel.

[

Black Technology System:

Host: William Carter

Core Sciences:

A. Mathematics: LV0 (500/1000)

B. Physics: LV0 (0/1000)

C. Biochemistry: LV0 (0/1000)

D. Engineering: LV0 (0/1000)

E. Materials Science: LV0 (0/1000)

F. Energy Science: LV0 (0/1000)

G. Informatics: LV0 (100/1000)

Branch Technologies: None

Technical Blueprints: None

Points: 100 (two lottery draws)

Task: Not claimed

]

Although not leveling up left William Carter a bit disappointed, seeing two lottery draws sitting there instantly wiped away any complaints.

What kind of good stuff could the Black Technology System lottery give?

He was looking forward to it!

The two lottery draws had different drop rates, especially the first-time task reward draw, which was marked as 75% junk, 19% sample, 5% blueprint.

As for what the sample was? William Carter had no idea. But judging by the system's usual style, it definitely wouldn't be something like a toy car or a water gun. No matter what, it had to be at least a little bit related to black technology, to show the difference from "junk."

Of course, he hoped it would be just a little bit "black" (unlucky), but not too much—please don't give him a star-destroyer battleship. Not only would he have nowhere to park it, even if he did, he wouldn't know what to do with it.

He couldn't exactly use it to swat mosquitoes, right?

Back to the point—time to draw.

Start with the task reward draw, which has the lowest drop rate!

"I'm drawing!"

A roulette wheel appeared in front of him. William Carter couldn't make out what was written on it, only the blurry colors.

Holding his breath, he stared intently at the wheel, trying to follow the pointer's trajectory.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him. Following that mysterious feeling, he shouted loudly,

"Stop for me!"