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Top Student at Their Peak

Chapter 520 - 164: Here to Become a Disciple?

Author: A tub of pudding
updatedAt: 2025-09-20

CHAPTER 520: CHAPTER 164: HERE TO BECOME A DISCIPLE?

After dealing with Ma Botao, Qiao Yu didn’t go to the Huairou Institute. However, the project group there specifically recorded a video for him, roughly explaining the entire manufacturing process.

The data was also packaged and sent to him directly. It can only be said that labs that get things done truly have high efficiency.

Early the next morning, everything was in place, proving that someone definitely stayed up all night.

But it also left Qiao Yu completely unprepared. After all, Senior Brother Chen is the only one, and he still has to attend classes. Approaching the end of the semester, he also has to prepare exam papers.

The analysis work on Professor Zhang’s side also needs to keep up. After all, we’ve only found a direction; a whole bunch of things are coming up.

Performance still needs to be improved, which means the parameters must be calculated more precisely. Chen Zhuoyang is already familiar with this part, so Qiao Yu plans to let Senior Brother Chen continue to strive until he helps Liu Hao completely secure this project.

So the problem lies in the data from the Huairou Institute. He needs a reliable person to continue the analysis. This is a very boring and tiring task. He can’t just do it himself, can he?

Old Xue is indeed a good choice, but recently Old Xue doesn’t have time as he is leading his student team in developing a high-dimensional extension of the generalized mode framework.

More precisely, it’s about introducing group theory into the system. Old Xue is very interested in this issue.

Because group theory is very important in studying the symmetry and classification of solutions of Diophantine equations, especially for multivariable Diophantine equations and equations with specific constraints.

If he can complete it, he can start researching how symmetrical transformations in modal space act on the solution set of Diophantine equations, thereby solving a series of problems.

It can also divide solutions into equivalent categories through group actions, achieving the concept of modal space equivalence classes. This is clearly a huge breakthrough for researching Diophantine number theory problems.

This is also a very meticulous and exhausting task. Old Xue often spends one or two hours communicating with him, discussing various possible solutions.

So it’s almost impossible for Old Xue to spare time for this matter.

Then there’s only Qiao Xi left in the team.

Speaking of which, Qiao Yu suddenly felt that Qiao Xi has actually been quite free recently. The research tasks aren’t heavy, and she often lazes about...

So after seeing the data that made his head ache, Qiao Yu simply called Qiao Xi.

"Hey, mom, are you busy lately?"

"Nonsense, it’s end-of-term exams; do you think I’m busy or not? Say what you have to say, or hang up! I still have to go over exercises."

With one sentence, Qiao Yu was completely stopped from saying anything more.

End-of-term exams?

What a strange word!

Even Elder Yuan’s students still lack grade points?

A bunch of complaints in his mind, but when it came to his mouth, it turned into two words: "Nothing."

"Beep beep beep..."

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Qiao Yu suddenly regretted letting Qiao Xi study in Beijing.

The relationship has faded!

Back in the days when they depended on each other in that small house in Star City, suggesting that Qiao Xi learn English with him, making subtitles, and watching her pick up the English book to memorize words was nostalgic indeed!

For a moment, Qiao Yu even thought of Xia Keke again; at least for now, she’s still very well-behaved.

But supposedly a girl in a relationship is a completely different creature from a girl after marriage. Well, that’s thinking too far...

As for the other professors on the original team, Qiao Yu hasn’t decided whether to let them do this, mainly because this has nothing to do with the main framework development tasks.

It seems that being a professor is indeed better. Recruiting a few reliable students, mentoring them at the start, and then things get easy.

Then it’s a combination of the old leading the new, providing an endless stream of labor resources. Just like Zhang Zuolin, who has paved a path of sustainable development.

Darn, age limits his development.

As Qiao Yu pondered where to find two trustworthy, hardworking, and mathematically talented laborers to help him, the phone suddenly rang.

Qiao Yu picked it up and glanced at it, seeing Director Tian’s name, as if a light shined on his bewildered brain. He didn’t have a good candidate, but the mentor does; it’s just a matter of considering how to discuss this with Director Tian.

Answering the call slowly, contemplating how to word it, he heard Director Tian’s voice: "I’m in the office, come over right now."

"Oh, sure, Director Tian, uh..."

"Beep beep beep..."

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Qiao Yu wondered if something was wrong with the world.

Is everyone proud to quickly hang up on him? Qiao Xi being busy with end-of-term exams is one thing, but why is Director Tian like this too?

Thumbs down!

But there’s no choice; he’s not strong enough yet... Of course, Qiao Yu holds himself to high moral standards. Even if he becomes strong enough, he would still respect his teachers.

With this mindset, Qiao Yu quickly got dressed, and ten minutes later he arrived outside Director Tian’s office.

"Uncle Su, how’s Director Tian’s mood today?" Seeing the Secretary Su Wen, who was called Uncle Su, he instinctively touched his face.

He’s only 28 years old, but every time Qiao Yu calls him uncle, it makes him feel like he’s getting older.

"Actually, I’m three years younger than Chen Zhuoyang. You can call him Senior Brother, just call me bro. If calling me bro feels awkward, you can call me Secretary Su."

"Oh, okay, Secretary Su, how’s Director Tian’s mood today?" Qiao Yu immediately followed the advice and asked again.

"Don’t know, but it’s the same as usual." Secretary Su answered without the slightest bit of perfunctory.

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