269: That fast?!

Tian Xingjian, Wang Zhiyu, and Xu Yang gritted their teeth as they looked at Lin You. They nodded in silent agreement, preparing to step forward to suppress this "pretentious guy" and perhaps give him an "aruba" or something similar.

At 6:30, the agile Lin You easily counter-suppressed his three roommates. With his clothes slightly messy, he slung his bag over his shoulder, left the dormitory, and walked toward the School of Mathematics Building.

It was fortunate that this was a technological world; if it were a wuxia world, with a full progress bar as a [Sports Expert], Lin You would at least be considered a martial arts prodigy.

When he performed the sword dance with Du Zhaoyu at the New Years Day Gala earlier, Lin You had realized that he was quite handy when practicing certain martial arts routines and combat moves.

Who said martial arts didn't count as sports?

Upon entering the School of Mathematics Building, Lin You first went to Tang Zhenyi's laboratory. Tang Zhenyi happened not to be inside, so Lin You used his key to open the door and sat for a while. Just past 6:50, he walked toward the activity classroom on the second floor as agreed.

The activity classroom was not large, and the door was left open. Lin You walked in and saw a man and a woman already sitting inside.

It was obvious that this must be the activity classroom that Teacher Hu Xian had applied for the competition team she was leading.

Lin You smiled and took the initiative to greet them: "Hello, I am Lin You."

In the WeChat group created by Teacher Hu Xian, the two teammates had already noted their names; the male student was called Wang Chun, and the female student was called You Xinyue.

Although Teacher Hu Xian hadn't introduced them during their brief meeting in the morning, it was clear that these two were currently his seniors, even though Lin You might become their senior next year...

The male student, Wang Chun, had a gentle expression and seemed easy to get along with. Seeing Lin You enter and guessing that he was the new teammate, he immediately stood up.

Wang Chun looked to be about 1.75 meters tall. He was dressed quite formally in a polo shirt and trousers. His appearance was neither ugly nor handsome, just average with decent features.

He sized up Lin You and said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Wang Chun, sophomore in the School of Economics. Buddy, what year are you in?"

On the other side, You Xinyue also stood up. She was about 1.7 meters tall, which was prominent among girls. She had delicate features, but her temperament was somewhat aggressive, and her gaze was scrutinizing. She wore a tight black T-shirt and cargo pants, with short, neat hair, giving her the distinct vibe of a female engineering student.

"You Xinyue, School of Artificial Intelligence, junior."

Although the two new teammates didn't know Lin You, they trusted Teacher Hu Xian very much. Since he was able to fill the spot after the previous ace teammate had to withdraw due to illness, Lin You certainly wouldn't be some incompetent person.

"I am a freshman."

Wang Chun smiled: "Oh, then you're in my year. You must have forgotten, right? After the start of the semester, we aren't freshmen anymore; we should count as sophomores."

You Xinyue nodded: "I sometimes misstate that I am a sophomore too."

Lin You had anticipated similar scenarios, but he didn't expect... that even after stating he was a freshman, he would still be misunderstood.

"Seniors, I really am a freshman. I just finished military training, and today is my first day of official classes."

You Xinyue tilted her head: "?"

Wang Chun's eyes widened: "???"

The atmosphere was awkward for a few seconds. Wang Chun said with a kind expression: "Uh... Classmate, it must be a coincidence that you have the same name. You must have gone to the wrong place. We are the team preparing to participate in the Mathematical Modeling Competition. You must be here in the School of Mathematics Building looking for your teacher, right? The place you are looking for probably isn't here."

You Xinyue curled her lips and sat back down. If he wasn't the new teammate, she, who didn't like socializing, had no interest in paying attention.

Lin You felt somewhat helpless. He took out his phone, navigated to the WeChat group interface, and handed it to Wang Chun to look at: "I am the Lin You in the group. Teacher Hu Xian asked me to come."

You Xinyue stood up abruptly again. Both of them gasped, staring at Lin You in unison. After a long while, not knowing what to say, Wang Chun gestured for Lin You to sit down.

The three of them fell into an even more awkward silence.

Are you kidding? Just started freshman year? Participating in the Mathematical Modeling Competition?

An experience baby???

However, out of respect and understanding for Teacher Hu Xian, the two teammates did not casually blurt out their inner thoughts.

But to say they completely trusted Lin You would just be deceiving themselves.

A few minutes later, before 7:00 PM, Hu Xian arrived on time.

After entering, Hu Xian got straight to the point and first introduced the two teammates to Lin You.

Wang Chun and You Xinyue were both Top Students in their respective departments. You Xinyue had won a high-value national-level award in a programming competition. Although she was a student from the School of Artificial Intelligence, she was also a very skilled female programmer.

Wang Chun had won the "Silver Star Cup" Best Paper Award at the school. Whether in terms of paper writing ability, information retrieval skills, or defense responses, he was among the best of the Undergraduate Students.

Coupled with the previous junior from the School of Mathematics, the original team had been aiming for the first prize at the national level.

The previous team had gone through internal selection and had participated in and won awards in other lower-level competitions. You Xinyue and Wang Chun were already very familiar with each other, so Hu Xian's introduction was mainly for Lin You.

When it was time to introduce Lin You, Hu Xian first introduced Lin You's College Entrance Examination score and status as a top scholar, then added a sentence.

"You should have heard of Academician Zheng Boyan from our School of Mathematics. While Lin You was still in high school, he was accepted as a disciple by Academician Zheng in advance. Academician Zheng said that Lin You's current mathematical level has already surpassed that of an Undergraduate Student and is even higher than the level of some graduate students in our school."

Really?

Hu Xian's words left Wang Chun and You Xinyue extremely shocked. Just started school, and already on par with graduate students?

They weren't unfamiliar with those genius youths from gifted classes, having heard of and seen them before, but Lin You looked his age, just starting his freshman year, and didn't seem like some genius youth...

However, Teacher Hu Xian was very reliable. Wang Chun and You Xinyue had gone to great lengths to get her as their advisor, and they trusted her very much.

Even if it was hard to believe, they would choose to believe it for now.

After getting to know each other, Teacher Hu Xian immediately got down to business. She operated the multimedia projector in the activity classroom and began their first practice session.

"Lin You, how much do you currently know about the Mathematical Modeling Competition?"

Lin You did not act shy and answered directly: "Teacher Hu, I have already finished reading all the competition questions and award-winning papers from the Mathematical Modeling Competition over the past ten years. I should consider myself to have a fair amount of understanding now."

Hu Xian was stunned upon hearing this. Around 11:00 AM, Lin You was still confusedly wondering, "What kind of competition is that?" It was only 7:00 PM now; excluding rest and meal times, less than eight hours had passed, and he already understood quite a bit?

What kind of learning ability is this?

Hu Xian was surprised inside, but on the surface, she didn't waste any words and directly displayed a question on the projector.

"Let's look at a question and practice together first. This question: Intelligent Logistics Warehouse AGV Scheduling Optimization Problem. The background of the question is: A large e-commerce logistics center uses Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) for cargo handling. The warehouse layout..."

"Question 1: Single AGV path optimization..."

After reading the question, Hu Xian looked at the three of them: "You can look at it for a while longer, or you can discuss it together. If you have any ideas, you can bring them up later."

Lin You immediately raised his hand. Under the slightly surprised gazes of Hu Xian and his two teammates, he walked to the blackboard in the activity classroom. While writing, he said: "The core goal of this question is to achieve dynamic scheduling optimization under multi-objective constraints of shortest path, least time, and lowest energy consumption. Question 1 can convert the warehouse grid into a weighted graph, where nodes = grid points, and edge weights = travel time..."

"Obviously, by assigning a passing probability P to the adjacent edges of obstacles, we define the expected time T(edge) = T(base) / p..."

Wang Chun and You Xinyue listened and watched, becoming somewhat engrossed. Their mathematical level was definitely not low; after all, they had passed their mathematics course final exams with high scores. However, Lin You's speed still surprised them. He was able to have ideas as soon as he finished reading the question...

This Lin You, is he really that fast?!