The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

Unbeknownst to Jiang Hui, who had been labeled as having good taste by the librarian, she took several books back to her dormitory that day. The next day, she unusually showed up to training with dark circles under her eyes.

This just goes to show that one shouldn’t overestimate oneself. In another sense, Instructor Mece was right to reprimand her; she often overestimated her own abilities.

For instance, last night, she had found an extremely interesting mecha guidebook. She not only spent the entire night in her mental space engrossed in it but also couldn’t resist staying up flipping through the pages after waking up. Then the consequences hit her hard.

Perhaps it was due to the dual all-nighters in both her mental space and reality, but her physical stamina had plummeted, and by noon, she could barely hold on. Her head felt heavy, her legs felt weak, and a sense of suffocating frustration churned in her chest, making a noise like a broken fan.

At this moment, Jiang Hui was filled with various regrets and couldn’t help but blame herself for being so careless. How could she be foolish enough to stay up late during military training? Was she afraid she would faint during practice?

She desperately tried to ignore Instructor Stark’s increasingly dissatisfied glances and repeatedly reminded herself that it was almost noon. She just needed to eat something and rest a bit; she couldn’t afford to faint right there.

Past experience had proven that fainting would not earn her extra rest time but instead would result in her being assigned double the tasks for tomorrow. So, of course, it was best not to faint. Jiang Hui firmly kept this in mind.

Unfortunately, she probably overestimated herself, as she soon found the world around her spinning, and in an instant, everything before her became a double vision, blurring everything she could see.

When she regained consciousness, she found Stark’s dark face looming over her.

She instinctively shrank back.

“What’s going on? Do you dare to do something but not own up to it? I can see you did this on purpose. Who told you to stay up late? Knowing that you had to undergo high-intensity training the next day, how could you dare to stay up all night?!”

Stark could hardly believe how angry he was after hearing the diagnosis from the attending medical staff at the infirmary.

It’s quite normal for students to struggle with physical fitness during training; this happens in every class, especially in military-related programs where the training and requirements are much higher than for others.

Students undergo rigorous daily training, and after long periods of exertion, it’s not uncommon for them to struggle with the physical demands.

However, cases like this—where a student is sent in due to insufficient sleep and inability to keep up due to staying up late—are relatively rare.

So when the diagnosis was concluded, even the therapist found it somewhat speechless.

This kid must have stayed up for two nights straight to be this exhausted. It’s surprising that she could only be sent in today after finally reaching her limit. It seems her physique and stamina foundation are quite good. However, such behavior is still not advisable, and the therapist decided not to say anything further, simply leaving to prepare medication and give the space to the teacher and student.

Jiang Hui knew she was in the wrong, and at this moment, any explanation would be useless, so she obediently admitted her mistake and apologized, “Sorry, I stayed up late reading last night.”

“The therapist said you’ve at least pulled two all-nighters. I don’t care what made you engage in such unwise behavior, but I hope you take responsibility for yourself, for this training, and for the class as a whole. Don’t act recklessly again. I thought after these days of training, you would have grown quite a bit,” Stark said sternly, leaving Jiang Hui too intimidated to say a word.

But two all-nighters… didn’t she just stay up one night? Could it be that this exhaustion is somehow doubled? Jiang Hui found herself vaguely realizing a bug in her mental space, which made her a bit gloomy. However, to Stark, it seemed like she still hadn’t realized her mistake, making him even more displeased.

Finally, he frowned and coldly said to Jiang Hui, “Come to the training ground after lunch and run a hundred laps before you can stop. Remember to take your medicine.”

Ah, this… running a hundred laps in the afternoon means she would be running until midnight. Jiang Hui couldn’t help but mentally wail for a moment, but she could sense the immense anger he was holding back, so she didn’t dare to say anything more and simply replied, “Understood.”

She didn’t know if it was because Stark was too intimidating, but the duty therapist, who had been outside during their conversation, came in right afterward.

Seeing Jiang Hui looking dejected, he couldn’t help but comfort her with a smile, “Your instructor cares about you.”

“You wouldn’t know that when you were sent in earlier, you looked pale, and your mental energy fluctuations seemed a bit weak. I was wondering what happened to you, but I didn’t expect it was due to staying up late. You should pay more attention to yourself. Staying up late isn’t a big deal normally, but you’re currently in high-intensity training. Overexerting yourself like this can easily lead to serious problems.”

Jiang Hui silently reflected on her behavior and couldn’t help but wonder if she had been a bit too reckless. Sometimes, she couldn’t control herself; when she got into reading, it was like flipping through pages one after another, and she couldn’t stop, almost as if she were inputting data. She instinctively felt that this was a kind of positive, essential energy replenishment, and she had been reading continuously over the past few days.

“All right.” The therapist took the monitoring device off Jiang Hui’s neck and looked at the data it had printed out with some surprise. “Hey? How did you recover so quickly? Your instructor was worried that you wouldn’t be able to handle the upcoming training and signed for you to receive a special supplement. It looks like you only need to drink half a bottle.”

He confirmed the data again, and the way he looked at Jiang Hui was almost in awe, astonished by her exceptional talent.

For some reason, Jiang Hui seemed to understand the therapist’s unspoken implication and silently added that it wasn’t her exceptional talent but because she had just taken the opportunity in her mental space to catch up on some sleep.

The therapist then told Jiang Hui that she could choose to take half of the supplement or wait until she couldn’t hold on anymore. Given her current condition, she could continue with the afternoon training normally and might not even need it.

“But you should still take it. Your instructor already signed for it, and getting this little thing isn’t easy. Generally, only instructors and class leaders in military programs can sign for it. Since you’ve got it, you might as well take it home and use it yourself. But, wow, a hundred laps… tsk tsk, the intensity of training in military programs is really high. Your instructor is pretty tough. You’ll need to finish this before you can complete those hundred laps, right? Be sure to take care of your health, little student.”

Receiving the supplement, Jiang Hui naturally expressed her gratitude and hurried off to the cafeteria to grab a meal. She needed to eat quickly so she wouldn’t be too exhausted to run later—after all, it was a hundred laps!

But she ran too fast and didn’t notice that someone had arrived at the infirmary behind her. The person looked at her back, their brow and eyes shrouded in a faint haze, their expression gloomy.