Chen Yan, a college student, is aiming for graduate school at Huaqing. He meets the female lead, Xu Zhixia, during the second-round interview, but loses his spot and is reassigned to Jiangcheng. The two of them both choose Zhou Yanchuan, a “nobody advisor” who has been pushed aside. Chen Yan awakens a research System and goes from reproducing results and publishing papers to winning a Best Student Paper award at a top conference, helping his advisor earn the title of Outstanding Young Scholar, earning a PhD at MIT, and founding a startup. In the end, he releases a controllable and auditable AGI.
