Name: Wasteland: The D-Student Who Broke the Single-Subject Taboo
Author: The Chubbyhead Carp Who Isn't Worried

Synopsis

A nuclear winter wasteland, a century of silence.

Knowledge is power, but also a deadly taboo that locks humanity in chains. Each person can master only one field in a lifetime. Trying to study more than one causes the brain to explode and mutate.

Shen Yan, a hopeless student who’s always failed math, physics, and chemistry, and a “second-generation department head,” accidentally transmigrates here. He faces radioactive snow, mutated abominations, the Forgotten who feed on knowledge, and rules that can drain a person dry at any moment.

To survive, he discovers he has a “dual-field immunity” bug: the virus that restricts knowledge has no effect on him. He can learn defensive mathematics, healing biology, explosive physics, and any other field he wants!

Even more absurdly, he picks up an enthusiastic sidekick named Xiaoshi, who comes with a “misinterpretation filter”:

“Brother Shen Yan can throw a rock and make it a high-level tactic!”

“Sprinkling mouse blood is a deliberate ploy to lure enemies. What incredible planning!”

“An ordinary compass is a supreme geometric treasure. He must be the reincarnation of an all-subjects Dao Lord!”

Shen Yan: “…I’m really just a hopeless student who’s only just memorized the Pythagorean theorem!”

The Shadow-Mirror System turns into a strict homeroom teacher, forcing him to grind through exercises to unlock skills. The mysterious doctor Chen Mo conceals a secret about dual-field immunity, and his daughter’s crystallization disease urgently needs a cure. The Hall of Biological Transformation and the Mathematics and Physics Sect monopolize resources.

There are no heaven-defying cultivation manuals, only knowledge from textbooks. There’s no aloof persona, just a stubborn, softhearted underdog making a comeback.

While others are trapped by the shackles of a single subject, Shen Yan is already forming shields with “two points determine a straight line,” healing with “cell division,” and defeating enemies with “force and acceleration.”

Survive the wasteland, where knowledge reigns supreme. Watch as the hopeless student Shen Yan and a bunch of wild imaginations fight their way from the Pythagorean theorem to genetic repair, break the taboo against studying multiple fields, and grind their way into becoming all-subjects experts. In the silent wasteland, he’ll protect those he cares about and open the way to all disciplines!

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