For seventeen years, Lin Xia has excelled at one thing: coming last in exams.
She gets 42 in math, 38 in physics, and can't even write a chemical formula.
Everyone says she isn't cut out for studying.
Then one night, exhausted, she falls asleep, and her consciousness sinks into a pure white space.
"Dream Study Room activated."
"Current time flow: 10x."
"Task issued: Finish this math paper. Reward: 10 Focus Points."
From then on, while other people spend their nights resting, Lin Xia uses hers to overtake them on the bend.
Her quiz scores climb from 42 to 68, then from 68 to 104.
Someone starts to get uneasy.
Gu Yanzhou, top of the year and a competition gold medal collector, has never paid anyone else much attention.
One evening after self-study, he blocks Lin Xia on her way home.
"Lin Xia, what exactly do you do at night?"
Lin Xia: "...Sleep."
Gu Yanzhou falls silent for three seconds. "Then why can you recite theorems I never taught you while sleepwalking?"
