After about twenty minutes, Wang Haoran finally finished what he was doing.

[Ding, the host successfully replaced the verification information, gaining 900 villain points, Lin Chen’s protagonist halo -45, host’s villain halo +45!]

The account Lin Chen had set up using “Qiu Qianwei’s” identity now belonged to Wang Haoran, although the password remained unchanged. Any articles Lin Chen published on “Global Discovery” using this account would now be credited to Wang Haoran.

“So many messages…” Wang Haoran checked the system notifications he had just received and was momentarily stunned. It seemed like even Qiu Qianwei could get jealous of a computer…

Nearby, Qiu Qianwei had been practicing for a while and felt ready. At that moment, Wang Haoran’s attention was no longer on the computer.

Seeing this, Qiu Qianwei immediately began to showcase the dance she had practiced in the short time she had. Wang Haoran was a bit taken aback as he watched.

Qiu Qianwei had always given him the impression of being very dignified and elegant, with a noble temperament. However, seeing such a dignified and elegant person suddenly perform a somewhat vulgar dance left Wang Haoran momentarily at a loss.

“Was that a poor performance?” Qiu Qianwei asked nervously upon seeing Wang Haoran’s expression.

“Not exactly poorly, but have you forgotten your identity? You’re an international pianist. If someone saw you dancing something like that, what would they think?” Wang Haoran reminded her.

“I’ve never danced before; I just learned it from Douyin, and I thought you might like it,” Qiu Qianwei said, sounding like a child who had made a mistake. “I won’t dance like that again.”

“Actually, it’s not that I didn’t like it; I was just surprised by you,” Wang Haoran suddenly smiled.

“Really?” Qiu Qianwei smiled brightly. “Then I’ll learn more and dance for you in the future?”

“If you’ve got time, you can learn. But for now, let’s focus on something else.”

“Turn off the lights…”

…

Wang Haoran happily gained 2000 villain points and 100 halo points. Looking at the attribute panel, he noted that the villain points had reached 14,800—a substantial amount.

He then took a moment to use his X-ray vision to check on Lin Chen, who was busy writing something. In that hour or so, Lin Chen had managed to finish writing a scientific thesis and was submitting it to the “Global Discovery” website. The level of the scientific paper was beyond Wang Haoran’s understanding, but he could tell it was a marine biology paper. Given Lin Chen’s skills, it was unlikely to be simple.

Wang Haoran had plenty of villain points and naturally didn’t want to fall behind. Although he had taken over Lin Chen’s identity, without genuine scientific knowledge, he would eventually be exposed in front of Ji Shuiyao.

Wang Haoran opened the system mall and began searching for what he needed. After a minute or two, he finally found it. However, the system item he exchanged for wasn’t a direct skill enhancement but a template enhancement.

Each template corresponded to a famous scientist from history. To exchange for a scientist template cost 1,500 villain points. After the exchange, all scientific knowledge related to that scientist would be directly infused into Wang Haoran’s consciousness.

From the marine biology paper, it was evident that Lin Chen must have exchanged for a template of a famous marine biologist from history. Wang Haoran didn’t need to exchange for the same type of template as Lin Chen. After all, Lin Chen’s academic achievements would all be his. There was no need for him to duplicate efforts.

Wang Haoran browsed through the various scientist templates and eventually chose the Fleming template. Fleming was a bacteriologist, biochemist, and microbiologist, known for discovering penicillin. This discovery had world-changing significance as it ended the era when infectious diseases were untreatable. In short, he was a great scientist.

After exchanging for the Fleming template, Wang Haoran gained all the scientific knowledge of this scientist. He went from being a scientific novice to a top scientist in an instant. However, while he now had the knowledge, he still lacked fame.

Lin Chen had provided a great method: publishing scientific papers in globally authoritative scientific journals. Wang Haoran immediately took action, spending an hour writing a biochemistry paper and publishing it on “Global Discovery.”

Looking at the time, it was almost midnight. Wang Haoran returned Ji Shuiyao’s computer to its original place and then quietly went back to his cabin.

…

The next morning, the deck of the research ship was buzzing with lively discussions. The cause was a front-page article on “Global Discovery” about marine biology. As an enthusiastic scientist, Ji Shuiyao followed authoritative sites like “Global Discovery” almost daily. When she saw the front-page article this morning, she was amazed and immediately informed her fellow researchers.

Her colleagues, after reading it, also exhibited the same astonishment.

“There aren’t many scientists with deep research in marine biology today. I wonder which one wrote this article.”

“Whoever it is, they must be from abroad. No one in our country has such depth in marine biology.”

“Maybe they’re not from abroad. Look at the pen name of the article’s author.”

“linxiaobao! Translate it, and it’s Lin Xiaobao, right? This pen name doesn’t seem foreign at all.”

“Yeah, I hadn’t noticed until you mentioned it.”

Everyone was talking about it. Hearing the surrounding voices, Ji Shuiyao was also intrigued and took another glance at the pen name. She hadn’t noticed before, but after her colleague’s mention, she immediately realized the pen name indeed didn’t seem like it was chosen by a foreigner.

When submitting articles to “Global Discovery,” regardless of the language used, the final presentation on the website was uniformly translated into a foreign language. The translation of linxiaobao, when restored, was likely “Lin Xiaobao.”

“Who exactly is this Lin Xiaobao, and why have we never heard of this person in the field of marine biology?” someone curiously asked.

“It doesn’t have to be an old scholar; it could be a new researcher who had a flash of inspiration and performed beyond expectations,” Ji Shuiyao speculated. She had experienced similar situations herself, though that was over a year ago. In the past year, she had submitted many articles to “Global Discovery,” but none had made it to the front page.

“Hey, there’s another front-page article!”

A researcher who was monitoring the “Global Discovery” website content suddenly exclaimed.