Study Monster Cultivation System
Chapter 236 - 235 Totally...can’t move...

April 28, Sunday.

At 10:30 in the morning, Li Zheng and Lin Yujing entered the Department of Physics building at Capital Normal University on time.

The cut-off score for this experimental examination was 167 points, with a total of 72 participants, divided into two groups of 36, taking the test at 8 AM and 11 AM respectively. The test lasted three hours, with candidates entering the prep room half an hour early to sign in.

The 8 AM session was basically the "Ren University High School Special"; out of the 36 individuals, 31 were from Ren University High School.

Although City First School had made significant advancements in Chem Competitions, challenging Ren University High School’s position, physics was still the domain of Ren University High School.

In the 11 AM session that Li Zheng and Lin Yujing attended, there were students from various schools, but again City First School dominated with about ten participants.

As the two entered the building and climbed the stairs, Li Zheng couldn’t hold back his thoughts any longer, frowning and pondering.

"Normally, when I walk down the street, at most 30% of the people might sneak a glance at me... Today, it feels close to 100%, regardless of gender, age... even cats stop to take a look..."

Lin Yujing looked down silently, seemingly a bit gloating.

Her pink dress alone looked great, as did Li Zheng’s white dress shirt that showcased his posterior.

Once they came together...

Boooomb, it exploded.

Passersby were shocked and speechless.

Their astonishment was akin to walking along and suddenly running into sunglass-less male and female celebrities.

Even after entering the building, the two continued to provoke amazement wherever they went.

It was as if they both were surrounded by a 10-meter radius of petrification magic.

It was only then that Li Zheng seemed to realize.

Could it be… this was why Lin Yujing insisted on putting together these outfits for them?

It wasn’t to make a fool of himself...

She just wanted to walk together...

Li Zheng’s breathing became a bit rapid, and he stuttered, "Walking together like this is quite troublesome… let’s wear our uniforms next time, okay?"

Lin Yujing, with her hands behind her back carrying a small bag, lightly laughed as she hopped along, "We can’t wear uniforms for the lab exam, blame me?"

"Forget it... it’s better than wearing weird clothes anyway," he conceded.

Talking like this, they entered the prep classroom.

Everyone in the room had been chatting amicably, but the moment they saw Li Zheng and Lin Yujing, the chatter suddenly fell silent.

Some of them had seen Li Zheng and Lin Yujing before, but today’s appearance...

They just couldn’t handle it.

Even the teacher in charge of registration was dumbfounded, watching them for a long while.

Only when the two approached her desk did she ask with some disbelief, "You two… this is a prep room… for other activities or self-study… please use another classroom."

Li Zheng’s brow tightened as he said to Lin Yujing, "See, it doesn’t look good for studying."

"That’s a problem with your own appearance," Lin Yujing pointed at the top of the list on the desk and said in a soft voice, "We are these two from Lake Ying Middle School."

"!!!" The teacher looked at them even more astonished, "You are… this year’s first and second ranked?"

Li Zheng hurriedly raised his hand, "In theory only."

"Sorry, sorry…" the teacher swallowed, quickly handing Li Zheng the pen while explaining to the two, "You both look... I’d believe you’re celebrities... I’d believe if you said you are Peng-somebody-Yan, Gu-something or such... But physics students... I really can’t recognize..."

Li Zheng signed his name with a smile and passed the pen to Lin Yujing, "No blame on you, it’s our fault, we grew into this without realizing."

"Ha… Haha…" The teacher could only force a laugh.

After signing in, Li Zheng quickly located Qi Yingnan and Duan Peipei and headed their way.

Lin Yujing, on the other hand, found a seat by the window, took out a box of pudding, and began to feast.

With the exam going from 11 AM to 2 PM, if one did not want to eat the physics lab materials, it was necessary to replenish some energy.

Seeing Li Zheng approaching, Duan Peipei also divided two pieces of chocolate crisp and handed them over.

"Thanks." Li Zheng accepted them with a laugh.

"It’s not…" Qi Yingnan looked at Li Zheng as if he saw a monster, circling around him before suddenly reaching out to grab Li Zheng’s butt, "This butt..."

"Your grandpa!"

Qi Yingnan seized the opportunity to grasp Li Zheng’s pectorals, "These pecs..."

Li Zheng grabbed, pulled, and with a swift move, locked Yi Yingnan in a rear chokehold, "That’s enough to beat you."

"No, no, no..." Qi Yingnan struggled and patted Li Zheng’s thigh, "I give up, I give up..."

"Still touching?!"

"Not touching anymore, never again..."

Only then did Li Zheng push Qi Yingnan away, tore open a chocolate crisp, and took a big bite, "We’ve got exams coming up, be serious."

"That’s true..." Duan Peipei swallowed, nibbling on her own chocolate crisp, "But dressing up like this for an exam... isn’t it just to mess with other people’s minds?"

"Me... really?"

"Enough said... I’ll try not to look at you." Duan Peipei turned away with effort.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yingnan suddenly lunged and reached for Li Zheng’s abdomen.

Li Zheng instinctively tensed up.

"Fuck, it’s abs!" Qi Yingnan turned excitedly, "Peipei, aren’t you going to touch?"

"Ah..." Duan Peipei struggled for a moment before finally putting down the chocolate crisp, glaring at Li Zheng, "Can I touch them just once? Otherwise, I’ll be distracted during the exam..."

Qi Yingnan had already backed away, chiming in, "Just indulge Peipei..."

"What are you even doing..." Li Zheng shook his head and sighed deeply, "Just once."

"Alright..." Duan Peipei swallowed, then walked over hesitantly, step by step.

Her hand trembling, she reached out...

But just as she was about to touch Li Zheng’s stomach.

Suddenly, a fierce glare came her way.

Duan Peipei shuddered all over.

She stiffly turned her head.

And saw Lin Yujing, coolly looking on while eating pudding.

Duan Peipei shuddered again...

It’s impossible...

If she touched Li Zheng...

She would be killed by this woman...

"Forget it... forget it..." Duan Peipei withdrew her hand in fright, picked up her chocolate crisp, and stepped away, "I won’t look at you, I won’t look..."

Only then did Li Zheng relax his abs and shook his head, "This is absurd."

"Haha." Qi Yingnan raised his arm and carefully approached, "I won’t mess with you, don’t hit me..."

"You say you’re representing No. 4 Middle School now; can’t you be a bit more composed?"

"Composed, composed... here, Brother Li, have a seat."

Once Li Zheng sat down, Qi Yingnan glanced at Lin Yujing and quietly asked, "You two have got the Department of Physics at Ji University locked down, haven’t you?"

"Pretty much... unless we find something more exciting, that should be it."

"Oh... in that case..." Qi Yingnan swallowed, saying, "Once you start college... you can sneakily rent a place to live together, right?"

"???" Li Zheng was shocked and blushed, "What are you thinking!"

At the same time, from a window nearby, Lin Yujing spat out her pudding.

"Hey, hey, let’s not talk about that..." Qi Yingnan rubbed his hands and pressed on, "Is a girl’s tongue really cool to the touch?"

"..."

"What’s wrong, an experienced person told me so."

"The so-called experienced person... is it Shi Yang?"

"Eh? How did you know? He’s really studied it, he’s at a doctoral level."

"You should know, such theoretical doctors... are worse than practical primary school students... Not just a girl’s tongue... he hasn’t even touched a girl’s hand."

"Hmm..." Qi Yingnan said anxiously, "So... you’ve held hands?"

"..." Li Zheng coughed and raised his hand, "Not exactly held, just brushed against each other a couple of times maybe..."

"What... what does it feel like?"

"Cool..."

"Shi Yang didn’t lie to me!"

"...Don’t let me hear that name."

...

At 11 o’clock sharp, the second lab exam officially began.

In fact, Li Zheng’s pecs and pert buttocks were, at most, only a distraction to Duan Peipei.

Because among the 36 people present, there were only two girls, Duan Peipei and Lin Yujing.

On the contrary, Lin Yujing truly was the one distracting others.

More than 30 crew-cut, bespectacled males couldn’t help but sneak glances at her.

At the same time, they also began to inexplicably pay attention to their own speech, behavior, and whether their actions looked cool and their demeanor carefree.

They didn’t even dare to pick their noses anymore; no matter how itchy, they had to endure it.

This caused the vast majority of the male students to enter their experimental mode half an hour late.

Li Zheng had originally been immune to this.

He was exposed to Lin Yujing every day and had already developed antibodies.

Only when she changed into new clothes would he be affected for a few dozen hours, at most a week.

But he miscalculated.

Upon entering the lab, Lin Yujing had indeed changed into a new outfit—

A white lab coat!

And besides that...

Whether it was to protect her eyes or for some other reason,

she unexpectedly pulled out a terrifying weapon—

Half-frame glasses!

Plus a suddenly tied-up hairdo without warning.

The whole person switched from a tender young girl to a scientific research mode in an instant.

At that moment, Li Zheng was completely locked in.

In his world, this look was the epitome of sexy at its peak.

His gaze...

Couldn’t be moved away...

As a result, unlike others,

Li Zheng was affected for a whole hour and a half.

He had it tough.

...

At two o’clock sharp, the bell rang.

After collecting all the exams, Qi Yingnan immediately ran up to Li Zheng, "Check the answers, check the answers... what did you get for the laser wavelength in the first question?"

"Laser? Wavelength?" Li Zheng blankly asked, "Was there such a question?"

"Then... for the electrical question, how did you determine the structure of the black box?"

"That... I... I..." Li Zheng, resting his chin in his hands and looking adorably cute, said, "I think I forgot."

"Big brother, what’s wrong with you?"

"..."

"What about the last one, the dielectric constant?"

"You’re asking about that too?" Li Zheng nodded thoughtfully, "Then I probably didn’t get to it..."

"Bro... are you sick or something?" Qi Yingnan reached out and wiped Li Zheng’s forehead, "It does feel quite hot..."

"I just got a little distracted..."

The group took off their lab coats, exited the laboratory, and weren’t in a hurry to leave. Instead, they all seemed to naturally gather back in the prep classroom to discuss the questions.

Anyone who had made it this far was among the top 72 physics competitors in Jijing, and they all had the qualifications to discuss the questions.

The good news was that they didn’t actually have to compare the answers themselves. The first exam’s attendees had already finished the task, and the Ren University High School national team had already published the answers in the Dragon Pearl Group.

However, in the experimental examination, the exact numerical answers didn’t count for much of the score; a larger portion came from the experimental operation itself, with each student being closely monitored by a teacher the entire time.

That score couldn’t be deduced by discussion.

But there wasn’t a need to be anxious for long, because there were so few exams to grade, scores were typically released the same evening.

Thus, the discussion in the prep classroom felt more like a relief after the major exam, a chance for mutual confession of their experiences.

After all, most people weren’t aiming for the provincial team. Getting into a top city-level school was enough of an entrance stone for them.

Especially for those at the bottom of the provincial team, it made more sense to prepare for the college entrance exam rather than to continue battling with physics for a national medal they might not even win.

Lin Yujing had also entered the classroom, but seeing Li Zheng standing there in a daze with Qi Yingnan and not seeming to want to leave, she decided to walk out first.

She had been gone for a while when Li Zheng finally came back to his senses.

What had just happened?

White lab coat, black frame glasses.

This was really too much...

So embarrassing... utterly embarrassing...

Li Zheng, gasping for air and clutching the table, looked blankly at the blackboard. "That’s it, I definitely bombed the experiment..."

Qi Yingnan, who had been joking around with someone else, saw Li Zheng return to normal and turned to scold him, "What are you panicking about... Even with zero points, you’d still make the provincial team."

"You don’t understand..." Li Zheng said in a panic, looking down, "I lost... Just when I thought I was getting back on my feet, immediately I was pushed back down again..."

"What do you mean?"

"Never mind, don’t ask..." Duan Peipei said, shaking her head in pity, "I think I understand a little... How grades determine status..."

"Now that you mention it... I get it..." Qi Yingnan also sighed and patted Li Zheng on the shoulder, "No worries, there’s still the national finals. Hang in there, brother. Whoever laughs last, laughs the best."

"Thanks a lot..." Li Zheng wiped off some sweat and looked around, "What are we even doing here?"

"We’ve just finished the hard work, just chatting idly now," said Qi Yingnan with a sigh. "You may not feel it, but for most, this is the endpoint of their physics career..."

"Yeah..." Duan Peipei nodded with bitten lips, "I checked the answers, and I might not even get into the top of the city’s schools... It seems like the teachers from the competition class at Ren University High School guessed the questions right. I didn’t slack off in my efforts... but their laboratory environment, faculty, and competitive atmosphere are so much better than ours..."

As Duan Peipei spoke, she wiped her eyes, about to cry.

"You’re already amazing..." Li Zheng consoled her, "You must be the top girl in the whole city. Don’t worry about Lin Yujing, she’s not human."

"So you’re human?" Duan Peipei said, laughing through her tears.

"I really am human," Li Zheng said, scratching his head, "Look at me this time—I bombed it, basically handed in a blank paper... Is that what a person does?"

"Speaking of blank papers..." Qi Yingnan said, shaking his phone, "People from Ren University High School say that Gu Jianfeng didn’t even come to take the exam."

"What?" Li Zheng exclaimed, "What happened??"

"Nobody knows." Qi Yingnan leaned back in his chair and sighed with his hands behind his head, "That’s probably just being the Wind God for you. Competing in physics is just a game for him; he quits when it’s not fun anymore."

Duan Peipei, wiping tears, said, "Or maybe, knowing he could get into the provincial team without the practical exam, he saw no need to show up... Geniuses are indeed annoying..."

"That can’t be right," Li Zheng frowned, "He actually seems to like physics... I can feel it. He doesn’t look down on the competitions... He even said he’ll see me at the training camp..."

"Right, see you at the training camp," Qi Yingnan said with a clap and a laugh. "There are two training sessions: one for the provincial team and one for the national team, both after the practical examination."

"So that means... he knew he wouldn’t be attending the experimental exam?"

"Looks like it, given Wind God is so inscrutable."

Continuing the conversation, Li Zheng learned that Gu Jianfeng’s school attendance was also sporadic, and even Ren University High School could only turn a blind eye to such a student.

Although Gu Jianfeng certainly had the credentials to be exceptional.

But Li Zheng always felt that Gu’s temperament wasn’t like that of a person who stood apart. He seemed to be a very well-behaved student, actually.

Unfortunately, no one knew any more details, even Wu Shu and Ou Xingzhuo had limited knowledge about him.

As for the few second-year students from Ren University High School in the group chat, they could only offer vague comments like "He’s a really good person" and "He’s hard to come by."

He really was like Feng Qingyang.