Study Monster Cultivation System
Chapter 265 - 264 Can’t be, can’t be, can’t be?

The penthouse suite, Huang Lingqi tumbled and scrambled into the room.

"Fuck, they can pull this off too!!!"

The male assistant trembled in fright, "Peter, I’m from the mainland, are you cursing at me?"

"Never mind that!" Huang Lingqi pressed on, "Has the Maozi boarded the plane yet?"

"Seems like he’s about to leave."

"Change the ticket, add two more days of lessons." Huang Lingqi rubbed his forehead and coldly chuckled, "Getting serious now, you little shit."

…

Meanwhile, provincial team leaders were urgently organizing meetings.

The sole purpose was to keep everyone from getting too restless.

The previous exam had measured hard skills (except for Huihu).

The upcoming re-examination would largely be influenced by mindset (especially for Huihu).

Whoever could quickly settle down and regain their competition state could emerge as a dark horse.

At the same time, all the team leaders believed that there would be significant changes in the rankings for the re-exam.

Unless something unexpected happened, the Competition Committee would likely roll out the emergency B version of the exam.

The B version is set by another specially hired team, much smaller in scale, and compared to the main exam’s even distribution of knowledge points, the B version would typically be either extremely hard or extremely easy in terms of difficulty.

Considering the current psychological impact, no one dared to be sure that they would maintain their current ranking.

But on average, removing the impact of Huihu’s leaked questions, everyone else’s average rankings should improve.

Especially for those Chosen Ones ranked between 50th and 60th.

For example, Qi Yingnan, who couldn’t care less about excitement, hastily kissed Li Zheng before rushing to Yang Changle’s room, insisting on taking mock exams to regain her form.

Yang Changle couldn’t just focus on the kids from No. 4 Middle School, so he quickly put together some questions on the spot and called over all the kids on the team to join in the fun.

…

As for Huihu.

15 competing students, 14 completely lost their composure.

Qin Kaixuan, who was their pillar of strength, suddenly vanished as if evaporated from the face of the Earth, uncontactable and uninvolved with anything.

Another female coach was also called away suddenly and didn’t return for over an hour.

The 14 of them were stuck in a room, utterly at a loss.

Many even believed that they would be disqualified from competing.

In some ways, they too were victims of the leak.

The core reason being, they had no choice in the matter.

While attending classes, listening to lectures, they were unwittingly fed the leaks...

One could say, how exhilarated they were to see the actual questions during the exam is how devastated they are now.

Conversely, the person who was previously most devastated had now become the most self-consistent.

With Qin Kaixuan gone and the female teacher away, Yao Xiaoqian finally had the courage to leave her room.

Clutching a physics book, she walked alone into the small garden, feeling the warmth of the sun for the first time as something truly comfortable.

But she did not indulge in it for long, soon bowing her head to start revising.

Determination once again surfaced on her face.

She, who was previously ranked 241st,

Vowed to reclaim what she believed rightfully belonged to her.

…

The decisiveness came so swiftly, largely due to He Antang’s strategy of acting first and discussing later.

After Li Zheng left, he confirmed the decision to re-examine at the fastest speed.

Then he announced it immediately, to both calm people and give candidates time to prepare.

After making the announcement, he contacted the examination hall and urgently started printing the exam papers.

Since Huihu was no longer suitable as an examination venue due to the previous incident, and because they too had regular lessons, it wouldn’t be appropriate to send all the students home.

But the Competition Committee’s funds were extremely limited; historically, the competition relied on the hosting party to arrange the venue.

In the face of an emergency, and with no other choice, He Antang had to contact colleagues at Zhe Da, using his personal reputation to secure the Zhe Da examination venue.

As for the printing costs, they would have to be squeezed out of the budget.

And regarding the additional two days’ lodging fees, they also had to send people to negotiate with team leaders from each province, hoping they would understand and agree to cover the extra cost.

Interestingly, although there were many issues inside and out, He Antang felt very energized taking care of them.

He preferred to work his mind and body to their limits to fix things in this way, rather than fall back into the heartburn and suffering of before.

...

During lunch, Li Zheng spotted Yao Xiaoqian from afar; she was alone, without any teachers accompanying her.

However, Yao Xiaoqian did not notice Li Zheng. She hurriedly got her meal and sat down to eat, all while burying her head in a physics book, as if trying to make up for lost time by studying twice as hard.

It seemed she was not yet aware that her ordeal had been solved with the video, and the teachers from Huihu had not made things difficult for her.

Well done, keep it up.

Unfortunately, Li Zheng was not able to say these words to her face.

For now, it was better to remain strangers.

He hoped that one day in the future, they could meet in the light.

After sending his silent blessings from a distance, Li Zheng turned and walked towards the food counter.

"Li Zheng." A lively short guy with a middle-parted hairstyle suddenly appeared in front of Li Zheng, "Wei Dongyang asked me to give you a message, to be cautious of the Russians at the IPhO."

Upon hearing Wei Dongyang’s name, Li Zheng laughed.

He was the one who had bragged for so long only to end up with a silver medal at the ICHO, with an exploded hairstyle no less.

Given that he was from Hunan University Affiliate High School, the person before him could only be the guy who was ranked third previously.

"Du Zicheng?" Li Zheng, picking up his meal tray, said with a smile, "You two at Hunan University Affiliate High School are both rising stars in physics and chemistry, all monsters."

"Yeah, I thought I was pretty special too, aiming for the championship this year, until I met the Lake Ying Duo... so annoying..." Du Zicheng said with a wry smile as he grabbed a tray and lined up with Li Zheng, "To tell you the truth, I had my own reasons for signing the petition; I wanted to try my luck competing against you guys once more."

"You’re welcome to try," Li Zheng raised an eyebrow with a smirk, "Besides, who doesn’t have their own agenda?"

"Ah?" Du Zicheng exclaimed in surprise, "You too... want to turn things around?"

"What do you mean turn things around!" Li Zheng retorted, "Lin Yujing and I have always been evenly matched, winning and losing to each other."

"Evenly matched? But I heard that you’ve never beaten her in your life?"

"Who the hell said that??"

"Too many people... that’s what everyone says," Du Zicheng gestured, "I once asked someone from your team, that Qi... whatever his name is, whether you had ever beaten Lin Yujing, and he looked at me in shock, saying ’No way, someone actually believes Li Zheng can win against Lin Yujing? No way, no way.’... like I was completely ignorant."

"He deserves to be at 51!" Li Zheng said angrily, twisting his hand, "I’ve won at least... once or twice."

"Haha! Alright, alright, you’ve won before, let’s call it even," Du Zicheng laughed, patting Li Zheng’s shoulder, "Anyway, the rules in Chem Competitions have changed, and there’s a re-exam for physics. All of us in Xiangnan competition circles consider you a friend. I heard you’re also planning to participate in the math competition. If you’re interested, you’re welcome to challenge our Porridge God at Hunan University Affiliate, he specializes in curing disobedience."

"I’m not into this whole dominance thing, not interested."

"Oh, then we’ll let him take care of Lin Yujing."

"No, no, no, come to cure me, come on, I’m the one who doesn’t comply!" Li Zheng chuckled, "How dare he meddle with Lin Yujing? She’s not someone an ordinary Hunan wild god can touch!"

"Haha, alright, I’ll go back and tell him you’re not compliant, and call him the wild god," Du Zicheng laughed.

"Hold on, why do I feel like you’re stirring up trouble?" Li Zheng asked, half-joking.

While they were talking, two students from Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School joined in.

"We finally found you. You two have surely secured your divine ranking today!"

"How on earth did you manage it, Brother Zheng?"

"No, no, no," Li Zheng waved them off, "It’s not about us, it’s the collective effort, plus Professor He’s support. Lin Yujing and I just took care of submitting the petition."

"Who believes that!"

"Did you threaten them by giving up your rankings?"

"Threaten my ass, I don’t have the guts," Li Zheng laughed heartily, "Who would be scared if we gave up our rankings? With over three hundred people here, most are hoping for us to do just that, right?"

"Yeah, the chemistry champions are already guaranteed university spots, who needs any dang ranking!"

"Hurry up and forfeit, Brother Zheng, wouldn’t it be great if two more of us could secure a university spot?"

"That’s an option," Li Zheng said with a teasing scowl, "Now I understand the meaning of being ungrateful."

Throughout the lunch, Li Zheng was surrounded by a group of enthusiastic students, and he did not see Lin Yujing.

At first, he felt a little uneasy.

But a tickle on his cheek made him think differently, and then he felt at ease.

Having gone so long without washing my face, how much more so for a girl?

Women are creatures of emotion.

According to the research by Dr. Shi Yang of Women’s Studies.

On campus, emotional matters affect the academic performance of female students far more than male students.

Boys for the most part are heartless, doing what should be done, whether it’s eating, playing, or studying.

Whereas the more complex-minded girls are more prone to being troubled by emotions, which in turn affects their learning.

Lin Yujing probably didn’t even dare to swallow her saliva after that moment.

Now she must be hiding in her room, heart fluttering, unable to think of food or drink, right?

So, at this critical moment, what should be done?

Of course, it’s time to buckle down and study!

Make a surprise comeback!

Retake the exam and raise your head with pride!

Thus, after lunch, Li Zheng hurried back to his room, searched for a 21-year-old Physics Competition question he had never attempted before, and without saying a word, rushed to Ji University’s admissions office, skillfully using Huang Ying’s paper and printer.

"Aren’t you taking a bit too much liberty with other people’s stuff..." complained Huang Ying with her lips, but obediently passed over another stack of paper, "Luckily I knew you were competing this year and brought an extra bundle..."

"Oh?" Li Zheng’s eyes widened, "Then I’ll print a few more papers to clear my head."

"Go ahead, just don’t break anything," Huang Ying came over, shook Li Zheng’s shoulder, and said, "What’s the real story with the reexamination? I asked Old He, and he wouldn’t say a thing."

"I’m just an ordinary student, how would I know?"

"Come on, you don’t need to hide anything from me."

"Is it because it was out of scope?"

"You’re no fun!" Huang Ying snatched back the printing paper, "Print your own stuff."

"...Now you’ve made it no fun, Teacher Huang."

"Let’s just say this," Huang Ying holding the printing paper said, "based on your judgment, did the cheating at Huihu really happen?"

"That..."

"I’m in charge of admissions at Ji University, and this information is important. You are somewhat of an alumnus, shouldn’t you help verify the student source?" Huang Ying asserted with righteousness, "It’s definitely not for gossip."

"...Well... it’s practically true."

Huang Ying immediately beamed with joy and pushed the paper back to him, "Heavens, how do you know that?"

"Isn’t that just gossiping!"

...

Back in his room, Li Zheng quickly shook off the excitement of fighting for a reexamination and devoted himself to tackling ancient old questions in order to return to an exam state of mind.

Of course, this was impossible.

His face was simply too itchy.

Thinking that Lin Yujing didn’t even dare swallow her saliva, he couldn’t help but feel a bit of sympathy for her.

Should he send her something to eat?

After much indecision, Li Zheng finally put down his paper, went to the hotel’s convenience store, bought a bag of M&Ms, and took the elevator.

Curiously enough, there were two foreigners in the elevator, speaking rumbly in their own language, clearly exposing their nationality.

Suddenly, one of the bald old men said.

"Li—Zeng?"

"Oh?" Li Zheng’s eyes widened as he replied in English, "That’s me, what’s up?"

The bald man was pleased and pointing to himself, he said, "I am Konoplev, I am his teacher."

Li Zheng exclaimed, "The long-haired guy from the ICHO?"

"Yes, yes, yes," the bald man laughed, "You are quite famous in our Russian competition circles. Aside from Konoplev, Kuznetsov and Smirnov are also eager to meet you."

"Hold on, I can’t remember..." Li Zheng took out his phone, "What ’v’?"

"Hahaha!" The bald man shook his head with laughter, "I saw your exam questions this time, they are too easy, except for the last one, they are all trivial. If it had been the Russian questions, nobody could get a perfect score, including me."

Li Zheng smiled and waved his hand, "I’ve done a lot of Russian problems too, and I do admit something: your problems are indeed templates for Physics Competitions, a source of inspiration for question setters, and every competition likes to modify Russian problems as a template. But with all due respect, their difficulty is just so-so."

"????" The bald man’s eyes widened, and he immediately pulled out a stack of papers and handed them to Li Zheng, "This is a set I prepared for Konoplev. He could score 98% on it. Have a good experience with it, kid."

The teacher next to him hurriedly tried to intervene

"Don’t do that… it’s not good for us…"

The bald old man also realized he got carried away and hurriedly added, "Just do it yourself, don’t make it public."

"Alright." Li Zheng immediately pocketed the problem set, "Konoplev at 98%, got it."

As they were talking, the elevator door opened.

Huang Lingqi was there to welcome the two teachers.

Fortunately, Li Zheng had already stuffed the papers into the back of his pants earlier.

"Ah… ah… please, teachers…" After ushering the two teachers in and holding the elevator door, Huang Lingqi turned to Li Zheng and said, "Um… Lin Yujing is in 1805, you’re welcome."

"Thank you."

"Sorry... how could we bump into them…"

Li Zheng couldn’t help but pat the weighty Russian monster sheet hidden behind his backside.

"No, I’m thanking you for something else."

Once Huang Lingqi and the teachers had entered a room, Li Zheng pressed the doorbell to Lin Yujing’s room.

After a full two minutes, she opened the door in her panda pajamas, her eyes bleary with sleep, "I was sleeping, what’s up?"

Li Zheng couldn’t help but walk into the room with a smile.

Who are you kidding?

You probably haven’t even swallowed your saliva, have you?

Looking at the messy living room of the suite, Li Zheng shook his head.

"Oh man, you’re going to have trouble if you keep this up for the re-exam."

"Heh." Lin Yujing lay down on the couch, turned on the TV, and started munching on the fruit platter from the coffee table, "You here for something?"

"I’m just concerned about you; I didn’t see you at lunch." Li Zheng sat down on the sofa with composure, "With that attitude, it wouldn’t be fun if you fell out of the top 50."

"I’m in a great mood." Lin Yujing devoured 1/4 of an apple in one bite and vigorously chewed with her cheeks puffed.

"Stop pretending, I understand all of it." Li Zheng casually looked out the window in front of the writing desk and said, "Although… you see… right… but during high school, we should still prioritize studying, so… wait a minute!"

Li Zheng suddenly got up and dashed towards the writing desk.

"You loser!" Lin Yujing also got up in a panic, "Move, move!"

But Li Zheng was the faster one.

The writing desk only had a blank notebook on the surface.

But Li Zheng, ever alert, noticed that it was propped up by a thick stack of physics papers underneath.

And she had already worked on quite a lot of them.

"Look at you! Pretending to sleep to secretly do physics??" Li Zheng opened his mouth wide in shock at Lin Yujing, "You could actually do something like this? Tell me, what time did you start?"

"Um um um~~~" Lin Yujing looked around evasively, refusing to answer, "It’s just… just… from before…"

"You, did you come back to work on physics right after leaving the meeting room?" Li Zheng ranted, clutching his head, "That’s so low, so utilitarian!"

"Um um um…" Lin Yujing’s entire face was engulfed in waves of discomfort.

"And you even put on an act, pretending to be asleep."

"~Um~ um~ um~"

"To think that I was worried about you, not knowing you had already schemed to this extent…" Li Zheng gritted his teeth and threw a stack of Russian monster problems at her, "Then don’t blame me for being ruthless!"

"Um… okay, okay… I was just casually doing them… Winning the championship or whatever doesn’t matter." Lin Yujing said, wiping her mouth.

Li Zheng was taken aback again.

Wiped it off that easily?

I couldn’t even dare to scratch my face for half a day.

Um!

So much for a female PhD student.

It’s all a sham, all of it.

Women are ruthless.

Ruthless women!

"You loser!" Li Zheng furiously scratched his face and rushed out of the room.

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