Study Monster Cultivation System-Chapter 329 - 328 What a disgrace! (Thanks to the League Leader River丶Jiu Jiu!)

As the plane took off, the lovers’ status also temporarily paused.

Love without studying is but a castle in the air, which vanishes upon the slightest touch in the midst of sweet nothings.

Li Zheng’s heart for aerospace had already been put away yesterday.

And now, it was time to put away his heart for Lin Yujing as well.

While Lin Yujing was furiously catching up on mathematical competitions, Li Zheng closed his eyes.

He began to work on engineering.

The long-neglected task system awoke from its slumber.

[Practitioner task completed.]

[Title acquired—Senior Engineer.]

[Senior Engineer: Can simulate complex experiments and engineering designs in thought, more keenly identifying weak links and optimization strategies.]

At this moment, Li Zheng was not alone.

[Senior Programmer] and [Senior Engineer] merged into one soul.

[Chemical Meditation] and [Mathematical Brain] connected from afar.

True thought simulation, materialization, had now occurred.

In his mind, it was as though an engineering software had been opened, with the YF-88 engine structure he had just participated in appearing at the center of his vision.

In this thought simulation, Li Zheng could not only magnify details but also simulate a trial run state, although parameters needed to be set in his mind.

Li Zheng tried to replicate the oxygen pump’s maximum rotational speed of 13500 RPM, and the engine operated normally.

He tried to accelerate the time ratio, and after running continuously for 870 seconds, the turbine began to exhibit unstable vibrations until it fractured and broke at 940 seconds.

Of course, this far exceeded the maximum operating time; aside from SpaceI’s boss, Master, no one would blow up their engines for no reason.

But now Li Zheng could do it too.

He sped up to 14000 RPM, and the break occurred earlier, at 740 seconds.

Hey, this was starting to be fun!

The third time, he directly increased the rotational speed to the theoretical limit of 35000 RPM.

To his surprise, the pump lasted half a minute before exploding!

In this thought simulation setup, he could also substitute materials; any material he had personally touched and knew the parameters of could be simulated. Unfortunately, aside from Yellow 2, he had little exposure to a series of heavy industry-specific alloys and could only switch to common steels he had encountered before; of course, he could also switch to plastic, or even wood.

Wood was the most fun; as soon as he activated it, the core components turned into wood chips in an instant, not even having a chance to explode.

As for steel, actually...

It really could be made into a rocket!

It could only withstand limited pressure and temperature, making it hard to reach the requirements of a hydrogen-oxygen engine, but theoretically, it was possible for a solid-fuel engine.

Facing this engineering simulation world, Li Zheng was like a child who found a new toy, or a youth opening a very exciting website for the first time, playing wildly without restraint.

This was both a little engineering world and a thought laboratory.

His play filled this world with data; every structure he imagined was stored in the form of a design diagram, and materials and experimental reagents he used could be easily retrieved at any time.

When he was awakened by the flight attendant, there was only one regret left in his mind—

Uranium 235!

How he wanted uranium 235!

He definitely needed to get his hands on some.

Nuke flattening! He wanted to experience nuke flattening!

The flight attendant, thinking he was having a nightmare, immediately smiled and said, "The plane is about to land; please straighten your seat back."

"Oh, oh, oh..." Li Zheng had to temporarily put aside his wild ambitions and turned the knob back to its original position.

"Miss," the flight attendant then turned to Lin Yujing, who was frantically answering questions, "please also put away your tray table."

"Hmm..." Lin Yujing scribbled furiously on her draft paper, looking disheveled in a way that Li Zheng really liked.

"Miss?"

Lin Yujing, gritting her teeth with no other choice, slammed the tray table shut and then leaned against the back of the seat in front of her, continuing to answer questions in a ferocious posture.

The flight attendant, having never seen such a person, swallowed and asked, "Is this... some very important assignment... You may be in danger like this, I still suggest you sit up straight..."

Struggling, Lin Yujing implored, "Sister, please leave me a way to survive..."

"Alright then..."

The flight attendant left, unable to do anything about it.

Li Zheng rubbed his eyes, and with a sideways glance and a crooked smile, he said, "I can now study in my dreams, are you scared?"

Lin Yujing completely ignored him, working on her answers with such intensity that she was almost standing up.

Soon, the announcement came through; the plane began to descend.

Lin Yujing also became instantly irritable.

The phase she feared the most had arrived.

During takeoff and landing, due to the changes in air pressure...

She would suffer from tinnitus!

To be specific, it was either a protrusion or retraction of the eardrum.

She would feel as if her ears were being sucked out or blasted away, which to ordinary people was just uncomfortable, but to someone like Lin Yujing with overly sensitive ears, it felt like someone was furiously jabbing her ears with a feather duster.

Normally, she would try to mitigate the pain with various measures, such as covering her ears or swallowing repeatedly.

But now, she had to keep her hands on the test paper to answer the questions!

"Mmm—-—-"

The trembling "mmm" sound indicated she was already feeling the tickling of the duster.

Lin Yujing struggled with tears in her eyes.

Even Li Zheng felt a little heartache for her.

"Now that I think about it, my ultra-fast vacuum suction can also work in reverse," Li Zheng licked his lips and leaned in, "I could keep breathing air into you continuously, using my lung capacity to fill the air pressure void for you."

"Mmm—-—-" Lin Yujing, while working on the test and shedding tears, shook her head vigorously.

"It’s okay," Li Zheng said resolutely, with furrowed brows, leaning in even closer, "I’ll bear twice the air pressure difference, but as long as you’re okay, what’s a little pain to me?"

Just as their lips were about to touch...

Lin Yujing slapped the test paper onto Li Zheng’s face: "Hand in the test!!!"

Then she covered her ears, crouched by the window, and began to whimper.

Li Zheng pulled off the test paper, discontented, and wiped his mouth: "Usually, you would be moved by something like this, wouldn’t you?"

"I dare not move, I dare not..."

Li Zheng shook his head, listlessly starting to grade the test.

From takeoff to now, a total of one and a half hours had passed.

Out of the four major problems, Lin Yujing had completed three and a half, which was already quite a good result.

Then he looked at the process.

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Sigh...

She had gone beyond the standard answers again.

Li Zheng could only follow her train of thought and verify the solutions, deeming them correct as long as he couldn’t find any faults.

With the help of accelerated thinking, by the time the plane had landed and the passengers were standing, Li Zheng had also finished grading.

"147 points, out of a total of 180," Li Zheng handed the test paper back to Lin Yujing, "Considering your mental state, this is an excellent score. In the official exam, you’d be in the top five in Jijing at least."

"Top five..." Lin Yujing snatched the test paper, rubbing her ears and trembling, "I remember... you were second, right?"

"Yes, only nine points ahead of you," Li Zheng replied, taking out his phone, "Honestly, given ample time and the right conditions, you would probably do better than me."

"So..." Lin Yujing grabbed Li Zheng’s arm and shook it playfully, "let’s call it a draw~~~~"

"Sorry, this is a matter of principle." Li Zheng showed her his Taobao, "I’ve placed the order."

Lin Yujing stared at the products on the screen, her mouth forming a perfect circle, speechless: "Aoh mmm..."

"What’s the matter, you don’t have it?" Li Zheng asked.

Lin Yujing looked at Li Zheng foolishly, shaking her head repeatedly: "Mmm mmm mmm..."

"Then is this model okay?" Li Zheng looked at his phone and said, "I asked Wu Shu to consult the astronomy department before choosing."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Lin Yujing nodded her head and blinked rapidly in agreement.

"Then let’s buy it!" Li Zheng finally resolved to press the purchase button, "Next week’s theme will be astronomical observation, but I want to be on top of that. Speaking of which, I’ve always wanted to see it with my own eyes too, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and..."

"And the Sun, nebulae, the Three-Body star!!" Lin Yujing leaned on Li Zheng’s shoulder and rubbed against it, "You should’ve told me earlier, had you told me I would’ve conceded straightaway."

Li Zheng’s arm stiffened, and his whole body shuddered.

This was his first time being so intimately clutched...

Although Wang Cai would occasionally do so when in a good mood...

But this soft and sticky sensation...

Li Zheng wore a silly smile, comfortably leaning against the chair back.

"Sir... Madam..." The flight attendant had stood by for quite a while now, finally losing patience, she turned away and gritted her teeth, "It’s about time... to leave, isn’t it..."

That’s how things were.

Just as in the conservation of energy, where a nuclear bomb can be created through matter-energy conversion.

In the conservation of happiness, a couple in love is the most terrifying nuclear weapon.

...

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The 35th National High School Mathematics Finals had actually started the day before with registration.

On this day, early in the morning after breakfast, the members of the Jijing Team were already assembled in the lobby, needing to catch a bus to the Huashi First Affiliated Middle School for the opening ceremony before 8:00.

It’s worth mentioning that this time, the number of people in the provincial team was much larger than those of other subjects from Jijing.

The size of a regional provincial team is determined by its past performance, with more slots allocated for better results.

Therefore, just by looking at the scale, one could discern the status of a province in the competition.

Everything comes back to the principle that the one with more people is more awesome.

5 or fewer people—obscure province.

5-10 people—somewhat famous province.

10-15 people—province with some substance.

15-20 people—province where big names gather.

Over 20 people—province of giants.

In other subject competitions, the Jijing Provincial Team usually had between 10 and 15 members. Excluding anomalies like Li Zheng and freaks like Lin Yujing, who had been bottled up for who knows how many years, Jijing’s average strength was considered to have some substance, occasionally producing a big shot. However, compared to powerhouses like Xiangnan, they were still a tier below.

But math was different.

This time, the Jijing Team had a total of 21 members, truly a team of giants.

Why was that?

There was only one reason.

Ren Da Fu... took mathematics quite seriously.

In other subjects, Ren Da Fu had made efforts in recent years, but they had not put in their absolute all, and one could even say the school authorities were not so keen on it in subjective terms. It was only due to the demands of many students who wanted to gain extra points for college entrance exams through various competitions that the school had to make some efforts.

But with math, they had always focused on it traditionally, and they indeed had the most talented student base in the city.

Thus, unlike in other subject competitions, there was no situation of No. 1 Middle School in the City rivaling Ren Da Fu.

In the list of the 21 people for the provincial team, Ren Da Fu alone commanded 13 spots, a completely dominating position.

Naturally, the leader of the team was also naturally Ren Da Fu’s competition math teacher Zhou Mingyang.

Unlike those teachers who were all smiles and laughter like Yang Changle, he looked much more serious, always wearing square silver-framed glasses and maintaining a stern expression, making the students dare only sit quietly on the sofa and wait, not daring to be too boisterous.

As they were waiting, a tall boy rushed over, "Teacher Zhou... Gu Jianfeng says he’s not feeling well, the opening ceremony..."

"I know," Zhou Mingyang interrupted with a raised hand, "You stay and take care of him."

"I suggested that, but he said there’s no need and that he’d be fine just lying down."

"Then that’s all we can do," Zhou Mingyang looked around and said, "That’s about everyone. Check the roll call."

"Apart from Gu Jianfeng and Li Zheng, all 19 members are here," the boy looked up after scanning the room, "Teacher Zhou, will Li Zheng be able to come at all?"

"He said he would arrive today," Zhou Mingyang shook his head, "What can we say when that Aerospace Group asks us to accommodate? We were nearly at the point of postponing the finals just for him. He’s truly impressive; I’ve never seen a contestant with such a big entourage in all my years of competitive coaching."

The more Zhou Mingyang spoke, the more agitated he became, and he began to complain to the teacher beside him, "He doesn’t show up for training or the opening ceremony. Wasn’t our school’s little Deng impressive enough last year? He won the IMO championship, didn’t he? Took the gold medal in the informatics competition, right? Did he do this?"

The female teacher from No. 4 Middle School beside him hurriedly said, "Li Zheng also has his missions. Didn’t you see the livestream by Yellow 2 yesterday?"

"Of course, I saw it. How could I not? We even stopped class to watch it," Zhou Mingyang became even more upset as he talked, "Aerospace is such a serious business, the culmination of so much effort, and he… he ruined it at the last moment… My, my! What a mess!"

"I actually think it was quite nice..." Another young male teacher from Normal University Affiliated School laughed, "Do you know how many people were moved by that moment? Many might just set their sights on aerospace because of it."

"Since when does aerospace need to attract people like that?" Zhou Mingyang glared, his glasses askew, "So, they are all going into aerospace to find a mate? Yes, I admit that the young female engineer… she was truly beautiful… but..."

In the midst of the discussion, suddenly someone yelled out.

"Holy sh*t!! God Zheng!!"

Instantly, the entire lobby went silent.

It wasn’t just the Jijing Team; the kids from other provincial teams also stood up and looked towards the hotel’s entrance.

Yes, it was him, he had arrived.

He walked with a commanding presence that subdued the atmosphere.

He was imposing without anger.

Together, attached at the hip, discussing the shape of Saturn, they walked in!

And Quiet God.

The equally legendary figure.

The one who always wins, the one who’s always on top.

Was now clinging to Li Zheng’s shoulder like a little wife, seemingly stuck there for good.

At that moment, the equation of happiness conservation exploded instantaneously.

Happiness = Zheng Jing²

Zheng Jing².

Who could withstand that?

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For a moment, an indiscriminate wave of joy swept over every buzz-cut boy.

What need do I have for this math?

So what if I have this IQ?

At this moment.

Li Zheng had already won.

"Suc... Suc... Suc... Success..." Zhou Mingyang stared at the two from a distance, his glasses sliding further down his nose, "Suc... Suc... Suc..."

At that moment, Li Zheng also stopped; he noticed everyone was looking at him.

Lin Yujing, too, was startled into stopping her affection, straightening up and prying off the hands that Li Zheng had wrapped around her.

Phew...

Everyone finally caught their breath.

But then, the hands of the two intertwined once again, fingers locked together.

It’s no use...

They couldn’t catch their breath...

At this time, a short girl suddenly jumped out from the crowd: "This way! God Zheng, over here!"

Li Zheng glared; wasn’t that Lin Xiangye? She sure didn’t let our Dragon Pearl Group down.

Lin Yujing squinted over too: "Whose trash is this again?"

"It’s Lin Xiangye from the last Biology competition," Li Zheng said with a smile as he walked over, waving from afar, "You caught the earliest flight; you really made it in time."

Lin Xiangye also came forward, greeting Li Zheng before suddenly grabbing Lin Yujing’s hand: "Wow! Quiet God is even cuter than in the photos!"

"Uh..." Lin Yujing blushed and turned her head, "Which... photo..."

"Definitely not the Kiss~ kind."

"..." Lin Yujing said with a trembling voice, "You... you sure have a way with words..."

"Haha, the Kiss photo looks good too." Lin Xiangye said and then, noticing the bus arriving outside, quickly let go of Lin Yujing’s hand, "Sorry... We have to go to the opening ceremony. I’ll introduce God Zheng to the teachers first..."

"Sure," Lin Yujing then waved to Li Zheng, "I’ll handle the registration myself, you join the team."

"You should get some sleep first, I’ll try to come back early."

"Yes, and you better sleep well during the opening ceremony too."

With that, they went their separate ways. Li Zheng, under the indescribable complex gazes of everyone, made his way to the three team leader teachers.

Zhou Mingyang was still shaking with tremors: "Wha... wha... wha... body..."

"All right, all right, Teacher Zhou..." the female teacher from No. 4 Middle School hurried forward with a smile, "So, Li Zheng, you’re about to go to the opening ceremony. Do you need to rest for a bit?"

"No need, no need." Li Zheng nodded and bowed politely before looking around, "Where’s little Gu Jianfeng?"

"Gu Jianfeng isn’t feeling well and is resting," said the tall boy, swallowing hard as he eyed Li Zheng, "He doesn’t come to school much... We’re not very close."

"Hey, we often meet at competitions." Li Zheng looked concerned, "It’s not good to be sick at a time like this. Does he need someone to take care of him?"

"He seems to prefer being alone, he doesn’t even let me enter the room," the boy hesitated, "If you’re that close to him... maybe you should stay?"

"I can," Li Zheng nodded repeatedly.

"Then..." the boy looked towards the three teachers.

The two other teachers turned their gaze to Zhou Mingyang.

Zhou Mingyang glared at Li Zheng for seven or eight seconds before finally squeezing out, "... decorum!!"

"..." Li Zheng frowned; was this some kind of word association game?

The boy quickly introduced, "This is the head of the delegation, Teacher Zhou Mingyang from Ren Da Fu."

"Nice to meet you, Teacher Zhou," Li Zheng hurriedly greeted.

"You... you..." Zhou Mingyang glowered and pointed at Li Zheng, "She... she..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a figure dashed over.

"I’m so sorry... Excuse me, Teacher…" Lin Yujing approached Li Zheng timidly, extending her right hand, "My ID card..."

"Oh, right..." Li Zheng quickly took out her ID card and handed it to her, "I forgot to give it to you after checking in..."

"Phew..." Lin Yujing quickly bowed to the three teachers, "I’m sorry, I’m sorry..."

Then she turned and scampered away.

While everyone else was still stunned, speechless—

"She... she..." Zhou Mingyang once again glared, struggling for a long time, finally collapsing onto the sofa, "She really is pretty!!!"

"..."

The persona collapsed just like that, and it came without warning.