Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 129 - 128 This kind of thing always catches us off guard.

Li Zheng originally thought he could leverage school resources and have a car at his disposal, but he thought too much.

Yu Hong just gave him a WeChat business card before going off to have her own fun.

Li Zheng asked if he could take a taxi at public expense, but Yu Hong told him to ask Principal Liu.

Li Zheng then knocked on the principal’s office door to ask if he could take a taxi, and the principal told him to ask Yu Hong.

Li Zheng, who was about to turn 18, felt the hypocrisy of the world for the first time.

The Lake Ying Fishery Gang could only fend for themselves now.

Fortunately, the contact on WeChat was very reliable.

It was a lady with the nickname "Xi Mi Ge," a master’s student at Ji University. Her profile picture was a large, regular crystal with a snowflake-shaped crack at the center, filled with chemical aesthetics.

The lady was also very enthusiastic and quickly approved the friend request, sending Li Zheng the address of Jijing University’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, and asking him how long it would take for him to arrive.

Li Zheng estimated it would take about 50 minutes, adding another 20 minutes just in case, and finally set their meeting for 9:15.

Afterward, it was a journey by subway, from line two to line four, all the way to Ji University East Gate.

In between, Li Zheng took out his experimental textbook for a quick review, though it had limited effect, serving just as a memory reinforcement.

The journey was smoother than the map software had estimated, and Li Zheng made it out of the subway before 9 a.m., standing right opposite the East Gate of Ji University.

From a distance, the East Gate of Ji University wasn’t large. It looked like an ordinary workplace, with only a small gate open at this time. Only a few people were passing through, and they needed to show their credentials to enter.

Watching one after another entering and exiting with their backpacks.

Li Zheng knew they were all big shots.

If he had more time, he really would have liked to sneak a peek at the legendary Yiming Lake, but at that moment, he had to follow the road heading south.

Unable to do otherwise, because Yiming Lake took up too much land and shared too much public space, Ji University’s Chemistry College had already moved out of campus, located just about 200 meters ahead on the roadside.

But just as Li Zheng was halfway there.

Suddenly his eyes bulged.

He clenched his anus.

Damn it... he hadn’t stopped himself the night before, eating too much spicy food.

Why was it only causing trouble now?

He quickly looked around urgently.

Thankfully, there was a public toilet at the corner.

Li Zheng didn’t think twice, pushing through the entrance and charged into the men’s toilet.

Though it was a small public toilet, it had two stalls. The outer one had its door wide open.

Li Zheng didn’t have time to think, dashed in, closed the door, hung up his backpack, pulled down his pants, and there was a series of loud plops.

Afterward, he took a long sigh of relief.

He was saved.

What remained was to take it slow. There was no need to rush anymore.

But just as he slowed down, the next stall started making plop sounds like they were competing.

It seemed as contagious as yawning.

As the neighbor got into it, he also started going intensely as if stirring the seas and rivers.

The two of them took turns, pushing each other on, and in just two minutes, had finished what usually took ten minutes.

Li Zheng rarely felt so unobstructed and thought that the hero next door must feel the same, which unavoidably brought some cheeky thoughts.

Unfortunately, now everyone lived in flats with private bathrooms, and he probably could never enjoy such satisfaction again.

His cheeky thoughts dissipated, and he began to unzip his backpack to get some tissue.

Then his eyes bulged again.

He remembered having almost a full pack.

How could there only be one piece left?

Thinking of the particular circumstances of today’s sprinkling stars.

Handling this would be quite difficult.

There was no other way.

He’d have to fold it several times.

Better than nothing.

Just as Li Zheng was figuring out how to manage with that single piece of paper, a somewhat immature voice from puberty came from next door.

"Hey there..."

Li Zheng was taken aback.

Was it the hero next door?

Still a young hero.

"Hmm?" Li Zheng immediately responded.

The young hero hesitated for a moment, then asked awkwardly, "Um... bro... do you have any extra paper...?"

Li Zheng suddenly felt panicked, glanced at the small piece of tissue in his palm that was barely bigger than his hand, and stiffly replied, "I... also have just one piece..."

"Ah..." the young hero sighed deeply, "Just walking along, and suddenly it rushed out. You too, right?"

Li Zheng empathized deeply and responded with a sigh, "Yes, these things always catch us off guard."

"Just like love," sighed the voice from next door.

"..."

"..."

"Nice... literary flair."

"Thanks a lot, um... you... go ahead and wipe, don’t mind me..."

Looking at the only piece of paper in his hand, Li Zheng said awkwardly, "How about I hurry up and finish, then go out and buy some paper for you?"

"Don’t... trouble yourself too much..." the young hero gritted his teeth, making a crunching sound, "Forget about me, I’ll figure something out."

Li Zheng shivered all over.

It’s not worth it, Hero.

Thinking that everyone had come together by a twist of fate, Li Zheng also gritted his teeth, crunching similarly.

"How about I tear half for you, and we both conserve a bit?"

"No need... you won’t have enough either..." refused Hero.

"No worries, my math is good, I can calculate the folding pattern with the highest utilization rate." Saying this, Li Zheng took out a ruler from his backpack, folded the paper towel around it, and prepared to cut.

"Hey hey, my math isn’t bad either." Hero seemed ignited with interest from next door, "Bro, quickly give me the dimensions of the paper, I’ll help you calculate it."

"Oh? Interesting." Li Zheng thought, not in a hurry to cut, and started measuring, "18x18 centimeters, the original folding method, 3x4, 12 squares."

Hero then pondered, "Hmm... if these 12 squares are fully utilized, one could wipe 6 times each, which is barely enough."

"Yes, but folding in half reduces the number of uses," Li Zheng frowned, "And we also need to consider hands and bottoms, can’t get them dirty."

"Now that we’ve mentioned it... I seem to remember something about this folding problem." Hero suddenly raised his voice, "I remembered! The solar panels on artificial satellites, because they need to fold and unfold, there seems to be an algorithm for that, let me check."

Li Zheng was more inclined towards the practical approach on this issue, with repeated attempts with the paper in hand.

Soon, Hero tapped on the partition: "If the length of the paper is L, and the thickness is t, then L equals ?t/6 times 2 raised to the power of n plus four, multiplied by 2 raised to the power of n minus one, this n is the maximum number of times the paper can be folded, we can roughly take a log to figure it out."

Li Zheng murmured, "Smart, but this seems like just discussing how many times the paper can be folded? We still need to discuss the usable surface area each time, and how to avoid getting our hands dirty."

"Right... these plans aren’t reliable, has no one researched such an important mathematical problem?"

"I do have a workaround here." Li Zheng swallowed and said, "Put your finger directly through the middle of the paper, then with your fingers... after you’re done, wrap around once, snap, clean the fingers, and throw it away, what do you think?"

"This... also works, but the losses are quite big," Hero responded, then suddenly had another idea, "Brother, we could do this, wipe on the edges, then fold the used part inside, switch to another edge, and continue wiping, rolling the paper inward bit by bit until it turns into a ball."

"Brilliant!" Li Zheng praised, then also got inspired, "I think we can improve it further, set an angle ?..."

"Definitely, but we can optimize further, after calculating ?, then take the diagonal..."

"Hmm, very interesting... but shouldn’t we leave at least a few square centimeters of space for our fingers?"

"Oh dear, forgot to consider that, after all, toilet paper usage rate and fingertip feces usage rate are inversely proportional..."

Fifteen minutes later.

"Right, fold it like that, and we can start!" Hero said, "This way, each of us can use it 7 times, and avoid getting dirty."

"Okay, I’ll draw the inscribed circle and angles..." Li Zheng was about to grab a pen, but then felt something was off, knocked on the partition, "Brother... since it’s all this complicated, wouldn’t it be better if I just fold this piece of paper into sixteen small squares by folding it twice each way?"

"Ah!" Hero smacked his forehead, "Right, just use one square each time and throw it away, that works, brother."

"Shall I cut it then?"

"Please." Hero laughed, "Once we start discussing math, we get sucked in, my bad, brother."

Li Zheng also laughed, "Me too, look, I even pulled out my compass."

"Now that you mention it... the compass seems to have its uses too..."

"Let’s... let’s stop here, brother."

Because it took too long.

By the time both of them used it,

It had all dried up.

But that didn’t dampen their academic enthusiasm.

They vigorously wiped as they exchanged greetings.

Hero asked earnestly, "Speaking of which, brother, you are quite pungent."

"Ah, had too much stinky tofu last night, sorry."

"Fuck, no wonder," Hero went on to ask, "Brother, you’re from Ji University, right? So strong."

"I’m just in high school, just passing by."

"What a coincidence, I’m also in high school." Suddenly, Hero remembered something, "It’s Tuesday today, don’t you guys have classes?"

"We do, I’m here for something."

"What a coincidence, I am here for something too..." Hero’s voice gradually trembled, "You wouldn’t happen to be going to... Ji University’s Chemistry College, would you?"

"Yes, I am." Li Zheng exclaimed, "You aren’t... also in Chem Competitions?"

"Yes!" Hero became completely excited, "Did you contact Professor Xi Mi Ge?"

"Yes, I did."

"You... you wouldn’t happen to be... Li Zheng???" Hero impatiently said.

"Fuck!" Li Zheng was shocked, pounding on the door, "Shi Yang???"

"Is that even possible?" Hero was overjoyed, "I’ve wanted to meet you for ages!"

"Same here!" Li Zheng was vigorously wiping, "Enough talk, hurry up and wipe."

Li Zheng on this side hackled and hackled, used up eight small pieces of paper, and retreated wholly, emotionally preparing himself as he slowly pushed open the single cubicle door.

The door hadn’t even opened yet when the mournful voice of a man came from outside.

"Guys, please, could you hurry it up a bit!"

Li Zheng hurriedly opened the door, keeping his head down, and dashed out swiftly.

He only felt a whoosh of air by his ear as the man sprinted into the cubicle.

The door slammed with a bang, and almost simultaneously, a liberating sound came from inside.

Hero from next door sighed, "You’re certainly quick."

"Quick your ass..." the man exploded with expletives, gnashing his teeth, "The... the belt buckle got stuck."

The voice was not just angry but also filled with endless resignation and humiliation.

Li Zheng didn’t dare to think more, quickly grabbed his backpack, and washed his hands fast.

Hero also rushed out with his pants up, washing vigorously next to Li Zheng, "Let’s bolt... fast..."

"Yes... better not wait for him to come out..."