Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 181: I always feel like I’ve overlooked something.

This evening, during the lights-out and bedtime phase, Shi Yang incredibly didn’t discuss women but instead recited catchy rhymes.

He believed that mastering this skill would definitely allow him to craft a studious and upstanding persona.

This way, the girls would no longer dislike him.

Although it was unlikely that they’d actually like him.

But at least, it could pull him back up to zero from the negative.

Thinking that Shi Bao’er would surely make significant progress in the future, Li Zheng felt very reassured.

He lay in bed and, for the first time in a while, checked the system.

The challenges of the Academic Fortune under the Heavenly Demon title were too difficult and could only be left to fate.

Luckily, it didn’t conflict with choosing one out of three upgrade tasks.

He had been busy shopping before and didn’t have the mind to check, but now was just the right time.

[Li Zheng]

[Game Coin: 25]

[relaxation level: Lv4?]

[Distance to Next Level: Relax 2/720 (hours)]

[Please Choose Lv4 Reward——]

[A]

[Top Artist: Publish original artworks on major social media platforms, reaching over 1 million viewers within two weeks.]

[Reward: Earn the title of Top Artist, Painting relaxation rate 30%?, Max limit 30%?]

[B]

[Five Subjects Scholar: During high school, win national gold medals in competitions for five major subjects.]

[Task Progress: 1/5]

[Reward: General Knowledge Reconstruction—Break down the barriers of academic language, integrate the knowledge of various categories into unified general knowledge, greatly compress memory content (98%+), and significantly boost memory capabilities (500%+).]

[C]

[Campus Dominator: Support your factions across classes and grades to dominate over half of the school’s classes and publicly defy the principal, gaining more deterrent power than the principal.]

[Reward: 70 Game Coins, Corruption III DEBUFF, permanently reduce learning efficiency to 0, and start inversely corrupting the system, attempting to awaken the former ruler and push the world towards an eternal abyss of irrationality.]

This time... without saying anything else...

The path of corruption... is indeed bottomless.

This Demonic Nature of narration...

Like a gentle chant in one’s ear...

The whispers in dreams...

Awaken the human worship of irrationality... of disordered pleasure...

It makes one... somewhat tempted to choose it...

Just then.

Shi Yang suddenly turned over.

"Can’t help but ask... Are girls’ tongues cool and sweet?"

Li Zheng was instantly snapped back to reality.

He gasped for air and stared dumbfounded at the ceiling, panting heavily.

Too terrifying.

The path of corruption is too terrifying.

"Huh?" Shi Yang cheered, "Bro, you were so fierce during the day, and you still have some left? Really savoring the aftertaste, huh~"

Li Zheng just kept panting.

Dammit, a lifetime of studying, ruined in a moment.

Even though he had reached this point step by step, he still felt somewhat overwhelmed by the temptation of corruption.

Truly terrifying.

It won’t do, my willpower is still not strong enough.

Let’s recite the Calming Incantation to soothe myself...

"Namo, He Lada Na, Duo Luo Ye Yeah..."

When Shi Yang heard this, he laughed even more: "Wow, brother is quite meticulous, huh? Are you liberating the souls of those billions of descendants who just passed away?"

Li Zheng finally couldn’t stay calm: "Get lost!"

"Hehe, we’re so close, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about," Shi Yang hugged the blanket tightly, looking forward with anticipation, "So, is it really cool and sweet?"

"Damn it, can’t you think logically?" Li Zheng cursed, "The human body temperature is around 36°C, why would the mucous membrane and saliva in the mouth be sweet?"

"Aye, that’s where you’re wrong, brother. There’s a whole series of biochemical reactions involved," Shi Yang gestured out of thin air, "There are many sensory cells on the tongue that can sense temperature and taste and convey it to the brain. Objectively speaking, girls’ tongues are not ice-sweet flavored, but sensation is a subjective thing. Like, I keep thinking about ice-sweet; eventually, I might actually change the biochemical signals and taste it."

"Damn it, you should go eat a green tongue instead."

"Heh, you just don’t get it," Shi Yang chuckled, "If you didn’t taste ice and sweet, it just means you don’t love her enough, you’re just flirting around, you scoundrel."

"Suit yourself, as long as you’re happy," Li Zheng rolled over, wiping his forehead, "That was close, glad you interrupted with that low-brow topic."

"Oh? I can go even lower."

"Shut up, and sleep, sleep, sleep."

"Let’s talk more~ about the details of today, share with your brother~"

Li Zheng turned towards the window, ignoring him.

At times like this, as long as you ignore Shi Yang and let him babble, he’ll soon put himself to sleep.

Now, it’s time to reassess the three tasks.

No, it’s two tasks, as I’m definitely not looking at the third one, it does not exist, does not exist, does not exist...

The first task, "Master Painter," probably popped up because I’ve been painting frequently lately.

Completing it feels not too challenging, and even if my skills aren’t enough, I could still draw some forbidden content that people enjoy, perhaps even making over 2 million.

It’s a pity, the rewards for completing the task are too low, this type of relaxation task should be passed.

I look down on the first one, and dare not even glance at the third.

Thus, there’s no choice left, only the second task "Five Subjects Scholar" remains.

Win national gold medals in five high-school level competitions.

This actually has some difficulty.

Discussing Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Biology individually.

Chemistry is already secured, no need to worry about it anymore.

As for the difficulty of mathematics and physics competitions, it’s undoubtedly at least five times more than chemistry.

And those competitions greatly test a student’s talent and inspiration, not something you can score high on through rote learning.

A situation like with chemistry where one can overpower simply with quantity of knowledge is unlikely to occur.

Finally, looking at the computer science competition, it’s pretty much a fog, I’ll ask Ou Xingzhuo about it later.

Ummm...doesn’t seem to be anything else.

But still feel like I’m missing something.

Whatever, that’ll do.

In short, the "Five Subjects Scholar" is a challenging task indeed.

As for the reward "General Knowledge Reconstruction".

It’s quite profound and mysterious.

No helping it, human memory is a profoundly mysterious thing in itself.

Remembering the taste of an apple is a complex task but it happens in an instant.

But to remember "pale yellow flesh, delicate and crunchy, juicy and crisp" these abstract descriptions takes a long time, and you’ll forget as soon as you turn around.

No helping it, the human brain is better at remembering personal experiences rather than knowledge described.

Moreover, this knowledge is divided into many categories, needing different thought processes and various mystical symbols to describe.

This counterintuitive abstract nature is also precisely the difficulty in learning, the pain point people hate about studying.

And as one ages, some forgetting is inevitable, retaining only the necessities, most frequently used, and most vivid aspects.

This is not necessarily a bad thing.

Imagine if a person really remembered every moment they lived through, their brain might explode.

As for the reward named "General Knowledge Reconstruction", from its description, it seems like a kind of algorithm optimization, or perhaps knowledge compression.

That is, in the future, could one remember more knowledge with less information, faster, and for a longer duration?

Brilliant!

The benefits for learning are needless to say.

What’s crucial is,

In the future, even entering middle age, one won’t be stumped by high-school math problems in their child’s homework.

It will greatly fortify one’s dignity within the family.

At least one won’t end up as miserable as Old Li.

Alright now, no more overthinking.

Accept it!

With the new task accepted, the terrifying corruption task finally left my sight.

Li Zheng felt much better.

On the other hand.

Sorry, to the students who participate in the academic competitions.

This time, I’m truly out to collect the Dragon Balls.

Hereby, I send my sincere apologies in advance to all the finalists who will win the silver medal and emerge as the top scorer.

Heartfelt wishes for you to win gold next year.