Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 83 - 083 Extensive coverage

Noon, one twenty.

On the playground of Lake Ying Middle School, the final whistle blew.

[Class 4: 29 - Class 1: 41]

Amid the sighs, class 10th grade Section Four lost to the honors class.

This year’s basketball competition came to a halt at the semi-finals.

Jiang Qinghua and the others walked desolately to the sidelines, their faces filled with regret.

Even more regrettable was the absence of Li Zheng, because of which the girls from other classes all went to watch the games on the adjacent field.

Tang Zhifei was okay, still clapping enthusiastically.

"You guys did great, heroes." She handed out drinks to the valiant players and smiled, "Can’t help it, we fought too fiercely on Monday, injuries here and sickness there, and now we’re not in the best shape. This score isn’t shameful at all."

Jiang Qinghua shook his head as he took the drink, "It’s all my fault, I’m not strong enough yet."

"Come on now," Zhang Xiaoke chuckled comfortingly, "You think my mentor’s strong, right? And he’s even broken his leg."

Liu Xin wiped his sweat, somewhat anxious, "Brother Li isn’t replying to my WeChat messages, he’s so heartless."

Qiao Bixia nudged her way forward with a chuckle, "What’s the matter, grease barrel, want to hear about my son?"

Seeing Qiao Bixia’s arrival, the team members greeted her one after another, "Coach Qiao, you’ve worked hard."

"Ah, I coached nothing," Qiao Bixia scratched her face, and turned to look at the opposite team celebrating, "Class One, these little scamps are really cunning, all wearing earplugs. I’m damaging the enemy at the expense of my own, and it can only stop here."

"It’s not your fault, we were all off-form," Jiang Qinghua said after sipping some water, "Do you know how Li Zheng is doing?"

"Of course, no worries. He’s been to Yunxiaotan Hospital, moderate muscle strain, he’ll just need some time to heal."

Only then did everyone relax.

"Wait a second..." Zhang Xiaoke grabbed Qiao Bixia, "My master is ignoring even me, how do you know?"

"Heh heh heh." Qiao Bixia smirked silently, waved her hand, turned her back, and hid her powers and fame.

Tang Zhifei also watched with a sense of alarm.

Li Zheng’s knowledge spread.

Was maybe too extensive.

...

Indeed, Li Zheng had dabbled in quite a variety of things that day.

Not to mention Wang Cai, who he petted until it began to go bald.

Comics and novels were of course part of his relaxation routine.

He even tried meditation.

But even after doing all that, there was still plenty of time left.

With mixed feelings, he downloaded the LOL game everyone at school was playing and tried a bot match.

Terrifyingly, like watching videos, playing games didn’t relax him at all and instead drained his vitality.

In despair, Li Zheng suddenly had the inspiration to start drawing with a pen.

Turned out, not bad, it could recover 2 hours a day.

Only problem, he had no base in drawing at all, and even he found his own work ugly, with a low recovery rate fluctuating around 1.0.

He had plenty of Game Coins to invest to become stronger.

But considering that he was idle at home anyway and improving his drawing skills was quite interesting, Li Zheng chose not to use his coins and instead genuinely started from the basics of sketching.

Like studying history, once he let go of his burdens, his relaxation became increasingly pure.

The only regret of the day was probably the basketball game.

Playing basketball and losing to the class best at academics was quite a blow.

Li Zheng also resolved, even though physical workouts for relaxation were limited, it was necessary to devise a long-term plan.

...

Waking up early on Thursday, the first thing Li Zheng did was check his vitality value.

[Today’s vitality value: 0/52 hours, 50 times rate.]

(Demonization 8, +80%)

Good.

Continue with the magical infusion.

"Political Thought 2", here it comes!

No doubt about it, politics is a dry subject.

Large segments of concepts and discussions, all rote memorization, and when it comes time to solve problems, he had to grit his teeth and analyze.

Compared to mathematics and physics, which at least offer the thrill of solving problems, courses in political thought are simply about rote learning, and the sentences even twist and turn, making no sense even though he recognized every word.

This is how most exam-takers feel about political thought.

However, Li Zheng, who continued his path of demonization, had already ascended to a higher realm.

That is, prioritize light memorization and heavy application.

Instead of mechanically memorizing, he used those concepts to analyze real-world issues and deconstruct history.

A different kind of flavor indeed.

Once applied actively, those isolated and flat concepts immediately become enchantingly dynamic.

In this process, there’s no need to force memorization to achieve an understanding of the knowledge.

A whole new joy was thus unearthed without realization.

Through each delightful analysis, Li Zheng’s entire logical thinking and his materialist view of history were continuously strengthened until they became thoroughly integrated.

In an indescribable way, he had another epiphany.

The subjects indeed interconnected and echoed each other far and wide.

By simply expanding one’s imagination and applying knowledge cleverly, the knowledge itself could cause chemical reactions, mutually deepening understanding and mastery.

Unexpectedly, this casual move in learning liberal arts brought such great rewards.

Of course, Li Zheng achieving this was purely coincidental.

It was because he didn’t focus on exams that he could let his thoughts roam freely, rediscover the purest joy of learning, and comprehend higher realms.

The slight regret was that Li Zheng’s pace of studying politics was not fast.

After all, he read each page thoroughly, extensively brainstormed, and often flipped through history books.

This method of learning meant when the 30-minute alarm went off, he had only managed to finish two books.

Considering yesterday, out of the five required high school political education books, he had only completed three.

There were still six elective ones to go.

Sipping the still-warm tea, Li Zheng reviewed his learning outcomes.

[Chinese: 100?103?]

[History: 81?90??]

[Geography: 30?31?]

[Philosophy: 76?91???]

Although it took quite some time, the gains far exceeded expectations; in just two days, his history and politics had reached levels comparable to a humanities class.

The most amazing part was that from beginning to end, Li Zheng did not force himself to memorize anything; he managed to reach this level purely through understanding, which was both interesting and useful.

Old Li once told him that as people reach a certain age, they might find themselves interested in knowledge again, an interest stemming from human curiosity and a desire to learn.

That is precisely why countless people who don’t need to take exams end up clicking on and watching educational videos.

Reflecting on Old Li’s insights, Li Zheng also remembered Feynman’s witty remarks and wrote them down on a draft paper.

[Physics is like sex; sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.]

Now, it resonated even more.

Li Zheng couldn’t help but add a bold line of text—

[Honestly, I want both results and joy.]

Following this reflection, he began to look over the endless Path of Magical Infusion.

[Complete the task, Path of Magical Infusion.]

[Demonization Level: 8?9]

[Complete the task, Path of Magical Infusion.]

[Demonization Level: 9?10]

[After reaching Demonization Level 10, promotion halts, and the title challenge begins.]

[?Demon Challenge?]

[An Earth Demon is a Study Demon obsessed with a single subject to an insane degree, the most basic level of Study Demon.]

[An Earth Demon, even though their mastery of a subject has far surpassed college entrance exam requirements, cannot control their compulsive, cost-irrelevant zeal for learning.]

[Challenge achievement condition: Score of 200 in a single subject.]

[Note: Before completing the Earth Demon challenge, the Demonization Level cannot be increased, but the demonization experience will accumulate in the Experience Pool and will be released for promotion after breaking through.]

[Current Demonization Experience Pool: 9]

Looking at such challenges, Li Zheng heaved a deep sigh.

The Path of Magical Infusion was indeed madness.

Scoring 200 in a single subject was likely well beyond the requirements of college entrance exams.

From this perspective, there seems to be no upper limit to the mastery of basic subjects; scores merely indicate one’s grasp on a subject and aren’t reflective of exam results.

Looking at the Earth Demons again,

though they could have moved on to specialized studies and mastered a livelihood-related subject, they chose to stay here and reinforce the basics.

That was exactly what he was doing...

A unique smile spread across Li Zheng’s face.

The Path of Magical Infusion was getting more interesting by the moment.

At this stage, without a doubt, the subject that could complete the challenge the quickest was only one.

And that was chemistry, presently in a state of feverish, 100% efficiency boost.

With or without reason, he’d invest the remaining 20 or so hours today to test the waters.