Study Monster Cultivation System-Chapter 300: How was the experience of the exam 299?

September 9th was an ordinary day for Li Zheng when the Jijing Biochemistry preliminaries approached.

The boy who had initially faced the Chem Competitions with bubbling enthusiasm only possessed calmness and nonchalance when he entered the No. 1 Middle School in the City’s examination venue today.

He was merely holding a pen in hand, not even bringing a calculator.

This sufficiently reflected his confidence in biology… and in his own computational ability.

He was just walking, yet he didn’t realize…

That he was already exuding an overpowering aura.

People all have a certain presence about them.

And the most direct manifestation of presence is on the face.

Students’ faces show signs of naïveté.

Corporate slaves exhibit numbness.

Leaders carry a sense of arrogance.

Tycoons project sharpness.

Of course, most people aren’t that pure; they tend to reflect a mix of these aspects.

For instance, if Jiang Qinghua walked here, one could guess he’s a class representative with fairly decent, but not exceptional, academic performance.

If Zhang Xiaoke walked here, most girls would peg her as a mischief-maker, even though many boys might daydream about her but wouldn’t concede she’s good at studies.

If Liu Xin walked up to this place, he would definitely seem like he was at the wrong school.

But when Li Zheng walked here.

The atmosphere was already different from everyone else’s.

Having been tempered through chemistry and physics competitions and the Aerospace First Institute, the tycoon-like aura he emitted had entirely broken free of control.

It was as if, in drawing comics, everyone else could look somewhat acceptable with just a few strokes, but his face took three days and nights of circumspect effort.

Even though he was merely walking, every step, every movement, every expression was teeming with that tycoon vibe, even a casual glance at the basketball court carried the depth of soul-searching.

In the face of such a powerful aura, good looks and a fit physique had become inconsequential.

Now, he didn’t need to stand with his hands behind his back to command an imposing presence.

The students participating in the competition couldn’t help but gaze from afar.

"This must definitely be God Zheng..."

"It’s too obvious, it has to be him."

"Didn’t they say he was going to make rockets?"

"Maybe he’s finished with that..."

"He’s already been recommended for admission, why is he still here competing for a spot..."

"Don’t try to understand a god, this must just be a hobby, he probably just wants to delve into several subjects, and interact with various disciplines."

It wasn’t just the students; the teachers inevitably started discussing as well.

"It’s him, be very cautious."

"The biochemistry competition should be clean and fair, let’s not stir up any trouble."

"Our No. 1 Middle School in the City has been the host for many years... the pressure has never been this intense..."

Of course, Li Zheng didn’t notice these things; he was actually still consolidating facts about fruit flies in his mind.

As he was walking, a rather tender voice called out.

"Group... group leader?"

Li Zheng turned around, it was a very young-looking girl, who appeared to be no more than a middle school student, possibly even a sixth-grader.

"Oh?" Li Zheng squinted, "Has the Dragon Pearl Group recruited new members again?"

"Ha!" the girl hurriedly caught up, clutching her books as she spoke, "You guessed right, I just joined the group a week ago, and I’ve never met the group leader before."

"Hey, those who have been in the group for over half a year haven’t met me either." Li Zheng raised his hand and smiled, "Wu Shu and Ou Xingzhuo are pretty active though."

"They spoke a few words on the first day of school, then they disappeared," the girl pursed her lips and shook her head, "They probably went off to university, not having the energy to focus on competitions anymore."

"Hi," Li Zheng nodded with a smile, "Now that we have you new first-years filling in, it won’t be long before I pass on my group leader role too."

"I’m afraid it’s impossible to catch up now," the girl sighed. "The new policy is about to be released. From now on, only the national gold and silver recipients can have their scores reduced. No. 1 Middle School will no longer offer preferences; there will only be fewer competitors."

"It might not necessarily be a bad thing," Li Zheng said as he looked around. "I’ve seen too many people who compete just to reduce their scores. Having a broad scope for score reduction isn’t good for anyone, and there are already nearly two hundred people with national gold and silver."

"Well, it depends... We’re still okay, but those provinces strong in competitions like No. 1 are already devastated. Their previous agreements for No. 1 and No. 2 are now void, and Xiangnan is already in chaos."

"Xiangnan, huh..." Li Zheng sighed, "There are indeed many tough people there."

"Anyway, next year’s college entrance exams will see a significant increase in the percentage of students getting into top universities without relying on score reductions," the girl said, clenching her fist to embolden herself. "This is also my last attempt at competing. If I can’t even make it to the national finals in biology, I won’t bother with competitions anymore."

"Hey, you still have plenty of opportunities," Li Zheng asked with a smile, "Are you in middle school or first year of high school?"

"I’m already in my second year of high school, okay?" the girl responded, clearly annoyed.

Li Zheng couldn’t help but stop walking and looked down at her, "You... haven’t reached 160 cm yet, have you?"

"Early Training Class, I’m from the Early Training Class," the girl pouted. "160 cm at 15 is quite healthy, okay?"

"Ren Da Fu Early Training Class?" Li Zheng hurriedly clasped his hands together, "My apologies, my apologies."

"Not at all, not at all..." the girl backed away a couple of steps, scratching her head, "There are many geniuses in our Early Training Class, and I’m just at the bottom..."

"That’s still pretty impressive," Li Zheng said. "Is Gu Jianfeng considered a genius then?"

The girl’s eyes widened, and then she stretched out her arms as wide as she could, drawing the biggest circle she could muster, confidently asserting, "Wind God is a giant. He was training with the national team in middle school."

"But he didn’t accomplish much in high school," Li Zheng taunted as he started up the stairs. "He didn’t even go to the physics national finals. Are you trying to fool me?"

"I don’t know about that..." The girl caught a whiff of gossip and hurriedly followed him, "Maybe he just suddenly found it boring. If Wind God finds something boring, he’ll drop it immediately, whether it’s a game, a subject, or..."

"Or what?"

"Friends..." the girl cautiously looked at Li Zheng, "Wind God has very few friends, but it’s not that he doesn’t like to socialize. He just suddenly ignores people..."

Li Zheng’s face twitched.

"Maybe he suddenly finds someone too stupid and can’t be bothered to talk..."

Li Zheng remained silent.

"Does the group admin have some grudge against Wind God?"

"Enough, don’t ask anymore," Li Zheng said with a stern face as he entered the classroom. "You should head to your exam room too."

"Hey, I’m also here," the girl blinked excitedly and followed him inside. "Could it be that you also thought you were a good friend of Wind God and then got snubbed by him?"

Whoosh.

Li Zheng took out his mobile phone, "There are too many people in the group, and recently the moderation hasn’t been strict. I think I’ll kick a few people out."

"I won’t ask anymore, I won’t ask anymore," the girl shrank back, scared. "But Wind God has registered for this year’s math competition, probably to make up for not going to the IMO that year. Maybe you should ask him in person."

"I can’t be bothered to ask," Li Zheng said disdainfully as he put away his phone, taking his seat. "I have lots of friends; my social life is very fulfilling."

"Are you talking about Quiet God?" the girl sat next to him, her eyes lighting up with the thrill of gossip, "Did you really go together to make rockets?"

"Not really," Li Zheng waved it off with a smile. "I just participated in a few small projects in a big project."

"!!!" The girl’s imagination ran wild, "So what’s the deal with Yellow 2? Where’s the problem with the engine?"

"Sorry, that’s confidential," Li Zheng chuckled coldly, "Even though I know, I can’t tell you."

"That’s so frustrating!" the girl pressed on, "Is there anything you can tell?"

"Well..." Li Zheng pondered for a moment, leaning on his cheek, and finally said, "The food isn’t very good..."

The girl asked again, "And what about Quiet God?"

"She’s not a rocket; what’s there to talk about her?"

"I heard your status among yourselves is determined by exam scores, is that true or not?"

"That’s not true at all."

"But they all say Quiet God has always ranked above you."

"You should leave the group yourself."

"I won’t say anymore, I won’t say anymore."

At that moment, three proctoring teachers also entered the room. Initially attracted by Li Zheng’s assertiveness, they brightened up, and then seeing the girl, they smiled knowingly.

The chief examiner put down the large envelope and chuckled, "Middle school students are competing too, huh?"

"Damn..." the girl, unable to express her anger openly, muttered under her breath, "Ignorant... don’t they know about the Ren Da Fu Early Training Class..."

Meanwhile, another examiner glanced at the seating chart and then approached Li Zheng, asking very politely, "You are Li Zheng, right?"

"Yes, I am Li Zheng." Li Zheng stood up in response.

"No, no, there’s no need..." the examiner hurriedly raised his hand and said, "It’s just that... We have reviewed this test many times already, but as you know, it’s impossible to describe every concept 100% accurately. If we did, the paper wouldn’t have enough space and it would be tiring for the students to read, so... unless there’s a major misunderstanding or numerical error, please don’t scrutinize it too much..."

"Huh?" Li Zheng was stunned, "Have I scrutinized?"

"No, no, no, just communicating in advance…" the examiner hurriedly raised his hand and took a step back, then turned to the girl and said, "Good luck, junior high students can also achieve good results."

"Teacher, I’m already in my second year of high school."

"Wow, you are too cute then."

"..."

After the teacher left, the girl reluctantly said, "Really have no eye for talent. I’m not only in high school, but I’m also the question team leader for this time’s Dragon Pearl Group."

"Question…" Li Zheng put down his pen and sighed, "It’s been a while since I compared questions. Does Dragon Pearl Group still maintain the tradition of providing the correct answers first?"

"It still does… for now…" the girl muttered and lowered her head, "It’s just that there are too few people joining the biochemistry competition this time... Suddenly making a newcomer like me the question team leader, I’m afraid..."

As she spoke, she suddenly turned her head, her eyes tearful as she looked at Li Zheng, "It would be great if the group leader could help."

Li Zheng said with difficulty, "This... I should hand in my test in an hour and a half, and today at the Rocket Academy there’s an important... I can’t tell you the confidential experiment."

"Group leader~~~" the girl became more aggrieved, "I’m scared..."

"Really can’t help it." Li Zheng shook his head helplessly, "How about you hand in your exam too, and I’ll take 10 minutes to compare with you."

"I... I... I..." the girl’s mouth twisted, "I might not even finish in three hours..."

"Then there’s nothing I can do." Li Zheng stretched lazily, "I still need to participate in today’s confidential experiment."

"Then... how about we add each other on WeChat?" the girl suggested as she flashed her phone, "Send it to me when you’re done with your exam."

"No need, I’ll just post it in the group."

"Group leader~~~" the girl swayed her body and said, "I actually just wanted to add you on WeChat."

"...It’s not quite appropriate." Li Zheng scratched his head, "Just getting a leave to take an exam... and adding a junior high school girl on WeChat..."

"Does Quiet God even mind that?" The girl squinted her eyes, a hint of scorn emerging, and she covered her mouth and laughed, "The rumors were right, Quiet God is really strict with you..."

"Damn! My WeChat is full of girls, here, take the QR code, scan it hard."

"Yes, sir." After the girl scanned vigorously, she didn’t forget to say, "I will help you gather information about Wind God, I’ll tell you everything about Wind God.’s movements."

"I really couldn’t care less about him."

"Hehe~~"

After exchanging phones, the examination officially began at 9 a.m.

Without a doubt, Li Zheng was the focus of teachers and students alike from start to finish.

In everyone’s eyes, he was not only domineering but also very arrogant.

He didn’t even bring a calculator.

Too arrogant indeed.

But actually, based on Li Zheng’s experience, he could do without a calculator even in physics finals.

As for biology, it has always been a subject half based on memorization and half on experiments.

Speaking strictly, Biochemistry in chemistry is actually much harder than biology itself.

Of course, regarding things like fruit fly mating, there was still a bit of content that required analysis and calculations.

But for Li Zheng now, it really wasn’t appropriate to call these calculations.

It’s like asking an adult what 7 plus 6 equals, does that really need to be calculated?

Overall, the entire period of answering questions was filled with boredom, merely a review of already memorized knowledge, with the occasional experimental questions like dissecting a frog’s respiratory tract being somewhat interesting.

About an hour and twenty-five minutes in, Li Zheng stood up abruptly without any warning.

The three teachers panicked.

Having reviewed the paper so many times, did he still find a loophole?

Upon learning that Li Zheng was handing in his paper, they felt somewhat relieved.

Then they hurriedly informed the Competition Committee, and the director of the examination center personally escorted Li Zheng out of the school.

As the two walked out, the director cautiously asked, "This... Li Zheng... do you have any dissatisfaction with this biology competition?"

After thinking for a moment, Li Zheng said, "Well… it’s too simple, add some more experimental and reasoning problems."

"This...actually, most students can only score half the points," the principal rubbed his forehead and asked, "How about other aspects? How was the exam experience? Was the air conditioning in the exam hall cool enough? Were there any imprecisions in the questions?"

"Everything was quite good, just too easy."

"That’s good, that’s good," the principal nodded repeatedly, "If you have any suggestions, feel free to communicate with us, don’t post it online first."

"I won’t, I’m an honest person."

"Ah, too honest, yes, yes, an honest person."

An hour and a half later, the girl finally finished writing her paper as the bell rang.

When the papers were collected and she got her phone back.

Her brain was a blank.

Oh no, she hadn’t noted down a single question.

The Dragon Pearl Group was doomed!

However, just as she turned on her phone, a message from a man suddenly appeared.

[Li Zheng:]

[ACDBA BBACD...]

Lifesaver!

Li Zheng, the only god!

Without a second thought, the girl scoured through various groups for a bunch of Gu Jianfeng’s photos and sent them to Li Zheng as a thank-you gift.

[Lin Xiangye: You saved my life, God Zheng!]

[Lin Xiangye: Photo! Bomb!]

[(Gu Jianfeng drooling in his sleep)]

[(Gu Jianfeng daydreaming)]

[(Gu Jianfeng’s identity as a werewolf revealed)]

[(Gu Jianfeng wearing glasses explaining math problems)]

[Lin Xiangye: Thank you!]

At that moment, Li Zheng had just entered the cafeteria at the test site and, though he was grinning at the photos, his reply was still very serious.

[Li Zheng: My answers probably only have a 95% accuracy rate, check them carefully with everyone, do not treat them as the standard answers.]

[Lin Xiangye: Yes!]

[Li Zheng: Got more photos?]

[Lin Xiangye: I’ll look for them right away.]

[Li Zheng: Hurry up]

Before he could finish typing "hurry," in a flash...

The phone suddenly vanished!

Lin Yujing was swiftly swiping through the phone, her eyebrows furrowing deeper and deeper: "Who is Lin Xiangye?"

With integrity fearless of any shadows, Li Zheng stood with his hands behind his back and answered frankly, "A friend from the group I met at today’s exam."

"A group friend?" Lin Yujing showed the small avatar of Lin Xiangye and said, "This is a middle school student, right?"

"She is from the early training class..."

"So pathetic…" Disgusted, Lin Yujing tossed the phone back to Li Zheng, "Just went out to take a test...and you added a middle school girl on WeChat..."

"Damn it..." Li Zheng’s face contorted with anger, "Did you even look carefully? I was supposed to help her check the answers."

"Didn’t see that." Lin Yujing looked even more scornfully, "All I saw were a bunch of Gu Jianfeng... even cute boys, you’re too pathetic, already reaching out to the early training class?"

"Can’t be bothered with you." Li Zheng snorted and put away his phone, "How did the experiment go?"

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"Nothing much, just confirmed it’s not a problem with the rocket’s overall structure." Lin Yujing found a pair of glasses and put them on, "Hmm, speaking of rocket structure, I’m lightyears ahead of you."

"Good," Li Zheng said with a chilly smile, "I deliberately gave you a chance to sneak a learn."

"???"

"Otherwise you would’ve just given up like before because I learn too quickly," Li Zheng admired Lin Yujing as if she were some delicious treat, "Keep bragging, surpass you, then trample you underfoot, that’s my motivation to study."