Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 170: Stolen a Piece of [Equipment] (Additional Chapter)
"The Time-Traveling Cohabitation Manual" has taken an important step, accumulating seven words.

It should be the same length as your own name.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Zhai Da has taken enough steps today, so he will stop walking.

That evening, I watched TV with Yu Xiaoli, tidied up the new house, and sent an email to Lu Siwen to exchange information about my writing progress.

Xiao Lu, who had already registered at the Chinese Department of Peking University, decided to organize her work and have Zhai Da review it again. She had already revised the questions that Zhai Da had raised earlier.

The girl wanted to come to Harbin on the first weekend after her military training, but Zhai Da persuaded her against it, saying that the training times in the two places were different, and she didn't want to be training while he was still there.

The next day, August 29th, was the first day of registration for new students at Harbin Institute of Technology.

Some had been waiting in Harbin for a few days, some had just arrived today, and some were simply locals. Countless students, along with their parents, flocked to Harbin Institute of Technology.

As the only prestigious higher education institution in Northeast China, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) wields considerable influence locally. It has established "special lines for new students" at airports and train stations, and even ensures transportation from small towns all the way to the school gate in some remote areas of Northeast China.

Protecting its own and spoiling its students are characteristics of Harbin Institute of Technology, giving it a feel of a university from the old days.

There were guides at all nearby subway stations, and traffic police were on duty at various intersections early in the morning to maintain order. Nearby businesses also launched special offers for new students.

"New students can get 500 free for every 300 yuan they top up, or 1000 yuan free for every 500 yuan they top up, and get half price for overnight stays for the first month."

In front of the sign of an internet cafe near the back gate, Yu Jinghui, who was wandering around inspecting the work, put his hands on his hips and pointed at a 1-meter by 10-meter banner, saying: "Take this down for me! I told you to take this down for me, did you hear me!"

It was truly a morning brimming with energy.

Senior students who returned to school early volunteered in various parts of the campus, providing free services. However, they may have had their own "purposes" as well. For example, the senior students took better care of the junior students, carrying their heavy suitcases upstairs.

The female students went even further towards the male students; they actually spoke Mandarin!

Normally it's "What are you doing?", but today it's "How can I help you?"

At this nervous and unfamiliar time of first enrollment, senior students have a special "advantage" to help junior students.

This is understandable. Students from prestigious universities are still students, and they are also young people in their nineteens or twenties. Anyone who is developing normally and is physically and mentally healthy has some "extraneous thoughts" in their mind at this age.
"Knock knock knock".

Amidst the crisp sound, the senior student who was enthusiastically introducing the school paused for a moment, suddenly feeling bored, and his tone became much calmer: "Junior, just keep walking along the road outside the school."

The delicate-looking junior high school girl from the south looked at her large suitcase with a troubled expression: "What about my luggage?"

The senior student made a cheering gesture: "Keep it up, remember to use your hips to generate power, and be careful to protect your lower back."

Then, without lingering, he turned and left.

He suddenly just wanted to go back to his dorm and see his best friend.

Sometimes enlightenment happens in an instant; he cleared away all his distracting thoughts and understood.
Brothers are better than women.

Let alone luggage weighing dozens of kilograms, even bringing a bottle of Coke for a brother would be enough to make him hug and kiss you.

A dozen meters away, Zhai Da was unaware that he had inadvertently awakened a "warrior," and simply glanced at the system interface.

[Six Roots of Purity Wooden Fish] After a summer of accumulation, the special effect has finally been unlocked today, and the accumulated elimination of distracting thoughts has reached (1000/1000).

"Special effect 'Because he is good!': During the duration of the strong luck, it is difficult for outsiders to have any ill intentions towards the user."

Actually, Lu Wei didn't intentionally grind for progress; she typed it all out of interest. Her trigger rate was too high, and it had become a habit, similar to some people subconsciously playing with their prayer beads.

The only thing that Zhai Da found regrettable was that the so-called "strong luck" effect didn't seem to be so obvious in Lu Wei.

You might say she was unlucky. Obviously not. She got a good score on the college entrance exam, her teaching at Utopia went smoothly, she wasn't good with words but she could still command respect from her students, and she achieved her wish of attending the same university as Zhai Da.

Everything went smoothly and to my satisfaction.

But it lacks the immediate effect of something like "finding money on the street" or "winning the lottery".

The only possible place is in Lu Wei's usual little mathematical research projects. What was her conjecture again? I've already forgotten.
Mathematics can be said to be the subject with the lowest research threshold, requiring only a pen and paper; however, it may also be the subject with the highest research threshold. Without sufficient talent, even with a pen, you can only draw a Pikachu.

According to Xiaomutou himself, the progress is quite good, and his inspiration is active. I wonder if this can be considered a manifestation of "good luck".

Today is the first day of registration. Zhai Da and Lu Wei were not supposed to come, as they had already completed the necessary procedures in advance. However, Yu Xiaoli suggested that they come and take a look, even if it was just to join in the fun.

It turns out that middle-aged women always have a more acute insight into the matter of joining in the fun, which is quite interesting.

In addition to a large number of freshmen and their parents, many upperclassmen also showed up. Harbin has a pleasant summer climate, and there are plenty of beautiful short skirts. College students' clothing styles are much bolder than those of high school students.

Zhai Da sighed, "They enroll around 4000 students every year. Even if you add up all three grades of the Maofang Middle School and multiply that by two, it still can't compare. Universities are truly amazing!"

This was his first time coming up with that old, low-class college; there was absolutely no comparison.

Harbin Institute of Technology also has a campus in Weishi, which has its own independent admissions process. It is said that the two campuses together have about six or seven thousand students a year.

No wonder people say that university is a microcosm of society; the sheer number of people there is quite intimidating.

The students here are not the top students in the country, but they are still a small group at the very top, basically the top 2% of the students who take the college entrance examination each year (985 students only account for 4% of the national undergraduate enrollment). This also excludes those college students who are several times the number of undergraduate students, those who took the exam but it was all for nothing, and those who did not even take the college entrance examination.

Numerically speaking, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are in the top 0.5% of their peers.

So, broadly speaking, everyone here is a top student.

Zhai Da wore a pair of shorts made by Lu Wei and a heavy-duty T-shirt bought by Ms. Yu, looking capable and energetic. In particular, the muscles in his calves and the outline of his Achilles tendons made him look very agile.

These are things that boys themselves may not have paid attention to, but for many girls, this is a typical form of sexual tension.

This is thanks to his consistent exercise, especially jumping exercises, which improved his physique thanks to the [Extreme Wristband].

Breaking limits is not only reflected in numerical values, but also in the adaptability of body structure. For example, as Zhai Da’s jumping ability continues to improve, he should have a pair of long Achilles tendons. Even though this part is determined by everyone’s birth, it is not a “fixed value” for Zhai Da.

By the way, my height was measured yesterday and has officially reached 180 cm.

Although I came to Harbin from Dongyang, 180cm isn't considered particularly outstanding here, but my physique and proportions are still much better than the average 180cm. In fact, several female students had planned to try their luck, but they were inexplicably dissuaded by the little wooden fish.

Zhai Da appeared relaxed, but his eyes were constantly darting around, trying to see if any of the top students had any "special items" on them.

However, items carried on one's person and exposed to the elements are few and far between, and I didn't find anything after walking around the entire campus.

By noon, most of the new students had finished their registration and entered their dormitories. The rest was just getting to know each other and buying things, so there wasn't much excitement left. Zhai Da gave up his plans and walked towards the main gate with Lu Wei and Yu Xiaoli, which led to Shenzhou Zundi.

But an unexpected discovery was made right here at the main entrance.

This is not the main entrance for registration; this is to maintain the normal work of faculty and staff. However, it does not stop people, but you have to walk a long way to complete the procedures.

As they were walking out, a zigzag line appeared in Zhai Da's field of vision.

Zhai Da's eyes lit up as he looked over. It was a tall, long-legged boy, who looked to be about 1.8 meters tall, walking inside.

Wearing ripped jeans and a white long-sleeved shirt, what's most striking is his long hair, which reaches about shoulder length. He's quite handsome, and looks more like an art student than a student from Harbin Institute of Technology.

The person is holding a 3x3 Rubik's Cube in one hand, constantly pushing and rapidly changing the cube's structure with their fingers.

"Congratulations, host. A special white item has been discovered: [Mini Rubik's Cube]: Someone is used to playing with Rubik's Cubes to calm themselves down and avoid doing anything strange."

Ownership: Not owned, not activated.

"Equipment effect: After restoring the Rubik's Cube from a disordered state, it can slightly enhance logical reasoning ability. The effective time is 5 minutes. The time is doubled if the cube is solved with one hand."

"Note: For those who are not very skilled, it may take half an hour to achieve five minutes."

After a moment's thought, Zhai Da had an idea. He didn't want to intercept them on the spot, but at least he wanted to get to know the original owner. Otherwise, it would be difficult to find him again in such a large campus.

Just as they were about to pass each other, Zhai Da smiled and said, "Are you here to register? You should have used the back door."

This is not surprising. Today, the whole school was guided by volunteers, and the freshmen were very talkative, often striking up conversations with each other.

The long-haired boy paused for a moment, then asked warily, "Who are you?"

"I'm also a freshman this year."

"Oh."

The other person stood still without moving, but also remained silent.
He suddenly seemed to feel very unwell, and his face showed a hint of tension.

Zhai Da could only continue, "You like playing with Rubik's Cubes? You looked pretty cool playing with one hand earlier, it must take a lot of practice, right?"

Long-haired boy: "I don't like it."

Zhai Da chuckled dryly and pointed to the other person's hand: "Then this..."

The long-haired boy seemed to freeze for a moment before placing the Rubik's Cube in Zhai Da's hand: "This isn't mine, it's yours."

Then it suddenly accelerated and ran wildly into the campus.

Zhai Da: ? ? ?
Watching the other person's running figure, and then looking at the system list indicating that he had acquired "ownership," Zhai Da was dumbfounded.

What serious illness does this guy have?
A few meters away, Yu Xiaoli, who hadn't heard the whole thing, came over and patted Zhai Da: "You kid, why are you stealing people's things?"

"No! He gave it to me out of the blue!"

Zhai Da shouted to the man, "Brother, don't you want your Rubik's Cube anymore?"

The man's voice, tinged with fear, faded into the distance: "It's really not mine!"

Zhai Da said to Xiaoli, "See? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

"You still say it wasn't stolen? You scared them half to death!"

Zhai Da held the Rubik's Cube up to the light and was surprised to find that it even had a name engraved on it.
Lu Tao.

Yes, someone with a serious illness.

This piece of equipment was easy to obtain, but its effect wasn't very strong; consider it an unexpected bonus.

On the way back to Shenzhou Mansion, Zhai Da habitually opened the system list in his mind and began to use exhaustive search to find possible synthesis paths. This was a must-do every time he obtained new equipment.

And he actually found it.
"The crafting path [Miniature Cube] + [Eternal Light Bulb] has been detected. Please place all materials and equipment in a real-world space where there are no observers."

Oh? A "mini Rubik's Cube" to enhance logic and an "indestructible light bulb" to reduce carelessness and distraction... they do seem like conceptual devices.

But the light bulb isn't in Harbin.

Zhai Da scrolled through the system list and turned on the "location function".

The interface resembles a map, with many small dots in white, green, and blue.

Because they are separated by two extremely large distances, the map scale is extremely large, with one group in Harbin and the other in Dongyang County.

The latter is moving slowly.

　Pay back yesterday's debt.

　　The Lunar New Year is almost over, and things won't be long before we return to normal.
　　It's exhausting. For online novelists, the Spring Festival is like a "Spring Tribulation".

　　I used to lament that the festive atmosphere of the New Year had faded, but as I grew up, I realized that it's always the children who are happy, only we are no longer children.

　　Once you become an adult, you can no longer simply enjoy a "New Year".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)