Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 191 Senior! Be adaptable!

Shenzhou Residence, 1501, Master Bedroom.

The custom-made desk that has arrived is a full two meters long, but Lu Wei still prefers to sit very close to Zhai Da, only feeling at ease when their knees can touch.

The knee is like a detector for small pieces of wood.

However, the headbutt before dinner left Zhai Da somewhat bewildered.

Something's wrong. Something's 100% wrong.
Something must have happened that you don't know about.
"Are you hiding something from me?"

"No"

"Then why did you deliberately turn your head to the other side?"

"No"

"Ha! You've gotten quite the big shot now, you even have your little secrets!"

Lu Wei's back view looked somewhat stiff.

Zhai Da stroked his chin, deciding to get it checked.

Check if the factory settings are still there, so someone hasn't tampered with them.

"Touch your little hands."

Lu Wei obediently turned around, stretched out her small hand, and placed it in Zhai Da's palm.

Zhai Da played with it for a moment: "Smile."

Lu Wei withdrew her hand, her slender white fingertips slightly lifting the corners of her mouth, offering a stiff yet familiar "manual transmission smile".

"Let me look at your legs then."

Lu Wei stood up.

"Hey hey hey~ Just stretch out a little bit, just stretch out a little bit, it's cold since the heating isn't on."

After a simple test, Zhai Da found no problems.

But there are definitely some little secrets.

He didn't press Xiao Mutou to tell the truth anymore, even though he knew that if he persisted, the other party would definitely tell the truth.

But he felt that this was good, more vibrant, and more like a step towards "recovery".

Pretending to be confused allows Lu Wei to more confidently "explore" the world.

Lu Wei sat back down, gently testing the distance between them with her knees, and then continued studying.

About half an hour later, Zhai Da received a message from "Jiang Jingxuan" in his class.

This person became the class monitor of the Materials Engineering Class 1 in a relatively uncontested competition. The message was not sent individually; Zhai Da did not add the other person but instead tagged everyone in the Materials Engineering Class 1 group.

This usually indicates that there is an important notice from the school.

After looking at it for a moment, Zhai Da said to Lu Wei:

"It seems there are clubs and student council recruitment events in October, which are related to academic credits and are called 'second classrooms' or something."

The content was quite long, but Zhai Da summarized it as follows: "The extracurricular activities are worth a total of six credits, which must be obtained before graduation. Clubs are not the only way, but other methods are quite troublesome. For example, a lecture is worth 0.1 credits, community volunteering is worth 1 credit, and winning a city-level competition is worth 3 credits."

Comparatively speaking, one credit per semester for clubs is already very cost-effective and is the source of extracurricular credits for most students.

However, he participated in clubs during his previous college years, but they weren't very interesting. He wondered if Harbin Institute of Technology would be a better option.

The clubs themselves are fine, but the students' inefficient organization and wasteful formalism are annoying.

I vaguely remember that arrogant "game club" that actually required a meeting every week!

Why not just have a line of people at an internet cafe? Why waste precious rest time late at night by showing old movies in an empty classroom?
The problem is, if it's a club like the ice skating club or the dance club with lots of girls, that's fine. But if it's a bunch of guys, and they're showing romance movies, you'll get bullied by the upperclassmen if you don't come.

If all else fails, we'll have to resort to Jiang Xiaobai, the "exclusive campus cheat," to see if we can squeeze out some credits from somewhere. It seems like running errands for the school counts too.

It's not like he has to run the leg himself, is it?

Without hesitation, Zhai Da sent a text message to Jiang Xiaobai, inquiring about the "second classroom credits".

The next morning at seven o'clock, Zhai Da rode his bicycle with Lu Wei on the back and entered the campus.

There aren't many days left when he can exercise in the morning. He ate and drank too much in Qing City, so he needs to exercise more. He doesn't want to lose the abs he finally got.

If winter really comes, we might have to do some indoor exercise.

As Lu Wei was pondering what kind of exercise would be suitable, she suddenly said from behind, "Zhai Da, your hands are cold."

Zhai Da nodded.

"yes."

Otherwise, how could I answer him that it's colder to ride a bike? Neither of them had gloves.

After a moment, Lu Wei said, "Can I put my hand in your pocket?"

Zhai Da replied without thinking, "Oh, you're quite smart."

Lu Wei touched Zhai Da's waist and abdomen with both hands, and only realized that Zhai Da's shirt didn't have any pockets when she found nothing.

After a moment of silence, he recalled the content of their conversation last night.

"Senior, the reason you didn't succeed yesterday was mainly because you didn't adapt to the situation."

"Um"

"I'm far away, so we can't just follow the script. You need to be able to react on the spot according to the situation."

"Um"

Zhai Da was riding along when he suddenly straightened up, causing the bike to veer off course.

"Why is it a back pocket instead of a proper pocket?" Lu Wei: "."

Because there are no pockets anywhere else, and the pants pockets are too big to fit into while riding a bike.

The bicycle wobbled along the campus path in an S-shape, and the faint sound of a boy calling could be heard.

"Take it out quickly! It itches!"

His youthful appearance attracted many people to stop and stare.

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On the playground, Zhai Da and Lu Wei warmed up together in an odd atmosphere.

One remained silent, the other was speechless.

Something's off, but since things have come to this, let's get some exercise first.
After starting university, there isn't as much free time as during summer vacation, so the focus has been on "maintaining" and "health," and Zhai Da's height hasn't changed for some time.

In the past, half an hour was just a warm-up for his morning exercise.

Feeling that it was about time, Zhai Da adjusted the position of the [Extreme Wristband], put on the [Dynamic MP3], and started his fast run, while Lu Wei jogged.

Because of the limited time, Zhai Da started to accelerate continuously after raising his body temperature and heart rate during the first lap.

The increased oxygenation capacity under the sun gave him plenty of energy. He interspersed interval running with his long legs swinging like wheels of fire, attracting attention on the morning playground where most people were leisurely. Several people, whether from the football team or the track and field team, stared at Zhai Da.

Every now and then, when Lu Wei was ringed, he would remind her to speed up so as not to catch a cold due to insufficient body temperature.

Suddenly, while running, Zhai Da heard a system notification.

"Congratulations, host, the unsealing mission is complete."

"I've lost a total of 50kg of fat, and my [Dynamic MP3] status has been updated."

"Special effect 'No one can beat me with my BGM': You can specify a particular song as your exclusive BGM, and all effects will be doubled when that song is played."

"The exclusive background music is set in the equipment list and can be changed, but you can only do it once every seven days."

Zhai Da didn't stop running; he just focused a third of his attention on opening the system interface in his mind.

This task, which took almost half a year from before the college entrance examination until now, has finally been completed.

At first, I thought it was impossible, but later I found that even without doing anything every day, I could still lose 0.1kg through normal metabolism. Later on, I actually ate more and exercised more.

Do you want to specify a custom background music (BGM)?
The effects of "being influenced by the song" and "forcing oneself to concentrate" were already quite obvious, but I don't know what it would feel like to do it twice as much.

Zhai Da simply specified the song that was currently playing in his headphones in the list.

Crazy Frog.

It's electronic music that he was forced to create during his "driving test" in military training. It doesn't have many lyrics, which is perfect for providing a buff during exercise.

In just a moment, I felt something different.

It's like going from regular headphones to Dolby surround sound!

No, to be precise, it's because he was more engaged with the auditory part of his brain, distinguishing each sound in the headphones more clearly and accurately.

Gradually, Zhai Da's footsteps inexplicably began to match the rhythm. This was a song with an extremely fast tempo, which caused his speed to suddenly increase significantly.

A surge of excitement and joy welled up inside me.

Wow, this effect is amazing! Is it because I've already gotten used to the regular version?
He didn't even want to run anymore.

Why not dance!

He wants to do the ghost walk! He wants to moonwalk!

Unfortunately, he doesn't know any of them, so let's stick with the driving test (Part 3)!
Zhai Da quickly took off his headphones and slowed down. What a close call!

Thinking to myself, this exclusive background music is a bit addictive. I quickly entered a state of being mesmerized, and if it continues any longer, I'll embarrass myself.

Some short videos of his driving test (Part 3) had already circulated from the previous military training party. Imagine if he did an a cappella version on the playground!
His reputation is about to be completely ruined, and he might even make the news!

Headlines like "Shocking! A well-known young writer actually did this on the playground!"

Zhai Da breathed slowly and evenly, glanced at his watch, and realized that the short half hour had passed in a flash, but he still had plenty of energy.

The process of unlocking the [Limit Bracers] made his greatest strength not speed, but endurance.

The first thing he broke through was not his height, but his physical strength.

As I was pondering this, a zigzag line suddenly appeared in the distance.

To be precise, it was a figure holding something in its hand, walking around another person from the entrance.

He was quite familiar with the person he was surrounded by: Lu Tao, a socially awkward genius.

"Hey kid, I'm serious. Your forehead is dark and you have pimples on the bridge of your nose. You're in for a bloody disaster!"

"I didn't mean anything by it, I just care about you!"

Lu Tao gripped his backpack strap tightly with one hand, clearly trying to suppress his discomfort. The distance and the intensity of the conversation between the other person were already a "lethal dose" for someone as socially anxious as him.

The degree of discomfort can be seen from the force with which the person bites their lower lip.

And circling around him was a short girl, a very short girl, who kept talking to him all the way, holding a notebook in her hand.

"Congratulations, host. A special white item has been discovered: [Ge Qiaoqiao's Physiognomy Notes]: The lineage is passed down only to men, but it cannot withstand people's research."

"Equipment Effect 1: Carrying this item slightly increases your understanding of physiognomy, and provides double the bonus when studying the contents of the notes themselves."

"Equipment Effect 2: Focus on the notebook itself, there is a very small chance that it will temporarily resonate with the notebook owner's talent and gain an improvement (no effect on the original owner)."

"Note 1: The 'physiognomy' as understood by humans is actually just an overflow manifestation of a huge, yet undiscovered scientific category. Please do not place too much faith in its accuracy."

"Note 2: Only those with talent who create with care are qualified to have their notes become 'special items'."

(End of this chapter)