Chapter 1351
Chapter 1351 - 1337: Study Hard
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"Life, it’s like a box of chocolates, you never know if the next bite is going to be X-flavored chocolate, or chocolate-flavored X...."
"It sounds like a similar line from a movie, but somehow it feels a bit off."
In Lu Ping’an’s laboratory, as he hurried to catch up on his studies, he watched TV to pass the time and even chatted with Big Cat. His tentacles were also flipping through the freshly completed experimental report.
One had to admit, in terms of multitasking, the multi-tentacles... The sensory system was indeed very powerful.
The time-limited Lu Ping’an, while becoming more non-human, managed to easily run four to five study plans in parallel with his Scholar series abilities at high speed.
He even had time to spare two threads of thought for reading and watching TV to avoid the overly dry study material from becoming unbearable.
"...Is this what they call Quantum Reading Technique?"
"Uh, they have this thing in this era?"
Faced with the astonishment and envy of his senior brothers, Lu Ping’an casually explained.
"I’m at the Quasi-rule level, some things have qualitatively changed."
The other person was still confused and unable to comprehend when Lu Ping’an’s tentacle drilled into his head, and then he laughed and said:
"To this extent, the brain of a Transcendent might just be a decoration, very hard to completely ’kill’, and more like a concentration of contaminated ’rules’ in operation..."
Lu Ping’an initially couldn’t understand his current state, but after examining himself, he realized that "wishing" had thoroughly optimized his condition... More precisely, it shed his physical flesh and the subconscious "breathing", "blood circulation", and other physiological cycles that were a disguise.
Quasi-rule level and Rule-level are ’contaminated’ in an Orderly fashion. They merely subconsciously maintain their "human shape" while their essence has long since changed beyond recognition.
This was also why the reconstruction of Big Cat’s new body was so difficult.
Unlike the "cloning" technique of mortals, the body of a high-level Transcendent isn’t actually something at the material level. It requires not just material duplication, but also the withstand of the ’rules’ and ’materials’ that constitute its power essence.
"...The research results here are quite interesting."
Back when Lu Ping’an took the college entrance examination, the "Scholar" was a distinct entity.
As a Quasi-rule level Scholar, with a formidable foundation of Taboo Knowledge, learning such techniques and knowledge was as simple for him as breathing.
Of course, this also had something to do with over ninety percent of knowledge here being genuine "scientific knowledge".
"...The research approach of Wanjing University clearly has an old-era style, without being overly Extraordinary, which to me, is very valuable."
Even the various colleges of Ancient City University had started to divide knowledge systems such as "Beast Taming" and "Gardener."
Through research and study, they aim to cultivate high-level professionals, and this practical approach provides excellent cost-effectiveness and short-term results.
As for the more high-end? Magic Potion knowledge and logistics required graduate students to truly enter the field, and after laying a good foundation in just two or three years, it wasn’t necessary to focus on a specific "domain".
"Material science, Medicinal Materials studies, Chinese Medicine theory (Extraordinary), as well as regular Biology and Extraordinary Creature Biology..."
Local universities leaned towards practicality, but the textbooks and knowledge systems that Lu Ping’an had access to at Wanjing University, built upon the research systems of former humanity, incorporated Extraordinary Knowledge.
For example, in Biology, they went on a separate track, categorizing alien animals, Exotic Realm Creatures, and man-made Demons as Extraordinary Beings, each with their developmental paths and case studies.
This approach might seem superfluous and hinder the advancement of low-level professionals. However, from a different perspective, if developers aren’t limited to being Extraordinary, this method of dividing into "subjects" and "classifications" can more extensively popularize knowledge and make the development of science "scientific."
And within Big Cat’s laboratory, her personal style was even more extreme...
"Why is there so little Extraordinary Knowledge... No, someone must have reduced Extraordinary Knowledge back to ’ordinary knowledge’..."
This "downgrading" of knowledge had a profound impact on Lu Ping’an, and it allowed him access to many pure pieces of knowledge and sciences, such as the evolutionary codices of various animals and Extraordinary Beings... This sort of knowledge, which should belong to Beast Tamers and be beyond their comprehension, was now recognized by the system as ordinary knowledge.
"...’Knowledge’ is just a tool and material, how could intelligent creatures possibly be constrained by their own tools..."
Big Cat’s abandonment of Extraordinary perspectives gave Lu Ping’an a deep understanding of their essence.
In her generalization, whether it was the mysteries of Deities, the unique rules of Exotic Realms, the basic concepts of physics and chemistry from the homeland, or the professional knowledge (Extraordinary) of each profession, all were just "materials" that could be manipulated.
It was also because of this research concept that several of her "Ph.D. students" were purely Mortal.
They tended to view the "Extraordinary" as a separate "black box" to be understood... They would develop, combine, and apply their understanding and technology, coming up with various targeted "black box combinations," without needing to be able to use the Extraordinary themselves.
"...Quite interesting."
In the long run, Lu Ping’an’s gains were substantial... While truly having to catch up on Extraordinary metaphysics was somewhat uncomfortable for him, this type of "study" progressed at incredible speed.
In the short term, a wealth of knowledge concerning "Beast Tamers," "animals," and "medicine" allowed him to bypass the limitations of the "Gardener" role and make steady progress in the Life system.
Perhaps this was how the true top experts of the Life system circumvented conflicts with their own professions.
"Not only that, you should learn to ’control’ it. If you follow the path of your profession, you will eventually be assimilated by it, becoming a ’profession-altered’ Tool Man or a slave to higher beings in that path. At that point, you need to reanalyze all that you have learned..."
Although he complained constantly, Big Cat indeed kept her promise and broke down her own "inheritance" to teach Lu Ping’an.
With a superhuman learning speed and an immense amount of knowledge-read, he did not gain professional advancements. If anything had changed, it was that his "general knowledge" had expanded in many fields.
With limited time, what Lu Ping’an came to understand more were methods and paths of research, and he began to use the Codex to record Life, understand Life, and constitute Life.
Lu Ping’an vaguely understood that perhaps Big Cat’s true inheritance and treasure lay in this knowledge... Of course, what he saw now wasn’t everything, but to fully inherit her knowledge system, he naturally had to start from the basics, from the outline and methodology.
Now, Lu Ping’an spent each day building blocks... While obtaining regular knowledge from the lab, Big Cat’s "answers" were full of the flavor of the Extraordinary; she was herself the key to opening the vault.
With every learning session and comprehension, Big Cat analyzed her "methods" against "knowledge." Perhaps the "Panel" showed no improvement, but Lu Ping’an could feel himself undergoing a qualitative change every day.
While he was "studying hard," his own disciple, the one-eyed Marshal, was incredibly busy.
"Could you say ’eating grapes without spitting out the skins, not eating ordinary...’"
As Lu was studying, on TV variety shows Lulu was awkwardly smiling, steeling herself to meet the expectations of hosts and audiences, garnering waves of cheers and amazement.
Lulu had become famous, or rather, the fake Easterner from Mercury 42 had become a sensation...
"That’s really tough."
"So tough."
Yet in front of the television, an unscrupulous master and "great master" watched her embarrassment with smiles plastered on their faces.
Lu Ping’an could sense that this fame was not entirely natural and could even vaguely feel the push of Official forces, but...
"Who cares... Haha, that tongue-twister was too smooth, that won’t do. She needs to make a couple of mistakes to provoke loud laughter; it’ll be better that way. Let’s give her special training when she gets back."
And it was obviously this man, who shied away from serious matters and focused on personal tasks, that had pushed Lulu to reluctantly become the face of the campaign.
— End of Chapter 1351 —