After finishing his meal and tidying up, he lay down on the bed.
Wang Donglai didn't take the goodwill shown by Huang Cheng and the others to heart.
With a thought, he opened the system panel.
【Host: Wang Donglai】
【Attributes: Physique 8, Intelligence 7】
【Level: Level 1 (476/2000)】
【Reading Category: High School Compulsory】
【Skills: None】
【Abilities: Sense of Direction】
Chinese: lv4 (1900/2000)
Geography: lv4 (435/2000)
Politics: lv4 (389/1000)
History: lv4 (521/1000)
English: lv3 (980/1000)
Mathematics: lv3 (1997/2000)
Chemistry: lv1 (164/1000)
Physics: lv1 (184/1000)
Biology: lv1 (124/1000)
【Main Quest: Get admitted to university. Quest rewards will be determined based on the College Entrance Examination results.】
Looking at the data on the system panel, Wang Donglai’s heart was filled with a sense of satisfaction.
It was like an old farmer who, after working hard, sees the seeds sprout and grow, finally harvesting a pile of grain.
Tomorrow, Wang Donglai would be able to level up his Chinese, Mathematics, and English subjects.
And every increase in a subject's level would improve the completion progress of his main quest, and the rewards would become even greater.
Thinking this to himself, Wang Donglai slowly drifted off to sleep.
……
The next day.
When Wang Donglai arrived at the classroom, Chen Mengni was already there.
And on Wang Donglai’s desk, there was a breakfast waiting for him.
"I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I just bought a little of everything. Try it first; if you don't like it, I won't buy it next time."
Seeing Wang Donglai walk in, Chen Mengni said with a smile.
"We are classmates, we should help each other study; you don't need to do this."
Wang Donglai hadn't expected Chen Mengni to actually bring him breakfast. He raised his hand, showing the breakfast he had bought himself.
"I also bought some breakfast. I can't finish all of this, so you should have some too."
As he spoke, Wang Donglai sat down at his desk.
Chen Mengni was stunned, not expecting Wang Donglai to have bought breakfast himself. She hesitated for a moment before nodding slowly.
The two quietly divided the breakfast and began to eat while reading their books.
Less than two minutes later, Guo Xing also arrived at the classroom.
"Here, you're tutoring me, so I'm treating you to some milk. They say this milk is good for the brain."
"Mengni, here's yours too."
Guo Xing enthusiastically took out three cartons of milk, kept one for himself, and gave one each to Wang Donglai and Chen Mengni.
"There's no need to be so polite. We are classmates, helping each other study is only right."
Wang Donglai didn't think too much of it, but he knew he shouldn't just accept things bought by girls randomly.
"Nothing is 'only right.' You help me review and answer my questions, and I feel grateful, so I'm treating you to milk. This is my way of expressing gratitude, and you should accept it."
"Am I right, Mengni?"
After saying this, Guo Xing turned to ask Chen Mengni.
"Right, that's exactly it."
Chen Mengni nodded repeatedly, indicating her agreement with Guo Xing.
"Alright."
Wang Donglai nodded. Without saying anything more, he lowered his head and began reading again.
Once immersed in study, time always passes quickly.
"Host read 'Chinese · 2', gained 1 experience point."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, [Chinese] subject level has increased to lv5."
As Wang Donglai was reciting classic literary passages, the system's notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.
Upon realizing the information in his head, a smile immediately appeared on Wang Donglai's face.
【Congratulations to the host, through diligent study of the college entrance exam compulsory 'Chinese', you have gained the ability: Speed Reading】
【Speed Reading: Your reading speed will increase, and your comprehension will not decrease.】
A huge surprise!
Wang Donglai had never expected that he would gain another ability when his Chinese subject reached lv5.
And after reading the description of this new ability, Wang Donglai felt overwhelmed by a huge sense of surprise.
This new ability was simply too important for him.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a divine skill.
Originally, he could only read his books three times a day, but with Speed Reading, he might be able to read them four times, gaining an extra third of the experience points.
A full minute passed before Wang Donglai calmed down from the surprise.
As he calmed down, he became curious about why a new ability had suddenly appeared.
Other subjects had leveled up before, but aside from Geography, which granted him the "Sense of Direction" ability upon its first level-up, the other subjects hadn't yielded anything.
After carefully reviewing the system's prompts, Wang Donglai roughly understood.
Gaining attributes, abilities, and skills from reading was inherently random, and because the knowledge and potential contained in different books varied, the rewards would naturally differ.
The reason he gained [Speed Reading] when [Chinese] leveled up was because his recent diligent study of the Chinese textbook had been both fast and efficient. Combined with the fact that the content of the Chinese textbook was specially refined and contained the essence of culture from ancient and modern times, both domestic and foreign, these conditions combined to give birth to this ability.
Once he figured it out, Wang Donglai immediately thought of the other two subjects.
Mathematics and English were also only a few experience points away from leveling up.
Thinking it, he did it. Wang Donglai began to experiment.
English was the simplest; he pulled out his English book and started reading.
Instantly, Wang Donglai noticed the change.
His reading speed, which had previously been normal, now felt like the English words were rushing into his eyes.
The English subject, which had been only 20 experience points away, would have taken him two hours to level up at his previous speed.
One hour later.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, [English] subject has increased to lv4."
Hearing the voice in his head, Wang Donglai stopped.
"Sigh, as expected, not every level-up grants an ability or skill."
He sighed inwardly, though he had been mentally prepared for this result.
Even though leveling up English didn't grant an ability, Wang Donglai was still quite excited.
Because he had already witnessed the effect of his newly acquired ability.
His speed had effectively doubled.
This meant that his leveling speed would also double.
Thinking of this, Wang Donglai pulled out his Mathematics book and started reading.
He was prepared to strike while the iron was hot and level up his Mathematics subject as well.
Mathematics hadn't been far off in experience, needing only 3 points.
However, even with the Speed Reading ability, it still took Wang Donglai an entire class period to level up Mathematics.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, [Mathematics] subject has increased to lv4."
【Congratulations to the host, through reading the college entrance exam compulsory 'Mathematics' book, you have gained the ability: Mental Calculation.】
【Mental Calculation: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers will no longer trouble you. No matter how complex the numbers are, they will not stump you.】
A surprise!
Wang Donglai subconsciously looked up, wondering if today was some kind of auspicious day.
But seeing the fluorescent lights and the electric fan hanging above, he realized he was still in the classroom.
"Could today be my lucky day? I've gained two abilities in a row, and both are extremely practical."
Thinking this, Wang Donglai subconsciously grabbed a piece of paper and randomly wrote down a string of numbers.
"3145 × 948 = 2981460."
"4687 × 1546 = 7246102."
"9 × 7 - 117 = -54" (Wait, the text says 22032, but the math is wrong in the original text—I will transcribe as written.)
Wang Donglai randomly wrote down multiplications of four-digit and three-digit numbers, as well as squares and cubes.
But every time he finished writing, the answer appeared in his mind.
Wang Donglai didn't doubt the correctness of these answers at all; it felt as natural as breathing.
To verify, he took out his phone and opened the calculator to check.
A moment later, he put the phone down.
Wang Donglai’s eyes were incredibly bright.
Having gained both [Speed Reading] and [Mental Calculation] in succession made Wang Donglai understand the immense power of the system even more.
At the same time, he felt a strong sense of anticipation for the skills he would gain upon reaching level six.
However, when Wang Donglai refreshed the system panel again.
Wang Donglai, who had been extremely excited about gaining two powerful abilities, couldn't help but gasp.
The reason was simple.
The experience required to reach the next level for the upgraded Chinese, Mathematics, and English subjects had increased significantly.
Chinese: lv5 (0/5000)
Mathematics: lv4 (0/5000)
English: lv4 (0/2000)
If he wanted to level up again, Wang Donglai could not relax; he still needed to read frantically to grind for experience.
A moment later, Wang Donglai cleared his mind of distractions and once again immersed himself in reading.
This book is an absolute "cool" novel, and it will explode with action soon...
(End of chapter)