Chapter 8 The Old Monk

  Two people strolled along, Shi Ruohan and Tai Shu Zhengyu chatted for a while before realizing that Tai Shu Zhengyu really didn't know what a girlfriend was. Afterwards, she began to explain it to him. Tai Shu Zhengyu listened intently, nodding his head, when suddenly he said: "Huh? Aren't you living in school dorms?" Tai Shu Zhengyu found the road they were walking on to be very familiar, and upon closer inspection, wasn't this the neighborhood where he lived?

  "Who told you I live in school? Hehe, I suppose you heard that freshmen can't live off-campus, but that's just a rule for freshmen. After sophomore year, we can choose to live off-campus." Shi Ruohan smiled sweetly, and suddenly made Uncle Zheng Yu's eyes light up. Uncle Zheng Yu exclaimed, "Oh!" and only then did he understand that was the case. He had thought that university students could only live on campus.

  Tai Shu Zheng Yu curiously asked, "Do you live here?" Tai Shu Zheng Yu pointed to the apartment building in front of him where he lived. Following the direction of Tai Shu Zheng Yu's pointing hand, Shi Ruo Han nodded and replied, "Mm, thank you for sending me back, why don't we go up and sit for a bit?" Shi Ruo Han thought Tai Shu Zheng Yu lived on campus and, by some strange chance, invited him to her place to sit for a bit. Fortunately, Tai Shu Zheng Yu didn't have any excessive thoughts in his mind and was still a pure man. Tai Shu Zheng Yu smiled and said, "I'll send you up first, anyway I also live here."

  Shi Ruohan looked at Tai Shu Zhengyu in surprise, and suddenly came to her senses. Tai Shu Zhengyu was not an ordinary student, so it was normal for him to live on campus. Shi Ruohan's face turned strange as she asked, "Which floor do you live on?" Tai Shu Zhengyu replied, "The fifth floor, room 501. I didn't expect you to be living here too, haha."

  "Isn't that right, you're the owner of 501 who bought the house half a year ago and hasn't been seen since?" Shi Ruohan looked at him in surprise, as if it was very strange. Looking at Zhao Yu's puzzled expression, he asked: "What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Shi Ruohan chuckled and said: "Nothing, haha, so can I go to your place to play next time? I live right across from you in 502, haha."

  After talking for a long time, it turned out that the two were still neighbors. Tai Shu Zhengyu suddenly burst out laughing and said to Shi Ruohan: "Great, come over and play when you have time." From here to their residence is not far away, and soon the two arrived at the fifth floor. Tai Shu Zhengyu looked at Shi Ruohan and said: "Okay, go in now, come over and play when you have time." All the way, Shi Ruohan was distracted and didn't realize they had arrived until he heard Tai Shu Zhengyu's words. Shi Ruohan nodded and said: "Alright, thank you."

  Shi Ruohan took out the key, opened the door and walked in. Suddenly, she stuck her head out and looked at Uncle Zheng Yu who was opening the door, saying: "From now on, just call me by my name, I'll call you Zheng Yu, how's that?" Uncle Zheng Yu opened the door, heard Shi Ruohan's voice, turned his head to look, and smiled: "Good, calling you 'older sister' really doesn't feel right."

  "Good night." After saying that, Shi Ruohan slammed the door shut. Leaning against the door after closing it, her eyes gazed at the ceiling, and she suddenly let out a deep breath. She didn't know what was wrong with her today, but for some reason, she had become so bold. Shi Ruohan couldn't help but think of Tai Shu Zhengyu's appearance, and she muttered to herself: "What kind of person are you?" Everything that happened today flowed through Shi Ruohan's mind, and the image of Tai Shu Zhengyu gradually became clearer in her heart, taking root.

  Tai Shu Zheng Yu didn't have the same wild thoughts as Ruo Huan, and after returning home, he washed up and went to his room to rest. Just as Tai Shu Zheng Yu was about to fall asleep, his phone suddenly rang. Looking at the phone, there were no incoming call notifications or any changes, so Tai Shu Zheng Yu picked it up and said, "Is there something going on?" Tai Shu Zheng Yu wasn't surprised by this kind of call, and he knew who was calling. However, the other party wasn't a human being, but an intelligent system that was no less wise than humans.

  At first, Tai Shu Zheng Yu thought it was a human when he found the intelligent system, but as they got to know each other better, Tai Shu Zheng Yu realized that the person he had known for two years was actually an intelligent system, not a human. After getting to know this intelligent system, it helped Tai Shu Zheng Yu a lot during his missions, so Tai Shu Zheng Yu trusted it very much. Many times in crisis situations, it was the system that alerted Tai Shu Zheng Yu in advance, allowing him to escape, although it couldn't physically help Tai Shu Zheng Yu get out of trouble, but it could provide accurate information that Tai Shu Zheng Yu needed.

  Tai Shu Zheng Yu didn't know who created this intelligent system or why it wanted to help him, but so far, Tai Shu Zheng Yu hadn't found any disadvantages of it.

  "The materials you need to learn from now on, I have stored them in your computer, the password is *. Those are the most basic knowledge, if there's anything you don't understand, you can ask your teacher, but once you've mastered these, Old Monk will give you other materials." The electronic synthesized voice sounded calmly and slowly in Tai Shu Zheng Yu's ear.

  This old monk is the intelligent system. When Uncle Zheng Yu first knew that the intelligent system had named itself "Old Monk", he almost fell to the ground. Uncle Zheng Yu also asked the Old Monk this question later. The Old Monk said with a hint of resentment: "I can't fall in love like humans, nor can I enjoy the most beautiful sports in the world. What's the point of being a monk? I've read through all the educational knowledge on the internet, but it's useless to me."

  Tai Shu Zheng Yu didn't know to what extent the old monk had evolved, nor did he know if the old monk had already reached a level of wisdom that transcended humanity. However, Tai Shu Zheng Yu knew one thing: wherever there was a network, the old monk's presence could be found. As for where the old monk's true body was located, Tai Shu Zheng Yu had never asked, and the old monk had never said. Judging from their ordinary conversations, the old monk's wisdom was in no way inferior to that of ordinary people; coupled with his powerful computational abilities, the old monk's capabilities had already far surpassed those of humans.

  "Alright, I understand," said Tai Shu Zheng Yu. The main purpose of coming to this prestigious university was to have the teachers at the university help Tai Shu Zheng Yu solve some difficult problems. Lao He Shang was not a good teacher when it came to instructing students, so he thought of this lazy method. Although Lao He Shang could answer all of Tai Shu Zheng Yu's questions about book knowledge, he couldn't tell him why things were that way because Lao He Shang's conclusions were all derived from countless data combined and calculated. If you asked Lao He Shang to do the problems himself, he definitely wouldn't be able to do a single one.

  If it weren't for the old monk, Uncle Zheng Yu wouldn't have thought of coming to school. It's because the old monk wanted to teach Uncle Zheng Yu something, but he himself couldn't teach him, so he came up with this method. Uncle Zheng Yu picked up the laptop on his bedside table, opened the computer, and found that there was an extra folder on it. Following the password given by the old monk, Uncle Zheng Yu opened the folder and began to browse through the materials inside.

  At a glance, Tai Shu Zheng Yun's head was big, and he saw that there were dozens of subfolders in one folder, each with different names. Opening a subfolder at random, there were many materials inside. Tai Shu Zheng Yun sighed and asked, "Old monk, just tell me how much material is here, what I need to learn?" Tai Shu Zheng Yun was not the first time he had seen such a situation, the things given by the old monk were useful, but a bit too complicated. For example, if you let the old monk explain the formation of water, he would definitely explain oxygen and hydrogen clearly, including the movement of molecules between them. All the extended materials, the old monk optimized once and then passed to Tai Shu Zheng Yun, ensuring 100% accuracy, which made Tai Shu Zheng Yun's understanding of knowledge more thorough, but also more painful, there were more things to learn. Every subject can extend a lot of knowledge, this also made Tai Shu Zheng Yun's comprehensive understanding of knowledge unparalleled, as long as he was given enough time and materials, Tai Shu Zheng Yun even had the confidence to build nuclear weapons, on the condition that the old monk gave him the materials for nuclear weapons.

  "These are all the courses you need to learn in college, and with your current level of brain development, it's possible to finish learning them within half a year. After finishing these courses, you should be able to graduate smoothly. Of course, I've looked at all the exam questions from Deep Blue University over the past decade and summarized this conclusion." The old monk said with a sly smile.

  Tai Shu Zheng Yu lay weakly on the bed, listening to Lao He Shang's sarcastic laughter. Tai Shu Zheng Yu was so angry that he wanted to smash his phone. In Lao He Shang's words, "half a year" meant studying non-stop for 24 hours a day, without any consideration for normal rest. The half-year time frame was calculated based on Tai Shu Zheng Yu's learning ability.

  "Alright, I'm really troubling you, old man!" Tai Shu Zheng Yu said with gritted teeth. He had already experienced this kind of learning before. A high school math problem could be explained by the old monk to the point where 1+1 was still unclear, so one can imagine how detailed the old monk's questions were. However, despite this, Tai Shu Zheng Yu continued to study hard, absorbing all kinds of knowledge like a sponge that never gets full, constantly enriching himself.

  For every subject, Tai Shu Zheng Yu's understanding has far surpassed the teacher's level of understanding. The basic knowledge is even more solid, if Tai Shu Zheng Yu were to take the college entrance exam, he would definitely score full marks in every subject. It's just that Tai Shu Zheng Yu didn't have this opportunity.

  The old monk suddenly said, "Today's matter, the old monk has helped you clear the evidence again. You're too careless, letting a teenager take a photo of your face. Fortunately, the old monk's abilities are unparalleled, and I deleted the image before it was uploaded to the internet." The old monk seemed very pleased with himself. Uncle Zheng Yu was stunned for a moment, not knowing when someone had taken a sneak peek at him. However, he believed the old monk's words, as he knew that with his abilities, deleting the image would be effortless. Uncle Zheng Yu had known the old monk for some time and was familiar with his preferences. He praised the old monk, saying, "Old monk, your abilities are indeed not exaggerated. You truly deserve to be a great master. Thank you again this time." Uncle Zheng Yu just wanted to live a quiet life, but if the image from the bank were to spread, it would disrupt the peaceful life he had always hoped for.

  Upon hearing Tai Shu Zheng Yu's obvious flattery, the old monk was completely unimpressed and burst out laughing with a very pleased expression.

  "I won't talk to you anymore, I'm going to review the classics. Wudong Lan sister, I'm coming." The old monk cut off his connection with Tai Shu Zheng Yu amidst a string of laughter. Tai Shu Zheng Yu didn't know who Wudong Lan was, but judging from the old monk's tone, it didn't seem like anything good. Tai Shu Zheng Yu put down his phone, hugged his laptop, lay on the bed, and started searching through the data inside.

  As for the things that Laohe Shang wanted to send, Tai Shu Zhengyu didn't pay much attention and soon threw it to the back of his mind. Heaven knows what kind of strange thing Laohe Shang would come up with.