Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 614: Major Construction

Ma Lu returned to the school and took the last bit of time to commission the next research projects.

He commissioned three research projects in one go.

They were "Pursuing Perfection," "Angel Investment," and "Energetic."

"Pursuing Perfection" was to complement the teacher training system that Ma Lu was preparing to lock in.

Its effect would double the effectiveness of teacher training, requiring 200 education points to activate.

Ma Lu had already chosen an empty school building to serve as the teacher training center and had tasked Cao Youyi with purchasing the necessary building materials and equipment.

This includes two talisman laboratories, four meditation rooms, one recording studio—up to this point, Ma Lu could still understand, but the items that followed were a bit strange.

A public bathhouse, with separate sections for men and women, 4 ping-pong tables, two badminton courts, one massage room...

It really turned into a state-owned enterprise’s training center.

However, fortunately, these items didn’t cost much; having them built is just that. The initial estimate for the entire set would be around twelve hundred yuan.

Plus, Ma Lu had been quite generous with money lately, and he had spent a thousand yuan on the sparring with Lingnan, plus two hundred on clearing the Disaster Zone, not to mention the round-trip flights...

The bounty he had earned from clearing the Disaster Zones several times before was quickly spent.

But the teacher training system couldn’t be left unlocked, unlike the few buildings related to students.

The level of the teachers determined what kind of talismans they could teach, which meant students would only be able to learn those talismans.

Especially since the talismans from Hou De were revised versions, specifically designed for combat, which required teachers to spend time and effort researching.

Otherwise, as Ma Lu increased the supply of Enlightenment Cola, the students of Hou De might face the embarrassing situation of having no talismans to learn.

Although they could still hire new teachers from outside to expand the teaching staff, just like with student recruitment, truly capable teachers were also coveted by prestigious schools.

With Hou De’s current ranking, even after improving by 10 places, it would still be hard to attract any decent candidates, and ordinary teachers weren’t as good as thoroughly training the ones they already had.

Although these fellows had some problems with integrity and private morals, they did have capabilities.

The construction of the teacher training center almost used up the last of Hou De’s funds. The Ministry of Education would issue a five-hundred-yuan subsidy for clearing a Level 1 Disaster Zone this week, but it was clearly not enough.

Therefore, the second research project Ma Lu chose was related to making money.

The previously upgraded "Business Plan" could slightly enhance the school’s commercial attractiveness, bringing in some business collaborations.

However, its effect was mediocre. In the past week, Qi Baichuan had visited some local factories and shops, and being a local, he was fully aware of Hou De’s situation.

Even knowing that a new principal had taken over, their interest in collaboration wasn’t great, but this time’s victory over Lingnan should earn them a second look from many.

Plus, Lu Yingying’s publicity in the Ping City Daily would also benefit Qi Baichuan’s efforts.

And Ma Lu decided to add more fuel to the fire.

"Angel Investment," valued at 150 education points, had the effect of moderately increasing the school’s commercial appeal and also slightly boosting the initial offer prices from the first 10 business partners.

This could be considered timely help for Hou De, which was in dire need of funds.

The final project "Energetic" would allow the students of the school to recover an additional 10% of their spiritual power during lunchtime and dinner time.

This was a bit like a setting from an old-school online game to keep players logged in.

Enlightenment Cola could speed up students’ learning of talismans but couldn’t increase their spiritual power.

Although adopting blitzkrieg tactics could minimize the impact of the gap in spiritual power, there would always be battles that required endurance, like the one between Liu Kejun and Luo Hengyi.

Liu Kejun aimed to deplete Luo Hengyi as much as possible, so his own spiritual power couldn’t be depleted too quickly.

Therefore, Hou De’s arranged spiritual power training schedule was twice that of other schools, greatly straining the students.

Apart from "Energetic," Ma Lu also spent 12,700 education points to upgrade the dormitory from Level 1 to Level 8.

At this point, the dormitory’s effect became an additional 80% recovery of energy and Physical Strength during rest.

This would ensure that no matter how rigorous the training routine of Li Zhengwei and others, all students would be able to recover to their optimal state by the next morning.

Having commissioned so many research projects in one go, of course, the upgrade to the Principal’s Office couldn’t be overlooked, and Ma Lu spent another 10,160 education points to upgrade it from Level 4 to Level 10.

However, the added Mood Value wasn’t as much as before; upgrading the Principal’s Office to full level could shorten the research time by about 70%.

Originally, these three projects, along with the ongoing "Wind and Clouds Change," required a full three weeks of research, but now they only needed one week.

That meant by the time Ma Lu came back next time, all four research projects would be activated.

By this time, Ma Lu had spent a total of 23,310 education points, not even half of what he had earned from the recent sparring.

Without hesitation, Ma Lu took out another 24,000 education points, converting them all into Enlightenment Cola.

Considering that suddenly having an extra two thousand bottles of cola was a bit too much, and that, on average, each person would have 48 bottles to drink in a week, was genuinely challenging.

Therefore, this time, Ma Lu purchased the "enhanced insight cola."

One bottle had the effect of five previous ones, with the chance of sudden enlightenment increasing from 10% to 50%.

From an expected value standpoint, enlightenment was more likely, but it also lacked the previous normal version’s combination hit effect, and it was more expensive, with one bottle costing 60 education points.

Ma Lu accepted it nonetheless.

Unless he planned to make the entire student body develop diabetes from cola consumption, there was simply too much of the ordinary Enlightenment Cola to drink.

In fact, even after switching to the enhanced version, there were still a total of 400 bottles, and his Principal’s Office was directly piled up with cola that had appeared out of thin air.

The cola bottles, lined up in rows, looked like small hills and were quite impressive to behold.

To Ma Lu, these were not bottles of cola; they were 400 lottery tickets.

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Distributed evenly, each person would get about 9 chances to draw a prize.

However, Ma Lu did not plan to go for egalitarianism, because in school sparring, a maximum of 10 contestants could participate, and training about another 14 or 15 as reserves would suffice.

Moreover, after the past week’s training and the battle with Lingnan, Li Zhengwei and others should have also identified suitable contestants.

Ma Lu planned to increase the supply of Enlightenment Cola for these individuals, hoping to produce 10 players of Luo Hengyi’s caliber before the next competition.

Only then could they ensure the upper hand against the Guoguang Academy.

What Ma Lu didn’t know was that after he had left Hou De, Cao Youyi received a telegram from the Ministry of Education.

Their application for a sparring match with the Guoguang Academy had not been approved.