Battle, Feels Great!

The first exam was Chinese. For Xiao Yi as he was now, Chinese was actually easier than mathematics.

The Ruthless Continuous Study buff had undoubtedly improved his reading comprehension to an elite level.

Simply put, if the author could only think to the first level, and the question writer could think to the third, then he could think to the fifth.

The answers he gave were therefore even more comprehensive than the ones provided by the question writers.

As a result, he could easily handle every question except the essay. Things like memorizing classical poetry posed no challenge at all. Ruthless Continuous Study had also greatly improved his memory. While he was not quite capable of remembering everything at a glance, as long as he read something carefully once, he would basically never forget it.

At most, he might lose points on the poetry appreciation and classical Chinese passages, which required more specialized knowledge.

The effect of Ruthless Continuous Study was not as powerful for essays, but it could still help him keep his language concise while ensuring his thoughts did not run dry. At the very least, he no longer had to write pointless filler just to reach the word count.

Besides, his essay-writing skills had always been quite good. He could generally score above forty points, and occasionally even above fifty.

And so, for a Chinese exam that normally lasted around two and a half hours, he finished everything in just two hours today.

His paper was clean and neat, without a single crossed-out mark. It also had to be said that Xiao Yi's handwriting was exceptionally attractive.

A Chinese exam paper like that would absolutely be beloved by any grader.

After reviewing the paper once more and confirming there were no issues, he raised his hand without hesitation.

The proctor quickly came over and asked what he needed.

"I'd like to hand in my paper."

Xiao Yi answered.

To him, handing in his paper half an hour early meant gaining an extra half hour to study.

"You're handing it in now?"

The proctor was somewhat puzzled. In a Chinese exam, ninety-nine percent of students would probably wish they had more time. Who handed in their paper half an hour early like Xiao Yi?

Xiao Yi nodded. "Yes, I'm sure."

"All right." The proctor did not try to persuade him further. After all, this was Exam Room 4, so the students' intelligence was surely normal.

And handing in a paper half an hour early was allowed under exam rules. There was no reason for him to stop Xiao Yi.

After packing up his things, Xiao Yi left the exam room.

What he did not know was that the surveillance cameras in the exam room had captured the entire scene clearly.

Through the surveillance feed, they arrived at the monitoring room.

Chen Liang, Qin Song, and Luo Penghua were watching the feed from Exam Room 4, their expressions all serious.

They were deeply concerned about Xiao Yi's performance in this exam, so they had personally come to the monitoring room to observe how he did.

But Xiao Yi's decision to hand in his paper half an hour early had startled them.

"Is that kid Xiao Yi... just that confident?"

Chen Liang pondered.

As the Grade Director for the senior year, the following matters actually had nothing to do with him anymore. Still, he was curious whether Xiao Yi, whose grades had not stood out last semester, had really made such tremendous progress this semester.

Qin Song shook his head. "Who knows?"

If not for the exam rules, he truly would have wanted to take Xiao Yi's paper and look at it right then.

"Let's wait and see this afternoon's mathematics exam. That'll be the main event," Luo Penghua said.

"True."

The two Grade Directors both nodded.

Xiao Yi's mathematics score was what truly mattered!

Time passed quickly, and the afternoon mathematics exam began.

In Exam Room 4, at Xiao Yi's seat.

After receiving the mathematics papers passed back from the front, he took one, passed the rest to the student behind him, then turned to look at his own paper.

Compared with the Chinese exam that morning, he cared even more about this mathematics exam.

Mathematics had always been his best subject, but he had never been good enough to casually score above 140.

It was as though 140 points were a bottleneck.

Last week, solving Professor Liu Bin's problems had made him realize that his mathematical ability had reached an unprecedented height among his peers. But no matter what, this exam was his first true test after so many days of studying—a test of the gap between himself and others his age.

Whether he was a mule or a horse, it was time to take him out for a run.

Determination filled his eyes.

Battle, feels great!

After filling in his name and class, he began reviewing the questions, since the bell for answering had not rung yet.

First, the multiple-choice questions. Hmm...

The determination in Xiao Yi's eyes, which had just been full of "battle, feels great," froze slightly.

What the hell? Were these multiple-choice questions really this easy?

Of course, when he said easy, he was not referring to the first few giveaway questions, but to the final, most difficult ones.

Yet for those supposedly difficult questions, he could basically... see the answer at a glance.

If one glance was not enough, then two.

"Could this monthly exam be on the easier side?"

He had thought they would at least stump him for a minute. Seeing the answer at a glance left no challenge at all.

"What about the fill-in-the-blank questions? The final fill-in-the-blank questions should be a little difficult, right?"

With that thought, he immediately looked at the last two fill-in-the-blank questions, only to get the same result.

Those two questions still did not trouble him much. He could basically calculate them mentally in half a minute.

"The calculation problems! Surely the final calculation problems will be difficult, right?"

Still unwilling to give up, he immediately looked at the hardest calculation problems, but...

"Why are they all so easy?!"

The determination in his eyes faded into listlessness, and the will to battle became boredom.

"Ring, ring, ring~"

The bell signaling the official start of the exam rang. Xiao Yi, who seemed to have turned into a salted fish, began filling in answers on his answer sheet in utter boredom.

"CDABDDDA..."

"1, -3/2..."

Just like that, he finished the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions in around six or seven minutes.

When he began the calculation problems, one hand was already supporting his head while the other answered directly on the answer sheet.

Writing out calculations on scratch paper?

Not happening!

In the monitoring room.

"Why do I feel like that kid suddenly looks like he's ready to die? Didn't he seem pretty motivated before the exam started?" Qin Song frowned.

Chen Liang joked, "Maybe he looked at the paper, found the questions too easy, and got bored."

"How could that be?" Qin Song shook his head. "Before the exam started, I specifically asked the Exam Question Committee how difficult this paper was. They said it was on the harder side."

Luo Penghua fell silent for a moment before saying, "Since Xiao Yi can easily solve Math Olympiad problems, is it possible that no matter how difficult this paper is, it's still just so-so to him?"

They all fell silent. That really did seem possible.

No, perhaps it should be called inevitable?

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