Battle, Awesome!

The first exam was Chinese Language. For Xiao Yi now, Chinese was actually simpler than math.

The [Ruthless Continuous Study] buff had undeniably improved his reading comprehension to a top-tier level.

Simply put, if the author could only reach the first layer and the test-maker could reach the third, he could reach the fifth.

So the answers he gave were even more comprehensive than the test-maker's.

Thus, for non-essay questions, he could finish them easily. Things like reciting classical poetry were no challenge at all. [Ruthless Continuous Study] had also greatly enhanced his memory—while not quite photographic, as long as he read something carefully once, he basically wouldn't forget it.

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

As for the essay, the [Ruthless Continuous Study] effect wasn't as powerful, but it still helped him keep his language concise while ensuring his ideas didn't dry up, so he didn't need to pad with filler words.

Besides, his essay skills were already decent—he could usually score above 40, and occasionally above 50.

And so, in the roughly two-and-a-half-hour Chinese exam, he finished everything in just two hours today.

The paper was clean and neat, with no signs of erasure. It was also worth mentioning that Xiao Yi's handwriting was quite good.

Any grader would love a Chinese paper like that.

He skimmed through the paper once, confirmed there were no issues, and without hesitation, raised his hand.

The proctor came over and asked what he needed.

"I want to hand in my paper," Xiao Yi replied.

For him, handing in half an hour early meant an extra half hour of study time.

"Hand it in now?" The proctor was a bit puzzled. In a Chinese exam, ninety-nine percent of students wished they had more time. Who would hand it in half an hour early like Xiao Yi?

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

"Alright." The proctor didn't argue further. After all, this was Exam Room 4, and the students here were all of normal intelligence.

Besides, handing in half an hour early was within the rules. There was no need to stop him.

After packing up, Xiao Yi left the exam room.

But he didn't know that the surveillance camera in the room had captured the whole scene clearly.

Through the surveillance feed, in the monitoring room.

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

They were very concerned about Xiao Yi's exam results this time, so they had come to the monitoring room in person to see how he performed.

But now, Xiao Yi's decision to hand in his paper half an hour early had taken them by surprise.

"Is Xiao Yi... that confident?" Chen Liang mused.

As the Grade Director, he technically had nothing more to do with this, but he was still curious whether Xiao Yi, who hadn't stood out last semester, had really made a leap this semester.

Qin Song shook his head. "Who knows?"

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

"Let's wait for this afternoon's math exam. That's the real highlight," Luo Penghua said.

"True."

Both grade directors nodded.

Xiao Yi's math score was the key!

Time passed quickly, and the afternoon math exam began.

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

He took the math paper passed from the front, pulled out one copy, handed the rest to the student behind him, and turned his attention to the paper.

Compared to the morning's Chinese exam, he cared even more about this math exam.

In the past, math had always been his best subject, but he had never been able to easily score above 140.

It was like 140 was a bottleneck.

But last week, after solving Professor Liu Bin's problems, he had come to understand that his math ability had reached an unprecedented height among his peers. Regardless, this exam was the first real test of how he measured up against others after all these days of study.

Time to see if he was a horse or a mule—he had to take a walk.

A determined look appeared in his eyes.

Battle, let's go!

He filled in his name and class. Since the bell to start hadn't rung yet, this time was for reviewing the questions.

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

Just moments ago, Xiao Yi had been in a "battle frenzy," but now a hint of stagnation crept into his resolute gaze.

What the hell, these multiple-choice questions—were they really this simple?

When he said simple, of course he wasn't talking about the first few freebie questions, but the final few high-difficulty ones.

Yet, for these high-difficulty questions, he could... basically see the answer at a glance.

If he couldn't see it in one glance, then two.

"Could it be that this monthly exam is on the easier side?"

He figured it should at least stump him for a minute, but seeing the answer instantly took all the challenge out of it.

"What about the fill-in-the-blanks? The last fill-in-the-blank question should be a bit tougher, right?"

With that thought, he immediately looked at the last two fill-in-the-blank questions, but the result was the same.

These two questions still didn't stump him much; he could basically do the mental math in half a minute.

"The long-answer questions! Surely the long-answer questions have some difficulty?"

He refused to give up and immediately looked at the final long-answer question, but...

"How are all of these so simple!"

His resolute gaze turned slack, and his "battle frenzy" will dissolved into boredom.

"Ding ling ling~"

The bell for the official answering period rang. Xiao Yi, now like a salted fish, listlessly filled in his answer sheet.

"C-D-A-B-D-D-D-A..."

"1, -3/2..."

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

When he started on the long-answer questions, he was already propping his head up with one hand while writing directly on the answer sheet with the other.

Calculating on scratch paper?

Not happening!

In the monitoring room.

"I feel like this kid suddenly looks like he's half-dead. Before the exam started, he seemed pretty motivated, didn't he?" Qin Song frowned and said.

Chen Liang joked, "Maybe it's because he looked at the test questions and found them too simple, so he 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 test was. They said this paper was on the harder side."

Luo Penghua was silent for a moment, then said, "Since Xiao Yi can easily solve even Math Olympiad problems, then isn't it possible that no matter how hard this test paper is, it's just that to him?"

Everyone fell silent. It seemed... that might actually be possible?

No, or rather, it should be said, inevitable?

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