Eight o'clock, School Auditorium.
Song He entered the auditorium and swept his eyes across the entire venue.
With the assistance of the Mental Arithmetic Capsule, he counted everyone instantly. There were actually 135 people!
There were only fifty first-year Math Competition students, so the number of people present had already far exceeded that. More people were still streaming in through the entrance, making the place exceptionally lively.
Looking closely, he saw many familiar faces from the second- and third-year Math Competition Teams. They had even brought notebooks and looked quite serious.
Song He instantly guessed what was going on. Topology really was difficult. Many veteran competitors had studied it for a year or two and still didn't understand it, so they had shamelessly come over to pretend to be beginners and squeeze in with the first-year students for a refresher.
The first-year competitors were all on high alert, as if facing a great enemy. So many upperclassmen had come to freeload off the lecture—clearly, this lecture wouldn't be easy!
Song He searched around with his eyes but didn't find Chu Long or Qiu Lingshan, who both had the hairstyle of experts.
As expected, mathematical geniuses like them wouldn't show up tonight. They had probably already mastered topology thoroughly, so coming to listen to an introductory lecture would simply be a waste of time.
However, he did see Ning Mo and Zhang Zhilei in the back corner.
When they had been eating in the cafeteria, the moment the announcement came over the loudspeaker, the two of them had grown excited.
They wolfed down their dinners like hungry wolves, then dashed away toward the School Auditorium.
For the two of them, being able to listen to a lecture alongside competition students was a rare and precious opportunity. They could hardly conceal their