Leng Xiangwen frantically worked through the calculations on his scratch paper, anxiously crossing out large sections from time to time.
It was obvious that solving the problem was extremely difficult for him.
But despite the difficulty, he continued inching forward. The steps gradually took shape, growing longer and soon occupying most of the page.
At last, after thirty minutes, Leng Xiangwen completed his answers to the first Super Question across twenty-one pages!
He turned and glanced at Song He's paper. After twenty-one pages, it was still completely blank, with only a lonely "Solution" written on it. It looked laughably pathetic!
The winner had been decided! Leng Xiangwen smiled in relief and cast a mocking glance at Song He. What was the use of working quickly? You don't get points for speed. You only get points for doing more—and doing it correctly!
Song He also began working on his scratch paper, laboriously writing down a large pile of equations as he tried to find a breakthrough.
After half an hour, he had filled most of the scratch paper yet gained nothing. His thoughts were still a tangled mess—in fact, the more he tried to sort them out, the more confused they became. It was as if his mind had entered a ghostly maze, circling back to the starting point every time he moved forward.
Song He took a deep breath. There was no other path left. It was impossible to make up the eighty points from elsewhere when the Super Question was worth eighty points. If he wanted to win, he had to solve it!
"There are forty-five minutes left until the exam ends! Make sure you manage your time!" Ye Lianghan opened the microphone on the stage.
The pressure on Song He suddenly increased. Forty-five minutes sounded like a long