This match went smoothly too. They dropped on the outskirts of Pecado, and not long after landing, Chen Zhao had found a fully kitted-out Vector and a Kar98k. He went on a killing spree in Pecado, taking out six enemies.
Then he rode around on a little motorcycle, sniping anyone foolish enough to cross his path. In the end, he got twelve kills and won Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
Little Bamboo Shoot followed Chen Zhao around like a little shadow the whole time, looting every box and exclaiming, "You're so good! You're amazing!" She didn't manage to get a single kill, even by the end, but she was still thrilled.
"Big brother, when will you stream again?" Little Bamboo Shoot asked eagerly just before ending her stream.
"Tomorrow night, probably. I can't promise I'll have time to stream every day, but I'm usually free in the evenings." Chen Zhao was a little surprised. It seemed Little Bamboo Shoot wanted to team up and play again tomorrow night.
Little Bamboo Shoot ended her stream, and Chen Zhao said goodbye to his viewers before ending his own.
He'd made a lot from gifts today, too. After splitting the revenue with the platform, he'd earned over four hundred yuan. His follower count had also grown by a remarkable amount, gaining another eight thousand. It was growing at rocket speed. If other gaming streamers knew how fast a newcomer like Chen Zhao was gaining followers, they'd probably be so ashamed they'd throw themselves into a river. Plenty of people streamed for a month or two without gaining eight thousand followers, while Chen Zhao had managed it in a single night!
His follower count was rising at an unbelievable pace!
Chen Zhao immediately withdrew the money from today's gifts: 412.5 yuan. He smiled with satisfaction as he watched the payment notification arrive.
The sky was as dark as the deep sea, while the city outside his window glittered with lights. Chen Zhao opened an exercise book at his desk and began working through it page by page. Leaves and grass rustled in the night breeze. They sprouted in spring and died in autumn, never stopping.
......
After several days of hard study, Chen Zhao had finished every subject's 63 Exercise Collection. He'd also gone through several practice exams.
For Chen Zhao, whose IQ was four hundred, reading through a problem once was like working it out carefully with pen and paper. The exercises he'd finished in just a few days amounted to months, or even a full year, of coursework for many students!
With a vast range of problem types committed to memory and countless concepts reinforced, Chen Zhao strode into the weekly exam room, eyes bright.
This time, he was going to soar to the top!
The exam rooms were assigned according to students' scores on the previous test, so Chen Zhao ended up in the very last room. It was packed with the worst-performing students in the school, making it feel like a madhouse.
Only half the students had shown up before the exam began. That happened every time: half the students skipped the test.
And those who had shown up didn't look like serious students either.
The student ranked last in Class Ten was cracking sunflower seeds. A small mountain of seeds and pistachios covered his desk, apparently his exam-time snacks.
The student ranked last in Class Six was playing Winner Winner Chicken Dinner on his phone. In less than five minutes, he'd parachuted in three times, turning a battle royale into a skydiving simulator. Chen Zhao looked down on him. It was one thing to be bad at studying, but he couldn't even play games properly. What a waste of space!
The students ranked last in Classes Four, Five, Eight, Nine, and Twelve were playing Werewolf. "Night falls. Everyone, close your eyes!" shouted the student ranked last in Class Four.
"Close your eyes! I said close your eyes!" The invigilator happened to walk in just then and smacked the student ranked last in Class Four over the head with a test paper. The others scattered like startled birds.
Chen Zhao sighed as he watched the chaos around him. This should be the last time I take an exam alongside these people.
Next time, I'll be in the first exam room, sitting with the top students from every class!
The student ranked last in Class Two turned around and tapped Chen Zhao's desk. "Hey, I heard you've become famous lately?"
The student ranked last in Class Two was the center on the school basketball team, nearly two meters tall. Chen Zhao had often sat in front of or behind him during exams, so they knew each other by sight.
"Famous?" Chen Zhao was taken aback. He didn't understand why the other boy would say that. Had word gotten around school that he streamed Winner Winner Chicken Dinner at night?
That couldn't be right. He hadn't told anyone!
"I heard from a bunch of people that you beat the teacher up in the classroom and made him acknowledge you as his big brother. Is that true?" Zhong Feng's eyes shone with admiration, and he was breathing fast.
Chen Zhao was stunned by the question.
What?
I beat the teacher up?
I wouldn't do something like that even if you gave me ten times the guts!
After a moment, Chen Zhao figured out how Zhong Feng had come to believe such a bizarre rumor.
It was probably because the story about him solving a math problem in the classroom had spread beyond his class. Then it had passed from one class to another, with everyone exaggerating it as they retold it. By the time it reached Zhong Feng, it had turned into the ridiculous tale that "Chen Zhao beat up the teacher in class, and the teacher admitted defeat and called him big brother."
Chen Zhao coughed awkwardly. "I didn't beat the teacher up. I impressed him with my academic ability."
Zhong Feng clearly wasn't expecting that. "Your academic ability?"
"I made a bet with him. I said I could solve any math problem, so he could test me however he liked. He gave me two really difficult problems. Of course, when I say difficult, I mean difficult for other students. They were easy for me—kindergarten-level stuff." Chen Zhao explained earnestly. "I solved them on the spot, and he was so impressed that he praised me for being a good student."
"Give it a rest, Chen Zhao! We haven't seen you for a week, and your bragging's gotten even better!" The student ranked last in Class Fifteen chimed in with a scoff. She was a dark-skinned girl with a ponytail named Ding Xiaoqiao, and they knew each other well too.
"But it's true!" Chen Zhao protested.
Zhong Feng chuckled, clearly thinking Chen Zhao was making it up too.
"Why won't you believe me?" Chen Zhao said helplessly.
"Math is the first exam. If you really can solve everything, pass us your answers when you're done, and we'll copy them." Ding Xiaoqiao pulled a piece of bubble gum from her pocket and chewed it. "When the papers come back in a couple of days, if we've passed math, then your bragging will have come true."
"Good idea," Zhong Feng agreed.
"I thought it was something serious. That's easy. I'll write down the answers for you once I finish the test." Chen Zhao looked completely at ease. "I'm going to get a perfect score, so don't copy everything. Change a few answers. If you two get perfect scores too, pigs will fly!"
Ding Xiaoqiao had just blown a big bubble. She laughed so hard it burst.
"A perfect score? You're planning to get full marks in math?" Ding Xiaoqiao doubled over laughing. "Chen Zhao, you may not have any other redeeming qualities, but your bragging is dazzling enough to blind people!"
"Don't laugh. I'm serious. A perfect score in math might have seemed impossible for the old me, but for the person I am now, it'll take just a few dozen minutes." Chen Zhao spoke with complete seriousness. "I'll get it without breaking a sweat."
Zhong Feng couldn't hold back any longer. He doubled over, laughing too.
A student sitting in the last exam room was claiming he'd get full marks in math?
It was the biggest joke in the world!
Even the top students in the first exam room couldn't guarantee a perfect math score. What made the student ranked third from the bottom in the entire school so confident?
Were you a comedian or something?
The invigilator tapped the podium. "Everyone, get back to your seats! The papers will be handed out in one minute!"
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