Show Off Your Math Skills

Xu Lanlan was gloating, watching as her deskmate Chen Zhao sat there looking completely stunned.

But suddenly, Chen Zhao picked up his pen and began writing on his test paper.

His pen moved like a dragon and a snake!

His strokes flew across the page!

Xu Lanlan was taken aback, unable to fathom what had gotten into him. In just over ten seconds, Chen Zhao had finished all 12 multiple-choice questions! He hadn't hesitated for a single one, scanning each question once before slapping down the answer!

At first, Xu Lanlan assumed Chen Zhao was just guessing randomly, but when she glanced down at her own paper, she was the one who became confused. The answers Chen Zhao had "guessed" were identical to the standard answers she had looked up using a search app!

If he had gotten one right, a one-in-four chance could be explained as good luck, but getting twelve in a row correct? What kind of sorcery was this?!

Before Xu Lanlan could even react, Chen Zhao had already finished the four fill-in-the-blank questions with a flurry of motion.

Just like before, they were all correct!

Multiple-choice questions had fixed options, so one could just guess A, B, C, or D, but how on earth do you guess fill-in-the-blank questions?

Four seconds for four fill-in-the-blank questions? And all correct?

Xu Lanlan's jaw nearly hit the floor. She stared at the furiously writing Chen Zhao in utter shock, as if she were looking at a green-skinned alien.

Are you some kind of legendary deity?

What the hell is going on?!

Chen Zhao didn't even lift his head; he was like someone possessed, moving on to the long-form problems.

However, at this moment, the student collecting the papers had already reached his desk, leaving no time to write out the lengthy steps for the long-form questions.

Xu Lanlan suddenly sat up straight, her face flushing. The person collecting the papers was Zhang Shucheng, a top student who consistently hovered in the top two or three of the class. More importantly, he was the class heartthrob—1.83 meters tall with fair, handsome features; if he swapped his school uniform, he could easily play the lead in a Korean drama.

"Stop writing, Chen Zhao. You won't be able to finish copying all those long-form questions anyway," Zhang Shucheng said impatiently, his tone carrying a hint of disdain, as if to say, "What were you doing all this time?"

As a top student, he looked down on slackers like Chen Zhao who had no ambition! He always ranked at the bottom of the class, slept in class every day, and showed none of the vigor a young person should have!

But to his surprise, Chen Zhao didn't say a word. He ignored Zhang Shucheng entirely, rapidly scanning the long-form problems on the back of the test paper with his eyes, and then put pen to paper! He started writing!

He only wrote the final answers!

Scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch!

He finished all the long-form answers in five seconds!

"This is all I can do." Chen Zhao sighed and handed the paper to Zhang Shucheng.

Zhang Shucheng was dumbfounded. He blankly took Chen Zhao's paper and glanced at it. It was covered in wild, cursive, shorthand answers. It seemed like... he had finished the entire test in just a few dozen seconds?

This is too absurd, right? What is going on?!

The other collectors had already finished and handed the papers to the teacher. Although Zhang Shucheng hadn't processed what had happened, he organized the papers, handed them to the homeroom teacher, and returned to his seat. Even after sitting down, he was still whispering to the student next to him. Several people turned to look at Chen Zhao; clearly, Zhang Shucheng was talking about how Chen Zhao had finished an entire math test in less than a minute.

Chen Zhao stared at his desk, dazed. He looked expressionless on the outside, but inside, his heart was in a storm!

The IQ Recharge System from last night was real!

His IQ had truly skyrocketed to 400!

He hadn't known how to solve those problems before; he would have just stared at them blankly. But just now, when he looked at them, every single question suddenly seemed as simple as one plus one equals two! He only needed to scan the question once, and the steps would pop into his mind in a flash. It took less than half a second to arrive at the answer! It was just like a computer!

This feeling... it was incredible!

This brain, it's simply invincible!

So this is what having a high IQ feels like?

Chen Zhao was secretly enjoying himself, his body trembling with excitement, when suddenly a roar erupted from the podium!

"Chen Zhao! Who are you trying to fool with this paper?! You can't even copy properly?! Go stand in the back!"

The homeroom teacher was so angry his face turned red. He slammed his desk, the sound like a cannon blast, startling the entire class. Everyone turned around, their gazes like searchlights fixed on Chen Zhao, and the corners of their mouths curled into gloating smiles.

Chen Zhao was stunned for a moment, then frowned. I didn't copy, did I?

This paper is 100% my own work!

It was true he hadn't written the steps for the long-form questions, but the teacher had said before that if time was tight and the workload heavy, one could write the final answers or the general logic for simple long-form questions!

I'm not fooling anyone. I did them one by one. Why am I being punished again?

"Teacher... didn't you say before that if we know how to do them, we can just write the results for the long-form questions?" Chen Zhao raised his hand to ask.

"Know how to do them? You know how to do these long-form questions?" The homeroom teacher glared viciously at Chen Zhao and roared, "If you knew how, why do you get such low scores every time? Have you ever passed a math test? Thirty, forty, fifty points—and you're telling me you know how to do the long-form questions? Who are you trying to fool? Get to the back and reflect on yourself!"

Chen Zhao noticed that every student in the class was turning to look at him. Their gazes, like searchlights, were focused on him, and many began to whisper. Chen Zhao caught a few snippets:

"Chen Zhao is done for!"

"What was he thinking? He dared to hand it in with only the results for the long-form questions? Isn't that just asking for trouble?"

"Only the top five in the class have the privilege of writing only the results. What is a bottom-ranker like him dreaming about?"

"He's finished. He couldn't even copy the homework right."

Chen Zhao couldn't help it as he listened!

Even though his grades had been poor before, did they really have to be so judgmental and jump to conclusions?

Without even asking, she claimed I was bluffing? That I was cheating?

I solved every single problem one by one; how could that be called bluffing? Sure, my handwriting was a bit messy, but I've always been this messy! As for not writing out the steps for the long-form questions, hadn't she already announced that as long as you knew how to solve them, the steps weren't necessary?

Cheating? Even though my grades aren't great, when have I ever cheated on an exam? Why is she so dead set on the idea that I cheated? This isn't just a challenge to my academic ability anymore; it's an insult to my character and personal integrity!

Is there no sense of reason left!

Just as Chen Zhao was seething with indignation, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind. It sounded familiar—it was the voice of the IQ Recharge System from last night!

[Triggered Quest: Show Off Your Math Skills]

[Quest Description: Your homeroom teacher and the entire class think you are a math idiot, and this cannot be tolerated! You must prove yourself today! Let everyone know that you are the reincarnation of Zu Chongzhi, possessed by the spirit of Qin Jiushao! Hua Luogeng will applaud you, and even Gauss will praise your brilliance! You are the best at math in this entire room!]

[Quest Steps: Shout the line, "I know every single high school math problem; if you don't believe me, test me, I'll solve them right here!" Once the homeroom teacher calls you to the blackboard, write out the correct answers to prove your strength.]

[Quest Reward: High IQ Experience Period extended by one day]

Chen Zhao was stunned.

This... is this the legendary system quest?

Is this quest really this flashy? Challenging the homeroom teacher directly?

System, are you trying to get me killed!

However, after a second thought, he looked at the tyrannosaurus-like homeroom teacher on the podium, then at the dozens of faces turned around to watch him make a fool of himself, and a nameless fire ignited in Chen Zhao's heart!

It's just a few math problems, isn't it? Everyone is waiting to see me make a fool of myself? Everyone thinks I'm bluffing or cheating? Who do you think you're looking down on!

Chen Zhao straightened up and spoke in a clear, loud voice that echoed throughout the entire classroom:

"Teacher, I know every single high school math problem. If you don't believe me, you can give me a problem to test me right now, and I will solve it on the spot!"

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