After hearing their teacher Qiu Xue's words, Xiong Batian and the others all fell silent. She was right: it wouldn't be strange if they were all eliminated and not a single one made it into the top sixteen.
In fact, students from Tianshui City No. 95 Middle School had only made it into the top sixteen a handful of times over the years. Most of the time, they went there just to make up the numbers, then went through the motions before returning.
The school didn't expect much from them, either.
A little over ten minutes later, the bus arrived at a vast open area in front of Tianshui City Gymnasium. By then, countless buses were already parked there.
The top students from the various middle schools filed out of their buses and gathered in the plaza. Two or three thousand people had arrived, making for a spectacular sight.
Led by Teacher Qiu Xue, Xia Ping and the others soon got off the bus and went to their school's designated area. They lined up for the time being and waited for the competition to begin.
"Look, people from Zhengde Middle School and Xinbo Middle School are here!" a student shouted.
Everyone looked over. Two glittering, luxurious buses drove in through the entrance. They were two stories tall, and it was obvious at a glance that they were rich people's buses. Their exteriors even seemed to be plated with gold, gleaming so brightly they nearly blinded everyone.
"Tsk, tsk. No wonder they're famous elite schools in Tianshui City. Their students really are loaded," a student exclaimed enviously, gazing at the buses with jealousy.
The two schools were both famous elite schools and were considered sister schools. Xinbo Middle School, however, was more renowned. The children of Tianshui City's powerful families and