The first round of the assessment ended.
The buzz went through the roof.
The biggest topic of discussion was, of course, Zhou Fan.
Not only had he taken first place in the first round, but he had done so with an overwhelming lead, crushing the competition!
Although these were only the first-round results, with two more rounds to go.
In a competition like this, though, one round was often enough to reveal what each contestant was made of.
In a contest with a mixed bag of competitors, it might have been harder to tell, since there were too many unpredictable factors.
But this National Competition was different.
The contestants taking part were all geniuses selected from their respective universities. Not a single one was a fraud.
With so many geniuses competing on the same stage, if their scores were close, it would have been fair to say the outcome was uncertain.
But Zhou Fan had opened up an enormous gap between himself and everyone else in the first round.
This was no longer a question of luck. It was genuine strength!
They were all geniuses, but even among geniuses, there were differences.
"Did you watch the first round of the National Competition?"
"Yeah, it was incredible!"
"Who came first in the first round? I just got back and missed it."
"Zhou Fan from Xinghai University."
"Xinghai University? I thought it would be Gu Ning or Gu Yu from Heavenfire University. They seemed pretty strong to me."
"Do you know how many points Zhou Fan scored in the first round? Over twelve thousand! Second place only got a little over five thousand, and third place barely topped four thousand. They weren't even in the same league."
"Holy shit! Was the gap really that big? Why weren't the geniuses from the other