Death Question

Then, when the camera turned to Jiang Fan again.

Qiao Yifei could not help exclaiming in surprise!

"Huh! No way!"

Hearing Qiao Yifei's surprised cry, the other girls immediately grew curious!

"Yifei, you know him?"

"S-sort of!"

A month earlier, her eldest uncle, Qiao Shan, had asked her to entice Jiang Fan into attending Huaqing University.

Later, Jiang Fan had fled in terror, and her eldest uncle had called him many times before finally reaching him!

However, Jiang Fan had turned down guaranteed admission to Huaqing University.

If Jiang Fan had not told her about some nanometer measurement technology, which Qiao Shan was researching, she would definitely have received a fierce scolding from her eldest uncle!

Actually, Qiao Yifei was quite grateful to Jiang Fan.

The nanometer measurement technology Jiang Fan had told her about had not only earned her academic credits, but also won her Huaqing University's Research Innovation Award!

When Qiao Yifei remembered how Jiang Fan had gotten a nosebleed because of her, she could not help giggling.

That little brat Jiang Fan was actually rather cute.

"Hey! Yifei, you're not getting horny again, are you? You're smiling so much you're drooling!"

Feeling some dampness at the corner of her mouth, Qiao Yifei hurriedly wiped it away in embarrassment!

"Ah! This poor freshman is going to fall into this dirty old woman's clutches again!"

"You're the dirty old woman! You're asking for a beating!"

"..."

Just as Qiao Yifei started getting physical with Xiaoyu, the students around them let out another round of astonished cries!

"Holy shit! That's badass!"

"Is this guy even fucking human?"

"He's definitely a study overlord. No, he must be a study overlord's dad!"

Hearing everyone's exclamations, Qiao Yifei and the others hurriedly looked at the big screen!

The image on it showed that Jiang Fan had already finished the second question!

The girls, too, were so shocked that the color drained from their pretty faces!

"No way, he's finished the second question already? How long has it even been?"

"Yeah, I don't think it's even been two minutes!"

Then the camera focused on the time on the timer!

01:03!

"One minute and three seconds? Two minutes for both questions combined?"

"Isn't he a little too ridiculously good?"

"The freshman who went up with him has only reached the eighth step of the first question, and he's already finished two whole questions!"

"I seriously suspect he's a math professor in disguise!"

"..."

Jiang Fan soon followed the senior student to the third question.

"Junior, you have one hour for the third question. If you haven't solved it when time runs out, you'll be eliminated!"

Jiang Fan nodded to show he understood.

Opposite Jiang Fan, the freshman working on the third question was frowning deeply, completely at a loss!

Just then, the senior student keeping time behind him reminded him!

"You have eighteen minutes left!"

"Got it!"

The freshman answered somewhat irritably!

He had not expected the third question to be so much harder than the first two!

It could practically rival the hardest major problems in an Olympiad!

He had reached the sixth step, but had absolutely no idea how to proceed.

"Ah!"

He sighed helplessly. It seemed he had still underestimated Dragon University of Science and Technology's traditional challenge!

With the camera on his shoulder, the cameraman kept following Jiang Fan!

In the challenge, the third question was known as the Death Question. Many genius freshmen easily solved the first two questions, only to die on the third.

Over all the years, only two people had cleared the Death Question. One was a freshman ten years earlier who had solved five questions. Elder Long had later taken a liking to him and accepted him as his student. Afterward, he had gone abroad to study and never returned!

Because of that, Elder Long had not accepted another student for ten years!

Only after meeting Jiang Fan had he decided to emerge from seclusion again, hoping to cultivate another pillar of the nation before he retired.

Of course, Jiang Fan knew none of this, and Elder Long had not mentioned it to him!

The second person to clear the third question was a student from five years earlier, though he had already graduated. Word was that he was now involved in research and development for an important national project!

With Jiang Fan solving the questions so quickly, everyone was very curious whether he would become the third student to successfully clear the Death Question!

When Jiang Fan received the third question, he did not immediately start working as he had with the first two!

Instead, he thought it over first. This third question was indeed considerably harder than the first two!

For Jiang Fan, however, it could only be called somewhat challenging. Solving it was merely a matter of time. After all, the Super Introduction to Blue Star Mathematics the system had rewarded him with covered all mathematical knowledge on Blue Star.

In the stands, everyone stared at the big screen, curious whether Jiang Fan could solve the third question, the Death Question!

Seeing that Jiang Fan had still not started writing, everyone immediately began discussing it!

"Ah! Looks like this freshman's chances with the third question are a little shaky!"

"Yeah! The third question is the Death Question. Back then, I died on the third question too!"

"Even if I tried the third question now, I still wouldn't be confident!"

"Dragon University of Science and Technology has had this tradition for nearly thirty years, right? Only two people have solved the third question. People like that are as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns!"

They did not hold out much hope for Jiang Fan either!

Qiao Yifei also watched Jiang Fan on the screen curiously. She did not know why, but she always felt he was a little different from everyone else!

Just then, the girls beside Qiao Yifei spoke in hushed voices.

"Look at Yifei's eyes. I'm sure there's something going on between her and this freshman!"

"Hehe... I think so too!"

"Maybe our Yifei has already had her way with him!"

Hearing the girls chattering, Qiao Yifei immediately leaned over curiously and asked!

"What are you talking about?"

The girls chuckled and all shook their heads, indicating they had not said anything!

Seeing this, Qiao Yifei figured they must have been saying bad things about her. She stretched out both hands and said to Xiaoyu beside her!

"Xiaoyu, tell me what you were discussing just now, or else, hehe... you know!"

Frightened by Qiao Yifei's thuggish stance, Xiaoyu hurriedly backed away!

But Qiao Yifei reached for Xiaoyu like a hungry tiger!

"Ah! Pervert!" Xiaoyu screamed!

Having worked out his approach, Jiang Fan picked up the chalk and began writing!

The cameraman zoomed in, aiming directly at the steps Jiang Fan was writing!

"This freshman's started writing!"

Some students in the stands shouted.

All the students turned toward the big screen in unison!

Jiang Fan wrote very quickly, without the slightest pause, not even making any corrections. Every letter and number went down in a single pass!

Soon, he had filled an entire blackboard. Only after finishing a number did Jiang Fan let out a breath!

He said to the senior student keeping time, "Senior, I'm done!"

"Done?"

The senior student looked at the answer covering the blackboard, then checked the time on the timer: 05:21.

Seeing this, everyone in the stands fell silent.