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Nine minutes into the exam.

He raised his hand.

The proctor was a middle-aged woman wearing glasses, surnamed Liu, an associate professor in the mathematics department of Binhai University.

She walked over, frowning. "Excuse me, what's wrong?"

"I'm handing in my paper," Jiang Chen said.

Teacher Liu was taken aback: "Now? The exam has only been going on for nine minutes, and you..."

She glanced at Jiang Chen's exam paper.

Then, she froze.

The answer sheet was filled with all the fill-in-the-blank questions.

The short answer section was filled with multiple solutions.

Moreover... the handwriting is neat and the steps are clear.

"You...you're done?" Teacher Liu couldn't believe it.

"Okay." Jiang Chen nodded. "Can I hand it in now?"

Teacher Liu took the test paper and subconsciously looked at the first fill-in-the-blank question.

Answer: 3. Correct.

Question 2: √3. Correct.

Question 3: 2. Correct.

……

She quickly scanned the fill-in-the-blank questions and got them all right.

Then I looked at the first short answer question.

All three solutions are correct, and they are more numerous and simpler than the solutions provided in the standard answer.

The second short answer question...both solutions were correct.

As for the last question, she knew its difficulty as a member of the question-setting team... This year's final question was specifically designed to differentiate candidates.

The standard answer only provides one construction method.

This student wrote two versions and even discussed the parity of n.

"You..." Teacher Liu looked up at Jiang Chen, her gaze complex, "Which school do you go to?"

Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School.

"Jiangcheng... No. 3 Middle School?" Teacher Liu had never heard of this name before.

"Teacher, can I leave now?" Jiang Chen asked.

Teacher Liu then came to her senses: "Ah... okay, you can hand in your paper now."

Jiang Chen stood up and walked out of the examination room amidst the shocked, confused, and disdainful gazes of all the examinees.

"Holy crap, they're handing in the exam already?"

"I definitely won't do it; I've given up."

"What a waste of a spot..."

"I guess they were just thrown in from some small county to make up the numbers."

Quiet discussions arose in the examination room.

Qin Mo sat in the first row, glanced up at Jiang Chen's back, and frowned slightly.

But he quickly looked away and continued working on the problems.

He just got to the third fill-in-the-blank question.

……

Outside the examination hall.

As soon as Jiang Chen stepped out, he ran into Zhou Dapeng, who was patrolling the corridor.

"Jiang Chen? What are you doing out here?" Zhou Dapeng was startled. "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No," Jiang Chen said. "I handed it in as soon as I finished."

Zhou Dapeng: "???"

"Finished...finished?" His voice trembled. "It's only been ten minutes since the exam started!"

"Nine minutes," Jiang Chen corrected. "The question was quite simple, but I wrote out several solutions, which took a little longer."

Zhou Dapeng opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything for a long time.

Finally, he took a deep breath and patted Jiang Chen on the shoulder:

"Okay...okay, you go back to the hotel to rest and prepare for the second test at 9:40."

"it is good."

Jiang Chen is gone.

Zhou Dapeng stood there, his feelings complicated.

He knew Jiang Chen was formidable.

But you have to hand in your paper in nine minutes...

This goes beyond just being impressive.

This is absolutely amazing!

……

At 9:20 a.m., the bell rang to signal the end of the first test.

The candidates walked out of the examination room dejectedly.

"Oh no, this attempt is too difficult..."

"I only know how to do five fill-in-the-blank questions; I have absolutely no idea how to do the last three."

"I didn't even understand the first short answer question, I did half of the second one, and the third one... I didn't even understand the question."

"Out of 120 points, I'd be lucky to get 60."

The Jiangcheng team members gathered together, their faces pale.

Lin Feng was taken aback when he saw Jiang Chen walk in from outside: "Jiang Chen? You...when did you go out?"

"8:10," Jiang Chen said.

"8:10?" Lin Feng's eyes widened. "That's only ten minutes into the exam!"

"Okay, I'll hand it in once I'm done."

The surroundings fell silent instantly.

A few seconds later.

"Jiang Chen, you...you must be joking."

Teacher Wang from Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School looked strange. "Although the first test only has a score of 120, the questions are very difficult. How could anyone possibly finish it in ten minutes?"

Jiang Chen shrugged: "Maybe I'm just fast."

Teacher Li from Jiangcheng No. 2 Middle School frowned: "Jiang Chen, competitions are not child's play. If you write something carelessly because you underestimate the competition, you will be wasting the opportunity your school has given you."

Zhou Dapeng quickly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, the exam is over, there's no point in saying this. Just do your best in the second exam."

But he was also a little apprehensive.

Jiang Chen... could he really have written something random?

Tang Ruoxi walked to Jiang Chen's side and asked softly, "Old Chen, are you really done?"

"Mm." Jiang Chen nodded. "And you?"

"I finished, but I'm not sure if I got the last question all right; it took me over seventy minutes," Tang Ruoxi said. "You really finished in nine minutes?"

"The questions are easy," Jiang Chen said with a smile.

Tang Ruoxi looked at him and suddenly smiled.

I believe you.

Others might not believe it, but she did.

Because she knew that Jiang Chen's mathematical abilities were truly unfathomable.

Try it out in ten minutes...

Although it's an exaggeration, it's not impossible for Jiang Chen to do it.

……

at the same time.

Temporary office for the marking team.

Teacher Liu took Jiang Chen's test paper and found the head of the question-setting group for this competition... Professor Chen Qingdu, the head of the Department of Mathematics at Binhai University.

"Professor Chen, please take a look at this exam paper."

Professor Chen was drinking tea when he took the paper and glanced at it: "Wow, your handwriting is quite good... Wait, what's the submission time? 8:09?"

He looked up: "Hand over the paper nine minutes after the exam starts?"

"Yes," Teacher Liu nodded, "and... take a look at his answers."

Professor Chen put on his reading glasses and looked carefully.

All fill-in-the-blank questions were answered correctly.

All short answer questions were answered correctly, and multiple solutions were provided for each question.

Especially the last question...

"This construction..." Professor Chen's eyes lit up, "is more complete than our answer! He even discussed the effect of the parity of n on the construction!"

He looked up, his expression serious: "What's this student's name? Which school does he go to?"

Jiang Chen, Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School.

"Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School?" Professor Chen frowned. "Never heard of it. Check his past grades."

Staff members nearby retrieved the relevant information.

"Professor Chen, Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School is an ordinary county-level high school. Its best result in previous years was the second prize in the province. It has never produced a first prize winner in the province."

"This Jiang Chen... is a senior high school student. He has never participated in math competitions before, so he has no past competition results."

"But in his last monthly exam at his school, he got a perfect score in math and a total score of 750, ranking first in his grade."

Professor Chen was stunned.

County-level regular high school?

No past competition results?

But the monthly exam has a maximum score of 750?

With this skill level...wouldn't it be better to take the college entrance exam instead of coming to a competition to blitz the fish?

"Is there a possibility that the exam papers were leaked?" he asked.

"Absolutely not." Teacher Liu shook his head. "The entire process of setting the questions, printing, and shipping was kept secret. Apart from a few of us, no one has ever had access to the complete test questions."

Professor Chen remained silent for a while.

Then he laughed.

"interesting."

"Ten years have passed, and the Jiangnan Provincial Mathematics Competition has finally unearthed another monster in an ordinary county-level high school."

He recalled a boy from ten years ago who, like him, handed in his exam an hour early and ultimately won the IMO gold medal.

Today, that boy is a young mathematician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

"We'll have a second test later," Professor Chen said, "with a focus on Jiang Chen."

"If he can maintain this level..."

"He might just steal one of the national team spots for this year's IMO."

……

There will be a 20-minute break between exams.

Jiang Chen was scrolling through his phone outside the exam hall.

The system panel pops up every now and then.

[Ding! You have received +20 Amazing Points!]

[Ding! You have received +30 Amazing Points!]

It seems his exam paper has already reached the grading team?

I wonder when the news that he finished in nine minutes and got a perfect score on his first try will spread widely.

Although most people don't believe he finished it now, but think he gave up, so he didn't contribute much to the show's impact.

But once word gets out that he got a perfect score on the test, combined with his incredible feat of finishing the paper in nine minutes, it will definitely blow up the entire exam room.

At that time...

He had no idea how many "wow" points he would receive.

……

at the same time.

In the corridor outside the examination room.

Qin Mo, Zhou Cheng, Zhao Rui, and Su Baibai gathered together.

"Have you heard? There was a guy in the test who handed in his paper nine minutes after the exam started," Zhou Cheng said with a smile.

"They were in the same exam room as me, so they probably gave up," Zhao Rui said dismissively.

"Jiang Chen is from Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School," Su Baibai said. "I checked, and he got a perfect score in math on the last monthly exam, out of a total of 750 points."

Qin Mo looked up: "Perfect score in math? Perfect score overall?"

"Judging from the monthly exam results, Jiang Chen is very capable, but a monthly exam and a competition are two different things," Zhao Rui said. "He handed in his paper and left nine minutes after the exam started, so he definitely felt that he couldn't do it and simply handed it in early to go play."

Qin Mo didn't say anything.

He recalled the bald boy's silhouette from that morning.

And the relaxed expression on his face when he handed in his paper.

It doesn't seem like giving up.

It seems like... it's really done?

"We'll have a second test later," Qin Mo said. "I'll keep an eye on him."

Zhou Cheng laughed: "Qin Mo, you don't actually think that because he made up his mind and left in nine minutes, he's done and that he's strong enough to threaten us, do you?"

"It's always better to be careful," Qin Mo said, then turned and left.

Zhou Cheng and Zhao Rui exchanged a glance and both smiled.

"Qin Mo is just too cautious."

"How good can a student from a county-level high school be, no matter how talented?"

"Let's see how it goes in the second test."

……

Time flies.

"Ring ring!"

The exam bell rang.

At 9:35, the second round of testing is about to begin.

Jiang Chen entered the examination room and had just taken his seat.

The proctor, Liu Yue, stood on the podium, her gaze occasionally drifting towards Jiang Chen.

She was eager to see if the boy who had created a miracle in the first round could continue to be magical in the second round.

At 9:40, the second test officially began.

The exam lasts 170 minutes, consists of four short answer questions, and has a total score of 180 points.

Try curling my hair.

Jiang Chen glanced at the question.

Then, the corners of his mouth turned up again.

"As expected... it's still simple."

He picked up his pen and began to write.

At this moment, the other candidates in the examination room, including Qin Mo, all frowned.

The difficulty of this year's second round of testing...

It's a level above previous years.

Especially the fourth question, that number theory combinatorics problem, the question stem alone took up more than half a page.

"This question... seems way too difficult!"

"Even the most challenging questions in the final rounds of the competition weren't this difficult!"

"This year, let alone a perfect score, even getting 250 points won't be easy..."

Qin Mo took a deep breath and began to ponder deeply.

Jiang Chen had already finished the first question.

……