Rebirth begins with picking up a cold and aloof school beauty

The afternoon passed quickly.

The winners of the National First Prize in the National Informatics Olympiad from various cities in the province have been arriving at Xichuan University one after another.

Then, I signed in with the person in charge of the training camp in the School of Computer Science and registered.

Then, students from well-known high schools in the province, such as Chengdu No. 7 High School, gather in groups of three or five.

Or like Chen Zhou and Luo Jiyao, who come from obscure middle schools and don't even have professional competition instructors, they are "freelancers" who roam the world like wild beasts.

Chen Zhou strolled leisurely around his alma mater from his previous life.

I ate at the cafeteria again, where the food was delicious, reasonably priced, and highly recommended.

Before we knew it, it was six o'clock in the evening.

Outside, the sparse woods are bathed in the slanting sunlight, and the frosty wind grows stronger.

In a lecture hall of the School of Computer Science, about 150 competition students entered and took their seats.

No one was paying attention at the moment, because some students were arguing about whose approach to a certain competition problem was correct, and some were chatting and exchanging pleasantries with newly acquainted friends, so the classroom was suddenly filled with noise.

"You should first set the longest transportation plan time as Tmax, and the edge weight of the candidate wormhole as w. If Tmax - w ≥ k, then k is feasible; otherwise, it is not feasible!"

"Wrong, wrong! You set it wrong from the beginning! It should be Tmax - w≤k, only then is k feasible!"

"Impossible! You're the one who set it wrong! Want to bet or not???"

"bet!!"

"What are we betting on?!"

“…………”

"Excuse me, are you the only student from your school?"

"yes."

"What a coincidence, me too. Let me introduce myself, my name is Huang Ling, from Lucheng High School, what about you?"

"Luo Jiyao, Yicheng No. 3 Middle School".

"Yicheng? Well, we're both from southern Sichuan, so we're neighbors."

"Um."

"By the way, this beautiful lady next to me is also from Yicheng. You two are true fellow townsmen!"

"Zeng Die, Yicheng No.1 Middle School"

Luo Jiyao's expression changed. "Zeng Die? You're that top student and goddess from No. 1 High School? Seeing is believing, you're really beautiful!"

Zeng Die smiled gently, "Thank you, you are also very...very excellent."

Luo Jiyao: "???"

No, Zeng Die, where's your basic emotional intelligence? You can't even say the right things, can you?

Huang Ling quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Zeng Die means that you are not only very beautiful, but also very outstanding!"

Luo Jiyao gave a forced smile.

Three women make a drama.

at the same time.

Chen Zhou sat in a rather inconspicuous middle or back seat, looking down at his phone chatting on QQ.

The person I'm chatting with is none other than Xia Xiaomiao, the best person in the world.

Xia Yu: "It's very windy outside, aren't you cold?"

Chen Zhou: "How could I possibly be cold wearing a heart-shaped scarf knitted by my Xia Xiaomiao?"

Xia Yu: "Hehe, I'm also wearing the scarf you gave me, it's so warm!"

[Expression: Well-behaved]

Chen Zhou: "Haha."

Xia Yu: "By the way, where are you staying tonight? In your university dorm?"

Chen Zhou: "It's been arranged. We're staying at a regular hotel near Sichuan University, two people per room."

Xia Yu: "Oh."

Chen Zhou: "No."

Xia Yu: "?"

What does "否" mean?

Chen Zhou: "Haha, it didn't mean anything, I just replied to the wrong person."

"Sorry, my little idiot."

Xia Yu: "No, that's not true."

[Expression: Tsundere]

Chen Zhou: "Not what? Not mine?"

Xia Yu: "It's yours, it's yours, of course it's yours!!!"

"But not a little goofball~"

[Expression: Mischievous]

Looking at his chat with the silly treasure, Chen Zhou's lips involuntarily curled into a smile.

He exuded the cloying, saccharine scent of being in love.

Just then, a middle-aged, overweight man with glasses walked into the lecture hall.

A student shouted, "Oh my god! Teacher Pei is here!"

Upon hearing this, the students quickly sat down, and the classroom soon quieted down.

Chen Zhou noticed the commotion, glanced up, then looked away, hid his phone under his desk, and continued chatting with Xia Xiaomiao on QQ.

Chen Zhou: "The training camp teachers have arrived now."

Xia Yu: "Then stop chatting with me and focus on the lesson."

Chen Zhou: "Are you willing to give that up?"

Xia Yu: "I'm really reluctant to part with it."

"But the provincial team is too important to you, I can't hold you back."

Chen Zhou: "Xia Xiaomiao, this isn't class, it's just a pre-camp speech. Everyone get to know each other. The formal training starts tomorrow."

Xia Yu: "Oh, okay, then you have to listen carefully too."

Chen Zhou: "I'm listening."

At this moment, Pei Zhu stood on the podium, his gaze sweeping around the room.

However, they quickly noticed something unusual: there was a single figure in the crowd with his head down.

Who is this person? Is he socially awkward or what?

Pei Zhu frowned, but didn't say anything. He was only responsible for screening, not training.

Then, Pei Zhu solemnly began, "Hello, classmates."

"First, let me introduce myself. My name is Pei Zhu, a professor of algorithms at Xichuan University, and also a senior gold medal coach for informatics competitions."

"He is also the head coach of your provincial team training camp this time."

"Secondly, let me explain the situation. There are a total of 150 students participating in this training camp, coming from all over the province. However, based on the number of first-prize winners in our province's semi-finals this year, only 5 people will be selected for the provincial team to participate in the national finals in Beijing!"

"That means today is Monday, and next Saturday, 12 days from now, is the provincial team selection exam. The vast majority of you will be eliminated! It's incredibly brutal!"

"Therefore, I hope that everyone here today will use their unique abilities and skills to quickly improve their competitive strength in the time to come!"

"You need to understand that even if you make it into the provincial team, in the national finals, your opponents won't just be the hundred or so students here today, but top competitors from all over the country!"

Upon hearing Coach Pei Zhu's words, everyone, including Chen Zhou, couldn't help but frown and feel a chill run down their spines.

Of the 150 students, 145 were just there to make up the numbers?

How cruel!!

But after the initial shock, it became clear that the vast majority of the students present were truly talented.

A gifted individual in the field of computer science!

Therefore, no matter how humble they appear on the outside, they are all arrogant and extremely confident in their hearts!

They even look down on everyone!

These students all believed that they would definitely be the ones laughing last!

The same goes for Chen Zhou!

Moreover, he has a huge advantage that no one else has: his nearly 20 years of experience in computer learning, research and practice in his previous life, as well as the information advantage of his rebirth.

Many computer science problems that seem intractable now have been solved in later generations.

Therefore, compared to his peers who have studied computers for no more than ten years, Chen Zhou's approach was akin to a dimensional reduction attack!

Professor Pei Zhu also saw through the students' self-confidence, which was tantamount to arrogance.

The students are similar to those in every previous training camp.

Thinking they were the chosen ones at school and in their local area, they forgot the truth that there are always people better than them and there is always something beyond their understanding.

They didn't realize that the gap between people, and between geniuses, is far greater than the gap between people and pigs!

Have you not heard that heroes of the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river?

Therefore, Professor Pei Zhu decided that, just as he had dampened the arrogance of previous contestants, he would also put an end to the conceit of these children later.

We need to make them realize their true level.

Professor Pei Zhu said, "Alright, students, now it's time for you to introduce yourselves."

"We'll start from the first row on the left..."

"At the same time, I will also write an algorithm problem on the blackboard and see if you can solve it before you finish introducing yourselves."

"Whoever is the first to do it will get a 500 yuan reward, which I'll personally give as a bonus."

"But if no one can do it, that only proves one thing!"

At this point, Pei Zhu suddenly stopped. A student asked curiously, "Teacher Pei, what does this prove?"

Pei Zhu said, "This only proves that your class is the worst I've ever taught!"

Upon hearing this phrase, which every student was intimately familiar with, the students burst into laughter.

Pei Zhu smiled, picked up the chalk and pretended to start writing, saying, "Let's begin. Just introduce your name, school, and some basic information. Don't deliberately drag out the time."

Everyone burst into laughter again.

Then, the boy on the far left of the first row stood up and introduced himself: "Hello everyone, I am from Rongcheng No.7 Middle School. I am 18 years old this year. I started participating in informatics competitions in the fifth grade of elementary school, and it has been eight years now. My goal is to win a gold medal in the IOI (International Olympiad in Informatics) competition to be held in Bulgaria next year."

Upon hearing this confident self-introduction, his classmates who didn't know him were all surprised.

They whispered among themselves, "Who is this guy? He's so arrogant!"

"Wow! No wonder he's a top student from Rongcheng No. 7 High School, his class is just amazing!"

"Isn't that right? We're still wondering if we can even make it to the provincial team, and he's already boldly declared he's going to win the IOI gold medal!"

Hearing his classmates' chatter, the top student from No. 7 Middle School was secretly thrilled, and couldn't help but smirk.

quack quack!

All those years of diligent study of computers, wasn't it all just to show off my skills in front of others?

Cool!!

Then, he cleared his throat, feigning composure, and continued, "Ahem! Oh, right, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Jiang Jiaqi, and I luckily got a perfect score of 400 in this semi-final."

Upon hearing this, the students who did not know him were all taken aback!

Many students from prefecture-level cities exclaimed in astonishment, "What?! 400 points in the semi-finals? Is he even human?"

"To get a perfect score in the semi-finals? That's insane!!"

"We're both first-place winners in the national exams, so why is there such a huge difference? I'm almost embarrassed to say my score."

The classmates, who were also from the Chengdu circle, were all secretly amazed.

"That's Jiang Jiaqi from No. 7 Middle School! He's a game-changer right from the start!"

"I heard that in this semi-final, there were only two perfect scores in the entire province, and he was one of them! Who was the other one again? I think it was from Haitang Middle School in Guangdu District."

"Chen Zhou".

"Yes, yes, yes! Chen Zhou, where is he?"

"Never seen it before, don't know it, don't know anything about it. But we'll find out soon enough."

At this very moment, inside the classroom, the students' self-introduction process is still ongoing.

The students, who were keen on making friends, listened attentively, eager to memorize everyone's face and situation.

On the podium, Professor Pei Zhu had already finished writing the competition questions to test everyone.

Students who prefer problem-solving also read very carefully.

After reading the question, they all frowned, deep in thought, but couldn't quite grasp its meaning.

The core question posed by Teacher Pei was:

There is an n x m rectangular region, where each cell represents a city with an elevation. Water can only flow from higher to lower elevations. You can build waterworks (pumps) in any city in the first row, with the goal of ensuring that all cities in the last row have water.

The answer needed is:

First, can the goal be achieved?

[Second, if possible, what is the minimum number of water storage plants that can be built? If not, how many of the cities in the last row are without water supply?]

Chen Zhou looked at the problem and thought about it. He realized that this was a variation of the final problem of the 2010 National Olympiad in Informatics.

The classic problem of "bringing water into the city".

Thinking of this, Chen Zhou couldn't help but smile.

I already know the national semi-final and final exam questions from 2000 to 2013 by heart.

These types of past exam questions and their variations are just too easy!

Not worth doing!

At the same time, Luo Jiyao frowned, her mind racing, racking her brains to think of a solution, but after trying many methods in her mind, she ultimately failed.

Luo Jiyao was still struggling to think when it was her turn to introduce herself.

Huang Ling tugged at her sleeve. "Luo Jiyao, it's your turn."

"Huh?" Luo Jiyao came back to her senses and was stunned for a moment.

Everyone burst into laughter, and Teacher Pei Zhu on the stage smiled and said, "It seems that this female student is very interested in the question I gave her."

"Have you come up with any ideas?"

Luo Jiyao shook her head. "I'm sorry, I... haven't thought of anything yet."

Pei Zhu nodded naturally, "That's normal. Let me introduce myself first, and we can think about it later."

Luo Jiyao said, "Okay. Hello everyone, my name is Luo Jiyao, I'm 18 years old, and I come from Yicheng No. 3 Middle School..."

Soon after Luo Jiyao finished her introduction, she fell into deep thought again.

Since thought experiments didn't work, she simply took out a piece of scratch paper and began to list various problem-solving approaches using the enumeration method, quickly iterating and exhaustively searching!

At this moment, as Zeng Die finished her self-introduction, many students' attention was drawn to her.

"Wow! There's such a pretty girl among us who participate in informatics competitions?"

"She possesses both beauty and talent; she's practically a real-life goddess!"

Beside Chen Zhou, a boy took a deep breath and exclaimed, "Wow! It smells so good!"

"I feel like the air in our whole classroom has become sweeter!"

“…………What, junior fellow student Yaowa???”

Chen Zhou muttered a silent complaint.

He thought to himself, "It's only because you wild boars have never eaten fine bran!"

Is this Zeng Die really a goddess? Although she is indeed quite good-looking, it depends on who you compare her to.

Fair-skinned, rich, beautiful, big, tall... My Xia Xiaomiao wins in every way!

Then wouldn't my Xia Xiaomiao be the goddess among goddesses?

Uh... no, my Xia Xiaomiao is exactly like that!

Huang Ling whispered, "Zeng Die, you're really amazing! You just showed your face, and now everyone's watching you!"

Zeng Die smiled, a look of habit on her face, "It's alright."

Huang Ling smiled and said, "Zeng Die, I wonder if there are any handsome guys in our training camp?"

Zeng Die replied decisively, "Yes!"

Huang Ling asked in surprise, "How can you be so sure? Who is it? Where is it?"

Zeng Die turned around and pointed to a seat in the middle or back row.

"Look, isn't that guy wearing the dark blue scarf handsome?"

Huang Ling looked over, her eyes immediately lighting up. She nodded repeatedly, "Handsome! Really handsome!"

Zeng Die said, "I think he looks like a male celebrity."

Huang Ling immediately understood, "I know, you mean Eason Chan from Hong Kong, right?"

Zeng Die looked at her speechlessly: "…………"

Huang Ling laughed heartily, "Just kidding, don't take it seriously. I recognized him at a glance, he looks like Edison Chen!"

Zeng Die nodded in strong agreement, "Yes!"

At this moment, Luo Jiyao suddenly spoke up: "Then he's not a good person either."

Huang Ling and Zeng Die were taken aback. "?"

Huang Ling asked in confusion, "Ji Yao, weren't you thinking about a problem?"

Luo Jiyao said, "I can't figure it out. I've thought of every possible approach, but none of them work."

Huang Ling exclaimed "Oh!" as if she had just realized something.

Zeng Die asked curiously, "Ji Yao, judging from your tone just now, do you know him?"

Luo Jiyao said, "I don't know him. I've only met him once."

Seeing Luo Jiyao's displeasure, Zeng Die tentatively asked, "Do you have a problem with him?"

Luo Jiyao said, "No objection."

Zeng Die said "Oh," and then Luo Jiyao added, "What problem could I possibly have with idiots?"

Zeng Die: ? ? ?

Seeing this, Huang Ling was also very puzzled, "Ji Yao, what exactly did he do to you? Why do you have such a big problem with him?"

"Could he be some kind of heartless man?"

Now it was Luo Jiyao's turn to be confused. She shook her head, "It's not that bad."

"You really think I'd be interested in him? Please, I'm an intellect-sex person; I can only like guys who are smarter than me!"

"Him? Ha! Besides being handsome, he's good for nothing!"

"With his intelligence, I have no idea how he even got in here!"

Zeng Die and Huang Ling were stunned by the resentment in Luo Jiyao's words.

What deep-seated hatred? What profound grudge?

Then it was Chen Zhou's turn to stand up and introduce himself.

"Hello everyone, my name is Chen Zhou, I am 18 years old, male, I like women, and I come from Haitang Middle School. Thank you."

It was a very simple and casual introduction, but Chen Zhou stood out from the crowd, not for any other reason than that he was handsome!

One of the female classmates whispered, swooning, "Oh my god! He's another real-life Jiang Zhishu!"

"Again? You mean Ye Qinda, the most handsome guy at Peking University? I'm a Ye fan too!"

"Yeah! But this Chen Zhou is even more handsome than Ye Qinda!"

"Uh...that's true! But he's probably not as good as Ye Shen, right?"

But at the same time, many people were also drawn to Chen Zhou's name.

Especially the competition students from local high schools in Chengdu.

"Holy crap! He's Chen Zhou? One of only two perfect scorers in the entire province!"

"So it was him!"

"I heard that Haitang Middle School doesn't even have a single competition class. How could they still crush us in the semi-finals in such an environment? That's amazing!"

Upon hearing this, the student from out of town stared wide-eyed in shock. "What? Their school doesn't even have a competition class? Does that mean he's completely self-taught? Wow! How can someone be so amazing?"

Jiang Jiaqi from Rongcheng No. 7 Middle School was focused on solving a problem, but when he heard Chen Zhou's name, he turned around and looked back.

Upon seeing Chen Zhou's true appearance, he fell silent!

Jiang Jiaqi mentally ranted, "So handsome? Damn! I'm so jealous! If you're this good-looking, why don't you take the art college entrance exam? Why do you have to be in the competitive arts circle? Does he even want anyone else to live?"

"Your face has stolen all my thunder!"

"No! I have to turn the tables, solve Professor Pei's problem, and steal the limelight!"

Jiang Jiaqi made up his mind and fell into deep thought once again.

From the reactions of other classmates, Luo Jiyao also learned Chen Zhou's true identity.

Then, Luo Jiyao quietly shattered.

Luo Jiyao murmured, "How could he be a genius who got a perfect score in the semi-finals? It's not scientific!"

Huang Ling leaned closer, intrigued. "Ji Yao, what's wrong with that? Does that mean handsome people can't be top students?"

Luo Jiyao shook her head. "That's not what I meant."

Huang Ling smiled and said, "So what do you mean? You've fallen for him?"

Luo Jiyao glanced at Huang Ling sideways. "Boring!"

At this moment, Zeng Die said, "Ji Yao, I think Chen Zhou is handsome and good at studying. It would be abnormal if you weren't attracted to someone like him."

Luo Jiyao: ? ? ?

She looked puzzled and bewildered.

Huang Ling said, "Zeng Die, it's not that you've fallen for her, is it?"

Zeng Die asked without hesitation, "So what? What can I do?"

Huang Ling and Luo Jiyao were both stunned. They wanted to refute, but they couldn't find a way to refute.

Finally, the self-introductions came to an end.

Professor Pei Zhu smiled and asked, "How did it go? Students, did you solve the problem on the blackboard?"

Everyone in the seats shook their heads.

Professor Pei Zhu said, "It's alright. It's normal that you can't solve this problem, since you are the worst class of students I've ever taught."

Everyone: Uh...

Awkward!!

Utterly embarrassing!!!

Before this, everyone thought that the same sentence was Professor Pei Zhu's joke.

But now, those words have become a reality!

150 students, and not a single one of them could solve it!

This is incredibly embarrassing!!

At this moment, a student from Rongcheng No. 7 Middle School spoke up: "Jiang Jiaqi, have you finished it yet?"

Jiang Jiaqi made an "uh" sound and shook his head, but he still pretended to be arrogant and said, "I was just a little bit short, but there's no time now."

"If I had another half hour, no, twenty minutes, I'm sure I could solve it all!"

Jiang Jiaqi made a solemn promise.

Upon hearing this, everyone thought to themselves, "No wonder he's a genius student from No. 7 Middle School, his mind is truly exceptional, amazing!"

Pei Zhu pointed at Jiang Jiaqi and smiled, "Although you were just one step away from success, we had a prior agreement, and the time has already passed. Jiang Jiaqi, you still have to honor your bet."

Jiang Jiaqi shrugged nonchalantly, looking completely indifferent, and said, "I didn't say no."

Pei Zhu nodded with satisfaction, thinking that he was about to begin his lecture.

Just then, an old man wearing glasses walked in.

Pei Zhu swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue and immediately stepped forward with a smile.

"Dean Lu, what brings you here?"

Lu Haifeng said, "Let me see if any students can solve the problem you set this year."

Pei Zhu laughed and said, "Dean Lu, this class of students is the worst I've ever taught."

"There isn't a single person who can solve the problem."

Professor Pei Zhu gave Dean Lu a wink, asking him to cooperate.

In previous years, Lu Haifeng would have cooperated.

But this time, Lu Haifeng asked with great interest, "Really not a single one?"

Pei Zhu said, "Really, no!"

The students replied helplessly, "No."

Lu Haifeng smiled and first asked the students of Rongcheng No. 7 Middle School in the first row.

"Even your No. 7 Middle School couldn't do it?"

"No." The students from No. 7 Middle School were embarrassed.

Lu Haifeng then asked, "Jiang Jiaqi, what about you?"

Jiang Jiaqi said awkwardly, "I don't have any either."

"But Professor Lu, give me another 15 minutes, and I'm sure I can finish it all!"

Lu Haifeng shook his head and chuckled, not responding to Jiang Jiaqi, but instead pointing to the middle and back rows of the classroom.

"Chen Zhou, what about you?" Lu Haifeng asked, calling out his name.

"You didn't manage to make it either, did you? If you say you didn't, I don't believe you!"

Lu Haifeng witnessed Chen Zhou's computer talent during the semi-final exam.

He knew very well that the questions Pei Zhu set might stump others, but they would definitely not stump Chen Zhou.

Pei Zhu and her classmates were surprised to hear Professor Lu say that.

They all knew that Chen Zhou had scored a perfect score in the semi-finals.

But to my surprise, not only did Professor Lu know Chen Zhou, but he also had such high expectations for Chen Zhou!

Luo Jiyao wondered, could it be Chen Zhou, who is even more powerful than I imagined?

Zeng Die frowned, wondering if Professor Lu was trying to make things difficult for Chen Zhou.

Jiang Jiaqi was indignant. "I haven't even been able to do it, so why does Professor Lu think that Chen Zhou can?"

Everyone got a perfect score in the semi-finals, so how can we treat them differently?

Chen Zhou had originally intended to keep a low profile, but at this moment, Professor Lu had put him in a very difficult position, with Professor Pei and all the students watching him. He could no longer keep a low profile even if he wanted to.

So Chen Zhou stood up, rubbed his nose, and said leisurely, "Alright, Professor Lu, I admit, I can indeed solve this problem."

Everyone was shocked to hear this. No, he can actually do it?

Are you kidding me?

Pei Zhu asked, "Chen Zhou, right? You said you could do it, so why didn't you step forward just now?"

With his hands in his pockets, Chen Zhou explained casually, "Professor Pei, I'm sure I've found a wonderful solution, but the blank space on the blackboard is too small for me to write it down."

"That's why they didn't step forward."

Pei Zhu: ? ? ?

A group of students from the competitive sports community: ???

Lu Haifeng smiled with great satisfaction.

He knew that the last time someone had acted this way was over 300 years ago, when Fermat, the king of amateur mathematicians, was the last.

This young man has the same style I had when I was young!

Pei Zhu asked, "No, Chen Zhou, how could your solution not be written on all four movable blackboards here?"

One classmate chimed in with a question, "Yeah, Chen Zhou, you're not bragging, are you? How difficult must the solution be to fill all four blackboards?"

Even top computer science students like Luo Jiyao and Jiang Jiaqi didn't believe Chen Zhou's words. They thought, "Your handwriting must be huge to exceed the size of these four blackboards!"

At the same time, Lu Haifeng was also curious about what Chen Zhou really meant.

At this point, Chen Zhou replied, "Proving this problem doesn't actually require filling four blackboards."

"However, I've already found three methods, so I really can't write them all down."

Chen Zhou's seemingly casual remark shocked everyone in the room!

My heart was filled with a turbulent storm!

Jiang Jiaqi, completely losing his composure, instantly stood up, demanding, "What are you talking about?!"