Rebirth begins with picking up a cold and aloof school beauty

Jiang Yue was extremely surprised and quickly bombarded him with a series of questions.

"What?! Master, you handed in your paper early again? An hour and a half early?!"

"No, Master, are you even human?"

Jiang Yue thought to herself, even if she had three to five more hours, she still wouldn't be able to solve the last question, let alone hand in the paper early!

Jiang Jiaqi's eyelids twitched even more. "You're still handling the last question so easily?"

"That's going too far!"

"I racked my brains, and only managed to finish the last question two minutes before the exam bell rang, and I'm not even sure if it's completely correct!"

Chen Zhou smiled easily and said calmly, "Well, that's the difference."

"But once the exam is over, don't think about it anymore; there's no need."

"You should focus on preparing for the exam this afternoon."

Jiang Jiaqi looked unconvinced and insisted on comparing answers with Chen Zhou.

But Chen Zhou refused.

Even after Li Ya and Luo Jiyao arrived, Chen Zhou still wasn't in the mood to give them the answer.

Even though Luo Jiyao was itching to learn, she was too eager to know.

However, this does not change the fact that Chen Zhou remains the core of the group.

Surrounded by four friends.

This scene was witnessed by Zhou Erjin and the others, and the Three Illusion Gods were quite curious about it.

So he asked around.

While we were eating, the person who had been gathering information returned.

Zhou Erjin asked, "Who is that person?"

"His name is Chen Zhou, he's from the Sichuan Provincial Team, and I heard he got a perfect score in the semi-finals."

"What?!"

The three Egyptian Gods were somewhat surprised.

They originally thought that Chen Zhou, who submitted his paper early, was just an ordinary person in a relatively respectable sense.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be another guy who got a perfect score in the semi-finals.

However, after their initial surprise, they still didn't believe that Chen Zhou's strength was necessarily superior to theirs.

After all, the difficulty of the semi-finals is far less than that of the finals.

As if no one got a perfect score in the semi-finals?

Moreover, this final is far more difficult than ever before!

They all arrived just over half an hour early, with the fastest one finishing an hour early.

To say that Chen Zhou could finish two hours ahead of schedule, and still guarantee accuracy? Guarantee a perfect score? They simply wouldn't believe it!

"Forget it, let's not worry about others and just focus on doing our own thing."

"I'd like to see if either of us can achieve a perfect score in the national finals! Haha!"

"Haha, that's what I'm thinking too! Let's try to get a perfect score this time! Let's set a record!"

The Three Gods didn't take Chen Zhou seriously.

They didn't think Chen Zhou deserved their attention; he was just someone on the street.

The thinking of STEM geniuses is very simple and brutal: if you are better than me, I will respect you; if you are weaker than me, then in the field of expertise, you are not worthy to carry my shoes.

Even if they outwardly respect you, they secretly look down on you and consider you superior.

After having lunch late into the night, everyone rested for a while.

It was already 3 p.m. in the blink of an eye.

The second exam is about to begin!

There were still three questions, but the difficulty was significantly higher than the one in the morning.

The first problem is based on a simplified version of the game and raises a question about graph theory modeling and network flow.

The second question is about retrieving beads from a pipe; it falls under the category of dynamic programming combined with combinatorial mathematics.

The third question, which is also the final question of the day, is a drawing problem, and the question type belongs to computational geometry plus numerical integration.

The simplest of these three questions, the first one, is more complicated than the most difficult third question this morning!

Even many contestants' minds go blank when they see these questions.

I have absolutely no idea where to begin with solving this problem.

Upon seeing the very first question-reading stage, the students were already scratching their heads and even looking pained.

Chen Zhou smiled calmly.

He didn't care what others did; he only cared about whether he could get all the questions right.

It's obvious he can!

Then, still before everyone had finished reading the questions.

Chen Zhou has already started answering the questions.

One hour and fifteen minutes passed... Chen Zhou finished the first question.

Two hours and forty-five minutes passed... Chen Zhou finished the second question.

Four hours and twenty minutes passed... Chen Zhou solved the last challenging problem.

This was even while he was writing and checking simultaneously; otherwise, he could have done it even faster.

Then, Chen Zhou spent another half hour checking.

Finally, Chen Zhou became certain that he would get a perfect score this time.

I just handed in my paper!

Unlike this morning, he was one of the last few to hand in his paper.

The vast majority of students have been driven to despair by these questions.

There are quite a few people who simply give up and do nothing.

I left the examination room early.

When Chen Zhou left the examination room, Li Ya and Jiang Yue had been waiting outside for a long time.

As soon as they saw Chen Zhou appear, they quickly blocked his path.

Jiang Yue asked, "Master, Master, how did you feel this time?"

Li Ya was also curious, "Was it extremely difficult? Otherwise, you wouldn't have handed in your paper in the last 10 minutes, right?"

Chen Zhou smiled easily, "It's alright, quite simple, not difficult at all, and certainly not particularly difficult."

Hearing Chen Zhou showing off again, Li Ya rolled his eyes speechlessly.

Jiang Yue was also skeptical.

He could no longer tell which of his master's words were true and which were false.

Even though everything Chen Zhou said before this was true.

I have never lied to her.

However, Jiang Yue felt that this time the questions were too difficult.

It can't be as simple as Master said, can it? It's not even that difficult?

Oh my god!

In my opinion, the difficulty of this exam has absolutely nothing to do with those two comments!

At this moment, Jiang Jiaqi and Luo Jiyao also came out and joined Chen Zhou and the others.

Luo Jiyao asked impatiently, "Boss, how did you do the last question?"

Jiang Jiaqi asked suspiciously, "Chen Zhou, you didn't fail to solve the last question like me, did you?"

Chen Zhou smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. How could I possibly be like you?"

Jiang Jiaqi let out an "uh," and said, "So you really solved the last question?"

Chen Zhou smiled, then asked Luo Jiyao, "What about you? Have you finished it yet?"

Luo Jiyao shook her head. "I did it, but I didn't finish it."

"Furthermore, I don't know if my line of thinking is correct."

"That's why I wanted to ask you, boss, how exactly did you do it?"

Luo Jiyao was very curious.

Seeing that Luo Jiyao was so inquisitive, Chen Zhou explained, "This is a very simple question. In fact, you only need to use the adaptive Simpson integral from computational geometry."

"Adaptive Simpson integral?" Luo Jiyao wondered.

The others also looked bewildered. "What is that?"

Chen Zhou said, "I always tell you to read more books, but you never listen. Now that we need something beyond the curriculum, you're dumbfounded, aren't you?"

The other four were all embarrassed, helpless, and speechless.

Who would know about this?

Seeing their dejected looks, Chen Zhou comforted them again.

"But you don't need to be too discouraged. After all, if you can't do it, others may not be able to either."

"And I only mentioned the key points, but if you can get some points for the steps, that's fine too."

Jiang Jiaqi sighed, "It's over, it's over. I don't know if I can keep my gold medal."

Li Ya said with a wry smile, "Let alone a gold medal, I'd be lucky to get a silver one."

Jiang Yue sighed deeply, unsure of what to say.

She felt like she was just there to make up the numbers.

Luo Jiyao frowned, pondered for a while, and suddenly said, "Perhaps we can get a silver medal this year and make it into the top fifty nationwide?"

She put forward a bold idea, leaving Jiang Jiaqi and the others completely bewildered.

After all, in the past few editions, the number of gold medals won nationwide has almost always exceeded that of the top fifty.

If all the silver medalists can make it into the top 50 this year, that would be pretty good.

There's still a chance of being recommended for admission to Tsinghua or Peking University!

Chen Zhou was also unclear about the specifics, and he didn't want to rack his brains over these things.

Chen Zhou said, "Alright, the exams are over, let's not dwell on these things."

"Let's go, it's getting late, it's already past 8 pm, and I'm starving."

"Let's go out for a big meal, it's on me today!"

Upon hearing Chen Zhou's generous offer to treat everyone, the group immediately forgot their worries.

"Let's go! Let's go get a big meal!"

"Go, go, go!"

"I didn't perform well this time, so I must channel my grief and anger into my appetite and give Chen Zhou a good beating!"

"Hahaha……"

·

After a hearty meal, we returned to the hotel.

A day has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, it was Sunday afternoon.

This year, there are a total of 169 official competitors from provincial teams across the country.

Therefore, the results are produced very quickly.

Chen Zhou and his group of five, along with Professor Pei Zhu, a total of six people, gathered outside the administration building of Beidu University, just like the head coaches and competitors from other provincial teams.

Everyone stared at the huge electronic screen above, waiting for the results to be announced.

It was exactly 5 p.m.!

With a whoosh, the content on the giant electronic screen refreshed.

The winners of this year's NOI competition finals have also been announced.

The first page contains an overview of the competition.

Gold medals: 20!

Silver medals: 34!

Bronze medals: 49!

Upon seeing this, everyone did the mental calculation and realized there were only 103 winners in total.

In other words, 66 contestants got nothing!

That's so cruel!!!

Even the provincial team coaches who had coached many teams couldn't help but marvel at it.

In previous years, as long as a student participated in the NOI finals, the worst result was a bronze medal.

This year, there were 66 runners who were completely unsuccessful, which is outrageous!

Next, flipping down to the first page, you see the cutoff scores for winning awards.

Gold medal score requirement: 366 points or above!

Silver medal score requirement: 263 points or above!

Bronze medal score requirement: 165 points or above!

"???"

Everyone was stunned when they saw the cutoff score!

Surprisingly, 20 people scored above 366 points?

Damn it, you all said you didn't do well on the test, but there are so many of you with scores above 366?

You're pretending to be weak to take advantage of others, aren't you?

At the same time, many people were shocked that 66 students did not even score 165 points.

Each question is worth 100 points! There are 6 questions, for a total of 600 points!

With a total score of 600, you still can't get 165?!

Hehe, hehe...

While everyone was laughing bitterly, laughing angrily, or making self-deprecating jokes.

Suddenly, the page turned.

The next page contains the header of the list of winners.

And at the top of the list is none other than:

[First Place, Sichuan Province, Rongcheng Haitang Middle School, Chen Zhou, Total Score: 600]

[Second place, Jiangsu Province, Changcheng High School, Wu Yi, total score: 505 points]

[Third place, Hunan Province, Xingcheng Yali Middle School, Qi Zichao, total score 499]

[Fourth place, Zhejiang Province, Shaocheng No.1 Middle School, Zhou Erjin, total score 478]

[Fifth place, Beidu...]

The moment they saw the top four, everyone's eyes widened.

They stared at the giant screen in disbelief.

Then, almost everyone simultaneously searched for Chen Zhou in the crowd.

"Holy crap! Who is Chen Zhou?"

"What? Chen Zhou? He got 600 out of 600! He's practically a god! He should be called God Chen!"

"Can we not call him God Chen? He got a perfect score of 600, ranking first, surpassing the second place by 95 points!"

"Heh, I'm fucking stunned! Out of 169 participants, only two scored over 500 points, and the first place winner is far ahead of the competition. It's outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"

The students in the same year who didn't know Chen Zhou were talking about it.

Those who had met Chen Zhou by chance and knew him were completely stunned, their minds going blank for a long time!

Wu Yi was dumbfounded. "That Chen Zhou, he's usually so unassuming, I haven't seen him at all these past few days at Beidu University!"

"How did he suddenly appear?"

Zhou Erjin sighed deeply and said, "There really are heavens beyond heavens, and people beyond people!"

"I thought it was already amazing that I could win a gold medal in the national finals at the age of 15, but I never expected that someone could beat me by more than 100 points and get a perfect score!"

Qi Zichao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile, "We were arguing about this before, getting all red in the face, thinking it was a quick shortcut to improve ourselves. I didn't expect that truly great people don't need it at all."

"They got first place and a perfect score with ease, and they even handed in their papers early. How can the difference between people be so huge?"

This year's three NOI competition gods all have their own defenses against being breached to some extent!

Those who know and understand Chen Zhou are even more horrified.

It shocked me to the very depths of my soul!

My bones felt tingly and numb, like I was being electrocuted!

Jiang Jiaqi almost vomited blood.

Damn, I knew you were awesome, but I never imagined you were this awesome!

A perfect score, first place! Are you even human?! You're practically a monster!!

Li Ya recalled his first meeting with Chen Zhou, when he thought Chen Zhou was just a show-off. He never expected Chen Zhou to prove with his skills that he wasn't a show-off, but a true master! He, on the other hand, thought he was a great expert, only to be proven to be a clown in the end!

Jiang Yue's admiration for Chen Zhou reached an extreme level; her eyes were practically drooling with affection.

If she hadn't known Chen Zhou had a girlfriend, she would have loved to throw herself at him, throw herself at him, and throw herself at him again!

Luo Jiyao was utterly shocked. The god of informatics competitions in ancient Greece was right beside her! He was actually her boss!

This is absolutely awesome!!