I'm a scientist, why can't I have faith?

After resolving the system's potential crisis, Wang Dong threw himself back into his book-reading spree.

After all, what he needs to deal with most right now is the class placement exam; the system and rewards can wait.

During the five-day National Day holiday, Wang Dong locked himself in his room and studied intensively for those five days.

In the end, Ms. Fang Meili couldn't bear to watch any longer and felt that Wang Dong's body wouldn't be able to hold up if things continued like this.

So at her suggestion, on the afternoon of the last day of the holiday, the family of three went to the city center for a long-awaited lavish meal.

"A shop that ranks first on the review site is definitely worth visiting."

The seafood buffet at 598 yuan per person was indeed great value for money, which made Mr. Wang Hua spend all his overtime pay for the month without feeling bad.

After all, her son's mental health is the most important thing.

Eating alone wasn't enough, so the couple discussed it and decided to take Wang Dong for a walk along the Jin River.

They had all seen how hard Wang Dong was studying these days, and they were very pleased that their son seemed to have finally figured things out and was no longer being so downcast but working hard to improve.

However, Wang Hua and his wife were always afraid that Wang Dong would put too much pressure on them and one day break down and hurt them.

Chinese parents may not be good at expressing themselves verbally, so they can only try their best to express their love through actions.

Wang Dong had a pretty good idea of ​​his parents' intentions, so he acted very relaxed, but there was still a certain element of acting in it.

"If only the [Believer System] had come sooner..."

On his way back, Wang Dong unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

It was his deskmate, Li Lei, waiting for the subway home with his backpack on.

"Why are you carrying a backpack, Lei Zi?"

This was the first time Wang Dong had met his classmate outside of school.

"What kind of question is that? Of course, get out of class just ended."

get out of class dismissed?

Wang Dong was puzzled. Wasn't school on holiday today?

"My mom signed me up for extracurricular classes, and they're having classes every single day during the National Day holiday! How can such an institution exist?"

Li Lei, as if grasping at a lifeline, kept pouring out his grievances to Wang Dong, completely oblivious to his puzzled expression.

Extracurricular classes? I never expected that the top students from Tianhai No.1 High School would participate in this.

In Wang Dong's memory, after-school classes were just teachers who came from who-knows-where, who would teach the same things again on weekends after the regular school curriculum.

Although it's useful, there's not much of it. Why spend money to learn something you already learned in school again?

"You have no idea, Dongzi, how much pressure it is to study with the top students in school every day..."

Li Lei pointed to several figures not far away and said.

Although Wang Dong's social circle was not large, he still remembered these people; they were top figures who frequently appeared in the top ten of their grade.

Do experts like this need to attend extracurricular classes?

What do you guys talk about in class?

Li Lei said with a matter-of-fact expression, "What else can we talk about? It's just the stuff from the college entrance exam. Our class is a bit slower; we've only just started the second round of review."

"Those top students' classes are almost at the third round of review."

Wang Dong felt his worldview had been turned upside down. It had only been a month since the start of the semester, and the regular school courses hadn't even finished, yet some people were already starting three rounds of review?

Under Wang Dong's persistent questioning, he received an unexpected answer from Li Lei.

The after-school classes in Tianhai City are not what Wang Dong had imagined. In this city where educational resources far surpass those of most other regions, after-school classes are actually more advanced than schools.

Students in Tianhai City begin their extracurricular studies from elementary school onwards.

Extracurricular classes not only have a much faster teaching pace than regular schools, but also have far superior teaching staff.

Graduating from a 985 university is just the standard requirement; there are even many top students from Tsinghua and Peking Universities.

Here, extracurricular classes are the real learning, while school is just for review.

Elementary school students learn junior high school knowledge, junior high school students learn senior high school knowledge, and senior high school students begin preparing for the college entrance examination very early.

A seemingly naive elementary school student may have already mastered the definition of a function.

This is a place where you can learn by spending money and cheating, and there's even an interesting phenomenon.

Those top students who got into key high schools actually knew each other long ago; they were all from the same extracurricular class.

He even has friends in every key school, all of whom he met in extracurricular classes.

Li Lei had an expression that seemed perfectly natural, as if this was how things should be.

This was the first time Wang Dong had heard about these things.

"It turns out it wasn't that I was inherently inferior to others, but rather that they had already learned it..."

Those things that Wang Dong once didn't understand—like getting things right the first time and quickly applying what he learned to other situations—now all have reasonable explanations.

It turns out they all had cheat codes, and they were even pay-to-win cheat codes.

Wang Dong, leaning against the subway door, suddenly felt relieved; all the misunderstandings and grievances he had felt in the past vanished.

The college entrance examination is fair, but education is not necessarily fair.

Although he came to terms with reality a little late, fortunately, it was not too late.

The [Believer System] empowers him to change everything.

Both of us are using cheats, but mine seems to be even more powerful.

The placement exam officially began on October 6th.

This placement test completely simulated the college entrance examination process, except that English was placed on the last day.

In Chen Qing's words, this is to put pressure on them and make all students enter the state of senior year.

The outcome of this exam could potentially change the course of many people's lives.

The first day consisted of Chinese in the morning and math in the afternoon.

Wang Dong answered relatively easily, saying there wasn't much to say about Chinese language; he just did his best and left the rest to fate.

He is very confident that he can score around 140 points in math this time. He has already carefully studied the textbook once, and with his "mathematical intuition," he is quite confident.

The next day was Physics, Politics and Chemistry. Due to his performance in the last Physics exam, Wang Dong was assigned to the first exam room this time.

Coincidentally, the person sitting next to him on his right this time was Gong Zhan, who had also sat next to him during the monthly exam.

As a competition student, he naturally got a perfect score in the physics monthly exam. However, due to the first letter of his name, his seat was number 6, right next to Wang Dong.

Gong Zhan never expected that Wang Dong would be in the first examination room this time, and that his score was second only to his.

I knew it! This guy always manages to surprise you.

I'm rooting for you, kid!

Gong Zhan gave Wang Dong what he considered a very encouraging smile.

However, in Wang Dong's view, it seemed somewhat eerie.

This guy... seems to be a bit mentally unstable...

Physics exams are now a breeze for Wang Dong. With Sir Isaac Newton's personal guidance and Gauss's mathematical intuition, he once again finished quickly and submitted his paper ahead of schedule.

He even surpassed the other top students in the first examination room at one point.

Gong Zhan once again acknowledged this pretentious person.

However, Wang Dong just wanted to review his chemistry again.

Physics and chemistry were separated by a political event, but nearly six hours passed between them.

These six hours are enough time for Wang Dong to read half of Chemistry Elective 3.

And so the chemistry exam was completed relatively smoothly.

Wang Dong completed the biology exam on the third day and the English exam on the last day at his own pace.

During this time, he did not forget to pray to the Prince of Mathematics, but each time his anger was appeased and he did not receive any substantial reward.

Even just a "memory*0.1" bonus would be fine, as it would improve my learning efficiency.

Wang Dong felt a pang of nostalgia for Sir Isaac Newton, who could deliver the reward he needed simply by offering sincere praise.

It's a pity that, given his current status as a novice believer, he can no longer receive any more rewards.

It seems that raising the level of faith needs to be put on the agenda.

The school attached great importance to this placement exam, and the students could not get any information before all the scores were released.

Even well-informed people with connections were completely unaware of it.

After two days of anxious anticipation, the results finally came out.

Just like the announcement of the results of the imperial examinations in ancient times, each student's score and class assignment were posted in the corridor, ranked from highest to lowest.

Not only the total score, but also the scores for Chinese, Mathematics, and English, and even each of the minor subjects, have separate rankings.

"Holy crap, Dongzi, I've been assigned to Class 5!"

Li Lei rushed over to share his joy with his good friend, only to find Wang Dong staring blankly at the leaderboard.

Following his gaze, Wang Dong's grades were clearly evident.

Wang Dong, with a total score of 642, ranked 42nd in the grade and was assigned to the last place in Class 1.