A genius student? Ha, they're nothing but ants at your feet!

Theodore stopped abruptly in his tracks.

A surge of anger, mixed with physical nausea, rushed to my head.

He turned his head.

The laptop screen was flashing with the familiar dark blue interface.

Above the screen.

The countdown in red is relentlessly ticking away, second by second.

"Hurry! Only 2 and a half minutes left!"

Someone shouted, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"I'm stuck on this problem! Does anyone have a solution? I need your help urgently! If you solve it, I'll buy him drinks for a month—no, a whole semester!"

The man in the red hoodie scratched his head in frustration and shouted loudly.

Theodore stood not far away.

He looked at the group of people as if they were a pile of stinking, unrecyclable garbage, and clicked his tongue in disgust.

"whispering sound!"

pat, pat.

Theodore said nothing and walked straight to the table where the group of people were sitting.

Then, before anyone could react, he slammed the wide-open laptop shut with a loud slap.

A loud "bang"!

Everyone at the table was startled by this sudden turn of events, and they all looked up, glaring angrily at him.

"Are you crazy? Who gave you permission to touch my computer?"

The man in the red hoodie, his face contorted with grief and indignation, pointed at Theodore's nose, ready to unleash a torrent of abuse.

"My God! What have you done?!"

"We were so close to making it onto the homepage rankings!"

His cronies also desperately clutched their heads.

Theodore remained expressionless, his cold gaze sweeping over the rabble.

He finally spoke when the air seemed to freeze.

"When did Logia become an online tower defense game? It requires several of you to get together and defend the high ground?"

Don't you have the word "shame" in your dictionary?

"If you can't do it, just accept failing and then study the textbook. Don't you understand such a simple principle?"

The man in the red hoodie blushed, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Who the hell do you think you are? Who gave you the right to lecture me?"

Get this straight, what era are we living in? Who's still here pretending to be high and mighty by going it alone?

This is a ranking game, everyone relies on their own skills! The key is to use resources to climb the ranks, what the hell do you care what we do?!

Wow!

Theodore was so angry he actually laughed.

This kind of shamelessness that is considered glorious really opened his eyes.

"No wonder the scores on the leaderboard have been so close lately; even the most insignificant people can climb to the top."

It seems there are quite a few cheaters like you who stick together.

Don't you even have the self-awareness to admit that you're cheating and breaking the rules?

"Cheating? Haha! That's hilarious."

The man in the red hoodie acted as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, and arrogantly gave Theodore a big middle finger.

"Do you understand what we call cutting-edge academic sharing and brainstorming group discussions?"

We got here through sheer hard work and skill. If you're so capable, why don't you do it yourself?!

Looking at this group of clowns in front of me.

Theodore suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

These idiots who claim to be solving advanced math problems didn't even recognize their own faces, which have been dominating the covers of academic journals for years.

I had only disappeared and gone into seclusion for two years, and sure enough, this once sacred academic circle had been infiltrated by too many ignorant scoundrels.

He tilted his head slightly, no longer concealing the arrogance and disdain in his eyes.

"Okay, that's fine too. After all, not everyone who does math problems should have a sense of awe for math."

Anyway, when gods fight, you ants, who are only fit to be stepping stones and background figures, are always there to highlight the glory of the gods.

Looking at this group of people, he lost his appetite completely and didn't even feel like getting food.

"What are you saying...?"

"What I mean is, I was just talking to a brick wall."

Theodore rudely interrupted him, patted him on the shoulder, and turned to leave.

Faced with this completely unpredictable reaction.

The man in the red hoodie stood there completely stunned, utterly bewildered.

Theodore walked to the tray return area and casually tossed the empty tray in with a clatter.

He strode out of the restaurant, leaving all the noise and folly behind.

A cold wind blew.

In his heart, he spoke to Su Hao, who was far away:

Su Hao, do you see? This circle that once belonged to geniuses has become a complete mess.

Those people shamelessly count problems they can't solve as their own achievements; they have no sense of shame whatsoever!

But he knew in his heart that true geniuses, like eagles soaring in the sky, would never stoop to associating with this bunch of trash who only know how to wallow in the mud!

My only opponent is you!

"Throughout history, only a very few people chosen by God have ever truly been able to glimpse the beauty of mathematics."

Just as he was immersed in the solitude of a peerless master, he was wandering aimlessly along the tree-lined path.

My phone suddenly vibrated violently in my pocket, which was completely out of place.

hum-

Theodore took out his phone.

A pop-up message appeared on the screen indicating that you should pay special attention to this page.

Logia System Notification

-The rankings data for your favorite competitor, Su Hao (MIT), have been updated.

Current ranking: 9th /S/962.4]

Looking at that ranking number, it's like he's cheating.

Theodore's lips twitched uncontrollably twice, then a smile mixed with madness and fear rose uncontrollably across his face.

.......

The forum was completely overwhelmed by the flood of messages.

[Warning! A mudslide is approaching; all bystanders must evacuate immediately to save their lives!]

The replies below were all exclamation marks.

[Su Hao is amazing! He got to ninth place in just one day? Is that even possible?]

[The top ten on the list have all been forced to downgrade! I just saw several professors who are usually on the homepage cursing in the forum.]

At this insane rate of improvement, isn't he going to break into the top five tomorrow?

[Haha, Theodore won't be getting a good night's sleep now.]

[I just glanced at Su Hao's publicly available practice logs, and my blood pressure skyrocketed; I almost had a heart attack on the spot. This monster's accuracy rate is still a monstrous 100%!]

[Logia! Get your act together! Show some respect for your supposedly hellish difficulty level! Surely your question bank can't even handle a carbon-based creature?]

[Holy crap! This ranking climb is insane! Who the hell just crushed my ranking? I dropped from 50th to 51st!]

[Stop howling, buddy! Look at the carnage ahead. Even the top test-takers from East Asia and India have been indiscriminately crushed into dust by this mudslide.]

[This isn't a math problem at all; this is pure natural disaster. Who on earth was so foolish as to lure Su Hao, this god of death, into Logia? Weren't they just asking for trouble?!]

[Isn't that what that number one guy summoned? But that guy's really stubborn. Is the subtext 'Without your throne, nothing matters'? That's so damn melodramatic!]

These two complete monsters will probably be spending the next 24 hours without eating or drinking on Logia.

This is a true showdown of titans, guys! Grab a stool, get your snacks ready, and enjoy the show!