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

slam-la-

The showerhead sprays water.

Theodore tilted his head back and closed his eyes.

The water, with its moderate pressure, massaged his face in a steady rhythm.

"Huff, huff."

Take a deep breath.

He rubbed his temples with his fingertips, as if trying to wash away all the extraneous thoughts.

We must stay focused!

We must achieve 100% absolute rationality!

This is a habit unique to him.

It is also a sacred ritual that he repeats without fail every time he needs to enter the realm of "extreme focus".

His eyes snapped open!

The heavy fatigue accumulated from days of staying up late vanished in an instant, and his consciousness became clearer and sharper than ever before.

A moment later, an absolute sense of self-confidence, as if he were the best in the world, surged forth from the bottom of his heart!

"That's fine."

Theodore muttered to himself.

He has reached his peak condition.

After taking a shower, he began preparing breakfast.

Two slices of whole wheat bread, toasted until crispy and dry.

A small bowl of plain yogurt with no sweetness, just a few frozen blueberries.

In addition, a large cup of strong, bitter black coffee, brewed by hand with boiling water.

This is the optimal fuel ratio to maintain the brain at full power.

Every extra gram is a waste of blood supply to the stomach.

At this moment, there is only one reason why this usually aloof Stanford genius is so tense.

That monster that appeared out of nowhere, and in just a few days, it climbed all the way to the top ten of the rankings, and last night it even rushed to the second place on the rankings!

Last night, Theodore practically glued his eyes to the screen; he just stared at that name!

As if he had a physical cheat code, he transformed into a blinding bolt of lightning, teleporting and climbing wildly on the leaderboard!

Every time he clicked to refresh the page, that name's ranking would skyrocket.

In the end, the name Su Hao stubbornly clung to his number one spot, which he held above all others.

Though he was nowhere to be seen, his chilling aura, like the tip of a peerless swordsman's blade, silently reached Theodore's throat.

"Looks like you're really going all out, huh? Fine! In this circle full of idiots, you need at least this level of dedication to even be worthy of being my opponent, Theodore!"

After finishing the cup of coffee in one go, he opened his laptop.

The pitch-black screen lit up instantly.

A blue LOGIA logo, exuding a cold, technological feel, quietly emerges.

"Very good. Let me show you who the real champion is. We must break the 999-point mark today!"

.......

On a Saturday when he had no classes, Su Hao stayed in a quiet coffee shop in a corner of the campus.

The sun is shining brightly.

He sat in the window seat with the best view.

Holding a book in one hand to read, while pinching a cookie in the other.

I'm reading a philosophy book, which I just borrowed from the library to write a paper for a general education course.

Click.

Take a bite of the chocolate chip cookie and sip some strawberry milk before it melts in your mouth.

My mom has recently become obsessed with baking.

This batch of trial cookies was insanely filled with an excessive amount of chocolate!

But I must say...

With each chew, the explosive satisfaction of calories delivers a blissful taste that rushes straight to the brain.

Just as he was about to stretch comfortably and rest for a moment.

The screen of the laptop on the desktop suddenly started flickering.

[LOGIA Premium Event]

Difficulty S+

-Pass rate 0.1%

Su Hao then remembered that the next round of challenges had already begun.

Click.

After clicking the "Accept" button, the questions popped up.

Su Hao blinked.

He realized that this problem would take some time.

This is a comprehensive problem that tightly intertwines random walks in higher probability theory, multidimensional manifolds in topology, and higher-order integrals in complex functions.

It is obvious from intuition that the amount of computation is extremely large.

Su Hao stared at the screen for a moment, then took out paper and pen.

He keenly sensed that the underlying space set by this problem contained an extremely hidden distortion.

rustle.

Su Hao's problem-solving approach completely broke with convention.

He skipped the necessary transitional steps in the derivation and cut straight to the core of the problem like a scalpel.

The complex structure was simplified to an extreme degree in an instant.

Redundant constant terms are eliminated.

Redundant dimensions are collapsed.

He forcibly reversed the direction of the variable at the absolute boundary of the complex plane.

Then, a miracle happened.

The scattered items that were originally flying around randomly have now meshed together perfectly at an incredible angle, just like the precise mechanical gears manipulated by the hand of God!

Not a single gap!

It's as if they were an inseparable whole from the very beginning of the universe!

The pen spun around on my fingertips.

No need to calculate anymore.

The outline of the topological figure required by the problem had already clearly appeared in his mind.

Ta-ta-ta.

The moment the answer was entered, the system played the familiar passing sound effect.

[Correct answer.]

But Su Hao clearly sensed that something was wrong.

He keenly sensed that the artificial intelligence algorithm behind the LOGIA platform was frantically consuming computing power, attempting to reverse-engineer his solution path!

As a result, new questions are refreshing on the screen, and their logical structures are becoming increasingly complex and tricky at a visible speed!

"Trying to probe my background?"

So, when faced with certain types of problems, he pretended to be struggling and deliberately slowed down his calculation speed.

as predicted!

This system is like a shark that has smelled blood.

The questions that appeared the next second, with alarming precision, relentlessly targeted the "knowledge blind spot" he had just deliberately exposed, and began a ruthless and insane digging and bombardment!

no doubt.

The system is clearly trying to probe for his logical weaknesses.

It is calculating.

It is modeling.

It attempts to delineate the boundaries of Su Hao's intelligence.

However, an elephant will not care about the probing of an ant.

Decision tree.

Bayesian networks.

Dynamic weight allocation.

He has completely understood the operating mechanism of the underlying algorithm of LOGIA.

"It's boring."

He was too lazy to continue acting.

Su Hao unilaterally and ruthlessly ended this tentative test that resembled playing house.

The crushing begins!

[Correct answer.]

[Correct answer.]

[Correct answer.]

No matter how the question changes, no matter how subtle the logic is, it will all be defeated in one blow!

[1st Place: Su Hao / S+ / MIT / CN / 998.9]

Su Hao tossed the pen aside, somewhat disheartened.

He has completely pushed the limits of this system's algorithm to its limit.

If that's all there is to it, then there's no need to continue spending time on LOGIA.

Just as he moved the mouse with his right hand, preparing to click the red logout button.

The screen suddenly experienced a very slight stutter.

Immediately afterwards, the underlying question-setting logic of the newly generated questions underwent extremely subtle, even somewhat bizarre, changes.