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Ji Bai answered all three major questions.

All three questions are correct!

There was not a single lag or ambiguity.

Director Huang stood at the front of the High Intellectual Alliance team, his face instantly darkening.

Finished!

I've become the clown!

He originally intended to bring seventeen highly educated people to expose a cheater, but unexpectedly, he became the one who was publicly humiliated.

No!

We can't just slink away like this.

Director Huang took a deep breath and glanced behind him without making a sound.

The bespectacled man who was initially accused of "touching a sore spot" by Ji Bai immediately received the signal.

He pushed up his glasses and stepped out of the line.

"Ji Bai, I have to admit, you really put a lot of effort into preparing for this test."

"You must have memorized these problem-solving strategies for a long time, right?"

Upon hearing this, the teachers at No. 99 Middle School immediately became restless.

They were unsure before, so they didn't dare to say anything, but now that Ji Bai has answered correctly, what the hell do you dare to complain?

Several female teachers in their forties immediately erupted in anger.

"Oh, when Ji Bai couldn't answer, you said he was cheating, but when he did answer, you said he memorized it beforehand. So you can say whatever you want, and you're always right, right?"

"Is this the academic style of Aurora University? I think it's not Aurora University, it's the Aurora Debate Team!"

"Student, you just said that our school is full of snakes and rats. We didn't refute you because we are teachers and can't argue with students."

"But Ji Bai has already finished answering the questions, and you're still arguing and making trouble. I can only say that there should be a bottom line in being a person, and an even higher bottom line in scholarship. Your advisor is standing right behind you. Ask your advisor if this is how he teaches you to do scholarship."

"What makes you say that? What evidence do you have?"

Viewers in the live stream also expressed their dissatisfaction.

"Holy crap! Can't accept defeat?"

"If you can't handle the risk, don't play!"

"You set the rules, and then you say someone answered correctly by memorization???"

"The true colors of the academic clique have been exposed! If they win, it's because they're amazing; if they lose, it's because the other side cheated!"

"This is disgusting! Is this the kind of quality graduates from prestigious universities have?"

"Haha, these female teachers are amazing!"

"Anyone who's been to school knows what a female teacher in her forties or fifties represents!"

……

The bespectacled man, his face flushed red from being confronted by several female teachers, stubbornly retorted, "I can't prove you memorized it, but you can't prove you didn't!"

"If you're so capable, let's give you a question right here and now! If you can answer it, I'll acknowledge you as the true champion!"

Questions will be presented on-site?

The live stream chat instantly erupted into chaos:

"They've completely lost all sense of shame!!!"

"You said you'd only cover the major college entrance exam questions, but now you want to create questions on the spot? Are you the ones changing the rules all the time?"

"Ji Bai, ignore him! You've already won! Millions of people across the country are watching; everyone knows who won and who lost!"

……

Of course, there were also some netizens who enjoyed watching the drama unfold.

"Then let's accept it! True gold fears no fire!"

"You were so awesome at solving the problem just now, what are you afraid of if you're asked to give us a problem on the spot?"

"I think we should accept! It'll be more satisfying to crush them all! Let them lose convincingly!"

……

The comments section split into two camps, arguing fiercely.

In the auditorium, homeroom teacher Li Mei rushed to Ji Bai's side once again.

"Ji Bai, ignore them! You've already proven yourself! Let's not play with them anymore!"

Other teachers echoed this sentiment:

"Yes! We've already won! There's no need to waste time with them!"

"They're deliberately making things difficult for you! Don't fall for it!"

"Let those who refuse to admit defeat play by themselves!"

These teachers were genuinely afraid that Ji Bai would agree to it in a moment of impulsiveness.

Who knows what kind of question the other party will ask? What if it's particularly difficult and I can't answer it?

We've already won!

Seeing that Ji Bai remained silent, the bespectacled man continued to provoke him:

"What, you're afraid? Even the top scholar is afraid?"

"I've heard about the corrupt practices at No. 99 Middle School for a long time; they're always cheating!"

"Maybe it's all a play put on by all the teachers to help you!"

"So, am I wrong to say you're all a bunch of snakes and rats?"

Didn't you say the school is your Achilles' heel? Well then, I'll use your Achilles' heel to provoke you!

Do you dare to accept the challenge?

"Ji Bai, he's using reverse psychology, don't fall for it!" Li Mei held onto Ji Bai tightly.

Ji Bai smiled, reached out again and gently put his arm around Li Mei's waist, moved her behind him, and took a step forward.

"Adding extra questions on the spot is no problem, but—"

"The rules have changed, shouldn't the stakes change too?"

Upon hearing this, the bespectacled man immediately laughed.

He's still young and can't handle the slightest provocation.

"Raise the stakes? No problem! How about we double it from 30 to 60?"

After speaking, the bespectacled man turned around and glanced at his old mentor, Director Huang, who nodded slightly.

Don't even mention 60, I'd even take 100 million!

Agree to his terms, no matter what they are. The most important thing now is to muddy the waters!

As long as Ji Bai can't answer the question posed on the spot, they can say that "the answer they memorized in advance has been exposed." Anyway, no one can prove anything, and in the end, it becomes a mess.

When you get back, you can tell your colleagues, "Oh no, we've been tricked," "We were outmaneuvered by a run-down high school," "They came prepared, what can we do?" and so on.

It can at least preserve some face for the academic community.

"60! Whether you can answer the question or not, you can have 60!" The bespectacled man was still trying to entice Ji Bai.

Ji Bai looked at him.

Then he shook his head.

"I don't want 60."

The bespectacled man paused for a moment, then asked, "What do you want?"

"It's very simple."

Ji Bai's voice clearly resonated throughout the entire auditorium and also throughout the live broadcast room:

"If I answer correctly, you don't need to pay me. You just have to run ten laps around our school's track while shouting: '!"

"I'm a rat in the street, I'm blind and ignorant, I shouldn't have come to No. 99 Middle School to cause trouble!"

"So, how about it? Want to bet?"

The entire room was silent for a full second.

The bespectacled man was stunned.

Unexpectedly, Ji Bai wanted to bet with him on this.

I ran ten laps around the dilapidated playground of No. 99 Middle School, which wasn't even paved with plastic, and while running, I kept calling myself a blind, ignorant rat.

This bet was more ruthless than any condition he had anticipated, because it wasn't about money, it was about dignity.

"Fine! I'll take your bet!"

The bespectacled man gritted his teeth and agreed.

He didn't believe Ji Bai could answer his question, even if he really was the top scorer in the college entrance examination, he definitely couldn't answer it!

The live stream room became increasingly lively.

"Holy crap! They're playing this high-stakes game!"

"Running laps around the track while humiliating yourself?"

"Exciting! I'm already looking forward to those iconic running moments!"

"If the guy with glasses loses, he'll never be able to hold his head up high in academia again!"

"No, is Ji Bai really that confident in his abilities? The other party set the question on the spot, and the difficulty level is uncertain. How dare he do it?"

"No matter the outcome, for this courage alone, I'm a fan!!!"

"Running laps around the track shouting that he's a rat crossing the street—the scene is too beautiful to bear!"

"Does anyone else think Ji Bai was incredibly cool when he said that? It's that kind of 'You can bully me, but you can't bully the people around me' kind of line—that's the true meaning of 'reverse scale'!!!"

……

After the bet was settled, the bespectacled man returned to the Kochi Alliance team.

A group of people started discussing what kind of question to ask.

This concerns the reputation of all of them.

Moreover, this question was very cleverly designed.

"It can't be too simple," one person said.

"Nonsense," another person replied.

"It can't be too difficult either. If it's too far beyond the scope of the curriculum, even if he can't answer it, it won't prove anything. Instead, netizens will say that we're deliberately making things difficult for him."

"It should be within the scope of high school knowledge, but the difficulty should be raised to the highest level, like the Olympiad level, the kind of problems that require strong mathematical intuition and skills to solve. Doing more problems won't help."

"How about a number theory problem? I can give you a comprehensive problem about the distribution of prime numbers?"

"No, you're too familiar with number theory. You might think the problem you set isn't difficult, but it could be like gibberish to a high school student. It's hard to strike the right balance."

After discussing for nearly ten minutes, Director Huang personally made the final decision and set a question.

On the surface, this problem appears to be a comprehensive problem involving high school sequences and inequalities, but it actually involves very ingenious scaling techniques and advanced applications of mathematical induction.

The difficulty is precisely controlled at a subtle point.

It's right at the ceiling of high school math olympiad, not beyond the scope, but unless you have extremely strong mathematical thinking, you might not be able to solve it even if you have three hours.

The bespectacled man neatly copied the question onto a clean blackboard. After finishing, he took two steps back, looked at his work, and a confident smile finally returned to the corners of his mouth.

"You have half an hour!"

"If you can answer this question, we'll acknowledge you as the top student!"

"If you can't do it, then admit you just memorized the answers!"

All eyes were on Ji Bai.

The entire auditorium was so quiet you could hear someone breathing.

The number of viewers in the live stream has exceeded 500,000!

Ji Bai walked to the blackboard, picked up the chalk, and spoke calmly:

"I don't need your approval!"

"Just remember to run laps later!"

"No. 99 Middle School is not a place for you to run wild!"

……