The night before the college entrance exam results were released, I redeemed my Peking University ad

The following morning, in a suite at the Beijing Hotel.

As soon as Ji Bai opened his eyes, the system notification popped up right on time.

[Ding! Daily selection has been activated. Do you wish to use the specified card?]

"Use it!" Ji Bai said without hesitation.

It's just 10,000 shock points. He's got plenty of money now, he can just exchange it for a designated card and play around with it.

Please specify the option type!

"Special type!"

[Ding! Selection successful, options refreshed!]

If you had 100 yuan, how would you spend it?

1. Charm Permanently +1 (30 RMB)

2. Today's fortune is greatly improved (20 yuan).

3. An uncertain event will be randomly triggered today (50% good, 50% bad) (20 yuan).

4. Permanently increase IQ by 10 (30 yuan)

5. Your chances of being rejected after confessing your feelings will be permanently halved (30 yuan).

6. A beautiful girl will confess her love to you today (10 yuan)

……

"I choose 1, 2, 3, and 4!"

Charm +1, Intelligence +10, Today's fortune greatly improved, triggering an uncertain event!

Ji Bai's expectations were absolutely sky-high!

[Ding! Your transaction for today is complete. Please come back tomorrow!]

[Ding! Your personal panel has been refreshed!]

[Host: Ji Bai]

[Level: Lv2 (Daily 100 Yuan Choice)]

[Shocking Value: 88888/100]

【intelligence:???】

【Charm: 7】

[Shop: Click to view]

[Items: Controlled nuclear fusion fragments (2/10), Complete room-temperature superconducting technology solution (1/10)]

……

It adds an IQ section, a Charm section, and an Items section.

"So my charm was only 6 points before!"

Ji Bai looked at himself in the mirror, stroked his chin, and muttered to himself.

He's supposed to be a handsome guy, yet he barely passed?

However, the IQ column has turned into a question mark. What does that mean?

Don't forget, he had Gauss's talent before. Now, with an additional 10, is it so high that it exceeds the normal range of the system's values?

[Ding! Host, you possess Gauss's talent; your intelligence cannot be formally measured!]

[Intelligence unknown, grows stronger against stronger opponents!]

Hey!

So that's what the question mark means.

Fine.

The next second, a sense of clarity and understanding surged into my mind, as if a thin veil covering my mind had been lifted.

"Cool."

Ji Bai snapped his fingers.

If I could have one of these after every shooting session, that would feel amazing!

After having breakfast at the hotel, a private car took Ji Bai directly to the side entrance of the Great Hall of the People.

Academician Wang was already waiting at the door, holding a gold-embossed special pass in his hand. He smiled and handed it to him as he arrived.

"Here you go. From now on, use this passage to enter and exit. You won't need to go through security. You'll be the star of the entire conference tomorrow."

Ji Bai took the pass and followed them inside.

The magnificent and solemn venue came into view. The dais was spacious and grand, and thousands of seats were neatly arranged below the stage. More than a dozen live broadcast cameras had been set up, and staff members were busy making adjustments.

"Today, we'll mainly go through the process once, familiarize ourselves with the switching between the podium, projection equipment, and simultaneous interpretation, and walk the route up and down the stage twice," Academician Wang said as he walked.

As they were talking, two old men walked towards them, their hands behind their backs, strolling slowly. They were Academician Li and Academician Zhou.

"Old Wang, this must be Ji Bai."

Academician Li spoke with a smile, his gaze falling on Ji Bai. He looked Ji Bai up and down and nodded in admiration.

"Truly, heroes emerge from among the young! Such a handsome and talented man, with an extraordinary demeanor."

Academician Wang introduced, "Ji Bai, this is Academician Li, and this is Academician Zhou. They are both leading figures in the field of mathematics in China, and they are also core members of the verification committee this time."

"Greetings, Academicians." Ji Bai nodded slightly and greeted them politely.

"Okay, okay."

Academician Zhou smiled, a hint of amusement in his eyes: "Tomorrow we'll see how Ji Bai performs. Mathematicians all over the world are watching. Do your best and make China proud."

"it is good."

Ji Bai agreed verbally, but secretly he was having doubts.

Something is wrong!

The two old men looked cheerful and their compliments were impeccable, but Ji Bai always felt that these two old men were not good people!

The way he looked at me was so similar to how he peeked at our homeroom teacher, Li Mei.

"hiss!"

Ji Bai shuddered.

……

Meanwhile, the online uproar continues to escalate.

The hashtag #GaokaoIsHarderThanBrotherGuessed# was artificially propelled to the top of the trending topics list by online trolls, with a glaring "Explosive" tag following the entry.

"How dare someone who can't even get a perfect score on the college entrance exam call themselves a math genius?"

"Brother Guess can prove that I didn't do well on the college entrance exam. Who would believe that if I said that?"

"I think it's just a carefully crafted persona; the papers were all written by the team behind it!"

The online trolls were having a blast spreading the rumors, and many casual observers, misled by the narrative, joined in the discussion, making the story increasingly bizarre.

Just as public opinion reached its peak, a netizen suddenly dropped a bombshell, completely turning the entire topic upside down.

"Stop arguing! I just checked the detailed rules for college entrance exam scores in Liaoning Province this year. The five people ranked ahead of Ji Bai all received bonus points!"

"The true number one in raw scores is Ji Bai with 716 points!"

boom!

The entire internet went silent for a second, then exploded.

"Really?! Wow!"

"I rushed to check the provincial education department's public notice, and holy crap! It's true!"

"The top scorer in Liaoning Province scored 725 points in total, plus 10 points for winning a national gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad, bringing his raw score to 715, one point lower than Ji Bai!"

"The runner-up scored 723, plus 10 points for the physics competition gold medal, bringing his raw score to 713!"

"Third place score 720, plus 10 points for a gold medal in the chemistry competition, raw score 710!"

"Fourth place with 718, plus 10 points from the biology competition, raw score 708!"

"Fifth place with 717 points, plus 10 points for being a National Level 2 Swimmer, bringing the raw score to 707!"

"So, the top five players' raw scores aren't as high as Ji Bai's? He's the real raw score champion?"

"Hilarious! A bunch of people are using their bonus points to mock a genius for not getting first place. Don't they feel ashamed?"

"Wait, what's in there? A swimming champion? Bonus points on the college entrance exam?"

"I accept the bonus points for the first four Olympiad winners, after all, they are genuine academic geniuses. But what the heck is that bonus point for the fifth-place swimmer with the second-level master athlete title?"

……

Netizens' attention was instantly drawn to the fifth-place "National Second-Level Swimming Champion".

This art style is just too jarring.

Olympiad bonus points are at least linked to learning and academic strengths, so what's with adding 10 points for swimming?

As soon as the topic started to veer off course, the online trolls quickly jumped in to control the comments, unanimously launching a "science popularization" campaign:

"What's the big fuss about? The extra points for national second-level athletes in the college entrance examination are clearly stipulated by the Ministry of Education; it's reasonable, compliant, and transparent!"

"They earned their Level 2 certificate through their own ability, so why shouldn't they get extra points? If you're so capable, go take the exam yourself! If you're not, don't be so sour!"

"If the Olympiad can be added, why can't physical education? Don't you understand the concept of all-round development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education?"

"Stop changing the subject. Let's talk about Ji Bai. If he's so good, how come he couldn't even get extra points in a competition?"

"Exactly! Everyone else gets competition awards and athlete certificates, how come he has nothing? Is he just good at solving problems?"

After a series of maneuvers by online trolls, they finally managed to steer the topic back on track.

But just then, a photo went viral online without warning, quickly becoming a trending topic.

The photo is a candid shot from a high school sports meet. The girl in the photo is wearing a school uniform, is about 1.6 meters tall, has a round figure, and looks to weigh at least 170 pounds. She is standing by the track with a silly look on her face.

The caption was only one sentence:

This is the national second-level swimming champion who received an extra 10 points.

Height 160 cm.

Weight 170!