Chapter 548: Would Her Popularity Drop?
The fourth room examined French.
Zhan Busi had learned it before, so the conversation was quite simple.
But after exiting the fourth room, Zhan Busi frowned. “Wait, how many languages do we need to be examined in?”
Zhan Busi was proficient in four languages. He had only casually learned Japanese and was not considered proficient. The question just now was not difficult either.
But if this carried on, who would be able to get full marks?
He frowned.
Xu Xinyao was stunned. “Yeah, how many languages are we being tested on?”
Both of them held their breath and looked toward the fifth room. After seeing the math question, both of them heaved a sigh of relief.
‘It’s not so bad.’
Otherwise, it would be impossible!
As the two of them walked, Zhan Busi said, “Xue Xi is right. The third floor is indeed simpler.”
In the first four rooms, he only took less than five minutes to obtain the points. According to this algorithm, the 30 points on the third floor would only take half an hour to gain!
With this thought in mind, they entered the fifth room.
A math question lay quietly on the blackboard.
Xu Xinyao took a look and realized that the problem was very short. They only took a few sentences. Every question on the first floor was extremely long!
She heaved a sigh of relief and could not help but say, “The questions on the third floor are indeed very simple. Zhan Busi, hurry up!”
After saying this, she did not hear the reaction of the people around her.
Xu Xinyao turned around and saw Zhan Busi’s expression stiffen.
He looked at the question on the blackboard in shock. “This… this…”
Xu Xinyao’s heart sank. “Why? Don’t you know how to do it?”
Zhan Busi shook his head. “It’s not that I don’t know, but this question is rather complicated. Let me try.”
He was trying.
Xu Xinyao’s expression darkened. She took two steps back and watched as Zhan Busi picked up a pen and paper and started calculating.
She did not recognize those numbers, formulas, and symbols.
She just felt that Zhan Busi was taking his time to calculate and was no longer a fish in water like he was on the first floor!
On the bullet screen, the comments went crazy:
“I’m from the Math Department. This question is super difficult. Xue Xi actually said that it’s very simple? The calculation is not dense?”
“Oh my god, I suddenly feel like I’ve been cheated!”
“—This question could not be solved without half an hour!”
Xue Xi and Qin Shuang had stayed on the third floor for an hour and a half, right? One and a half hours. Was it for this question? Did they not get any points?”
“Did they not score points for this question?”
Xu Xinyao and Zhan Busi thought this at the same time. Xu Xinyao looked at the cameraman and asked, “Has anyone solved this question?”
Only one group of people had come to the third floor.
The cameraman: “…Yes.”
“…”
Half an hour later, Zhan Busi solved the question. The two of them left the room and walked to the next one.
On the way, Xu Xinyao comforted Zhan Busi. “It’s alright. Didn’t the first four rooms look very simple? Perhaps they were just experienced at that…”
As soon as she said this, the two of them entered the next room. When they saw the question on the blackboard, Zhan Busi’s expression became even more serious.
Seeing his expression, Xu Xinyao knew the result. She turned to the cameraman and asked, “Has anyone solved this question?”
The cameraman: “…Yeah.”
“…”
At this moment, no one was speaking on the live-stream. Both Xu Xinyao and her fans felt offended.
This was too much face-smacking!
The questions on the third floor were simple?
Zhan Busi used up two hours to complete the questions on the first floor. When he reached the third floor, an hour had already passed and he was only in the sixth room.
But!!
On the first floor, Qin Shuang and Xue Xi had already completed all the questions. The two of them obtained all the points and were led to the lounge by the staff.
After entering the room, Xue Xi asked blankly, “Where are the questions?”
“…You’re done with all.”
Xue Xi: “So few?”
He silently took a look. So far, there were still contestants on the first floor. He then looked at the entire screen and realized that most of the others were on the second floor. Up until now, there was only one other group, Zhan Busi’s team, on the third floor. “…”
Were there really too few questions?
The Goddess of Studying was just too fast!
Qin Shuang saw the staff’s speechless expression and could not help but ask, “Then what are we doing now?”
The staff said, “…You need to wait here for the rest of the people to finish and come here. Then, we can announce the scores.”
They waited.
The corners of Qin Shuang’s mouth twitched as she turned to look at Xue Xi. Indeed, she saw her frown slightly, so Qin Shuang said, “It’s too boring to wait. Please go to the lounge and help Sister Xi bring her bag over, alright?”
“Okay.”
The staff member left the room. Before he left, he suddenly waved at the cameraman, gesturing for him to follow.
They went to the lounge together.
On the bullet screen:
“I don’t want to look at the staff. I want to look at Sis Xi. Even if she doesn’t move, I’ll just lick the screen.”
The staff member said, “Actually, I think a lot of people want to know what’s in Brainiac’s bag like me, right?”
The moment he said that, the comments went silent.
The staff continued, “What should a girl’s bag contain? Tissues, makeup powder, umbrellas, anything else?”
The bullet screen was filled with comments:
“—I have snacks in my bag! Water!”
“I have a charger in my bag because Lemon brand phones run out of battery every day! I have to charge twice a day!”
“—Could it be notebooks and homework? Books?”
Amid the discussion, the staff found Xue Xi’s bag. It was a huge black bag. The staff picked it up and said to the bullet screen, “It’s quite heavy. Let’s give it to Sister Xi now and see what’s inside.”
Hence, the staff excitedly returned to the lounge with her bag.
There was a row of sofas in the lounge for the people who had completed the mission to sit down. At this moment, only Xue Xi and Qin Shuang were in the spacious room.
The staff walked in and passed the bag to Xue Xi. “Sister Xi, is this it?”
“Yeah.”
Xue Xi nodded, took the bag, and opened the zipper.
The cameraman beside her aimed the camera at her bag and saw… Xue Xi taking out a thick book.
The content on it—Everyone expressed that they could not understand!
After taking out a book, Xue Xi continued to open her bag and slowly took out another book—pure English literature.
After taking out the legal documents and English documents, Xue Xi rummaged through her bag and took out one, two, three… and they were still books.
After taking out a few books, Xue Xi threw her bag aside and opened a few books to read.
She was probably reading a certain research book, so the few books were all about that research project. She looked at this book and then at the other book, reading it with extreme seriousness.
Qin Shuang, who was usually very talkative, immediately shut her mouth and did not disturb Sister Xi’s reading!
The staff: “…”
The cameraman: “…”
At this moment, in the production team.
A few of the assistant directors were having a headache. “What… what should we do now?”
The director frowned. “That’s right. The mission was completed so early. If the protagonist is just idling in the lounge, everyone in the live-stream will definitely leave! The popularity cannot continue to increase. In terms of popularity, we will lose!”