Everyone held their breath at that moment. Beneath Gao Yuan's calm expression, her heart was also tense.
Although she didn't care about the fame and fortune that winning the championship would bring her.
She still hoped Tian Tian could reach the end, as she was a contestant in her group.
The host also watched her, wondering if she was prepared to answer the question herself, or if she would use her remaining time to pass the answering opportunity to the members of the assistance group.
Under everyone's gaze, Tian Tian spoke: "56, 17, 28, 189, 314, 7!" As she finished speaking, the answering time froze at seven minutes and twenty seconds.
"Contestant Tian Tian has given her answer, but whether she answered correctly, I don't know!
However, before revealing the answer, I still want to ask everyone, do you think this question is difficult?" the host asked the audience.
Everyone replied in unison: "Difficult!"
"Do you know the answer?"
"No!"
"Then what about you, do you think this question is difficult?" the host then turned to the other contestants.
Some said it was difficult, some said it was okay, and some said it wasn't.
"Then, are there any whose answers are the same as Tian Tian's?" the host asked again.
At this time, seven or eight people raised their hands, including Song Yi Cheng!
No one knew if they truly had the same answer as Tian Tian or if they raised their hands intentionally; only the contestants who raised their hands knew.
"It seems there are quite a few people with the same answer as Tian Tian. Tong Tong, you didn't raise your hand, is it because you have a different answer?" The host suddenly shifted the topic to Tong Tong, whose performance yesterday had left a deep impression on him.
Tong Tong shook his head: "No!"
This answer stunned the host: "Since you don't have a different answer, why didn't you raise your hand?"
Tong Tong honestly replied: "Because I don't know the answer?"
Such an honest answer left the host speechless for a moment.
But it made many people laugh. Was this child too naive?
Even if he really didn't know, he shouldn't have said it. Wouldn't that make everyone laugh at him?
Wouldn't that be equivalent to telling everyone that he was incapable?
The chief director in the audience, who thought Tong Tong would be very capable, didn't expect him to be stumped by the first question. Was there any need to create even more difficult questions for him?
Yun Duo Er felt a surge of joy when she saw that Tong Tong didn't know the answer.
Song Yi Cheng had raised his hand just now, and so had many others. The possibility of them getting it right was very high.
But Tong Tong didn't know the answer at all. How could he advance to the next round?
Those who had seen Tong Tong's brilliant performance yesterday were also eagerly looking forward to him bringing them another shocking surprise today.
Who knew that this child wouldn't know the answer to the very first question, which disappointed them.
Could it be that this was the so-called great start but poor finish?
Was his talent limited to remembering things, and counting?
Tong Tong paid no mind to the thoughts and gazes of the crowd, his expression showing no sign of embarrassment for not knowing the answer.
Indeed, a child is still a child. To be so composed even when not knowing the answer. If it were any other contestant, they would have been anxious by now.
After all, the subsequent competitions would feature similar question types, just possibly with different shapes to find.
Although Liu Yi Feng didn't know why Tong Tong said he didn't know, he believed that Tong Tong would surely amaze everyone when he took the stage.
No matter when or what the question, nothing could stump Tong Tong.
But Director Wang became worried. According to the chief director, Tong Tong's questions would be the most difficult among all contestants.
Tong Tong couldn't even answer this relatively simple question, let alone the difficult ones.
The host no longer delayed everyone's time and returned to the main topic: "Next, please look at the big screen, let's see if Tian Tian's answer is correct."
As he finished speaking, the big screen displayed the image from before again. Under everyone's watchful eyes, all the dots began to quickly form various patterns.
The crowd was dazzled. It took about half a minute for all the dots to connect and form different shapes, with some graphics overlapping.
Even if they were asked to find the equilateral hexagon from this image, they might not be able to, let alone drawing the picture in their minds by remembering the positions of the dots.
Many people were looking for the numbers Tian Tian mentioned, but after searching for a long time, they couldn't find the location of the numbers.
The numbers were too small, and the lines obscured many of them, making them truly hard to find.
It wasn't until red lines appeared on the big screen, connecting one by one, until an equilateral hexagon was formed.
However, because the numbers were obscured by the lines, it was impossible to confirm if Tian Tian's six sets of numbers were correct.
But Tian Tian showed a confident smile. Although she couldn't see the numbers, she remembered their positions.
A moment later, the shapes formed by the black lines disappeared at a visibly fast speed, and the numbers became clear again.
When everyone saw the equilateral hexagon, the venue erupted with thunderous applause.
The host excitedly announced the numbers on it: "56, 17, 28, 189, 314, 7! Exactly the same as contestant Tian Tian said. Let us congratulate Tian Tian on her first victory, a resounding success."
The audience's applause rang out again. Tian Tian smiled and bowed to the audience: "Thank you, thank you everyone!"
She was quite confident in her abilities and had lived up to expectations.
"My god, this child is amazing. She can answer such a monstrous question correctly. I'm really curious how her brain works!" a middle-aged man could only express his astonishment.
"I also thought she wouldn't be able to answer it, but she actually got it right. She's truly extraordinary."
"Of course. Otherwise, how could she be on a show like this?
We can't look at them with the eyes of ordinary people.
What seems impossible to us is not impossible to them."
"That's true, I was too narrow-minded!"
Everyone was impressed by Tian Tian. Tian Mama's palms were red from clapping.
"Tian Mama, congratulations!" Liu Yi Feng said gratefully from the side.
"I believe Tong Tong will also answer correctly when he goes on stage!" Tian Mama comforted him.
Before Liu Yi Feng could reply, Song Mama began to mock: "Aren't you just stating the obvious? Your son openly admitted just now that he didn't know the answer, so how could he possibly get it right?
My son is different. When the host asked the question, he raised his hand, his answer the same as your daughter's.
That means this kind of question is a piece of cake for my son."
Seeing her smugness, Tian Mama curled her lips in disdain and ignored her.
"Don't mind what she says. What's the use of her son being so capable? Look at us family members, who wants to be compared to her.
What's the use of being good at studying? If you don't have your own abilities, to put it bluntly, you're useless." She leaned closer to Liu Yi Feng and whispered.
Liu Yi Feng smiled and said nothing, indicating he hadn't taken it in.
He had long since become numb to Song Mama's occasional provocations and comparisons.