“Damn, it took me 14 minutes to write this out.”

“I messed up in one spot, and it completely destroyed my mentality.”

“So, who are these people finishing in under five minutes? What kind of freaks are they?”

“Amazing, amazing, amazing.”

Basically, most people participated in the game, solving Sudoku on their phones.

While most managed to complete it, the majority took longer than five minutes.

Therefore, no one could argue with the selection of these hundred participants.

“Oh man, it took me nine and a half minutes to finish. I’m so bad.” Zhou Fu, sitting on the lawn with Tang Siwen and playing Sudoku, sighed and looked at Tang Siwen beside her. “What about you?”

Asked this, Tang Siwen opened her Sudoku game.

“Wow, five and a half minutes! Almost made it into the top hundred!” Zhou Fu exclaimed.

“Thirty seconds short, still a bit slow.”

Tang Siwen was also a Sudoku enthusiast and played occasionally. But after high school, she had been mostly studying and hadn’t played much.

Thirty seconds short was a bit of a shame.

“The list of the top hundred is out. Only 12 of us are from Eleventh High…”

Looking at the message in the group chat, Zhou Fu suddenly realized the terrifying difference between the schools.

Moreover, one of those twelve was the principal.

Changjun: 35

Fourth High: 28

Heng High: 25

Eleventh High: 12

And Changjun was really strong this round.

In this study camp, this school was like a boss with an absurd amount of health.

Their leading the pack and Eleventh High’s trailing at the bottom formed a stark contrast.

This round’s competition was based on the cumulative scores of the top ten participants.

That is to say, out of the 100 people, only the top 10 could score points.

First place got 50 points, second place got 45 points, third place got 40 points, and so on, down to 9th place with 10 points, and 10th place with 5 points.

Getting first place was equivalent to winning a basketball game, or even more.

Even getting 10th place would earn 5 points.

So, what was the key to getting high scores?

It was having a lot of people in the high-scoring range, or the scoring range in general.

The more people who participated, the more people would score points.

And Eleventh High only had a mere 12 participants.

Moreover, compared to the leading schools, everyone’s strength was considerably weaker.

The most direct example was that none of the top ten were from Eleventh High.

Although it was just Sudoku, it reflected quite a bit.

But with a large sample size, it was very convincing.

In this round, each school’s score was probably proportional to the number of participants.

“The competition seems to be in the auditorium, which can hold two thousand people. Should we go take a look?” Zhou Fu suggested curiously.

“Chen Yuan and Xia Xinyu seem to be participating too…” Thinking of this, Tang Siwen nodded. And with that, she agreed.

While walking with Zhou Fu, she suddenly said, with some concern, “Xinyu, she’s really amazing.”

“Why are you saying that all of a sudden?” Zhou Fu asked, puzzled.

“No, I just think she finished the Sudoku really quickly, she’s very talented.”

“You were only thirty seconds behind, you’re also very strong,” Zhou Fu said reassuringly.

“Yeah, thanks.” Tang Siwen smiled faintly and nodded.

But in her heart, she still felt a little inferior.

After Xia Xinyu started dating Chen Yuan, they both made great progress, and their grades improved a lot.

As for herself, she seemed to be standing still.

Perhaps, my talent is only here?

Or is it that I lack something to motivate me…

“Isn’t there also the Quiz Competition? You were the fourth place in the Xia Hai City Elementary School Quiz Competition, your domain hasn’t arrived yet.”

Bringing up her rather classic background, Zhou Fu encouraged her warmly.

Hearing this, Tang Siwen’s eyes lit up.

Then, she suddenly felt a surge of fighting spirit.

That’s right, I also have my own shining points.

I also have advantages that I can show off.

“Yeah, yeah.”

Tang Siwen nodded, greatly encouraged, and then said with certainty, “I’m going to make a big splash at the Quiz Competition.”

“So, who do you want to impress?”

Zhou Fu’s eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and she asked mischievously.

And this question immediately made Tang Siwen’s face flush slightly.

She wanted to impress Chen Yuan…

Let Chen Yuan think she was very cool.

But there was no way she could say such a thing…

But for some reason, Zhou Fu seemed to be grilling her.

So, after stammering for a while, she looked at her and whispered,

“You.”

This one word immediately backfired on Zhou Fu.

Oh my!

Such a cute Tang sister!

I knew what she was thinking and still deliberately pressed her.

Zhou Fu tried to trick her, Zhou Fu is bad.

Tang Siwen confessed to her, she is good.

“Oh baby, then good luck.”

Zhou Fu just put her arm around Tang Siwen’s shoulder and couldn’t help but give her a friendly peck on her fragrant cheek…

…

Chen Yuan and Xia Xinyu, along with the Wu Yi combination, went to the auditorium together.

On the way, Chen Yuan told Liu Chengxi that they were participating in the competition.

After hearing this, he was immediately distraught.

Why is your study camp so interesting!

Why didn’t you bring First High along!

It could only be said that if Brother Chengxi was here, their fighting power could indeed be raised another level.

After all, a serious person can always inspire everyone’s desire to win.

“But what exactly are the competitions? Haven’t they revealed anything?” Wu Wenxin asked curiously.

“They only said there were three rounds, but they didn’t announce what the specific competitions are,” Xia Xinyu replied.

“But based on the Sudoku selection round, it should have a lot to do with intelligence.”

Speaking of this, Wu Wenxin felt a little embarrassed.

If only she hadn’t pushed her ranking so high.

Getting second place, what if she bottoms out later? That would be too embarrassing.

“So, this is completely Brother Yi’s domain,” Chen Yuan said ‘complimentarily’.

“Here we go again,” Shi Yi sensed the attempt to elevate him, “I still think this is your domain.”

“No, no, after all, you’re the first place in the selection round, the number one seed, winning the championship is what everyone expects. Someone like me, a seed in the seventies, being able to score points would be amazing,” Chen Yuan said ‘humbly’.

“One Sudoku game doesn’t prove anything, I just usually play it a lot…”

“The ‘Yi’ in Shi Yi is the ‘Yi’ in first place.”

“…”

Shi Yi just watched Chen Yuan crazily praising him in a toxic way.

And he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

Just then, Chen Yuan smiled, put his hand on his shoulder, and said, “Just kidding, I’m just hyping you up, don’t take it seriously. The one who will win is me.”

“…”

This sentence, combined with Chen Yuan’s confident expression…

Shi Yi’s heart suddenly filled with joy.

To be honest, when he was being praised, he always felt that the other party was a little cunning.

It was as if they were setting a premise in advance.

If he lost, it would be unacceptable.

If Chen Yuan lost, it would be understandable.

This was too much.

But this sentence let him know that Chen Yuan had class.

Facing the challenge head-on, that was his courage.

“Okay.”

So, Shi Yi also made a gesture and said that famous line, “I will win.”

The two girls on the side were also moved and happy for the bond between these two men.

At the same time, they firmly believed in one thing.

Chen Yuan (Shi Yi) will win.

“But it would be a joke if another school took first place, I feel like we can’t be too confident.”

“Indeed, it might be some competitions we haven’t heard of, so it’s not that stable.”

But the follow-up patches that the two men made caused the two girls to sigh inwardly.

They were quite cool just now, why did they become cowards all of a sudden…

And so, they arrived at the auditorium.

And on the huge stage, all around the stage, were placed one hundred chairs.

On each chair was a tablet.

And so, the contestants who arrived, after being verified, took their seats one after another.

The audience in the auditorium gradually increased.

Everyone chose a suitable position to watch this interesting battle of wits.

And when the two principals took the stage, there was a roar of applause…

“Principal He is awesome, Eleventh High is awesome!”

“Principal Zhang is even more awesome! Fourth High is even more awesome!”

“Ranked tenth in a Sudoku competition with thousands of people, do you have principals like that? It’s really ‘Jian Jian and Jun Jun’!”

“Huh, aren’t there four principals? Why aren’t the principals from the other two schools on stage?”

“Are they unwilling?”

The atmosphere instantly reached its peak.

Everyone was extremely happy.

It should be said that all the students from Fourth High and Eleventh High were.

They were being smug.

As for the students from Heng High and Changjun, they felt a little embarrassed.

Our principals, what are you doing?!

“…”

The principals from Changjun and Heng High were on either side of the leaders from the study camp base. Both of them lowered their heads, not knowing what kind of reaction they should have.

What the hell is going on?

Why didn’t the previous study camps have such a segment?

If you do this again, we won’t come next time!

Changjun High School, the champion of the study camp, withdrew from the student union.

The reason was that although the school won the championship, my pride was greatly hurt by being beaten up by other principals!

Now, what they could hope for was that He Hongtao and Zhang Jianjun would be brutally abused by other students.

But no matter how abused they were, there was a saying – the final four, the final eight, the final sixteen, are all better than staying at home!

After taking the stage, He Hongtao and Zhang Jianjun also became the focus of the other contestants.

However, Jianjun was too serious, forming a great contrast with He Hongtao next to him.

After taking the stage, He Hongtao called the eleven students from Eleventh High together, and then smiled and cheered them on, “Although fewer people from our school passed the Sudoku round, the next competitions are different types, it’s a fresh start. As long as we do our best in each round, we will eventually have good results.”

This cheering up gave everyone some confidence.

Compared to other schools, the number of participants was indeed a little less.

But if a few of them performed exceptionally well and took first or second place, then the scoring would be very advantageous.

It could only be said that the situation is not yet decided, and we are all dark horses.

“Before the study camp, who would have thought that we could rank second?”

Before the competition, He Hongtao gave one last pep talk, “No matter what, it’s enough as long as we’ve tried.”

““Yeah!””

Everyone was also inspired, like Spartan warriors, full of power.

“Principal, can I give you a high-five…”

One of the more outgoing students asked proactively.

Then, He Hongtao directly agreed, “Sure, let’s all do it.”

“Yay!”

So, He Hongtao took turns high-fiving that boy, Sun Bai, Chen Yuan, and the rest of the students, giving them encouragement…

Zhang Jianjun couldn’t do this kind of thing.

And so, he smiled mockingly at He Hongtao, who didn’t look like a principal at all, and couldn’t help but laugh.

But when he saw Xia Xinyu naturally giving He Hongtao a high-five too, his smile froze…

(End of chapter)