Chapter One Hundred and Three: The Format of the Knowledge Contest

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For some people, a two-hour high-speed rail journey was anything but pleasant. Wang Yiran and Qin Anyi did not take that little episode to heart, but several students from Yiqiao No. 2 simply could not remain so calm. In particular, Yuan Jingya spent the entire two hours seated behind Wang Yiran and Qin Anyi, endlessly spouting all manner of cutting remarks. Qin Anyi rather admired that kind of persistence.

The provincial capital experimental school had arranged for people to meet the arriving passengers at the station. So when the teachers and students from Changqing No. 1 and Yiqiao No. 2 left the station, they were immediately greeted by teachers from the provincial capital experimental school and warmly led onto the waiting shuttle bus. The teachers from the participating schools were all quite familiar with one another, so there was no awkward atmosphere.

Chapter 103: The Rules of the Knowledge Contest

The venue for the national key middle school knowledge contest in Ludong Province had never been fixed in any explicit way. The contest rules merely stated that the next contest would be held at the school that won the current championship.

"The reigning champion's school."

"Let me give you a rough explanation of the contest rules. The most important thing is that sleeping in the same room won't delay normal sparring practice. Rather than booking a single room and then sneaking over in secret, it's better to do it openly like this."

As Wang Yiran spoke, she untied the hairband from her hair. Her smooth black hair spilled down like a waterfall, and Qin Anyi's eyes lit up. If the Wang Yiran with her hair tied back gave off more of a youthful vitality, then with her hair let down she carried a distinctly mature charm.

"Has anyone ever told you that when you're alone with a man, every little movement can be extremely tempting to him?" Qin Anyi licked his lips and sighed. "Of course I know that. But since you've already stripped my whole body bare, what else is there to be careful about? What, are you actually interested in me when I'm dressed? Your standards are awfully low."

"That... shouldn't have anything to do with whether you're wearing clothes or not... and besides, can that question really be understood that way?" Qin Anyi broke out in a cold sweat. Why was Wang Yiran's way of thinking so different from that of ordinary people?

"All right, enough nonsense. On the day of tomorrow's knowledge contest, it will last the entire day, with all the participating schools' students competing together. By custom, the live match will be held in the auditorium of the provincial capital experimental school, and the students of the provincial capital experimental school will all have the day off to watch our competition."

Wang Yiran sat down on the bed in one motion, kicked off the flats she was wearing, and exposed her pale, delicate little feet, which swayed lightly back and forth.

"According to the usual sequence, the first event will be the memorization competition, the one you previously competed in against Guo Qingyuan. In the end, the total score is calculated by summing the total number of memorized characters from all five people. The school with the highest total wins.

"The hardest part is the stage where you answer questions. The questions cover all subjects and are completed jointly by all five members. The entire paper is worth forty points. Because the difficulty is very high, even though there aren't many questions, the answering time lasts a full two hours.

"After that comes lunch. Following the midday break, the final event in the afternoon will be the subject-question rapid-response round. All participating students compete by school, buzzing in to answer questions. One point is awarded for a correct answer, and two points are deducted for a wrong one. Once a school's accumulated score reaches one hundred, the contest ends."

As Qin Anyi listened to Wang Yiran's explanation of the rules, he quickly ran through a series of calculations in his mind, then frowned. "Under these rules, the demands on a team are extremely high. Unless there's some all-around prodigy, only a balanced team has any chance of winning. And by the afternoon round, the psychological resilience required is even greater. This isn't merely a contest of knowledge."

"Exactly. The reason the provincial capital experimental school has monopolized the championship all this time is that their group of five has never had any weaknesses, while the representative teams from other schools always have one flaw or another. That's why none of them has ever defeated them."

Wang Yiran pursed her lips, then suddenly smiled. "But this time, they may well be disappointed. No one would ever have imagined that a super freak like you could exist too."

"That doesn't sound like praise. Are the things you said on the train still valid?" Qin Anyi stroked his chin and grinned mischievously.

"Which one do you mean?"

"The one about the deep tongue kiss."

"Women all like strong men. I'm no exception."

"What kind of standards count as strong?"

"At the very least... dazzling beyond measure, I suppose?"