Free Web NovelChapter 55: Chapter 53: The Terrifying Lin Xiaoqing_2
If you wait until you see the question and realize you can answer it before buzzing in, it’s simply too late.
So, you must take the risk!
The representative from Zhengyang No.1 High School stood up, only to be taken aback as soon as he looked at the big screen.
The question that appeared on the large screen was longer than the previous one. Knowing he didn’t have time to read the question, he simply looked directly at the options.
"Your answer is...," the host immediately asked.
Five seconds is a fleeting span.
The contestant hesitated for a moment, and without any prompts from the side, he ended up saying nothing.
"Ding——"
An ear-piercing sound rang out.
This sound indicated that time was up. If the contestant did not answer, he would be judged as having failed.
"What a pity."
The host let out a sigh of empathy for the young man standing there, but the rules of the competition are as such. It was impossible to give the contestant extra time. It might seem humane, but it would be unfair to the other teams.
"Zhengyang No.1 High School failed to answer, constituting a failure, leading to the forfeit of the right to continue answering."
The host announced the outcome.
The representative from Zhengyang No.1 High School helplessly sat down, with tears welling up in his eyes. The rest of the students also said nothing. Buzzing in was the last step, their score would now be fixed, they were certainly the last place.
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Zhengyang No.1 High School was now definitively in last place. This interesting turn of events caused many spectators to shift their support to Zhengyang No.13 Middle School.
They had originally supported Zhengyang No.1 High School.
Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School and Yongyang Middle School are both schools from Jiangzhou; Zhengyang No.1 High School and Zhengyang No.13 Middle School are both schools from Zhengyang.
By the time the ’Youth Cup’ competition reached the finals, it almost seemed like a ’showdown between two cities’ education systems.’ Zhengyang No.1 High School was indisputably in last place. The spectators from Zhengyang then shifted their support to Zhengyang No.13 Middle School.
Even though most of them looked down on the thirteenth middle school, believing they were far inferior to the first middle school, they felt they could only rely on them at this point.
A number of people began chanting Zhao Yi’s name.
"Go No.13 Middle School!"
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Everyone could see that No.13 Middle School’s high score was due to Zhao Yi’s excellent performance, as the other students were considerably less outstanding.
Once the arena quieted down again, the host signaled for the rapid-fire round to continue.
Zhengyang No.1 High School’s misfortune signaled a warning to Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School and Yongyang Middle School. You can indeed buzz in early during the rapid-fire round, but you should at least glance at the question. If the question has few words, it’s manageable, as one look will tell you whether you know it or not. Questions with more words require one to be calm. Even though you know how to answer, if you don’t finish reading the question, your only option is to guess, which carries a high risk of getting it wrong.
Zhao Yi certainly didn’t care about such niceties.
Zhengyang No.1 High School had snatched a question from him just now. He realized that quick reflexes mattered most in buzzing in, so he asked, "Who has a fast hand? Come here and buzz in non-stop!"
"I will!"
Sun Liang volunteered eagerly.
"Good!"
Zhao Yi chose to trust Sun Liang, "Don’t look at the screen, just keep buzzing in. We need to be the first to buzz in!"
"Are you confident in answering the questions?" Lin Xiaoqing asked with a little worry.
Zhao Yi rolled his eyes, "I’m excellent at guessing answers! I swear, all I need to do is look at the options."
Lin Xiaoqing just nodded.
At this point, if they wanted to surpass Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School, it all depended on Zhao Yi’s performance.
The fourth question was displayed.
Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School and Yongyang Middle School were both considering whether they had enough time to look at the question. Sun Liang did not take that into consideration at all. He just followed Zhao Yi’s instruction, continuously buzzing in with incredible speed.
"Ding dong!"
The sound rang out.
The host immediately looked in the direction of No.13 Middle School. Zhao Yi stood up, glanced at the screen, and immediately answered, "A."
"Are you sure?"
"It’s absolutely A!" Zhao Yi said with certainty, not wanting to waste time.
The host took a deep breath, "Correct!"
The score of Zhengyang No.13 Middle School jumped to 210 points, thereby drawing level with Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School.
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On the side of the stage.
The four judges, who had only been involved in the subjective-question segment since the start, looked at Zhao Yi and laughed. They hadn’t expected to encounter such an interesting student in a small competition.
Risk questions, all answered correctly.
Quickfire questions, every buzz was followed by a correctly answered question. It seemed like there were no incorrect answers.
What did this indicate?
He had great confidence in his knowledge and his speed at understanding a question was incomparable.
Genius!
Without a doubt!
Even though it was just a few risk questions and quickfire questions, given his accuracy rate and speed, many put the label of genius on Zhao Yi.
On the stage.
Zhengyang No.13 Middle School had drawn level with Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School, which was particularly shocking to Yongyang Middle School.
Yongyang Middle School was sitting on only 180 points. They wanted to make another effort to strive for at least second place if not first.
However, before they could gather themselves, there were only two questions left in the rapid-fire round, and both of their opponents’ scores had reached 210 points, exactly 30 points higher than theirs.
The contestants from Yongyang Middle School felt like vomiting blood. They felt like they were having a worse experience than Zhengyang No.1 High School. Zhengyang No.1 High School took a risk and didn’t win, thus their scores were fixed.
Yongyang Middle School didn’t even get the chance to take risks, and their ranking was already set.
What could they do?
Now only two questions remained. The contest for first place involved only Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School and Zhengyang No.13 Middle School.
Jiangzhou Experimental Middle School was in shock.
Zhengyang No.13 Middle School had answered three questions in a row correctly, closing the gap completely. What if their opponent snatched the next question and got it right again?
