The homeroom teacher of Class 1, Grade 11 shook his head and sighed, unable to help but criticize Teacher Ye.

"Tell me, how do you teach your students? Do you think you can just run away because you're scared? All the major universities are watching, you're disgracing Linjiang No.1 High School!"

The homeroom teacher of Class Two also laughed sarcastically: "I told you the girls wouldn't do. They've ruined the spirit of the students at Linjiang No. 1 Middle School."

Teacher Ye's lips were tightly pursed, and she rarely showed her temper, saying, "Xie Li will definitely participate in the challenge."

She tried calling Xie Li's cell phone again, but this time, instead of no one answering, the call was immediately disconnected.

Seeing this, the others exchanged knowing, malicious smiles.

Hanging up on the homeroom teacher's call—isn't that considered escaping?

Just as Wenling's expression grew increasingly cold and mocking, Jiang Baili's lips curled into a sneer, and Ming Xiaoxiao was filled with smug satisfaction—

With a bang, the entrance gate was kicked open.

Xiao Di stared intently, then jumped for joy, exclaiming, "Li Shen!!!"

The girl must have run very fast, for her flowing hair was now slowly falling back down. Standing in the shadows against the light, her voice was clear and calm: "Sorry I'm late."

Teacher Ye's eyes lit up, and she got up and rushed to the edge of the stage, hurriedly leading Xie Li onto the stage.

When Xie Li arrived at the designated answering area, put on his headphones, and logged into the system, it was exactly 8:30.

At this point, the system is completely locked. No one is allowed to enter anymore.

Wenling couldn't help but frown: "Are you alone?"

"Is that not allowed?" Xie Li looked up, her eyes clear as she looked at him.

Wenling's silence isn't necessarily a bad thing, since the final assessment is based on team scores anyway. It's just that this is a team competition, and Xie Li is alone, lagging behind by so many questions; he's probably doomed to lose.

Xie Li turned to the principal on the judges' panel and said, "By the way, Shen Lian didn't run away at the last minute. She ran into some trouble and has already called the police. The school should send a teacher over as soon as possible."

The head of the teaching department was shocked. What situation had escalated to the point of calling the police?

He was worried about the safety of his students, but he was also furious that someone dared to cause trouble at Linjiang No. 1 Middle School and hurt his students.

This won't do, so the head of the teaching department rushed off to handle it.

The timer for answering the questions had already started, but Xie Li's system was still loading.

Wenling's voice was calm: "You are almost half an hour late, and during the quiz, in order to increase the fun and interaction among the students in the audience, the questions were not completely hidden."

"To ensure fairness and impartiality, your answer sheet needs to be compared with the system and regenerated. This process only takes two minutes, it's very quick."

After hearing Wenling's explanation, the students in the audience suddenly realized that he was afraid they would leak the exam questions to Xie Li.

Although everyone felt there was no reason to leak the questions, since many of the earlier questions were practical and the key data was hidden, who the hell could win just by knowing the question types in advance?

Xie Li pondered for a second, then tapped the screen with his finger, directly entering the question-and-answer interface.

In that instant, Wenling's eyes narrowed slightly, and he involuntarily leaned forward, as if trying to stand up.

But soon he relaxed, his eyes filled with mockery.

What should have been a matter of waiting a minute or two, Xie Li's solution was to adjust the difficulty level again, directly entering the SSS level for the exam.

In his view, Xie Li knew he was doomed and was deliberately trying to attract attention.

This makes it seem like the difficulty level is too high if you can't solve many questions, which is a forced attempt to save face; however, it also shows commendable courage to challenge a team battle alone.