Thorndike's hungry cat experiment and Kohler's chimpanzee experiment are both classic experiments in the field of education. The conclusion of the former is based on trial and error, while the conclusion of the latter is based on epiphany.
Compared to Shi Xin, Jiang Su and his classmates' exams were more difficult than Shi Xin's. Unlike Shi Xin who repeated the same test paper over and over again, Jiang Su and his classmates were tested on things they had never learned before. During the exam, they were only given one textbook to "enlighten" and any reference materials that were beyond the scope were considered cheating. If no one could get full marks under these conditions, they would continue to be tested on the same knowledge points in the next exam.
Jiang Su let out a long breath after explaining his test paper. A morning of exams had exhausted him, and now being away from the examination room made him feel more relaxed than ever before.
Shi Xin rehearsed the information he had obtained according to what Jiang Su said.
The two grades were doing experiments with completely opposite theories. Although the hints about the experiments were simple and clear enough, and seemed to have provided enough foreshadowing for the next clues, the three were still nervous.
First, they have been in the teaching building for too short a time and have only experienced two exams, so it is not possible to determine how these educational test experiments will proceed and what results will be produced. Second, judging from the current situation, other similar experiments may be ongoing in other places in this teaching building.
The two groups briefed each other, and Shi Xin also told Ming Qiao everything that happened.
Jiang Su was shocked by Mingqiao's incident. He originally thought that Mingqiao would be gentle and kind even if he became an NPC, and his hands would not be stained with blood. But when he heard Shi Xin describe the process of Mingqiao killing the invigilator, he suddenly felt creepy.
The familiar person turned into a strange monster. Although he could sometimes remain conscious, this uncertainty was even more frightening.
The three of them still seemed to be buried in a thick fog that could not be dissolved. Even the fact that Mingqiao became an NPC had become a sharp blade hidden in the fog. No one dared to bet that Mingqiao's knife would not be raised over their heads.
Jiang Su turned his head and looked at the thick fog outside the building that was not dispersing.
"It will go out." He heard Shi Xin say.
Jiang Su rarely showed pessimism: "At this time, who can be the savior? Who can guarantee that we will survive?"
"You can save yourself. Everyone in this teaching building has to save themselves." Shi Xin patted Jiang Su's shoulder: "No one can be the savior, but I think the closest one is Ming Qiao."
Jiang Su turned back and gave Shi Xin a forced smile: "You look a lot like Teacher Ming."
Shi Xin was stunned, shook his head and said nothing.
"I thought I had gotten used to exams after studying for so many years, and even enjoyed them, but this morning I almost felt sick." Jiang Su said tiredly, "When I walked into the classroom this morning, all my classmates looked at me with hope. I did think I could save them, but I overestimated myself. I couldn't get a perfect score."
"Don't feel pressured." Shi Xin said, "You can't save everyone, just do what you can."
Wen Xing took two steps and stood in front of the two men and said firmly: "We have to save ourselves. Only after saving ourselves can we save others. If we want to save ourselves, we must first solve the problem of the chief invigilator killing people. They killed people without hesitation and did not shy away from students. It's very similar to a..."
"Performance." Shi Xin said.
"Yes." Wen Xing nodded and said, "They performed the killing process as a show for the students present, making everyone feel terrified and scared."
Shi Xin thought of Ming Qiao's last lip movements to him, and said in a deep voice: "It's an experiment, but also a reminder of the rules. Those hidden rules, you won't know unless you break them, but if you break them, you'll die. The chief invigilator tells the students by killing people that the dead people broke the rules, and they should learn from them."
Jiang Su's face also turned serious: "The rules are set by the chief invigilator. They have absolute power. If you want to know the rules, you have to induce the chief invigilator to tell you voluntarily, or just kill the chief invigilator and make him lose his power."
Shi Xin nodded and said, "The chief invigilator is the biggest boss in this dungeon. If we take care of them, we can solve everything."
Wen Xing looked at Shi Xin after hearing this. She opened and closed her lips, hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "But your chief invigilator is Mr. Ming. If you have to, will you deal with him? Kill him?"
Although she did not have much contact with Mingqiao from beginning to end, and only knew what kind of person Mingqiao was from the descriptions of Shi Xin and Jiang Su, she could not bear to deal with such a teacher like a monster.
"I won't kill him," Shi Xin said. "He has to live no matter what."
Wen Xing inexplicably felt a strange emotion whenever Mingqiao was mentioned. She poked Jiang Su beside her, trying to seek an explanation.
But Jiang Su seemed to not receive the signal. He quietly grabbed Wen Xing, exchanged a few simple words with Shi Xin and was about to walk back: "Then I'll leave Teacher Ming to you."
"Okay." Shi Xin watched the two leave and returned to his classroom.
Mingqiao had already left. A few students kept returning to the classroom after using the toilet. They slumped in their seats, looking haggard, as if their souls had been drained.
Shi Xin thought for a long time, picked a girl who seemed good-tempered and relatively calm and asked: "What have you experienced in the past few days?"
The girl replied succinctly: "Exams, people keep dying."
"Why did he die?"
"Because I can't get full marks." The girl was instantly brought into a terrifying memory. Her eyes were unfocused and her whole body was trembling: "Because I can't speak."
This is the situation that Shi Xin is most worried about. His questions are very likely to awaken the stress state of the person experiencing it. In this copy that requires constant exams, a calm mind is the most important thing.
He hurriedly comforted her and finally restored the girl to her original half-dead state.
Shi Xin finally had time to analyze it carefully, and immediately realized. Combined with the girl's answer and reaction, his previous guess should be correct. These students have indeed experienced more than one day of examinations. If they can't get full marks, they will continue to take the exam. If they break the rules during the exam, they will die.
This class was originally the worst performing class in the grade. It was inferior to other classes in terms of teaching staff and quality of students. It was not easy for this group of "poor students" to improve their grades through continuous trial and error and eventually get full marks. So they kept repeating this Chinese exam over and over again.
This copy links life and test scores together, which is so cruel for students.
"They will die. Everyone in this school will die." The girl murmured.
Before Shi Xin had time to continue to comfort him, Ming Qiao brought a new invigilator into the classroom.
The new invigilator was a woman who looked middle-aged, slightly overweight, and wrapped in an ill-fitting black suit. Her makeup was exaggerated, with a white face and dark yellow neck that was clearly divided by the chin, and bright red blush and lip balm, making her look like a fake paper figure.
Everyone around took a deep breath and then fell silent.
This woman did not look like a normal person. Her expression was even more ferocious than Susan's before. Her face was ferocious, and she did not have the usual kindness and gentleness of a teacher at all.
"Now let's read out the test results." Ming Qiao spoke coldly, attracting the attention of most people again: "Shi Xin, 118 points, please come up and take your paper."
Shi Xin originally wanted to take this opportunity to contact Ming Qiao again, but Ming Qiao seemed to be deliberately wary of him. When he walked up to the podium, he walked aside. Shi Xin looked at him deeply, and finally had no choice but to return to his seat.
This time, he only got the multiple-choice question wrong. All other questions, including the composition, scored full marks. This means that Shi Xin only needs to try twice at most to get a perfect answer sheet.
Mingqiao had distributed all the papers from the previous round of exams. The deputy invigilator was not qualified to introduce her name, so after Mingqiao finished her work, she stood next to the podium and began to show the sealed exam paper bags and answer sheet bags.
When the bell rang for the exam to start, she passed by Shi Xin's seat with a stack of test papers and answer sheets to distribute. Shi Xin quickly glanced at the deputy invigilator's work badge.
It was still a photo with a white background, and the name below was William Payne.
"What are you looking at?" William Pei stopped beside Shi Xin's desk and asked viciously.
The sudden roll call made Shi Xin break out in a sweat. He remembered the rule that one cannot talk during the exam. Just as he was about to shake his head to deny it, he saw that William Pei's eyes were not on him, but on the boy sitting in the front row of Shi Xin.
The boy shook his head tremblingly, but before he could utter a word, William Pei grabbed his clothes and forced him to stand up.
"Answer the invigilator's questions! What are you looking at?" William Payne yelled.
"I have nothing..."
The classroom was suddenly filled with red light, and Shi Xin knew that someone was going to die again. Unlike other students, his first reaction was to look up at Ming Qiao on the podium. The man seemed to be fused with the red light, his black suit and white shirt were all covered in red, and even his usually dark pupils reflected the strange light.
The next second, the boy's head fell to the ground, rolled on the ground for several times, and finally stopped at Shi Xin's feet.
The muscles on Shi Xin's face twitched a few times. He was looking at Ming Qiao the whole time. The man walked slowly down from the podium and picked up the head on the ground.
Under Shi Xin's surprised gaze, Ming Qiao put the head back on the boy's neck.
Shi Xin was very close to Ming Qiao, so close that he could reach the hem of Ming Qiao's clothes with just his hand, but he didn't move. He waited until Ming Qiao finished his hand movements and turned to look at him, then he mouthed: "You are not him."
The red light had slowly dissipated. Mingqiao glanced at him, turned around and returned to the podium.
William Pei had also walked away to distribute papers and answer sheets to other students.
Shi Xin held the test paper in his hand, his fingertips trembling.
He got another clue: red light means death, and when people think of death, their hair will stand on end and they will break out in cold sweat.
This feeling is familiar.
Dogs automatically salivate when they eat food. Later, a bell was added, and the dogs would also salivate when the bell rang.
Originally, people would not feel overly fearful when seeing red light, but it is artificially created that death and red light are linked together, so people in the classroom will become afraid as soon as they see the red light.
Like Pavlov's dogs.
Shi Xin swallowed.
The situation is not optimistic. And the most fatal thing is——
In the past, Mingqiao would never take action against a student. He protected every student from beginning to end, regardless of whether the student violated the rules or not.
But the Mingqiao now is not Mingqiao.
What should he do.
Shi Xin copied all the answers from his previous paper and handed it in with a different answer for that multiple-choice question.
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