Chapter 127 Da Hui II 5
After Ling Changye finished saying this, the dining table became completely quiet, as silent as death.
Lian Yangyi took a few bites of food and couldn't help but say, "You are such a hateful captain. I can't hold on any longer."
This inability to persist means that he wants to finish reading all the materials quickly and then organize his notes earlier than last time, instead of taking the exam.
This time, Yang Yi scored 726. The increased difficulty of the exam and the expansion of knowledge seemed to have no effect on him.
After spending these days together, Hua Haoming's opinion of him changed slightly. He was really curious, so he asked: "I don't understand, I really don't understand, how can you get such a high score?"
Yang Yi said calmly: "It's not surprising at all. The scope of the current investigation has not exceeded the knowledge scope of a qualified doctor."
Hua Haoming: "...No, you are just a Ph.D. in physics. There are so many subjects involved, complicated history, whining politics, and geography. How do you remember them all? Do you have hyperthymesia?"
Xia Bai shook his head, "Hyperthymesia won't lead to such good results. Hyperthymesia is autobiographical memory, not a learning ability."
"What do you mean?" Hua Haoming said, "Doesn't hyperthymesia mean that the memory ability is extremely terrible?"
Ling Changye explained for Xia Bai, "Patients with hyperthymesia have more accurate memories of their experiences, especially those that are trivial and painful. They are easily affected by the recurrence of these things and cannot concentrate on their work."
Yang Yi, the genius researcher who discovered the energy of games and developed a game detector, is the least likely to be a patient with hyperthymesia. The inability to concentrate on work almost ends a person's scientific research career.
Hua Haoming understood, "It turns out that this is not an ability, but a disease."
Yang Mei suddenly raised her head and asked Ling Changye: "Hyperthymesia means constantly recalling one's own experiences? Not super memory?"
Ling Changye saw that he was shocked and a little scared. Although he didn't understand why, he still said to him seriously: "Well, this kind of patients are most afraid of having bad experiences. They will often think of every minute and every second of those experiences, and they can't forget them, and it's hard for them to get over it."
Yang Mei suddenly dropped the chopsticks in her hand onto the bowl, stood up and pointed at Yang Yi angrily, "You told me at the time that hyperthymesia meant super memory, you lied to me! You lied to me!"
Xia Bai was stunned. He had never seen Yang Mei like this before.
To use an inappropriate metaphor, in Xia Bai's heart, Yang Mei has always been like a delicate and silly little princess, whose mind and mouth are full of love matters. She would say some strange things, indulge in pink bubbles, and would rarely get angry, let alone angry.
His thin fingers were trembling, as if he was angry, and his eyes were red, but it didn't seem like he was completely angry.
From his performance, Xia Bai slowly realized that Yang Yi actually had hyperthymesia.
Yang Yi, who developed the game detector and scored no less than 720 points in every test in this perverted game, actually has hyperthymesia.
Then Xia Bai thought of Yang Yi's experience, and how he had used his skills in the game to cause the death of his parents, and he felt mixed emotions.
But Yang Yi showed no expression.
He lowered his head to eat noodles. There was nothing delicious in the school cafeteria. In order to save time, a bowl of noodles with soup, noodles and vegetables was a good choice.
When no one spoke, they realized that Yang Yi made no sound when eating noodles, not even the sound of chopsticks touching the bowl and chewing.
Hua Haoming pulled Yang Mei to sit down, "The key now is the exam. If you don't prepare for it with all your heart, are you going to die?"
Wen Yuxin saw something and quickly changed the subject, "Captain, I'm afraid I really can't pass this exam. The score has been raised to 650. I didn't even get 650 in my first test. I feel dizzy and my head is going to explode."
"I've analyzed it carefully and I think you can do it," Ling Changye said.
“…”
Hua Haoming: "I don't know why you would trust us so damn much at this time."
Ling Changye analyzed them one by one, "Yang Yi doesn't need to be mentioned. Xia Bai scored 681 this time, not much less than last time. Don't worry, there is still potential to be tapped."
"Wen Yuxin, you can cheat. You should know the subjects that the students around you are good at, so you can prepare for the exam in a targeted manner."
"Hua Haoming." Ling Changye paused for two seconds. "If you can't hold on, let Heihua out. Listen to me first. I know you don't want to, but you should think about it from another perspective. The more you hate him, the more you should use him, right?"
“…”
Yang Mei lowered her head, and when she saw that Ling Changye was not going to talk about her anymore, she spoke softly, her voice hoarse, "What about me, Captain?"
Ling Changye was helpless, "You can only rely on Yang Yi, and I will give you another bottle of stimulant to try."
He took out more than one bottle, "This one is for Yang Mei, and the rest can be distributed to those top students."
After the new passing line came out this afternoon, some top students were a little panicked. Several people who had scored over 700 points in the baseline exam only scored around 650 points in this exam.
They didn't have time to tell those criminals and some of the players that they had used the school's method of improving their grades without them knowing, and they still had time to explain and stop this group of academic masters.
"We must make sure they hold on and at least make it through this exam," Ling Changye said.
Xia Bai took a bottle for himself and put away the rest, "Leave this to me."
Apart from Yang Yi and Ling Changye, no one else has time to do this, and he has a [harmless face], which makes him very suitable for doing this.
They discussed for a little longer than usual during meals, and when they left the cafeteria, they saw that the former poor students had also come to eat. There were much fewer people than they expected, only a few here and there.
Hua Haoming said: "They are just like the senior students in the library. They rarely come to the cafeteria to eat. In fact, I am very curious. Since they have a way to improve their grades so much in a short period of time, why are they not willing to waste time eating."
Xia Bai asked: "How do you know they are unwilling to waste time?"
"Didn't we think so when we observed the senior students before?" Hua Haoming asked.
Yes, before, when they saw the group of senior high school students, they thought that they didn’t go to the bathroom or eat in order to study longer in that classroom.
But now they know that the school has a way to improve their grades quickly in a short period of time, so this little bit of time is nothing.
This becomes a point of contradiction, and important clues are usually hidden in places of contradiction.
Yang Mei said dimly, "After being possessed by the ghost, their limbs become uncoordinated and they fall easily when walking, so they don't walk to the cafeteria to eat."
“…”
Several people walked towards the teaching building in silence.
When passing by one of the players, Xia Bai saw him wiping his forehead, as if it was very hot.
Xia Bai thought of the prisoner who smiled at him crazily that night in the dormitory, and he also covered his forehead when he entered the dormitory. Since then, Xia Bai has never seen him again.
He may be dead.
Xia Bai suddenly asked the prisoner who was wiping his forehead: "Are you hot?"
He heard Xia Bai's voice and subconsciously looked at Xia Bai. He couldn't hide this.
But he seemed not to have heard clearly what Xia Bai said. There was a moment of confusion in his eyes, and then he looked away, looking towards the cafeteria in front of him, with pain in his eyes.
Xia Bai seemed to have grasped something in an instant.
After returning to the teaching building, Xia Bai called out the thirty top students.
They all passed these two exams, but their scores were obviously different. The one with the highest score was Zhou Peiman, who scored 697 points, and the lowest score was only 640 points, which did not even pass the next passing line.
Everyone realized how terrible this school's exams were. Unlike the selection exams issued by the Tourism Bureau, this school's exams were like boiling a frog in warm water. The final exam might be even more terrible than those issued by the Tourism Bureau.
Many people who were full of confidence at the time became a little panicked.
Someone asked Xia Bai: "How did those people improve their grades so quickly? Have you found out?"
"Not yet, but I came to you mainly to tell you not to use the school's methods lightly."
Xia Bai cited the game played by Huaning TV as an example. Everyone here is smart, and they can draw inferences from one example and understand why Xia Bai didn't let them use the school's method.
"But if we don't use it, what should we do for this exam?" Someone said, "I calculated that my average score for each exam would drop by about 20 points, and this time the passing score has increased by 20 points. How can we make up for this 40-point gap?"
"Try to pass this exam on your own." Xia Bai gave them the energy-boosting medicine. "These are all we have. If you really need it, take a bottle. If you can still hold on, give it to those in need."
Xia Bai himself was also very busy, so after briefly explaining it, he gave them the medicine and went back to the classroom.
After returning, he told Yang Yi and Ling Changye that after evening self-study, he wanted to secretly go to the school hospital to check on the students.
The two knew why he wanted to go. The trigger was the player who was sent to the school hospital by the dormitory supervisor that night and never came out. Those who improved their grades very quickly had some physical symptoms, and they might also go to the school hospital.
Ling Changye said: "I'll go with you."
Yang Yi: "I'll go take a look too."
As soon as the bell rang to signal the end of evening study, the three of them quietly slipped into the darkness.
The school hospital of Dahui No. 2 Middle School is located in front of the office building. It is much larger than the school hospitals of other high schools. It has three floors, and each floor is very long. The three long floors are stacked together, like a wall to enclose the office building.
Sister Xue Mu climbed the stairs to show them the way and told them that all the students were hospitalized on the second floor.
Xia Bai glanced at Ling Changye.
Ling Changye: "...I can't climb trees, but I can break limbs."
“…”
Ling Changye, who possesses an immortal body, can even dismember himself, let alone get injured enough to be hospitalized.
Xia Bai and Yang Yi carried Ling Changye, who had broken his leg, into the school hospital.
The air conditioning in the school hospital was turned on very low. On a summer night, when Xia Bai walked from the hot outdoors into the cool hospital, her hair stood on end.
"What's wrong?" As soon as they walked in, a nurse came to greet them.
Xia Bai said: "He broke his leg."
The nurse looked at Ling Changye strangely, and while thinking that it was still possible for him to break his leg at his age, she took him to see a doctor.
At this time, there were still students sent by teachers and classmates. They didn't have to wait, as they saw people coming as soon as they entered the door of the school hospital.
"Doctor! He has a high fever! He's having a terrible fever!"
"Send him directly to the fever department!"
Yang Yi asked the nurse who led them, "The fever department doesn't treat colds and fevers, right?"
This familiar way of asking questions shows that he is using his skills.
The nurse shook her head. "What are you talking about? Of course it treats colds and fevers."
Failed.
Yang Yi did not give up, lowered the difficulty, and continued to ask: "The majority of people who go to the fever department are high school seniors?"
The nurse nodded after a long while.
Yang Yi: "Many people who come to the fever department can't be completely cured?"
The nurse nodded. "There is no cure. It can only be alleviated. It will be like this for the rest of your life."
The three of them followed the nurse in silence to see the doctor, and the nurse left after sending them there.
Yang Yi carried Ling Changye in, and Xia Bai followed the black hair along the skirting and secretly went to the fever department.
The fever department is the only department on the second floor. Xia Bai went into the bathroom and when she came out, her face had changed and she had turned back into the mint green girl.
As soon as he reached the second floor, he saw the player who had just entered the hospital being carried into the ward. Xia Bai thought he was dead, so he hurriedly followed him, not caring whether he would be discovered or not, and stood on tiptoe to look into the ward.
The player was not dead, he was sitting on the hospital bed.
Xia Bai was stunned for a moment, then he put his ear to the crack of the door and listened carefully to their conversation.
After listening for a while, Xia Bai's face became dull.
They are aliens.
It wasn't a ghost that entered their bodies, it was aliens.
Because he couldn't understand the doctor's electric voice at all.
Xia Bai stood at the door and thought for a while, sorting out everything they had seen since entering the school.
Understood.
He understood why those players' performance could improve so much in a "short period of time".
“Squeak—”
Xia Bai turned around and saw that the door of the room not far in front of him was opened. He and a doctor met eyes.
“…”
"What are you doing standing there?" the doctor pointed at him and asked loudly, while running towards him at an accelerated speed.
When Xia Bai saw this, he knew that the matter might be serious, so he turned around and ran, heading straight for the men's restroom he had planned in advance.
"That's the men's room! Men's room!" the doctor shouted as he chased after him.
Xia Baifei quickly entered a cubicle, and when he came out, he had turned back into his original appearance.
At this time, the doctor just went into the restroom. Xia Bai glanced at his name tag and greeted him politely: "Hello, Doctor Wang."
"Hello, have you seen a girl in a green dress?" the doctor asked.
Xia Bai looked confused, then he didn't know what he was thinking about, and looked at the doctor in surprise.
doctor:"……"
Xia Bai fled from the bathroom without giving the angry and embarrassed doctor any suspicion.
Ling Changye's leg was just dislocated and had minor skin injuries. After the doctor adjusted his bones, he insisted on going back to study when he heard Xia Bai and Yang Yi talking.
The doctor didn't seem to care much about his injury, so when he insisted, he just waved his hand and let him go back.
Before the doctor who was looking for someone came down, Xia Bai and Yang Yi had already carried Ling Changye out of the school hospital.
"Did you find anything?"
When they reached the door of the dormitory building, the two men put Ling Changye down. Ling Changye stretched his healed legs and turned to ask Xia Bai.
"Yes." Xia Bai told the two of them his discovery.
"I don't understand anything at all? It's like a subtle electric current sound?" Yang Yi frowned, "Why is this development direction getting weirder and weirder?"
Xia Bai: "Not surprising."
The two looked at him and could tell that he had an idea.
Xia Bai said: "When we first entered the school, the grade director spoke very fast at the mobilization meeting. My head teacher of Class 13 also spoke faster and faster, and our current head teacher also speaks very fast."
Ling Changye said: "My first class teacher was the same. He spoke at a normal speed at the beginning, but when he got excited, his speech speed would unconsciously speed up."
Xia Bai nodded, "This is the first notable feature of this school, or the strange thing about it."
They didn't stop where they were, but walked towards the dormitory while talking.
Xia Bai pulled out the evidence that Sister Xue Mu brought out from the fourth floor of the library that night from under the bed.
He handed the admission letter to the two people standing outside the door and said, "With this feature, think about the evidence we found from the seat of the senior student who committed suicide, especially the words on this admission letter."
【It took me a long, long time to get here. 】
Ling Changye and Yang Yi looked at him at the same time.
They are all smart people.
Xia Bai knew that they understood, or at least grasped his point.
"What do you mean?" Hua Haoming, who was in the dormitory across the street, heard their voices and walked out of the dormitory. He just happened to hear Xia Bai's words, "What did you find?"
Xia Bai emphasized to Hua Haoming again that the teachers spoke too fast, and then asked him to look at this sentence.
Hua Haoming, who was dizzy from studying, still didn't understand. "These are all old evidences. Do you know the truth? Damn, am I really stupid, or are you too perverted?"
"Don't worry." Xia Bai continued to give him clues, "Think about the player who pointed at me and laughed crazily that night. What did he say about me?"
Hua Haoming replied immediately: "He said you are a fool."
“…”
Xia Bai had a dull face and said, "You are the fool."
Hua Haoming immediately said: "Yes, yes, yes! I really am. I am a fool now. Please tell me quickly, you are a smart guy and a genius."
Xia Bai then said: "He also said that I was so young. This is not just meaningless nonsense."
Hua Haoming slapped his head in despair. He still didn't know the truth.
Xia Bai concluded: "The teachers who spoke very fast, [It took me a long, long time to get here], how could he be so young, the prisoners looked very old."
Hua Haoming stopped patting his head, as if he had thought of something.
"I realized it later, but what actually inspired me was what Yang Yi said to you three." Xia Bai said.
During the last exam, Xia Bai did not take any stimulants. He only slept three hours a day and looked extremely tired.
Hua Haoming, Yang Mei and Wen Yuxin took stimulants, which allowed them to stay energetic without sleeping, but they also looked very tired.
Yang Yi said that their brains had not been developed to that level before, and the continuous work would cause brain fatigue.
Xia Bai had a fleeting thought at that time: what would happen if they continued to use this stimulant and their brains became extremely fatigued?
He didn't grasp this idea at that time, until today when he came back from dinner and saw a player whose grades improved rapidly holding his forehead. He thought of the crazy player again. The dormitory manager said he had a fever. Combined with everything he saw in the fever department tonight, he understood.
All the clues are connected.
Xia Bai: "I'm not a biology student, so I don't have an accurate concept. I wonder if their brain speed has increased, causing their subjective time flow to speed up, but their bodies haven't kept up."
Teachers speak too fast to match their fast brain speed, or perhaps the teachers' own brain speed has also become faster and they speak too fast to keep up with the brain speed.
In the fever department, he felt that it was the voice of aliens, with a subtle electric current. In fact, in order to communicate with people with faster brain speed, the doctor used equipment to speed up his words, speeding them up many times. His normal brain could not detect them and could not understand them.
Expert Yang Yi used a professional term: "Time speeders. They were forced to become time speeders."
Hua Haoming asked: "What does this word mean?"
"Do you know the Weber ratio used to measure feelings?" Yang Yi asked.
Hua Haoming looked confused, "What is this?"
Yang Yi gave up and changed his explanation to something simple and easy to understand, "It's just like when we entered the game. The people who are waiting for us in the real world may only feel that only ten minutes have passed, while we have already spent more than twenty days in the game and read dozens of books."
"From the first baseline test to the first elimination test, only ten days passed, and we could only read a dozen study materials once or twice." Yang Yi said, "But for those players whose scores have improved significantly, a hundred days or even longer may have passed in their minds, and they can read the books many, many times."
"If it's 100 days versus our 10 days, their brains are accelerating at 10 times the rate and are under 10 times the brain pressure. Fever is the basic symptom. It's good that their brains haven't exploded."
Hua Haoming suddenly realized something. He sorted out all the clues they had found along this line of thought. The more he thought about it, the colder he felt.
"That crazy player said Xia Bai was so young... How many years has passed since he was born?"
Xia Bai said: "For some people, it may take more than 100 days to improve from 400 points to 600 points. It may take a year or even longer. His time is confused, and his consciousness is also confused. It feels like a long time has passed. It should have passed a long time. I should be older now."
Hua Haoming said: "Then he is crazy?"
Yang Yi said: "How can an undeveloped brain withstand such a fast brain speed? Mental illness caused by organic brain disease has deeper consequences than brain fever."
Hua Haoming understood. "It also explains why their limbs are not coordinated when they walk. Their brain speed has increased so much, but their bodies have not been trained and cannot keep up with the brain's instructions."
“Those in their senior year might be a little used to it, so it’s not that obvious. The players couldn’t keep up at first and would fall down when they walked.”
"That's right." Xia Bai took out the letter that the senior high school student who committed suicide wrote to his mother, "Read this paragraph."
[Mom, I had a dream. I wanted to run as hard as I could, but my body didn’t move. I was so anxious that I cried.]
"That's the symptom. His body can't keep up with the speed of his brain. Relatively speaking, his body has slowed down a lot. He has no idea how many similar falls he has experienced. That's why he has nightmares about being unable to move his body when running."
Yang Yi added: "And they ignored us because we spoke too slowly and their brain speed didn't match."
"Also, those senior students in the library don't use paper study materials, but electronic devices. When their brain speed is very fast, the speed of turning pages by hand cannot keep up with their brain speed."
Ling Changye looked at the sentence on the admission letter again.
【It took me a long, long time to get here. 】
"I don't know when he became a time speedster. If it was in the first year of high school, and if the acceleration rate was ten times..." Ling Changye said, "It took him thirty years to get here."
I spent thirty years in that classroom where toilets and chocolate coexisted, or in another dark classroom.
However, I don’t know whether it was the school or the parents who were still not satisfied, so they made him repeat the grade.
He committed suicide.
The author has something to say:
The copy is inspired by "White-headed Sparrow" by Yang Jian in Science Fiction World (Issue 6, 2022), and uses the concept of time speedsters in the text.
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