Chapter 406 Let the Surprise Sound Be Even More Violent
Just like last time, Teacher Frank also came for the competition, but he was at a loss as to how to start the conversation.
Even he himself did not expect that Lin Siqiao would win the first place in the simulation competition on his own.
Before, everyone didn’t want to team up with Lin Siqiao because they didn’t know her abilities well enough and were afraid that she would hold them back.
But when the results of the competition came out, all the contestants were dumbfounded, and they all found Teacher Frank after the competition, hoping that he could help reconcile the situation.
They are not stupid. At this time, face is far less important than honor.
Just like that, Lin Siqiao went from being an insignificant person to the most sought-after person in the computer department, no doubt about it.
How could Teacher Frank not know what they were thinking? But the problem is that the college leaders are also happy to see this happen.
They don't care who the champion is, what they care about is that the champion must come from St. John's College.
Seeing Teacher Frank's hesitation, Lin Siqiao roughly guessed his purpose.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, Lin Siqiao made her attitude clear directly. Whether or not she can enter the finals, she will not team up with anyone.
There’s a saying that goes, if you ignored me yesterday, today I’ll make sure you’re out of my league.
As for championship glory and prize money, Lin Siqiao didn't care about them at all.
Because she had only one goal from the beginning to the end, which was that she wanted to go to the country openly.
Now, Ambassador Liao has paved the way for the rest of the way, and Lin Siqiao has nothing to worry about.
To put it bluntly, she is participating in the competition alone, so the results, whether good or bad, are hers alone.
But if the three of them form a team to compete, Lin Siqiao is not sure whether she can get any credit if they win, but if they lose, the blame will definitely be put on her.
Teacher Frank was in the wrong to begin with, and seeing Lin Siqiao's firm attitude, he stopped trying to persuade her. Instead, he encouraged her to try her best.
If you need his help in the future, you can always contact him.
After saying that, Frank went to the dean's office to report the situation. After the dean learned about it, he shook his head and expressed that he couldn't understand.
In his opinion, a win-win situation can be achieved as long as they take a step back. Why should this classmate be so willful?
Frank thought, why else? It’s because they have the ability to be willful.
He set all the questions for the mock competition, and the difficulty of the last two big questions actually exceeded that of last year's qualifying competition.
In other words, even if she participates in the competition alone, she has the ability to enter the finals.
Lin Siqiao didn't know that Teacher Frank was so sure of her. She only knew that there are always people better than you.
Especially in a world-class competition like this, it is common to encounter geniuses among geniuses.
At this time, there is no use thinking too much. Lin Siqiao does not ask for results, but only wants to do her best. Even if she loses in the end, she just wants to be true to herself.
The news that Lin Siqiao refused to join a team quickly spread throughout Cambridge, and most of the students' comments on this were relatively objective.
After all, they were the ones who "abandoned" her first. Now that she got first place, they want to recruit her. How could such a good thing happen?
Of course, there are some people who can’t help but say a few words behind others’ backs. As for why, well, they certainly don’t dare to do that.
The fact that Lin Siqiao knows Chinese Kung Fu has been pointed out and confirmed. They must be crazy to gossip in front of the real owner.
Besides, the little princess of Di country kept calling him "master", and the whole Cambridge knew that they had a good relationship.
Lin Siqiao heard some of the good and bad voices outside, but she didn't take them to heart.
What worried her was that the box of jewelry was never returned.
As soon as Lin Siqiao returned the things to Dilar, Dilar asked housekeeper Amanda to carry a large box of things into her dormitory.
Lin Siqiao thought he owned and had seen a lot of jewelry, but he was still shocked.
But Dilar asked her seriously, "Don't you like those gems? If you don't like them, just pick any of them. If you still don't like them, I'll have some more airlifted over..."
After saying that, he muttered, "I just think gems sparkle. If I ask a craftsman to make them into buttons and sew them on clothes, they will definitely look great on you."
Lin Siqiao: “…” Do you want to listen to what you are saying?
Helplessly, she could only take back everything in the box, but Lin Siqiao refused to accept the salary that was previously agreed upon in the contract.
She also asked Dilar if he wanted to learn shooting.
Although her accuracy is not as good as Lu Jianchuan's, it is still much better than that of ordinary people.
When Dilar heard the word "shooting", his eyes lit up.
The two of them reached an agreement happily.
More than ten days later, the European regional qualifiers for the programming competition arrived as scheduled.
There are a total of 120 participating teams, from dozens of European countries.
Taking into account that the players need a relatively quiet competition environment, the competition venue was arranged in the largest indoor stadium in London, and relatives and friends were also not allowed to accompany them.
Before the competition started, the judges announced some details about the selection.
Lin Siqiao also found out at this moment that the trials would last for two days, with today's preliminary round being the one where 120 teams would compete for 40 places in the semi-finals within six hours.
The judging criteria are the same as those for the simulation, focusing on three aspects: cumulative time, number of submissions, and number of problems solved.
At the same time, the judges also said that the difficulty level of the semi-finals would be higher than that of the preliminary rounds.
The competition officially started at 10 a.m., and when everyone received the questions, they had incredible smiles on their faces.
That’s it? This is too simple.
Lin Siqiao was also a little surprised when he saw the last big question. Compared with the previous simulation competitions, the difficulty of this question was indeed much lower.
But Lin Siqiao couldn't be happy. The simpler the question was, the less chance she had of winning.
Sure enough, while Lin Siqiao was still organizing his thoughts, half of the people on the field had already solved the first question.
Then, in less than half an hour, dozens of teams completed the second step.
Everyone had finished half of the questions before they realized that there was still one person who had scored 0 points. Even the judges were surprised.
They didn't understand what was going on, but the Cambridge players all knew it.
Why? It's because of this that she did the questions backwards again.
Look, after three hours, everyone's speed in doing the questions has obviously slowed down, but the time interval between Lin Siqiao's submissions has become shorter and shorter.
However, due to the difficulty of the questions, everyone finished the six-hour competition in less than four hours.
Lin Siqiao finally got a spot in the semi-finals without any trouble, but her ranking was relatively low.
The contestants from other countries only found out after the competition that the questions were answered in reverse order.
No one took it seriously at first, but the speaker may not mean it but the listener may take it seriously. After the leader of the competition learned about this, he slapped his forehead and looked like he had an expression that said, "Why didn't you expect this?"
In their view, although this move is risky, the chances of success are very high.
After all, anyone who has participated in a competition knows that the further along you go, the more confused your mind becomes.
So, after returning, each team leader held a small meeting with the contestants. It was not until halfway through the re-examination competition on the second day that Lin Siqiao discovered that many teams had chosen to do the questions backwards like she had.
As it turns out, this method is not suitable for everyone, perhaps because the difficulty of the rematch has increased.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be more than ten teams that didn’t get a single point until the end of the game.
If they had followed their previous thinking and done it from easy to difficult, they could at least get around five points, but now there's no point saying anything.
Finally, when the judges announced the results of the competition, everyone was surprised.
She was ranked among the last few yesterday, but this time she advanced to the finals with third place in the total score.
On the day of the rematch, many news media also came.
There is no need to talk about the first and second place. These two teams also participated in the competition last year. In everyone's opinion, it is reasonable for them to achieve such results.
Instead, it was Lin Siqiao, the dark horse who suddenly appeared, who attracted the attention of all media.
With the overwhelming publicity in newspapers, Lin Siqiao became the talk of the town and a prominent figure at Cambridge University.
Almost everyone who sees her stops and sighs with a complicated expression.
"She is the genius that China rarely sees in a century?"
Perhaps this is also a kind of affirmation, but Lin Siqiao looked numb after hearing it.
Because she knew very well that what surprised everyone was not whether she was a genius. In a school like Cambridge, what kind of geniuses could there be?
What surprised them was that she was from China.
After going abroad, Lin Siqiao had no intention of keeping a low profile. Now that he has been crowned with glory, he might as well let the sounds of surprise be even louder.
At the end of the month, Cambridge University held the final exams for the first semester. After three consecutive days of final exams, Lin Siqiao topped the overall ranking of the three departments of St. John's College with amazing scores in all subjects.
For a time, public opinion was in an uproar, as it was the first time that a foreign student had dominated the rankings of St. John's College since its establishment in 1511.
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