Chapter 30 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack
The next day, the results came out immediately. Just as Lin Wei had expected, she still got a perfect score. However, besides her, there were six other people in the class who got perfect scores, including Zhang Mo.
It was then that she realized she was just one of those six people, nothing special.
She wanted to be number one, to have everyone's attention on her, to be looked up to by them, which required a more difficult exam and a wealth of theoretical and practical knowledge.
Listening to the coach explaining the questions, Lin Wei was also very curious. If they were to actually compete, who would win between herself, Zhang Mo, and the other four?
The group exchanged glances, each considering the other a competitor. The competition then shifted to who could achieve the highest accuracy in their homework and who could complete problems the fastest in class, intensifying the competitive atmosphere.
In the afternoon, the biology results came out. As Lin Wei expected, she was not first, second, or last, but stuck in the middle, ranking twenty-third. Although she had improved a few places from her previous competition ranking, it was still not enough.
She ranked 23rd in her province/city, how could she compete with contestants from all over the country for the 60th spot, or even a higher ranking?
Moreover, the provincial team also has an elimination system. If she maintains the same performance in the preliminary and semi-final rounds, she won't even be able to participate in the national finals and will be eliminated directly.
Because of this, she wasn't in a hurry to continue learning the biology knowledge of the second year of high school. Instead, she first dug out the knowledge from junior high school and listened to it lesson by lesson.
Compared to high school knowledge, junior high school knowledge is obviously very simple. She learned almost everything in less than a day.
"However, isn't the difference in difficulty between junior high and the first and second years of high school biology a bit too big?" Lin Wei asked, raising a question. However, because the training base only allowed entry and not exit, she couldn't see what the second-year high school textbooks looked like, nor could she have foreseen this, thus missing the truth.
Aside from attending classes and taking exams, she now spends all her remaining time cramming for the second-year high school biology material in the system space. There are only five chapters per semester, ten chapters in total, and she hasn't even finished one. This is why she's dissatisfied with herself.
They've barely mastered anything yet, and they've already gotten these scores. If they could master everything, they'd be flying high!
Because of this, Lin Wei often asked the top biology coach some strange questions, such as, "Why is the answer to this question this way? I think it can also be done this way."
"Gene mutations can be controlled. If I want to change my genes, what should I do?"
Why has tooth regeneration technology been slow to materialize? Why do some people grow wisdom teeth later in life while others don't? Why do people only replace their teeth once in their lifetime, and can't they grow a third set of teeth?
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At first, the biology gold medal coach patiently answered her questions, but later he became a bit frustrated, wondering what kind of questions these were. He was indeed a coach specializing in biology competition knowledge, but only in that specific area. If he could answer these questions, he shouldn't be here; he should be somewhere else.
So in the end, he could only tell her not to be too ambitious and to focus on the competition first.
"When you grow to a certain level, you will naturally stop asking these questions."
Lin Wei nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, teacher, I understand."
The top biology coach watched her leave the office after hearing what he said, a bewildered expression on his face. What did she understand? Did he even say anything?
Because of this, he complained to Lin Wei's top physics teacher, "I've never seen a student with such a strong sense of curiosity. She asks questions every day, and the questions she asks are so strange that I don't know how to answer them."
The physics gold medal coach murmured, "In physics training classes, she didn't say a word or ask a single question." So he was showing off? He'd rather she asked some questions; otherwise, he wouldn't feel a sense of accomplishment.
The biology gold medal coach chuckled, "If you encountered her asking those strange questions, you wouldn't think that way."
"Although her questions were a bit strange, she was quite quick-witted and had a rich imagination," he had to admit.
Lin Wei, who had already left, was unaware of the coach's private assessment of her. She genuinely believed he was right; she didn't know now simply because she hadn't learned enough yet. She knew that once she reached a certain level, she wouldn't need to ask anyone; she would understand on her own. So, upon returning, she entered the system space to study. There were ten chapters of knowledge points in the second year of high school, and she planned to work through the first three chapters first.
Soon, in the system space, she returned to how she studied math when she first entered high school. She could listen to a lesson several times. Unfortunately, some things cannot be understood just by listening to them many times. They require comprehension and insight. So, it was clear that she did not make much progress in a short period of time.
Then she remembered what her physics teacher in the system space had said: hard work can't beat talent; hard work without talent is useless. Was this all the talent she had in biology could achieve?
Why is it so easy for them to study biology, but so difficult for her? Is it because she lacks the talent for biology? Lin Wei couldn't help but question herself. Given that she just couldn't seem to learn it, it was hard not to doubt herself.
She had never felt this frustrated before, even with math and physics, but she just wanted to study biology to change some of the current medical problems.
Because of this, she didn't know what to do. Should she keep struggling in the system space? But she had already struggled for so long, and time was running out. Her competitors weren't waiting for her either. If she couldn't make it to the national finals, even if she succeeded in the field of biology in the future, it would be a lifelong regret for her.
So, what should she do?
Feeling somewhat lost, Lin Wei approached Zhang Mo the next day and asked him how he studied. "What do you do if you encounter a concept that you can't understand no matter how you look at it or listen to it?" She was currently in that situation and felt that her brain capacity was insufficient.
Zhang Mo frowned slightly, as he didn't think he had encountered this situation before, but he still tried his best to answer her, "Ask someone? Maybe the book or the lecturer's explanation wasn't clear enough? Or maybe your basic knowledge isn't solid enough, so it's a bit difficult to hear or understand?"
Lin Wei was somewhat disappointed when she heard the first few sentences, because that was not the answer she wanted. However, when she heard the last sentence, she suddenly perked up.
That seems to hit the nail on the head.
But she has already finished junior high school biology and first-year high school biology, so how can she consolidate her foundation?
In response to her question, Zhang Mo suggested, "Perhaps papers? Books? Some journals?" He also reads physics papers and books regularly, which cover knowledge points that are not covered in books. Even if they are not useful for competitions, they can still enrich one's thinking and broaden one's horizons.
Lin Wei thought what he said made sense, and she suddenly perked up again, even adding an interjection to her words, "If it works, I'll treat you to milk tea later." Her mood instantly improved. She stopped arguing with him and quickly ran off, clearly eager to try out his method.
Zhang Mo watched her back, his gaze falling on her swaying ponytail. He was still curious about the question she had just asked; what question could have stumped her?
Is the biology competition really that difficult? It even stumped people who can get perfect scores in math and physics competitions.
After Lin Wei ran away, she went straight to her dormitory, logged onto her phone, found the thesis website, and after discovering that viewing and downloading required payment, she simply bought a one-month membership.
She's not short of money now.
Of course, to avoid wasting the money, she no longer spends all her time in the system space. Instead, she reads through biological papers one by one, frantically absorbing new knowledge. Surprisingly, the more she reads, the more she realizes that there are still many things she doesn't understand.
Is this because the foundation of knowledge is not solid enough?
At this point, she had to thank herself for the amazing memory she had developed during this period of training. She could read a paper in just a few minutes or seconds and still remember the main points.
Don't misunderstand, I don't mean memorizing everything, just knowing the main points and arguments presented.
How hard can a person really study? Lin Wei could only say that she read hundreds of articles in one night, without counting the exact number, but it was definitely an astonishing number.
When she woke up the next day, she saw that she still had time, so she read dozens more articles before class.
She doesn't delve into specific knowledge points; she reads any biology-related papers, and the hundreds of thousands of papers on academic websites are more than enough for her to read to her heart's content.
No, there's simply not enough time to finish watching it all.
But she doesn't need to read it all; she only needs to read it until she feels she has enough knowledge.
This scene was witnessed by the girls in the same dormitory, who were dumbfounded.
They've gone mad, they've really gone mad.
She considered herself hardworking, but she wasn't as crazy as Lin Wei. If someone like that doesn't succeed, then what kind of person will? So, a few days later, in the biology exam, she saw Lin Wei slowly improve from 23rd place to the top ten.
This change goes largely unnoticed because people only pay attention to the first or top three, and the people behind them are barely noticed.
But her roommates knew that this might only be the beginning, because they didn't believe that someone who worked so hard would be content to stay in tenth place.
Sure enough, in the next exam, Lin Wei ranked ninth. Don't underestimate this ninth place. You have to know that when she first entered the provincial team, she was ranked thirty-first. There were only 39 people in total who entered the biology provincial team, so this was already a top-ranking result.
Even she was only ranked eighth. At this moment, the girl couldn't help but feel anxious, afraid that she would be the next one to be surpassed.
Seeing how much progress she made by reading papers every day, I actually started to follow her example and began reading papers myself.
However, everyone's situation is different, and what works for Lin Wei may not work for her, so you can imagine what the result would be. Not only did her grades not improve, but she also dropped several places in the rankings, and in the end, she could only honestly use her original methods to make up for the knowledge she had missed.
At this moment, Lin Wei moved up one rank, taking her place in the rankings.
If anyone besides her roommate discovered this at that time, it would undoubtedly be her top biology coach.
So, what exactly did she realize? The speed of her progress is terrifying.
He felt this incident could serve as a motivational speech for new students for the next few years. If she could make a comeback and become number one, needless to say, he would probably never forget this dark horse student for the rest of his life.
Lin Wei hasn't been under much pressure these days, probably because she's the one surpassing others, not the one being surpassed, so the pressure isn't that great. On the contrary, those ranked below 12th are under immense pressure.
Each year, the number of people who remain in the provincial team is between 30% and 40% of the original number of selected candidates. This means that those ranked 12th and below are in danger. They may not be eliminated in the preliminary round, but they may be eliminated in the semi-final round.
At that moment, they started looking for who had surpassed them. After searching around, they finally used their keen sense of smell to find Lin Wei. At that moment, everyone knew who she was.
I was stunned when I discovered that she had actually improved from thirty-first to eighth place.
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