Chapter 84 The Tree of Technology
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After Gu Jiahao and the others walked away, Wang Weiwei and the others gathered around She Ning and asked her what Shen Xiaobin had said.
"If you don't want to talk about it, then don't." Lin Qian put her arm around She Ning's shoulder, pulling her into her embrace, and patted She Ning's head.
“Yes, Qianqian is right,” Wang Weiwei agreed.
Jing Xinxin and Shen Mingsha looked at She Ning in Lin Qian's arms with bright eyes and nodded heavily.
Seeing their serious demeanor, She Ning smiled and pulled Lin Qian's arm down. There was nothing to hide about this, and those who deserved punishment had already been punished.
The system's musty smell is definitely not a fake.
She Ning briefly explained the matter of the speech to them, then twisted open the lid of her water glass and took a sip.
With a loud "bang," Shen Mingsha slammed her hand on the table in anger, having never heard of such a thing before. She was furious. "How could there be such a person? Instead of trying to improve themselves, they resort to such despicable tricks. They are really ruining the reputation of the No. 1 High School in the city."
"Bastard, scum, degenerate!" Having been well protected by her family since childhood, Jing Xinxin never imagined that people could be so evil. Even though she was very angry, she had never learned how to curse, and these were the most vicious words in her dictionary.
She kept repeating those words over and over.
There are many provincial competitions, and Lin Hongwei is one of the top students in his grade at the city's No. 1 High School. He is also very active in participating in activities, so Jing Xinxin has run into him several times. He usually gives people a pretty good impression. If it weren't for the She Ning incident, who would have known that he was actually this kind of person?
Thinking about how they had exchanged pen names before, Jing Xinxin wanted to go back in time and wake herself up.
It's so disgusting.
“My dear Aning, I’m so sorry to have wronged you.” Wang Weiwei hugged Aning’s arm and sat close to her on the lower bunk of the bed. “No wonder Director Xia had been receiving calls from the No. 1 Middle School with a dark face every day for a while. It turns out it was because of the destroyed speech.”
Lin Qian leaned against the bed frame, silent, her eyes deep and unfathomable beneath her stray hairs.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. You see, even though the speech was lost, I still got first prize, and they were punished accordingly," She Ning said, trying to reassure them when she saw their serious expressions.
They still didn't look too good.
"Shen Xiaobin said there's a mock competition tonight, let's make the most of our time to review," she changed the subject.
The results of the mock competitions will also be included in the final score, and they carry a significant weight, so you must be focused and take each mock competition seriously.
We can't let these unimportant things affect our grades.
"This is way too difficult." After the mock competition ended, Shen Mingsha stopped spinning the pen between her fingers and turned around to complain.
"I only managed to answer the first part of the last two questions, so my score is in jeopardy."
"I couldn't do it either." Wang Weiwei slumped weakly on the table, her usually bright eyes now dull and lifeless.
After this mock competition, she felt like her brain wasn't enough to keep up; her mind was still a jumble of numbers and formulas.
Lin Qian's fingers, gripping the pen, turned slightly white, and her expression was somber. She was better at geometry and number theory, but weak in functions. There were two function problems in this exam that she couldn't figure out at all.
While still working out the calculations on the draft paper, Jing Xinxin's beautiful brows furrowed slightly. During the exam, she didn't have enough time, and although she had an idea for the last question, she had only written half of it. After handing in the paper, she continued to work out the remaining steps.
Following the previous line of thought, Jing Xinxin finally finished writing out the remaining steps. She looked up at She Ning and asked, "Did you solve the last problem? Is the answer X such that 0 < X < 1, and uniqueness is guaranteed by monotonicity?"
She was sitting next to She Ning during the exam. While She Ning was working on the third-to-last question, the person next to her had already flipped through the exam paper to check it.
Therefore, if we were to guess who among them answered the last question correctly, Jing Xinxin would choose She Ning first.
Hearing Jing Xinxin's question, She Ning nodded.
The last big question in the mock exam was a function problem. She Ning had practiced many questions of this type before. This time the question was more difficult, more complex, and had more distractors, but ultimately it still tested the same knowledge points.
By eliminating distractors and meticulously analyzing the information, the answer quickly becomes clear.
"Is the fourth geometry problem about drawing auxiliary lines here?" Wang Weiwei also came over. She took a pen and quickly drew the original diagram on the draft paper, and then added auxiliary lines to the original diagram.
She Ning looked at her diagram, nodded, and then drew another auxiliary line on one side, giving a second solution.
“Your solution is simpler.” Following her auxiliary lines, Wang Weiwei worked out the calculations on the draft paper. The steps weren’t fully written out yet, but the idea was clearly correct. She kept writing with her pen in hand.
"For multiple choice question number eight, which one would you choose?"
"What about the billiard ball path problem?"
A few people gathered together to discuss, and the atmosphere swept away the dejection they felt after finishing the exam.
The clash of ideas sparked even greater inspiration and new perspectives, leading to increasingly larger, more intense, and more interesting discussions.
Gu Jiahao and Shen Xiaobin sat behind them and heard them discussing the answers. They listened intently, using their books as cover.
As they listened, they unconsciously joined the discussion. When Gu Jiahao and Shen Xiaobin spoke up, She Ning and the others only glanced at them for a moment before letting them join in.
There was no serious or unforgivable conflict between them to begin with. They apologized when they should have, and were punished when they should have. Now, as members of the training camp, they are in a competitive relationship, but also as teammates.
The main task tonight is the mock exam. After the exam, everyone could have left, but no one left. Everyone stayed behind to do practice questions.
The allure of the IMO was too great; everyone was holding their breath, determined to study as hard as they could, even if it meant dying from exhaustion.
They didn't leave the classroom until the teacher couldn't stand it anymore and came over to turn off the lights. After returning to the dormitory, many of them hid under the covers and read books with flashlights.
"She Ning, how many methods did you use for this problem?" After spending a few days with She Ning, Gu Jiahao could communicate with her naturally, and his pointed ears no longer turned as red as when he first met her.
During the past few days, he had witnessed She Ning's vast knowledge and incredible memory. Although Wang Weiwei and Lin Qian were not as extraordinary as She Ning, their abilities in certain areas of knowledge were also terrifyingly strong.
The first mock exam before the start of training was also a preliminary test. She Ning undoubtedly got the highest score. Wang Weiwei and Lin Qian, who came from Xiahe Middle School with her, said they did poorly after the exam, but they still made it into the top ten. Gu Jiahao was ranked behind them.
Involuntarily, he felt ashamed of his initial act of peeking through the crack in the door. What's wrong with being a junior high school student?
The saying "There are always people better than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding" is becoming increasingly valuable.
“Five types.” She Ning glanced at his test questions, then precisely pulled out the sheet with his answers from a large stack of draft papers on the table, and handed it to him without looking up.
After the teachers discovered She Ning's potential, they showed her the utmost care. While others did one set of test papers, she did ten, without considering that she was still a 13-year-old child who needed to rest and grow taller.
Ten sets of test papers were still a bit of a challenge for her; she could barely finish them each day without staying up late.
Gu Jiahao took the draft paper, which was densely covered with various problem-solving steps and methods. The handwriting was so neat that it looked like it had been printed, making it a pleasure to look at.
"She Ning, how does your brain work? I can't even come up with one method, but you can come up with five." He couldn't help but exclaim.
"Observe more, learn more, think more, and try more," She Ning said while burying herself in her work.
Then, fearing it might damage her confidence, She Ning paused and added, "These methods weren't just my ideas; Wang Weiwei, Lin Qian, Shen Mingsha, and Jing Xinxin also helped a lot. We often discuss problems together and inspire each other."
Gu Jiahao nodded, secretly admiring him.
He recalled that he used to study alone, and when he encountered a difficult problem, he would get stuck. He never thought of discussing it with others.
Perhaps, this is the difference.
But now that he's found his people, Gu Jiahao thought to himself as he looked at She Ning and Wang Weiwei sitting in front of him.
Shen Xiaobin: As long as you have thick skin, there's no small group you can't join.
"Lin Qian, could you please take a look at this geometry problem?" Having successfully infiltrated the group, Shen Xiaobin approached with the test paper and asked.
He originally said that during the training camp, She Ning could come to him if she encountered any problems she couldn't solve.
She Ning had never been to dormitory 302 in building 9, but Shen Xiaobin, who sat next to them, came here seventy or eighty times a day.
Under the guidance of She Ning and her classmates, the atmosphere of mutual help and support in the class has become increasingly strong, and everyone's grades are steadily improving.
The teachers also noticed this and praised the learning atmosphere highly.
They encouraged students to communicate and collaborate more, and even arranged some group discussion activities.
In this positive and uplifting atmosphere, the week-long training camp quickly came to an end, and She Ning won first place as she wished.
The moment the results were announced, the long-awaited blind box system was activated.
3, 2, 1. After the countdown ended, She Ning pressed the "Open" button on the screen. The familiar screen began to rotate and spray fireworks. A gift box appeared on the screen, and then it opened with a "bang," revealing a golden light inside.
When she saw the golden light, She Ning was still a little stunned. It was a legendary blind box, and this was the first time she had ever won one. She was so surprised.
Touching the lucky bracelet on her wrist, She Ning silently thanked it before opening the details page of the legendary blind box on the system interface.
Legendary blind boxes
Tree of Technology
Note: A product of the interstellar age. (Ps: The branches represent technological fields, and each leaf represents a technology.)
Hint: There is a requirement for the order in which the leaves are lit up. Light them up from the bottom to the top, and the points required to light them up increase sequentially from low to high.
Other: To be explored by the host.
She Ning originally had over 300 points available in the system, but after winning the legendary blind box, her points instantly increased by 500.
She tried to light up the first leaf.
After the twenty points were deducted, the first leaf of the Technology Tree lit up.
She Ning chose the branch of bioengineering, and the first leaf in this field is gene programming.
At that moment, the leaf was shimmering.
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