It was a very wonderful feeling. His perspective seemed to be divided into two. In front of him was an extremely spacious exhibition hall with rows of bookshelves inside, like a complicated maze.

Tik soon realized that this should be a realm composed purely of magic, but to his surprise, everything here seemed too real.

The oxygen I breathe, the breeze that blows through me, and the white marble tiles beneath my feet...

If he didn't know clearly that he was just a mixture of magic and mental power, he would have doubted whether he was still in the real world.

Tik walked to a bookshelf in amazement and stroked the stacked books. Even the texture of the paper pages could be perfectly simulated here.

He casually pulled out a book - "The Foundation and Research of Mathematical Olympiad" and opened the title page. It was written in black ink. "Mathematical Olympiad is a discipline that studies concepts such as quantity, structure, change, space and information. It is a universal means of strictly describing and deducing the abstract structure and pattern of things. It can be used to solve any real and magical problems..."

"Is this Mathematical Olympiad?" Tik muttered to himself. He had been exposed to Mathematical Olympiad for two or three months, but this was the first time he saw such a precise and inductive explanation.

The page of the book held in his hand suddenly shook, and then automatically floated up in Tik's astonished eyes, drifting in a certain direction.

Tick ​​paused for a moment, and then thought that this should be the guide to the meeting place.

Passing through rows of high walls made of bookshelves, Tik soon arrived at the center of the entire library, where several colleagues he knew who were proficient in mathematics and alchemy were also there.

Eleven people were gathered together talking and laughing. One of the wizards sneered and said after seeing Tik coming over.

"I didn't expect that the last person would be you, Tik. I have to say, you're a little late. We've been waiting for you for a while."

"I'm sorry, Alva, I thought you would be slower, so I took some time to sleep last night and took care of my appearance, but I didn't expect to miss the time." Tik raised his eyebrows and responded freely.

"You seem to have a lot of leisure time, and you just arrived at the last minute..." Alva naturally didn't believe a word of what Tik said. He made a mocking sarcasm, but was too lazy to expose it and continued speaking.

"We were just discussing the second math problem. I wonder how long it took you to figure it out, and what method you used?"

Tik replied thoughtfully. "This question is actually easy to solve. You can get the answer by changing your thinking.

Since the first monkey discovered that the total number of peaches could not be divided equally and there was one extra peach, we might as well assume that if they were given four extra peaches at the beginning, each monkey would be able to divide the peaches equally.

This makes the problem much simpler. The peach was divided five times in total, and each time it could be divided into five equal parts, so the total number of peaches is five to the fifth power, which is 3,125! Just subtract the first four and you will get the final answer! "

Among the eleven people present, seven nodded. Tik's method was the same as theirs, while the remaining few used their own ideas to compare with it.

"As for solving this problem, it took me about five...no...four hours." Tik said a little guiltily.

Tik looked at the others with frustration and found that it took them about three to five hours to solve the problem, which meant that most people were faster than him.

"Two hours!" Ellison, who had been silent all the time, suddenly interrupted.

The wizards present looked at Ellison with an awe-inspiring look on their faces.

This question was not that difficult, but for Alva and others who had never systematically studied Olympiad mathematics before, it was not easy to make the right decision in a short period of time.

How could it be so fast?

Tik couldn't help asking a few more questions, and then he realized that Ellison was able to get the answer so quickly not because of his own efforts, but because he mobilized dozens of apprentices to work with him and got the answer by exhaustive method! Others had also discussed with their colleagues to some extent.

After learning this, Tik was completely confused. These people had no moral principles. No wonder they were so fast! In the end, he was the only one who was doing the questions honestly...

Just as Tik was cursing in his heart, the entire magic space shook heavily, and then countless heavy books floated out from the bookshelf, the pages flew, and lines of complex calculation symbols seemed to come alive, breaking away from the constraints of the books, surrounding in the void, and outlining three-dimensional patterns.

"Welcome to the ocean of Mathematical Olympiad..."

As a deep and powerful voice sounded, the restless knowledge gradually calmed down.

Tik turned around and saw a wizard with curly hair and brown robe walking towards him.

Under the influence of some force, the scattered books returned to their original positions, leaving only those strange symbols still circling in the void, as if they were unwilling to return to the cage constructed by the books.

"You can call me Leibniz!" the wizard introduced politely.

"Master Leibniz." Tik and others immediately saluted respectfully. They all maintained sufficient respect for a great wizard who was also a pioneer in arcane mathematics.

"I heard from Lord Lin that you asked us to come here specifically to solve a difficult problem that has been troubling the Austrian mathematics community?" Alva was not so polite and asked first. This was also a question that everyone was extremely curious about.

"That's right!" Leibniz nodded and then explained. "The reason for this is that I made a bet with another wizard named Zeno. He was preparing to race with a tortoise recently. He let the tortoise run 100 meters first, and then he started to catch up. He could run 10 meters per second, while the tortoise could only move 10 centimeters per second..."

"Zeno thought he'd never be able to catch up to that tortoise, and I needed to prove that he could!"

(PS: I had planned to update during the weekend, but ended up having to work overtime, so I can only wait for the weekend... miserable.) (End of this chapter)