Whether it was intentional or coincidental, Qin Sheng and Duanmu Zicheng's answer sheets did not appear after two rounds of grading, and were not taken out until the third round.
In the third round, only five answer sheets remained that had not yet been graded.
Besides Qin Sheng and Duanmu Zicheng, there are three other people who ranked sixth, tenth, and thirteenth respectively after the first five rounds of scoring.
Yes, Pei Ling is the tenth one.
That's a pretty good result.
Whether she can maintain her top-ten ranking or move up a few places to get extra points in the college entrance exam depends on her performance in this round.
Duanmu Zicheng, currently the highest scorer, may not be as popular as Qin Sheng, but he still receives a lot of attention.
The association members turned their attention to Qin Sheng and Duanmu Zicheng's answer sheets and deliberately placed them side by side so that the photographer could simultaneously broadcast their answers to the live stream.
As expected, this sparked a lot of buzz.
The live chat immediately became lively.
[Is this targeting my younger sister?]
Was it intentional to put the first and last place students together?
[Seriously? Even academic associations are starting to use this kind of gimmick now?]
There are only five cards in total, so isn't it normal that there's a one-in-four chance they'll be put together?
Fans, please calm down.
[...]
Most people thought that the academic association was deliberately targeting Qin Sheng, but a small number of people were genuinely there for the competition and were very dissatisfied with the fans taking over the live stream, so they retaliated.
But in fact, anyone with eyes can see that the association is just trying to ride on Qin Sheng's popularity.
Otherwise, why was Qin Sheng given so much more screen time than the other candidates?
Otherwise, why would they put the answer sheets of Duanmu Zicheng, who ranked first, and Qin Sheng, who ranked last, in the same round and grade them right next to each other?
Isn't it just riding the wave of popularity while bullying people?
That's pretty excessive.
Therefore, although they did criticize, the criticism wasn't very strong; their main goal was to get the fans to quiet down and let them enjoy the game.
The fans have indeed quieted down.
But it wasn't that he was being rebuked; rather, it was Qin Sheng who had just spoken.
Facing the camera shoved in front of her countless times, Qin Sheng's eyes were almost squinting from the bright lights, yet she couldn't fall asleep.
Finally, unable to hold back any longer, he gave the staff member a cold glance and said, "If you keep shoving at me like that, I'll smash your camera."
Staff: "..."
I'm scared, I'm scared.
They could only silently put away the camera and turn to taking pictures of the answer sheet.
The screen immediately filled with comments like "Hahahaha!" and "My sister Sheng is awesome!"
Then things calmed down.
But this quiet lasted for less than five minutes.
Five minutes later, when the examiner responsible for grading Qin Sheng's answer sheet wrote the number "600" at the top of the exam paper with trembling hands, the live broadcast room fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone's eyes were scanning back and forth between Qin Sheng's 600 and Duanmu Zicheng's 471, going from confusion to shock, and finally to questioning their own existence.
[I said, it really wasn't that the two examiners wrote it in the wrong place. Wasn't Duanmu supposed to be first in the previous rounds?]
No, they each proofread their own papers, how could they make a mistake?
Can anyone tell me what's going on?
Wow, my sister Sheng is awesome!
[My little sister must have been hiding her true strength all along; this is her real power!]
Isn't it more likely that something fishy is going on?
If you suspect something's fishy, produce evidence; don't just spew nonsense with a foul mouth.
Something feels off...
Regardless of the opinions expressed in the comments, the grading process continues.
Eight minutes later.
The teacher responsible for grading Qin Sheng's paper trembled even more as he wrote "+400" in large letters next to the previous 600, paused for a while, and then continued with "=1000".
1000.
1000!
The four bright red numbers were magnified repeatedly in the shot, almost blinding the viewers.
Countless "666" and "Holy crap" flashed across the screen.
At this moment, the cameraman pointed the lens at another answer sheet on the side.
The examiner had already written down Duanmu Zicheng's final score and was now staring blankly at those three numbers.
471 + 302 = 773
Total score: 773.
Very good results.
It's really good.
This score is more than 100 points higher than the highest score of 656 in the previous two rounds, which is enough to prove Duanmu Zicheng's strength in such a difficult exam.
Even when comparing it to himself.
Despite the difficulty more than doubling, he achieved a higher score than the previous round's 764 points, which can be considered an exceptional performance.
But even the highest score pales in comparison to Qin Sheng's 1000 points.
Moreover, once this score was determined, the final total score was released very quickly.
Qin Sheng: 801
Duanmu Zicheng: 795.53
With a difference of 5.47 points, Qin Sheng finally overtook Duanmu Zicheng and won the final victory in this competition.
Many comments appeared on the screen, but at this moment, no one at the scene, not even the professor from Tiandu University who was in charge of finding the camera and hosting, had time to pay attention.
Everyone stared blankly at the two chief scorers on the large blackboard that had been hastily brought over.
The first to react was a man in a corner of the audience below—Duanmu Yuan.
Duanmu Yuan stared at the two total scores, so angry that he almost smashed the teacup in his hand, which was worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. Fortunately, his secretary was quick to stop him.
The secretary glanced around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to their commotion, leaned closer and whispered, "Mr. Yuan, now is not the time to be angry."
Duanmu Yuan took a deep breath to suppress his anger, but still couldn't help muttering under his breath, "Useless thing!"
The secretary looked a little embarrassed and defended Duanmu Zicheng, saying, "I checked when I went to the young master's room. He had only looked at less than a third of the stack of documents. If it weren't for that accident this morning, he would definitely have passed Qin Sheng's exam by now."
He glanced in Duanmu Zicheng's direction and continued, "You see, the young master's score this round is even higher than the last round. He understands your wishes and has done as you wish."
Duanmu Yuan's anger subsided a bit, and he nodded: "You're right, now is not the time to be angry."
He quickly scanned the area and lowered his voice, saying, "Bring the people over here. Proceed with the second plan."
The secretary nodded, and before anyone could react, she quietly stood up from the audience and crouched down to leave the venue.
Song Yi was standing at the very front of the venue. Although he was surprised by the result, he was not so shocked or incredulous that he couldn't come to his senses. Therefore, he noticed the abnormality on the Duanmu family's side at a glance.
But he didn't stop him; he just looked in a certain direction.
They exchanged a meaningful glance.
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