I never want to take an exam again.
Zhou Yu, a transfer student who is quiet, expressionless, and emotionless, has been keeping to herself in class these past few days.
Jin Can really wanted to pick up a pen and, when Zhou Yu wasn't looking, write a big "stupid" on her back, along with the letter between A and C.
She completely broke down.
Jin Can felt utterly powerless after being sentenced to death by Zhou Yu in person.
She felt as if she were nailed to the spot by an invisible force, only able to spin around in circles, spinning faster and faster, but unable to break free.
Anxiety? Impatience? ... Jin Can took a deep breath, unable to describe his current emotion.
Just as hope was ignited, it was shattered by Zhou Yu's words, as if all the struggles and efforts had turned into nothingness.
Zhou Yu seemed unwilling to explain the reason for drawing such a conclusion, her slender fingertips tracing over a book that looked a hundred times more obscure than the textbook, in either French or German.
Like the other two transfer students in the classroom, she was like three "riddlers," each of her actions conveying unspeakable information and filled with mystery.
This...this is a bit too much.
[Just imagining myself in their shoes, I was devastated. I studied so hard, only to be predicted to fail.]
[Being rude to your classmates is endearing!]
[Zhou Yu's character is starting to fall apart!]
Jin Can's eye twitched slightly.
The barrage of comments and criticisms that had rained down on her in the past few days, which she had deliberately ignored, miraculously brought a touch of warmth at this moment.
Yeah, that's outrageous!
"Cancan?"
Lin Xiaoxiao, who sat next to Zhou Yu, obviously heard what Zhou Yu said and turned her head with a frown.
Her hands were warm, and she gently patted Jin Can's shoulder, with a hint of comfort.
Lin Xiaoxiao's concerned voice pulled Jin Can out of his emotional turmoil.
“Xiaoxiao…” Jin Can forced a smile and shook his head.
“These past few days we’ve been having study sessions every day after school. Even if there’s no 100% improvement, there will be an 80% or 60% improvement. Take it slow, things will get better eventually.”
This genuine concern from reality truly brought tears to Jin Can's eyes.
She really wanted to tell Lin Xiaoxiao about her experience and tell her that she was going through an abnormal cycle.
But reason told her she couldn't.
Sharing this counterintuitive experience will only elicit a little worry and suspicion...
...or become a laughing stock, seen as someone who's gone mad with studying!
Just then, the music for morning exercises started playing.
The lighthearted melody was so familiar to Jin Can that it seemed completely indifferent to her emotions at that moment.
Her brain was still working at high speed.
"What exactly is wrong with it?"
She and her classmates got up and lined up, mechanically doing chest expansion exercises and side bending exercises, but their thoughts were completely immersed in the memories of this math test.
The exam format was very standard: fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, then three short answer questions, and finally two long-answer questions, each with three sub-questions.
The questions themselves weren't tricky; they were all based on basic patterns.
It seems the math teaching and research group went easy on us this time. In their usual words, these were all "easy points" questions that "shouldn't be missed" in the college entrance examination.
The math teacher once encouraged Jin Can to study in his class, saying—
"Science subjects like mathematics are very cost-effective to learn because their knowledge scope is fixed and the test points are limited. A test paper cannot be full of difficult questions. As long as you are proficient in using the solution method, the questions you know how to do will not betray you in the test room."
At No. 2 Middle School, a good school, there are quite a few students who can get full marks on these kinds of "easy points" quizzes.
But for an "ordinary person" like Jin Can, the gap is like an insurmountable chasm.
She quietly invoked the system in her mind.
"System, is there any secret technique or easy mode that can help me pass this exam?"
Jin Can asked anxiously in his heart.
bite--!
The notification sounded, and Jin Can, full of anticipation, was met with...
The system has detected that the host is in simple mode.
[Search results for cheat codes are empty. Please try your best!]
Seeing the system's cold and mechanical replies, Jin Can almost cursed on the spot.
Simple mode?
Her hair is almost turned white from worry, and this is what you call easy mode?
It seems this cycle is far more ruthless than she imagined; there really isn't a single trick that could allow her to escape!
Not even a tiny bit!
[System: Host, there are no shortcuts to learning! Please be aware!]
That makes so much sense! +1
The +1 number skyrocketed, reaching over two hundred before the barrage of comments had even finished scrolling...
Alright, alright, Jin Can will temporarily abandon this approach.
"Hey, system, I have another question."
"Isn't Zhou Yu supposed to be an alien? How could she know I still wouldn't make it this time? She doesn't have the ability to foresee the future. Time travel is Shi Yanxi's setting." Jin Can kicked his legs while complaining in his mind.
[System: Zhou Yu is using 'causal anchoring'. If the host is a two-dimensional being that walks on paper, she can fold a piece of paper in half, poke a hole between two points, and pass through it to reach a specific universe. She can reach the 'possibility space' where events occur.]
[System: From her current perspective, all possible outcomes for the host in this exam are still anchored at the final point of 'failure'. Therefore, she can see an inevitable result, rather than predicting an event that has not yet occurred.]
[System: Manipulating gravity might slow down the passage of time relatively, but time remains unidirectional and irreversible for her; she cannot control time.]
[System: That's the authority of the Time and Space Administration.]
"Your premise... is so classic it gives me a sense of déjà vu." Jin Can rolled his eyes.
"According to this logic, could the realization of this regression be the result of the three transfer students' joint efforts against me?"
"Shi Yanxi, with the authority of the 'Time and Space Administration,' is in charge of reversing time in this space. Zhou Yu, this person from the 'Cosmic Administration,' is responsible for folding space and bringing my 'two-dimensional being' consciousness from this body over there?"
Jin Can's mind seemed to be lit up, instantly connecting all the scattered clues.
"Then, Chao Ningning, I guess Chao Ningning's superpower is to help me transmigrate? Like anchoring my consciousness in my body? Her superpower can be responsible for superimposing my memory information with my past self in different spaces at that point in time, achieving 'memory synchronization,' just like a cloud drive?"
"According to science fiction, their abilities sound very powerful, but each one contains a paradox: I can go back in time, but I lose my memory at crucial moments; I can retain multiple memories, but I cannot change the flow of time; I may even meet another version of myself in the same time and space."
"So, they worked together and used this extremely twisted method to try to make me carry a huge amount of memory information and transmigrate into my body in another dimension. It was at this moment that I started the infinite loop."
"That guess makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Don't you think so?"
The system fell silent again.
But to Jin Can, this cold silence was nothing short of a resounding affirmation.
I understand... but then again, I don't really understand.
[This seems to make sense; the female lead isn't stupid after all!]
In short, she's probably watched quite a few anime series and read a lot of novels featuring the female lead...
[↑But it's not helpful for the college entrance exam, hahaha.]
The system finally added a sentence:
[Don't worry about the details! This is a lighthearted and humorous light novel setting on campus (ω<) Tehepero!]
"Acting cute is shameful! Have some decency. Although I don't know if the system is a real person, and whether those who can use these abilities can be considered 'human'..."
A bitter smile appeared on Jin Can's lips.
Since it's a campus light novel, shouldn't they be a "harem trio" revolving around the "school heartthrob" Ge Ouchen?
Is their mission simply to manipulate her fate as the "official wife" like a game... and then coldly watch her struggle and ultimately fail?
"Why me...? What's so great about Ge Ouchen anyway?"
"Am I really one of the lucky ones who were captured and modified by Zhou Yu, this alien?"
She knew very well that even if she understood the whole situation, it wouldn't change the fact that she had to deal with the exam right now.
Sigh, I'd better not think about these things anymore.
Jin Can shook his head self-deprecatingly, putting these questions out of his mind.
Let's think about strategies for this exam first.
All she can do now is study hard and try her best to pass this "easy mode" math exam.
After morning exercises, Jin Can and her classmates returned to the classroom, waiting for the pop quiz that terrified her.
This time, she was exceptionally meticulous, repeatedly verifying every step and striving for perfection in every answer.
Time passed second by second, and the golden pen tip flew across the paper with a scratching sound.
When she finally finished all the short answer questions and looked up at the classroom clock, her heart skipped a beat.
Less than ten minutes left!
She clearly hoped to secure all the scores this way...
But now she still has two major questions in front of her that take up almost half of the exam paper.
She felt the formulas and symbols suddenly twist and come alive, forming a giant tornado that mocked her futility and hurtled towards her.
"You don't even dare to touch my domain, so what right do you have to solve me?"
"You think you've gotten close to me? No, I only acknowledge vertical contact. You can never enter my world."
The sneer of the spatial vector and the arrogant contempt of the function echoed in my ears.
Jin Can's eyes darted between the questions. She read them hurriedly, her pen moving across the paper as she wrote furiously.
Jin Can struggled to write each proof step. It was like running on the edge of a flowing clock, without moving forward a single step. The howling of the tornado filled her ears, and behind her was bottomless darkness.
She had to run forward desperately, or she would be pushed into the abyss. She had no choice but to grit her teeth and fight to the death.
The bell rang mercilessly.
Jin Can put down his pen in despair, and the teacher collected his test paper.
As expected, it was all for naught this time.
However, after targeted intensive training, she believed that the accuracy rate of the test questions she had completed should be very high.
She wasn't wasting her time!
Next time I do a problem, I can't be so cautious; I need to be quick and decisive!
Jin Can got up and stretched, trying to relax his tense nerves.
However, a sudden, intense dizziness struck, and everything before my eyes began to distort and blur.
The whole world seems to be being pulled away and pushed back by an invisible force.
Jin Can felt nauseous!
She felt her body plummeting rapidly into a bottomless black hole, the noise around her gradually fading away, replaced by utter silence.
When she woke up again, the glaring sunlight streamed in through the gaps in the curtains, and the familiar sound of the alarm clock filled her ears.
She sat up blankly, looking at the digital clock on the bedside table.
5:30 AM, Friday.
Although Jin Can had already anticipated this outcome...
"Good heavens! I knew it!" She slammed her fist on the pillow, finally unleashing her pent-up anger.
"This is so annoying! I never want to take another exam!!"
She hugged the pillow, angrily burying her head in it, her voice muffled by the cotton, turning into a helpless sob.
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