Chapter 409 Are you still arrogant, still ranked number one on the overall list? [1st update]
Ilna made no attempt to conceal her contempt when she said this.
She was telling the truth.
The contestants who can participate in the ISC International Finals are indeed geniuses from various countries; calling them academic superstars would be an understatement.
But after all, no matter how talented someone is, they're still just a high school student.
No matter how talented a person is, their experience is still limited.
It's simply impossible to master so much knowledge in just over a decade.
Even Simon Brandt, the all-around scientist who left a significant mark on the history of O, only studied physics and mathematics when he was 18 years old.
As he grew older, he gradually began to venture into other fields.
The organizing committee held ISC to commemorate him and to discover new talent.
But I never expected something like this to happen.
This first match also marked Ilna's first display of her strength.
It was a complete rout, leaving the opponent no chance whatsoever.
Her words sent her supporters into a frenzy.
"Ilna! Ilna!"
"Prodigy Ilna!"
Apart from the players from O Continent, the other players all looked terrible.
Contestant number 19 didn't say anything, walked down, and came to the waiting area.
"Don't take it to heart." Feng Yue pursed his lips. "When the time comes—"
He couldn't say anything more.
The questions in the final round were more difficult than those in the qualifying and semi-final rounds.
Feng Yue is better at science subjects; he wasn't even confident that he could master them all.
Generally speaking, a score of 12 or higher is already considered very impressive.
Ilna finished the questions in five minutes and got them all right.
Feng Yue knew very well that even if he were to face Ilna...
At his speed, he could only get a score of 7 or 8 at most.
It's fair to say that any player facing Ilna would have their score severely reduced.
On the other side of the professors' table, Zuo Li turned his head and asked, "Is this the quality you all have?"
“Ilna is rather arrogant.” Upon hearing this, a professor from Helga University smiled faintly. “Besides, as you know, Ilna did have a period of mental instability; that’s just what she said.”
"Professor Zuo, it's just a verbal dispute, nothing worth taking seriously."
Zuo Li sneered, "All you can do is fart."
If Ying Zijing draws the individual competition, she can at least win one game back.
In the first round of the individual competition, everyone has to play ten matches, and the draw is all about luck.
But such a start was indeed a huge blow.
The live stream chat in China exploded with excitement.
[This Ilna is too arrogant!]
She called our contestants trash. Who is she?
[They're arrogant because they're powerful and capable. Why don't you let your Ying Shen (a legendary player) defeat her too?]
[Blindly worshipping her, isn't it just because they like Ying Zijing's face? Now it doesn't work on the international stage, does it? Tsk.]
[I can't stand the trolls stirring up trouble in the main stream anymore, I'm going to watch a separate stream. Bye.]
The TV station and Chuguang Media set up a total of four live broadcast rooms this time.
The main live stream broadcast the entire individual competition, while the three sub-live streams represent the three teams in the team competition.
There are a total of 1,200 participants in the international finals, 300 in the team competition and 900 in the individual competition.
China has a total of 93 people who entered the international finals, ranking third among all countries and regions.
Ying Zijin and the top girl in the science experimental class of Qingzhi High School are on the same team, which also includes Xiang Shun, who ranked 5th in the global rankings in the online competition.
The team competition consists of three major questions, with a time limit of three hours.
Although the number of questions is small, the amount of knowledge they contain is vast.
The first step is to translate the questions.
Ying Zijing pasted the paper with the questions printed on it onto the blackboard, and the camera zoomed in to capture the questions on the paper.
There were fewer comments in the live stream room, and the comments were silent for a while after the three questions were asked.
【I...I'm dumbfounded. What kind of question is this? Forget I don't understand it, I don't even recognize these words!】
The text in the second line sounds somewhat like German, and somewhat like French, but it's neither.
Finally, after a few minutes, a very long comment appeared on the screen.
[The science popularization team is here to explain: This set of questions in the team competition used eighteen languages, including Latin, Luta, Chinese, Prussian, Icelandic, Hebrew, etc.]
【66666】
It's my fault for not being worthy; there are some languages I've never even heard of before.
[This Chinese sentence is so long, no translation is needed, it's so easy.]
[Are you crazy? Chinese is one of the most difficult languages to learn in the world. Just because we know it doesn't mean people in other countries do.]
Contestants who can participate in the international finals must be proficient in at least three foreign languages.
However, languages like Latin and Hebrew are rarely used now, and very few people know them.
Therefore, the first major challenge in the team competition
During the live stream, viewers saw the girl glance at the question, pick up a marker, and start writing on the blackboard.
She seemed languid, wrote quickly, yet her handwriting remained beautiful.
[Holy crap, I'm stunned. Ying Shen has already started translating?]
[Basic operation, do not deduct 6.]
[Win God: Isn't this something that can be done with just a glance?]
[Don't even mention 18 languages, even 180 languages, Ying Shen could handle them in a heartbeat [doge emoji]]
While other teams were still translating the first sentence of the question, Ying Zijin had already translated the entire question into Chinese and written it on the blackboard.
Make sure every team member can see it.
Xiang Shun: "..."
He suffered a severe blow.
I thought that by ranking fifth in the global rankings, I could definitely compete with the players who qualified directly for the international competition.
But I never expected the gap to be this big.
"Xiang, don't break down. Ying Shen has never been a human being." A girl comforted him from the side, "You'll get used to it after experiencing more."
Xiang Shun: "..."
He can't get used to this.
Xiang Shun sighed, picked up his pen, and began to solve the problem.
But they have to admit that with Ying Zijin around, things have become much easier for them.
Even after translating these three questions completely, it's not fair to say they're unsolvable.
The organizing committee intentionally made the questions difficult when they were setting them.
The teachers backstage naturally noticed Ying Zijing's group and all fell silent.
A teacher looked up slowly at the gray-haired head of the exam setter: "Didn't you say that no one could translate this last sentence?"
The last sentence of the third question involves a crucial condition for solving the problem.
Even without these conditions, the problem can still be solved, but the difficulty increases twentyfold.
But once Ying Zijin translated it, the problem became much easier to solve.
The person who set the questions was speechless: "..."
He's dumbfounded, okay?
He clearly chose a very rare language; let alone learning it, most normal people have never even heard of it.
"That's terrifying." The chief question setter wiped his sweat. "It would be great if this contestant went to the individual competition. Her competition with Ilna would be fierce. I really want to see it."
The teacher nodded, somewhat regretfully: "Actually, what we really wanted to see was the number one on the overall leaderboard. The organizing committee even sent a message to 'him' and proposed a 1v1 PK, but 'him' didn't reply at all."
The person in charge of setting the questions sighed: "There's nothing we can do about it."
Why did this top-ranked player disappear after receiving the prize money?
**
Under Ying Zijing's leadership, the team completed the three questions in just half an hour.
The final score is out of 100, plus bonus points for time, for a total of 150 points.
Most of the other teams scored between 50 and 60 points, with the highest score being only 67 points.
The team competition ended at noon, and although there were 10 individual competition stages, only 130 rounds were played.
Therefore, the individual competition will last for three days.
Teng Yunmeng and Feng Yue were lucky; they didn't run into Ilna in the first round and advanced to the second round with perfect scores.
When Ying Zijing arrived, Teng Yunmeng was comforting a crying girl.
The female contestant did not qualify directly for the international competition, but she still achieved a respectable ranking of 17th on the global leaderboard.
Ying Zijing's gaze paused slightly: "What's going on?"
“That Ilna,” Feng Yue said first, very angry. “In the first round, 19 of our contestants ran into her, and none of them scored more than 6 points.”
"She's really sick. Every time she finishes a match with one of our players, she says 'trash' with that contemptuous look in her eyes. Who can stand that?"
Ying Zijing's gaze paused slightly, then she chuckled softly: "Trash?"
“Yes.” Feng Yue pursed his lips. “The chief referee is from their country, but she doesn’t care. I think she’s seeking revenge because of what happened the day before yesterday.”
Ilna has outscored all 19 players, which will result in a very low total score for China, possibly even putting them at the bottom.
"She's disgusting." Teng Yunmeng's eyes were red with anger. "If we had the top-ranked player from the overall leaderboard participating, would she still be so arrogant?"
The organizing committee simply couldn't invite the top-ranked player.
(End of this chapter)
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