RBCT Chapter 69 A Pig-like Scream
Chapter 69 A Pig-like Scream
Gu Chengyu had no idea that Su Hao was in such a state of collapse at this moment that it felt like the sky had fallen!
Su Hao was indeed panicked.
And they were extremely panicked!
I was so panicked I was sweating profusely!
Listening to everyone around me frantically writing, the sound of pens scratching against paper was like a torrential downpour!
During the session, several students even raised their hands to ask the teacher for more paper because there wasn't enough space to answer the questions, but Su Hao felt extremely uncomfortable.
He stared at the blank answer sheet in front of him, but his mind went completely blank.
Damn it, what steps are even possible to write for this stupid question?!
This is like someone asking him, "What is 1 plus 1?" How is he supposed to fill up the word count?!
But this is an exam, so I have to do the questions. I can't leave the paper blank, can I?
Su Hao bit his lip hard and closed his eyes in pain.
Finally, as if he had made some great decision, he grabbed the pencil.
Below the first question, in the large blank space meant for students to write their derivations, a single line of text was written:
Since "P↔P', the total number of paths is even."
After finishing writing, Su Hao swallowed nervously.
"Is this... really going to work?"
He suddenly recalled the earnest advice given by Professor Hu from the national team:
"Su Hao, even if a certain logic seems as obvious to you as one plus one equals two..."
To be fair to mortals, you absolutely must write as much detail as possible during the exam! I'm begging you!
After experiencing the huge controversy caused by too few steps in the last math Olympiad, Su Hao finally realized a lesson:
In this world, one cannot expect all mortals to have the brains to instantly keep up with his level of leaping logic.
But this also has an extremely fatal premise!
That means this problem requires both the necessity and the space for derivation!
For Su Hao at this moment, the problem before him was one that had left all the top geniuses in the class scratching their heads, seemingly draining their brains...
It's like a straight line with no obstructions, you can see the end at a glance!
This problem leaves him no room to elaborate on formulas or pad his word count!
What binomial?! What induction?!
In his view, it was all meaningless nonsense!
By establishing a simple mapping based on the most basic symmetry, all paths will naturally appear in pairs, just like looking in a mirror!
Since they appear in pairs, the total number must be even.
The proof ends here.
What other steps are needed?!
This is like someone asking you, "What is 1+1?" You just need to answer "2", right?
But now the teacher has given you an A4 sheet of paper and asked you to write out 800 words of calculation steps in detail!
Other students treated this problem as a "complex logic and tedious calculation" and painstakingly tackled it layer by layer.
Su Hao, on the other hand, flew directly to outer space and regarded it as the most basic "structural symmetry". Using another dimension from God's perspective, he directly solved the problem in an instant!
Su Hao stared intently at the lone line of words on his answer sheet, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his attitude was too perfunctory and insincere.
In a state of extreme anxiety, Su Hao could only urgently call for outside help in his mind.
【Psyduck, help! I really don't know how to write out the steps for this problem in a longer way. How about you step up your magic and write it for me, just to pad out the word count and get it done?】
However, Psyduck seems to think that such a trivial and brainless question, which doesn't even require a glance, is not worthy of its personal attention.
Without the slightest hesitation, he decisively rejected this insulting request for ghostwriting.
Holy crap!
Su Hao was completely plunged into helplessness and despair.
Tick, tick.
The clock on the wall seemed to be urging us to hurry up, ticking away second by second.
Su Hao frantically cheered himself on in his heart:
"It's okay, this is only the first question."
For the following questions, even if you have to make something up, you must write in as much detail as possible, no matter what. You absolutely cannot hand in a blank paper!
But the result was so devastating that it made me want to cry!
No matter how tricky or how deep the traps are in any of the questions that follow...
In Su Hao's writing, none of them survive a single line of text!
They were all instantly captivating!
The set of questions set by Teacher Zhang is obviously way beyond the curriculum for ordinary middle school students.
But in Su Hao's view, who had once been immersed in the hellish sea of problems at the IMO, it was still a long way from being a truly difficult problem.
Therefore, for Su Hao, who even found the International Mathematical Olympiad so boring that he was yawning, tackling these so-called "difficult problems" in front of him was...
It's no different from making him sit in kindergarten and do arithmetic operations within ten!
What a waste of life!
"Time's up! Everyone, stop writing!"
On the podium, Teacher Zhang's loud shout instantly shattered the oppressive atmosphere in the classroom.
"Ah! Teacher, just two more minutes! Just one last step, almost done!"
A boy let out a bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered.
"Teacher, there are way too many questions! We really don't have enough time!"
Another girl was so anxious that tears were about to fall.
The moment the exam ended, the entire classroom erupted in wails!
Those geniuses who were usually high and mighty looked ashen-faced and dejected, forming a long line and walking forward one by one.
Without exception, all the answer sheets they handed to the podium were densely covered with formulas, with no blank spaces left!
That page was filled with their desperate struggles and resentment.
Finally, it was Su Hao's turn.
Like a child who had done something wrong, he carefully put away the clean, almost reflective answer sheet and walked forward with heavy steps.
Looking at Su Hao's pale face and his miserable, seemingly lost-in-the-dark appearance...
The students at the back of the line couldn't help but chuckle smugly to themselves.
"Pfft... I thought he was something special."
You all blew it all away, but it still ended up being a blank paper...
Su Hao ignored the mockery and handed over the answer sheet with his slightly trembling hand.
Teacher Zhang, who had been looking at the nearly blank answer sheet with a mixture of testing and expectation, glanced at it casually.
Immediately, his previously nonchalant expression froze on his face!