Chapter 438: Traps in the Rules
Ye Fan interrupted with a beaming smile, "Don't mind why. Just tell me if you slept together or not?"
Ning Xi: "…"
She knew Ye Fan was talking about the night before the college entrance exam, but him saying it like this completely changed the flavor. Those who didn't know would probably misunderstand that she and Ye Fan had already…
In fact, Shen Li indeed thought so. Looking at Ning Xi whose face was completely red, a bitter smile uncontrollably appeared on her lips.
Competition?
They've already slept together, what's there to compete with?
For a moment, Shen Li's heart was filled with despair . She lowered her head, her呆滞 (dāizhì - sluggish/dull) eyes showing utter dejection .
Seeing Shen Li like this, although Ye Fan felt somewhat sorry, in order to cut off this girl's thoughts about him, he could only pretend not to see.
As the saying goes, short pain is better than long pain !
Ning Xi was just about to open her mouth to explain, but upon seeing Ye Fan make a hushing gesture and his meaningful gaze, she instantly understood his intention, obediently closed her mouth and stopped talking.
The seven contestants, after memorizing for half an hour, helplessly found they fundamentally couldn't distinguish the correct option among the three answers.
The colors on the drawing boards were very similar, the difference between each drawing board extremely subtle. This caused it to be particularly easy to get confused during memorization, especially since there were a full fifty drawing boards. By the time they got to the later ones, the memory of the earlier ones was already vague.
So, they could only bite the bullet and rely on intuition to choose.
After making their choices, the 7 contestants didn't use their final right to swap, instead being very firm in their own choices.
Ultimately, after computer verification, only two contestants successfully advanced. The remaining five were all eliminated.
After the results appeared, Xia Jiuqi couldn't wait to pick up the microphone, opened her mouth to inquire: "Contestant Ning Xi, how did you find the correct answer without memorizing?"
For more than half an hour, no matter how hard she racked her brains , she couldn't figure out a thing.
It couldn't really be just by luck, right?
But Ning Xi's subsequent answer directly made Xia Jiuqi's mouth gape open.
"Luck."
Ning Xi took the microphone handed over by the staff, stood up and gave a two-word explanation.
Xia Jiuqi swallowed, continued to ask incredulously: "Apart from luck, are there no other factors?"
"Not exactly."
Ning Xi smiled beamingly, explained softly: "The rules of this event are actually a trap. Teacher Xia, you can carefully observe the drawing boards on stage, you will find these drawing boards are almost identical, only with subtle differences."
"In this situation, it's impossible for contestants to completely memorize 50 drawing boards in half an hour, and memory confusion will also occur. So, memorizing or not memorizing isn't important."
Xia Jiuqi was completely bewildered , "But if not memorizing, how to find the only correct answer among the three answers? Blind guess?"
"Can say so."
"…"
This time, Xia Jiuqi was completely speechless.
So, this event purely relies on blind guessing?
Ning Xi's sweet, soft laughter sounded, asked methodically: "Teacher Xia, among the three answers, is there only one correct answer?"
"Yes."
"Then randomly choose one, what is the probability of guessing correctly?"
"One-third."
"That's right!"
Ning Xi's delicate head nodded lightly, continued to ask: "But after choosing, the computer removes one distractor. If the initial choice is swapped with the final remaining option, then the probability of choosing the correct answer will become two-thirds."
"Of course, two-thirds cannot guarantee finding the correct answer for sure, so there is still an element of luck involved."
"This is a very simple math problem, but after being concealed by the program team, it will deceive many contestants. Teacher Xia, can you understand my explanation like this?"
"Seems like… understood a little."
Xia Jiuqi nodded with partial understanding. She never ever expected the rules actually hid so many twists and turns .
Hearing Ning Xi's analysis, the 7 contestants on stage came to a sudden realization . Especially the 5 eliminated contestants were extremely annoyed.
"Analysis is very on point!"
Jin Jueping clapped his hands, praised: "In fact, this event does not test the contestants' memory ability. Unless the memory ability reaches the world's top level, otherwise, it's fundamentally impossible to break the situation with brute force ."
"That's right!"
Pang Yunfei nodded in addition: "This event tests the contestants' overall view , as well as their on-the-spot reaction ability. Of course, there is also a certain element of luck."
After the two finished their analysis, Xia Jiuqi suddenly covered her mouth and laughed out loud, said triumphantly : "Teachers, I won. Later I can choose a member from your teams to swap."
Hearing these words, both Jin Jueping's and Pang Yunfei's faces instantly stiffened.
In the elimination round, one can basically see the approximate strength of the contestants. If Xia Jiuqi swapped away a strong contestant during team formation, it would be too much of a loss!
But the words were already spoken, now wanting to renege on the debt was too late.
Jin Jueping passed the buck to Pang Yunfei, "Still playing small games or not? Even I was harmed by you!"
Pang Yunfei smiled sheepishly , his face full of bitterness, making many contestants chuckle secretly.
Xia Jiuqi pursed her lips into a smile, beckoned towards below the stage, "Ning Xi, you are my lucky general . Later you must join my team."
Seeing this, Jin Jueping and Pang Yunfei, who were already frustrated, became even more speechless.
Alright then!
Starting to snatch people now?
In comparison, the two felt they were the newcomers. All the initiative was taken by Xia Jiuqi, this person who came to Brain Ladder for the first time!
"If I can successfully pass the elimination round, I will definitely prioritize Teacher Xia."
Regarding Ning Xi's answer, Xia Jiuqi was quite satisfied. Looked left and right, said: "Teachers, this is my first time participating in Brain Ladder, please be lenient with me, teachers."
Jin Jueping: "…"
Pang Yunfei: "…"
He Dong teased: "Jiuqi, you are taking advantage and still acting coy . You've completely stumped the two teachers."
Xia Jiuqi laughed non-stop, yet her mouth didn't admit it, "How could I? Can't slander people."
The atmosphere at the recording site was made exceptionally cheerful by Xia Jiuqi alone. After the eliminated contestants left, 49 advancing contestants remained on site.
At this moment, the time reached four in the afternoon.
After a fifteen-minute break, the competition for the third event began at a quarter past four.
Maze Mayhem!
Only four people chose this event, among whom not only was Ye Fan, this Genius List member, but also Xu Xianglei, this number one seed contestant. Before the competition even started, many contestants below the stage were already discussing fiercely.
"You guys say, if Xu Xianglei and Ye Fan are grouped together, who will win?"
"I think Xu Xianglei can win. After all, he's a number one seed contestant, his strength should be very strong."
"Not necessarily, Ye Fan is a Genius List member, and he also got full marks in the college entrance exam, definitely not simple."
"Why worry about this? I only know if the two are grouped together, one will definitely be eliminated. This way, don't we have one less strong competitor?"
Just then, the final grouping situation appeared on the large screen. Gasps of surprise arose throughout the recording site.
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