Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 274 Competing on the same field
"you know me?"

"Are you Li Yan who won the grand prize for reasoning?"

"…If you're talking about the Supernova Mystery Literature Award, it's me."

The skinny boy excitedly called out to another person behind him, "Hu Junxi, come here!"

Li Yan knew that this was the last person in the four-person dormitory.

He is white and fat, a bit like a weaker version of Lin Zhiyuan.

"Damn, he's even more handsome in person than in the photo, he's actually a younger brother." Hu Junxi pushed his glasses.

Glasses... are almost the biggest commonality among these contestants after being "male".

Although there must be a girl in the top five, many provinces would rather send one less person in order to increase the winning rate - if a girl's score is not among the top ten including the incentive places, she is indeed not competitive enough.

After they put their luggage away

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Hu Junxi from Shangjing No. 1 Middle School. I'm a freshman in high school and a rookie." Hu Junxi seemed quite enthusiastic. "This is the number one in the Shangjing City selection, He Zixiang, the god. He's also a freshman in high school and his goal is to be the number one in the country."

"Stop bragging, Junxi." He Zixiang looked helpless. He must have been flattered a lot along the way.

However, it is normal to have this goal if you can get first place in the provincial selection in Beijing.

"I'm Li Yan, he's Chen Fan, we're both from Xinbei No. 1 Middle School in Linjiang Province, and we're both in the first grade of junior high school."

"I know you very well." Hu Junxi threw his luggage onto the upper bunk and sat down. "Super talented junior high school student, the photo of you receiving the award in Beijing has spread to all the major middle schools in Beijing. We all said that it was a good thing you received the award during the summer vacation. If you received it after school started, it would have really increased the intensity of the junior high schools in Beijing."

"We are already increasing the intensity." He Zixiang also sat on his bed, opened his suitcase and packed his things.

"God Xiang is right. When our team leader saw the name 'Li Yan from New Taipei First High School' on the list of participants, he was shocked. He always thought it was someone with the same name." Hu Junxi simply lay down. "Now it's clear that it's the same person."

Li Yan didn't know what to say, so she glanced at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan thought he understood, and said, "God Yan is a well-known almighty war god in our school."

Then Chen Fan recounted all the achievements that Li Yan had made since the first grade of junior high school, including but not limited to full marks in all subjects, winning essay competitions, art performances, school sports meets, basketball games, etc.

The two senior students who went to Beijing were stunned when they heard this.

I even suspected at one point that it was just an overreaction by the little boy who was just trying to save face.

But think about it, the first prize of the mystery literature award is real, but what about the others... No, what the hell is a perfect score in all subjects?
The two recalled their proud junior high school years and confirmed that "full marks in all subjects" had never appeared even in their dreams.

"Li Yan, you're too strong. Think about us, we were in the first grade of junior high school. We were really far behind you." He Zixiang was quite honest.

Chen Fan seemed to have a rare sense of pleasure from showing off for others, and he couldn't stop talking, "He was also accepted as a disciple by a painting master in our province, and he often goes out to learn painting."

"Usually? No classes?" Hu Junxi asked.

"Well, he doesn't have classes."

"Ah? The school allows it?"

"He exchanged it with the school for full marks in all subjects."

"...No wonder she is so versatile. It turns out she is learning at her own pace." Hu Junxi nodded in amazement. "With so many things to do, how can Li Yan still keep up with the energy?"

"Not only did he catch up, he even had time to talk to a super beautiful senior..."

"Comrade Chen Feifan." Li Yan made a rather intimidating voice.

Chen Fan, who was a little excited, calmed down instantly.

"You're really living a life that OIers would envy." He Zixiang said with a smile, "That's amazing. I said that when you come to participate in the national competition, you will definitely see an outrageous genius. Here is one."

"OIer?" Li Yan repeated.

"Ah? Don't you know? It's us. The four of us are OIer. OI is the abbreviation of Olympiad in Informatics. Adding an er refers to us who are striving for this competition. We are a circle of like-minded people." He Zixiang showed his commemorative badge.

"What is this?" Chen Fan asked.

"There's a souvenir shop downstairs in the dormitory. Eh..." Hu Junxi was puzzled. "Aren't you guys in the OI circle?"

"I do know." Chen Fan replied, "I have liked tinkering with computers since I was a child, and participating in the National Olympiad in Informatics is also my dream. However, I usually hang out in various forums under pseudonyms, and I don't focus too much on the OI circle."

"Oh, right, she's only in the first grade." He Zixiang slapped his head, "It's so rare to see a first grader participating in a national competition. Where's Li Yan?"

"I... only learned about the Xinao competition through Chen Fan's introduction."

This shocked the two high school students even more than Li Yan’s resume as an all-round god of war.

Chen Fan added, "When he first entered school last year, he didn't even know what programming was." He was struck by lightning.

Hu Junxi looked at the handsome boy who was 1.8 meters tall in front of him, and recalled the wonderful deeds that Chen Fan had said...

Damn, not only is he omnipotent, but he is also a genius who learns things quickly?
He started participating in Information Olympiad competitions in the second year of junior high school, and has always been proud of being able to join the OI circle and is proud to call himself an OIer.

It is not easy to participate in the Information Science Olympiad competition. After layers of screening, only the elites can enter the national competition.

Everyone strives to be admitted to Hua Xia University and other top universities, and some geniuses are qualified to strive for a higher level of "bringing glory to the country."

In a purely technical circle, the relationships between people are relatively pure.

Being awesome is awesome, there's nothing to be jealous of. People will honor outstanding people as "gods", and will also feel sorry for the losers.

The OI competition has a very short lifespan. Normally, it only applies to the first and second year of high school. If you fail to win an award and obtain admission into the university in your second year of high school, you will be considered "retired."

In the eyes of many people, being able to mix in the OI circle is a reflection of strength and is enviable.

And Hu Junxi saw a completely new mentality from Li Yan's eyes.

The Information Science Olympiad Competition is just a small tributary in his wonderful life.

He was shocked by his own sudden thought, and even felt his faith wavering. Fortunately, He Zixiang asked a new question:
"It's a pity that we can't be rivals. When you are in your first year of high school, we will both be in college. Otherwise, I would really like to compete with a... very special genius like you."

Xiang Shen is still more stable. No matter what, Li Yan is also a junior high school student.

"Sure." Li Yan replied.

"what?"

"Chen Fan can't participate in the junior high school group, but I can." Li Yan showed her exam name tag, which clearly read: Category B, New Taipei First High School, Li Yan.

"I participated in the B category in the junior high school competition... Although I am very good, Li Yan, the B category does not count towards the official results."

"Then we'll leave it to the organizing committee to consider." Li Yan showed the provincial selection notice of Linjiang Province.

"What's going on?" Hu Junxi was shocked. "Aren't there limited places for Category B but participation is not mandatory? How did your name get put on it?"

"Maybe it's because I ranked second in the provincial selection."

Watching the two high school seniors being shocked repeatedly, Chen Fan had a subtle feeling...

How it feels like an experienced person looks at a newcomer.

From sighing "You're pretending again", to gradually understanding that for someone like Li Yan, pretending is as natural as drinking water, to realizing that Li Yan's existence itself is a kind of pretense, and finally evolving to the state of finding pleasure in Li Yan's pretense.

Chen Fan believes that anyone who gets close to Li Yan will eventually walk this path.

"So Brother Xiang, Brother Xi, we will all take the same test paper, in the same examination room, and will both get our scores." Li Yan smiled, "Can we say we are competing on the same field?"

"Of course." He Zixiang also smiled.

We had lunch in the school cafeteria, and it was a buffet.

Fast food buffet.

Deng Yudi also came over to have dinner with Li Yan, and felt a sense of sympathy with He Zixiang, who also won first place in the provincial selection.

Chen Fan also teased Li Yan about how this buffet compared to the ones he had eaten before.

But when he saw Li Yan preparing to describe the previous feast with a look of disgust on her face, he covered his ears and closed his eyes and chose to escape.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a group of people went to the examination room to prepare for a two-hour simulation test - in fact, it was a computer-based test, and a written test paper that would not be acceptable unless they got full marks.

When they reached a certain intersection, Chen Fan waved his hand and walked towards the experimental building, which was the examination venue for the "Summer Camp", or the junior high school competition.

Li Yan continued to follow He Zixiang and the others towards the auditorium.

He Zixiang glanced at Li Yan's admission ticket in confusion and was shocked: "You are also taking the exam in the auditorium?"

"Yes." Li Yan was confused. "Aren't they all in the auditorium?"

Hu Junxi yelled, "The B-type exam is a summer camp, you should be with Chen Fan, this is too weird, a junior high school student taking the B-type exam has a brand name, the admission ticket even has the auditorium written as the location..."

They both reacted at the same time.

"You are essentially participating in the Class A competition!"

(End of this chapter)