A genius student? Ha, they're nothing but ants at your feet!

Chapter 71 Killing Chickens in the Beginner Village

"Click".

Just as everyone was questioning their existence, the classroom door was pushed open, and Zhang Lingfeng walked in with an indescribable kind smile on his face, carrying lecture notes.

"Everyone has seen the results, right?"

"I...I saw it..."

The voices from the audience were sparse and weak.

Zhang Lingfeng watched as these geniuses, who usually looked down on everyone, were humiliated, and his smile deepened.

"I know you all have a lot of questions about the exam results."

The students below the stage nodded slightly without realizing it, their eyes filled with resentment and a crazy curiosity about that perfect score monster.

"Smack."

Zhang Lingfeng calmly slapped a test paper onto the podium.

"Of course, I can explain this paper to you from beginning to end."

But I think listening to how the students who got full marks think might be more helpful for your thinking. Su Hao—” Zhang Lingfeng turned his gaze to the front row,

"Come up and tell everyone how it goes?"

Swish!

All thirty-odd pairs of eyes in the class, filled with extremely complex emotions, instantly focused on the same coordinate.

"OK."

There was no refusal, no stage fright.

Su Hao stood up decisively without the slightest hesitation, strode towards the podium, and casually picked up a piece of chalk.

The moment he stood in front of the blackboard, his entire aura changed abruptly.

You should know that during the math Olympiad training camp, he was already tired of doing this kind of extra tutoring for his national team teammates!

This kind of situation was a piece of cake for him.

Su Hao drew a huge rectangular grid in the center of the blackboard with fluid strokes.

With a flick of the wrist, an extremely sharp diagonal line pierced through it.

He turned around, his gaze calmly sweeping over the tense faces below the stage.

"When solving this problem, I bypassed exhaustive search and directly applied the topological concept of 'pairing'."

The usually taciturn Su Hao seemed like a completely different person the moment he entered this purely academic setting, his tone instantly exuding an undeniable and absolute confidence.

"It would be very foolish and complicated to calculate all the paths directly."

However, this problem becomes very simple by utilizing symmetry.

For any path P, we only need to perform a simple symmetric transformation based on its center point to obtain another path P'.

Dust particles in the air vibrate in the sunlight.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the diagram Su Hao was drawing on the blackboard, and no one dared to breathe loudly.

Some of the quick-thinking students seemed to have been struck by lightning, letting out a gasp of surprise!

"In other words, every path must have a 'pair' that is absolutely symmetrical to it."

In a mathematical context, this is equivalent to establishing a very basic two-to-one mapping relationship on the entire set.

Therefore, we can conclude directly with our eyes closed that the total number of paths must be even.

Counting them one by one is actually meaningless.

"Holy crap..." Someone muttered a phrase from the classic Chinese novel.

The students, who had been stunned, suddenly went crazy, pulling out their notebooks and frantically writing down every word Su Hao uttered.

But this devastating blow has only just begun.

Question 2, Question 3, Question 4...

Su Hao's problem-solving approach for almost all questions is equally brutal!

Straight to the point, no detours!

There was not a single redundant calculation, nor a single long and complicated assumption.

He's like a seasoned assassin with precise skills, able to see through the core weakness of each problem at a glance, and then deliver a swift and decisive blow with a simple formula!

However, in this process, Su Hao overlooked a fatal variable:

Those who could keep up with his deductive pace in the training camp were the most outstanding geniuses selected from 1.4 billion people in the country.

Although it is called a gifted class, the students' levels are really uneven.

At this moment, more than half of the students in the class had cold sweat on their foreheads, their eyes completely blank, unable to keep up with Su Hao's unbridled logic.

"Alright...anything else?"

That concludes the explanation of the topic.

Su Hao put down the chalk, his clear eyes shining as he looked at his classmates. His honest and innocent expression seemed to be loudly proclaiming:

"See? I've already chewed the food and fed it to you. It's so simple and easy to understand, you should be able to do it now, right?"

The students below the stage, looking at his sincere expression—which was devoid of any mockery yet incredibly powerful—felt as if they had been struck by an invisible hammer in their chests.

Question?

They even felt that raising your hand to ask a question at this moment would be a public torture of your intelligence!

Everyone could only keep their mouths shut and remain in a humiliating silence.

All that could be heard was the sound of heavy breathing echoing in the classroom.

Seeing that no one asked any questions, Su Hao assumed that everyone understood, patted the chalk dust off his hands with satisfaction, and happily strolled back to his seat.

"Well... writing out detailed solution steps doesn't necessarily mean it's bad."

Zhang Lingfeng realized that the class's self-esteem was almost shattered, so he quickly coughed twice and began to comfort them.

"But what Su Hao demonstrated was the extreme compression of the proof process after gaining insight into the essence."

I don't think this is a privilege reserved for geniuses. As long as you persevere and live long enough, one day you will also be able to reach the threshold of that shortcut.

However, you are still in the basic stage, and you haven't even learned to walk yet, so there's no need to rush to learn to fly...

However, this weak and ineffective comfort did not work at all.

After hearing the teacher's words, the students drooped their heads even lower, as if all their last bit of life had been drained away.

……

Ring ring—

The school bell seemed like God's salvation.

"Let's go, let's go eat."

With a desperate howl from one of the brave students, the students, who had been suffering greatly from math, rose from the dead one after another.

However, on their way to the cafeteria, their fragile nerves were still being repeatedly crushed by the shockwaves brought by Su Hao.

"Damn... no wonder he's the IMO gold medalist, what's wrong with Su Hao's brain? It's outrageous!"

Wang Di, who came in fourth place and always had a high opinion of himself, couldn't hold back any longer and started the conversation. Everyone around him chimed in like chickens pecking at rice.

"Who says otherwise! I originally thought he was just the kind of bookworm who only knew how to bury himself in problems, but I never expected him to be able to analyze problems so thoroughly when he went up on stage to explain them. He's simply leaving no room for others to compete."

"No, you dare say you understood everything?!"

I was completely lost by the third question. It was so humiliating! For the first time, I felt like my brain was useless!

"Listen to me, brother, don't compare yourself to him, it'll shorten your lifespan. He's from a completely different dimension than us!"

It's like you're still killing chickens in the newbie village, and then you look up and encounter a max-level player, decked out in god-tier gear, capable of dealing 999 damage with a single hit, wreaking havoc right next to you!

"Honestly, to make it into the national team, you have to be at least one of the top 6 in the country, right?"

Su Hao is still the world's number one monster among all freaks! This is pure, unadulterated dimensional destruction!

"What's most frustrating is his last question, 'Any more questions?'"

I swear, I clearly sensed that his subtext was:

"No way, no way? This is such basic, idiotic logic, you guys can't possibly... not understand it, can you?"

A group of arrogant, privileged individuals complained while forcing a bitter smile.

Although they are inherently arrogant and hold their heads high, they are at least not so foolish as to deceive themselves or refuse to acknowledge the harsh reality.

Just like those geniuses who were once blinded by Su Hao's brilliance in the national team, they are now painfully experiencing the complete mental journey from "doubting life" to "accepting it on their knees".

Gu Chengyu, walking at the very back of the group, remained silent, a deep gloom etched on his face.

He lowered his head, watching his shadow move beneath his feet, and suddenly realized with sorrow:

In front of Su Hao, he might really be just an insignificant "mortal"!

Recalling his previous ridiculous arrogance and self-importance, he felt his cheeks burning with shame, as if they were about to bleed.

Despite possessing the absolute strength to easily defeat the entire class, Su Hao always greeted everyone warmly and proactively every day, without any airs...

And what am I, a mere 47-point loser, trying to act like such a big shot?

Could it be that... all those friends who used to surround him were suffering through his immaturity and arrogance?

Has he always had to rely on exploiting other people's patience to barely gain a few so-called friends?!

This painful realization, like a sudden awakening, made Gu Chengyu's cheeks burn. He wished he could immediately dig a hole in the plastic track and bury himself completely in it!