Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 28 Jia Xiu, the God of Written Exams

The last day before the exam.

Jia Xiu did not choose to go to Larven. Although he was very confident about the written test, he still had to respect it.

Therefore, he planned to use this last bit of time to review wrong questions and do two papers.

So Jia Xiu brought the wrong questions and the last two papers to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel.

As for why you have to come to the hall.

It’s not that he has a hobby of pretending to be sexy in public, but the hotel provides free snacks, fruits and drinks to the candidates in the lobby.

This city treats candidates quite well.

Larven's entrance written test will last for a week, and many different schools will conduct written tests every day to make it convenient for apprentices to apply for multiple different colleges, so as to avoid losing a year by applying for only one and failing.

During this week, all candidates will be given priority in taxis, accommodation discounts, and many places will provide free food or stationery.

If Jia Xiu were a child, he would be too shy to take more when he encountered such a free giveaway.

Now?

He eats, eats, eats, eats!

Jia Xiu brought two large plates of fruit, some dried meat of unknown origin, candy, and a cup each of coffee, tea, and milk.

But what surprised him was that they even served alcohol here.

What kind of cruel thing is it to provide alcohol to candidates before the exam?
The people of Larven are quite tough.

Jia Xiu returned to his seat and ate voraciously while looking at the wrong questions.

Bubu sat opposite and read the knight novel that Jia Xiu borrowed for it from the library.

From here we can see the difference between big cities and small places. There are few popular novels in Ximu Town because not many people can read.

In fact, Bubu didn’t know many words, but the knight novels were so tempting to him that he even looked them up in a dictionary.

Since this hotel is full of candidates, there are many students sitting in the lobby, doing their final sprint review.

The sound of the pen tip writing on the paper was endless.

"You're still reviewing?"

Suddenly, a mean voice sounded.

Jia Xiu looked up and saw a short girl wearing brown and green leather armor and a unique wooden pendant.

Probably a druid.

She has a high-pitched voice, a bit like a comedic character in an animation.

“The purity is too low!

"A truly strong person never reviews, relying solely on talent. A strong person like me can just open a book and the knowledge will be imprinted in my mind. What's the difference between that and cheating during an exam?
"It would be unfair to you to review again, so just try to catch up. This is my pity for you, the weaklings without talent."

After saying that, he turned and left.

The students in the entire hall were stunned, and everyone was confused by this incident.

The strange and awkward silence lasted for a long time.

It was Bubu who broke the silence first.

Others might be intimidated by this somewhat crazy statement, but Bubu doesn't care about that.

"Boss, is there something wrong with her?"

"Maybe she is really pure."

Jia Xiu thought for a moment and replied...

……

The day passed quickly, and the written exam of St. Delo College was on the first day of Larven's exam week.

The exams are not held in Sant'Antonio, but are spread across several schools in the city.

This is because there are too many applicants. As one of the best colleges in the city, Saint-Delo has many apprentices who come here to try it out even if they fail.

Moreover, the difficulty of the Santero exam is extremely high. If you don’t expect to pass the exam and just come here for experience, you will find it much easier to take exams in other colleges later.

This also became one of Larven's famous examination tactics.

Therefore, although Saint-Dero only enrolled five to six hundred students each year, there were often tens of thousands of people signing up for the exam, and they had to borrow other schools as examination venues.

"Exam room number 1327..."

Jia Xiu searched everywhere in the huge college and finally found his examination room.

Along the way, I met several people who went to the wrong test center, forgot to bring their ID cards, and forgot to bring their admission certificates.

He guessed that there would be a few more latecomers after the exam started.

It's quite amazing that no matter how important the exam is, there will always be a few NPCs like this. Perhaps this is a kind of screening criterion for the exam.

There was no invigilator in the examination room, and several detection eyes were used to maintain order in the examination room.

The papers were placed on the table, sealed with protective spells and unsealed at regular intervals.

The academy is not worried that someone will break the spell and get the test paper in advance.

Even if there is a candidate who really solves it, that's even better, as this level is good enough for special admission.

Time passed by minute by minute, and finally, the official exam time arrived.

After the test paper was unsealed, Jia Xiu, as usual, took a quick look at the questions to see what they were. There didn't seem to be anything particularly strange.

Pick up your pen and start answering the questions.

Half an hour later, only one-sixth of the exam time had passed, and Jia Xiu had finished most of the answers.

He felt a little strange now.

It’s not that I don’t know how to answer the questions, but the questions are weird and different from what I prepared for before. The further you go, the higher the proportion of mathematical calculations appears.

Although no one knows why the questions asked by San De Luo suddenly changed this year, it is definitely a good thing for Jia Xiu.

He has only been studying magic for more than two years.

But mathematics really accompanied him throughout his entire learning career.

“Given the definition, when the independent variable x of the function y=f(x) produces an increment at a point x0…”

Jia Xiu was reading an extremely long question.

There is also a new definition question. Is this, derivative?

The mathematical difficulty of this paper has reached the high school level and is approaching the advanced mathematics level?

As a former PhD in science, the closer he got to advanced mathematics, the closer he got to his familiar territory. On the contrary, the brain teasers in elementary school mathematics Olympiads were more likely to stump him.

Jia Xiu became more and more adept at writing, and he even laughed at himself.

……

At the same time, the Santello Examination Office.

Margaret scratched her hands anxiously. As one of the invigilators, she had already received the test paper for this exam.

Their task of invigilating is not heavy. The detection eye will track the abnormal behavior of the candidates. When abnormal reminders appear, they will manually confirm them. They do not need to go to the examination room and can complete all the work in the office.

So Margaret had time to look over the papers.

However, it would have been better if I hadn't looked at it. Once I looked at it, I couldn't help but worry about Jia Xiu.

Why are there so many math problems this time? While learning magic does require some math skills, isn't that a bit too much?

Not only were there too many questions, but they were also difficult. She didn't even understand the last one.

The exam preparation materials she sent to Jia Xiu did not contain much information related to mathematics, and Jia Xiu was a sorcerer from a small place, so how could he have the conditions to study mathematics?

I finally found a good candidate, but he failed the exam.

When she was anxious, the door of the examination room was suddenly pushed open.

The person who came was the leader of the question-setting group, a great wizard named Pied who majored in prophecy spells, minored in enchantment, and was interested in mathematics.

"How did the candidates answer?"

You can hear that he is very proud in his tone.

Obviously, he was well aware of the difficulty of the questions he set and was very happy to watch the candidates suffer.

He looked at the image provided by the Detection Eye.

"Tsk, tsk, it didn't go smoothly. What a shame."

That being said, I don't hear any regret in the tone.

"Team leader, aren't the questions this time a bit difficult?"

Margaret asked quietly.

"Isn't that what the dean meant? The last written admissions exam had several perfect scores, and quite a few high scores as well. It wasn't enough to screen the best talent, so I've added a lot of math content this time. After all, the relationship between math and magic is destined to become increasingly close."

Margaret's doubts about the difficulty made Pied feel like a chef who finally met a diner who appreciated him.

He became more and more excited as he spoke.

"Especially the last few problems. They introduced my latest research on the rate of change of a function near a certain point. It's absolutely cutting-edge, and no one can predict it. The most special one is the last one. Oh, it's the pinnacle of my current research. I call it Pied's Lemma. It's so beautiful, it's impossible for anyone to prove it in just three hours. If someone proves it, I will..."

Before he finished speaking, a supervising mage said, "Team leader, a candidate has handed in his paper. His name is Jia Xiu."

(End of this chapter)