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"What? Lu Nianci wants to apply to skip a grade? And skip directly to the third year of junior high?"

In the principal's office of the military district's primary school, Principal Wang held Lu Nianci's application form, his hands trembling slightly.

The deans of studies and senior teachers around him also looked on with disbelief.

"Principal Wang, this...this is outrageous!" a dean of students said, frowning. "She's only five years old, and has been in first grade for less than half a year! Even if she's incredibly smart, she couldn't possibly master three years of junior high school knowledge!"

"Yes! Is this child a little arrogant and complacent because everyone in the neighborhood praises him so much?"

"I think we should have a serious talk with her and her parents. We can't let her aim too high; she needs to be more realistic!"

The office was abuzz with discussion, and almost no one believed it.

After all, skipping directly from first grade to ninth grade is unheard of, not only in their school but also nationwide.

Principal Wang rubbed his temples, feeling a mix of emotions.

He knew better than anyone else about Lu Nianci, this "genius girl" and her extraordinary qualities.

I still vividly remember the scene from the last entrance exam where she solved the "chicken and rabbit in the same cage" problem using that unbelievable "hypothetical method".

But this time, it's really too outrageous.

"Well then," Principal Wang pondered for a moment and made a decision, "Since she has submitted her application, we can't just reject it directly, that would be too discouraging for the child."

"We'll organize an exam to discourage her."

He looked at the junior high school's dean of studies beside him.

"Old Liu, go find her the most difficult set of mock exams for graduating junior high school students. Test her in every subject—Chinese, Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology!"

"I'll see just how capable she really is!"

Principal Wang's decision quickly spread throughout the entire school.

"Have you heard? Lu Nianci, a first-grader, has to take a test based on ninth-grade exams!"

"Really? She's crazy!"

"He's obviously desperate for attention! Just wait and see how he fares!"

For a time, all sorts of things were being said at the school.

Most students and teachers thought it was a huge joke and were waiting to see how Lu Nianci would handle the situation.

Even Li Hao, Lu Nianci's most loyal "little brother," was extremely anxious.

"Sister Nianci! You...you really want to take the exam? The questions for ninth grade are so hard! My brother graduated last year, and my dad has been forcing him to do practice problems every day. He's almost gone bald!"

Lu Nianci simply smiled nonchalantly.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

On the day of the exam, the school specially arranged a separate examination room.

Principal Wang and several senior teachers from the junior high school personally supervised the exam, making it even more elaborate than the high school entrance exam.

When Lu Nianci strode into the empty examination room, the windows of the corridor outside were already crowded with students and teachers who had come to see what was going on.

All eyes were on her, filled with curiosity, skepticism, and schadenfreude.

"Hmph, let's see how long she can keep up the act."

Among the crowd, Zhang Qiang, Li Hao's deskmate who had his pencil case bent by Lu Nianci earlier, curled his lip in disdain.

The exam has begun.

A thick stack of sample curls was presented to Lu Nianci.

Chinese, Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Politics...

A total of seven subjects.

Each test paper is carefully selected by the most experienced teachers from the most difficult mock exams over the years.

Let alone students, even teachers themselves might not be able to get high scores.

However, Lu Nianci simply glanced at the exam paper calmly before picking up her pen.

She didn't even read the questions first; instead, she started writing quickly from the first question.

Her movements were fluid and effortless, with almost no pauses or hesitations.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

In the examination room, only the sound of her pen gliding across the paper could be heard.

The proctors looked at each other, all seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Is this...is this a math problem?

This is clearly copying the answers!

But where is the answer?

Time passed by, second by second.

The students outside the window were getting a little impatient.

"Does she even know how to write? Why is she still writing?"

"It's definitely just nonsense! A pretentious act!"

However, the teachers in the examination room grew increasingly serious.

They stood behind Lu Nianci, staring at the answers on her exam paper, their jaws practically dropping in astonishment.

On the math exam, she provided a perfect solution to the complex analytical geometry problem using two different methods.

On the physics exam, her thinking was clear and her application of formulas was accurate in the comprehensive calculations involving mechanics and electricity.

On the chemistry exam, for that difficult question about deducing organic compounds, she even wrote down an alternative possibility that the teachers had never considered.

And in English, for that essay that required 150 words, she wrote almost 300 words, using sentence structures and vocabulary that were more authentic than those of a high school student!

This...this doesn't look like a five-year-old child!

This is clearly a learned...scholar!

Just as the bell rang for the last exam, Lu Nianci had finished writing the last punctuation mark.

She put down her pen and let out a soft sigh of relief.

The entire examination room was completely silent.

Principal Wang and several teachers looked at the seven meticulously written, almost perfect answer sheets and felt their worldviews were turned upside down.

With trembling hands, they began grading the papers.

The results came out very quickly.

Mathematics, perfect score!

Physics, full marks!

Chemistry, full marks!

Biology, perfect score!

English, perfect score!

Politics, perfect score!

In Chinese, I lost one point for subjective reasoning in the composition, so my score is 99!

The total score is almost perfect!

"hiss--"

When Principal Wang announced the results in a trembling voice, the entire office and even the whole school were so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone stood frozen in place, their minds blank.

Full score!

A five-year-old child scored nearly full marks on a set of extremely difficult mock exams for junior high school graduates!

This is not genius!

This is not a monster!

This is God! A miracle walking among humans!

"Snapped!"

The head teacher who had previously called Lu Nianci "arrogant and complacent" accidentally dropped his teacup, which shattered on the ground.

He looked at Lu Nianci, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.

My face was burning with pain.

Reality slapped us hard in the face in the most resounding way!

Outside the window, the students who had been waiting to see the joke were now completely dumbfounded.

Zhang Qiang, in particular, opened his mouth so wide it could almost fit an egg.

He finally understood that the gap between him and Lu Nianci was no longer as simple as bending a pencil case.

That was an insurmountable chasm that he could never cross in his entire life!

Principal Wang took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He walked up to Lu Nianci and looked at her with an almost reverent gaze.

"Lu Nianci, I... on behalf of the school, formally approve your application to skip a grade."

"Starting next Monday, you will officially become a student in Class 1, Grade 9 of our military district's affiliated school."

This news, once again, exploded like an atomic bomb in the school.

However, before everyone could recover from this huge shock...

An even more explosive piece of news came from the city.

After hearing that a child prodigy who scored full marks on a junior high school exam at the age of five had emerged from a military-affiliated school, the leaders of the Municipal Education Bureau expressed their intention to visit him in person!