From child prodigy to chief scientist

The test papers that Wang Ze chose for them were not the actual college entrance examination questions, but rather past college entrance examination simulation questions from Yucai High School.

In this way, they won't easily find the original question, and their actual level can be more accurately reflected.

Compared to the actual college entrance examination questions, the mock college entrance examination questions are even more difficult, including some obscure or even strange questions.

After quickly glancing at the exam papers, Xu Xiao realized that these two sets of exam papers were indeed not easy.

Some of the question types were ones he hadn't even seen in recent days, and he couldn't immediately find a solution.

Once the question-and-answer session officially began, Xu Xiao quickly entered a state of high concentration.

Although he only paused to think for a short while on the third multiple-choice question, he quickly found a solution.

With the help of focusing on the key terms, Xu Xiao hardly experienced any emotional fluctuations, and all her attention was focused on the questions.

On the other hand, Yang Dun's answering process was not particularly smooth either.

Even though he had already self-studied a lot of university knowledge, he had never systematically taken high school courses, let alone done a huge number of problems like a high school student.

But Yang Dun, relying on his powerful talent and somewhat disorganized knowledge system, managed to solve the problems one by one.

Time passed by, minute by minute, from the start of class to the end, and then from the end of get out of class to the start of class again.

Their posture remained basically unchanged, and they didn't even bother to drink a sip of water.

More than an hour later, Xu Xiao was the first to finish the math test.

Of course, Xu Xiao didn't actually answer every question perfectly.

Xu Xiao did not spend too much time on questions that were basically impossible to answer or where the correct answer was not very clear.

He has only reviewed a portion of high school math so far, and as long as he can perform to his full potential, that's fine.

In this respect, Yang Dun and Xu Xiao are completely different.

From childhood to adulthood, Yang Dun had never been stumped by any questions, and naturally, he never had any strategic thoughts of giving up during exams.

This caused Yang Dun to spend too much time on certain questions, resulting in him unusually falling behind Xu Xiao in problem-solving speed.

On the subsequent physics exam, Yang Dun's problem-solving speed noticeably increased.

Physics seemed to be his natural subject; whenever Yang Dun worked on physics problems, he would unconsciously become excited.

This caused the gap in progress between the two to gradually narrow.

However, Xu Xiao was no less impressive. In a state of high concentration, he even managed to solve the most difficult physics calculation problems with near-perfect accuracy.

You should know that even in his previous life, his score on physics calculation problems was very low, and sometimes he could only write down a few relevant formulas to try his luck.

It was already time for the afternoon self-study quiz, but neither of them was in the mood to participate and continued working on their test papers.

Seeing this, Liao Qiuju didn't pay any attention to them; she knew this must be Wang Ze's idea.

Anyway, their scores on regular quizzes are usually close to full marks, so whether they participate in regular quizzes or not is not important.

When the bell rang to signal the end of self-study, students handed in their papers and rushed to the cafeteria.

Xu Xiao and Yang Dun still didn't get up. They didn't have many questions left, and they didn't care about eating at this point.

Finally, after spending more than two hours, Xu Xiao finished the two sets of test papers before Yang Dun.

Shortly after Xu Xiao finished writing, Yang Dun also completed the answer to the last question.

Turning to look at Xu Xiao, Yang Dun was somewhat disappointed to find that Xu Xiao had already finished answering the questions sometime earlier.

"Looks like I was too slow this time... but next time, I'll definitely be faster than you."

Yang Dun wasn't particularly disappointed, since their problem-solving speeds were usually quite similar, so losing once in a while was acceptable.

Xu Xiao didn't intentionally try to outrun Yang Dun; for him, getting the points was the most important thing.

If speed were the priority, he could have finished much earlier.

"Do you want to check it again? I'm going to hand in my paper now."

"I won't get checked anymore, let's go together then."

Xu Xiao answered both sets of test papers quite steadily, and even if she checked them again, her score would not improve much.

Afterwards, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun returned to the director's office together.

Wang Ze was genuinely surprised to see the two of them come over to hand in their papers so quickly.

He could guess that the two children might use class time to answer the questions, but this speed was indeed too fast.

Wang Ze did not intend to strictly adhere to the time limit for them to answer the questions, since they were all too young, and it would be fine if they exceeded the time limit.

But the current time is clearly ahead of the scheduled time, so it seems that he underestimated these two genius teenagers.

"Okay, put your test papers here. I'll have another teacher grade them in a bit and then tell you your scores."

After leaving the director's office, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun went to the cafeteria together.

Because they arrived too late, the cafeteria had run out of food, so they had to eat a little something to tide them over.

The director's office is here, and Wang Ze found a high school math teacher and a physics teacher to help Xu Xiao and Yang Dun grade their papers.

"Teacher Wang, Teacher Dong, just grade these two students' papers according to the strictest standards."

Wang Ze wouldn't be lenient with Xu Xiao and Yang Dun just because they were young; on the contrary, he would have exceptionally strict requirements for them.

"Don't worry, Director Wang, we definitely won't show any mercy."

Both teachers seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold, almost as if they were about to use a magnifying glass to grade the papers.

Comparing the two students' test papers, they could clearly feel the difference between them.

One of the students' test papers was so well written that it was impossible to tell that it was written by a child who was only a little over ten years old. Even among high school students, it would definitely be considered a very solid student.

The other student's exam paper had a completely different style. It was clearly from someone who came from an unconventional background. Their thinking was not conventional, but it was mostly in the right direction.

Because there were fewer questions in the physics section, the physics teacher finished grading the papers first.

"Director Wang, I've finished grading the physics papers. Xu Xiao got 82 points, and Yang Dun got 85 points."

Upon hearing their results, Wang Ze looked somewhat surprised.

This physics exam paper has a total score of 100 points, and getting a score of 80 or above is definitely not bad.

Moreover, these are the results achieved by two students who have just started junior classes, under the strictest grading standards.