From child prodigy to chief scientist

"Ms. Dong, would this score be considered high among the senior students at Yucai High School?"

"It's not particularly high, but it's definitely not bad either; it's even a bit higher than the average score."

Physics is widely recognized as the most difficult subject in high school, and even in many top-tier high schools, not many students can pass it.

Even at Yucai High School, one of the top high schools in the province, not everyone can score 80 or 90 in physics.

While the math teacher was still grading papers, physics teacher Mr. Dong continued to comment on the two students' papers.

"Xu Xiao doesn't look like an eleven-year-old at all. His thinking is very clear and his answers are very steady. It feels like he won't let go of any point he can think of."

"Yang Dun was one of those exceptionally gifted kids. A lot of the points he lost were for the process. If I hadn't been so strict with grading, he might have gotten over 90 points..."

After a while, the math teacher finished grading the test papers.

"Xu Xiao got 130, and Yang Dun got 126. These two kids are really amazing; they managed to get such high scores on such a difficult test."

Upon learning the scores achieved by Xu Xiao and Yang Dun, Wang Ze's expression became somewhat intriguing.

Wang Ze originally thought that if the two of them could get a passing grade, he would fully support them in attending high school courses.

However, their actual performance has far exceeded this standard.

From this perspective, even if these two children were to take the college entrance examination now, they would still have a good chance of getting good scores.

During the break between classes, Wang Ze called Xu Xiao and Yang Dun over again.

They could both guess that Wang Ze had called them because the test results were out, and they were both a little nervous and expectant.

"The exam papers are all graded. You two can take a look at them yourselves."

After receiving their respective test papers, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun couldn't wait to look at their scores.

"Math 130, Physics 82... better than I expected."

This score was even higher than the system's assessment of his academic level. With the help of the focused vocabulary, Xu Xiao was able to perform at his best slightly beyond his usual level.

Yang Dun was not very satisfied with his score. He had correct ideas for many questions, but the teacher still deducted some points from his score.

In terms of answering questions in a standardized manner, Yang Dun has not received systematic training, which is indeed quite different from Xu Xiao.

Seeing that Xu Xiao's physics score was three points lower than his own, Yang Dun felt somewhat comforted.

However, if we include math, his total score is one point lower than Xu Xiao's.

Furthermore, Xu Xiao finished answering the questions before Yang Dun, so it's fair to say that Yang Dun completely lost to Xu Xiao in this contest.

This gave him a rare sense of frustration, and he still felt somewhat resentful towards Xu Xiao.

"Xu Xiao, Yang Dun, your level has indeed exceeded my expectations."

"This is the class schedule for each class in the high school. You can attend whichever class you want. I'll go and talk to the teachers, and then you can go directly there."

Xu Xiao felt a little excited as she took the class schedule from Wang Ze.

This is one of the advantages of studying at Yucai School, because Yucai covers multiple educational stages such as primary school, junior high school, and senior high school, making it much easier to skip grades.

Even just attending a class as an observer is much better than staying in the classroom and listening to first-year junior high students.

After looking at the class schedule, Xu Xiao decided to stick with the senior class and focus on science courses.

Senior year of high school has entered the final stage of college entrance examination review, and there will be more practical information to be covered in class.

Science subjects can be improved more quickly, unlike humanities subjects which require long-term accumulation, so they should be given higher priority.

Just as Xu Xiao was choosing which classes to audit, Yang Dun suddenly made a new request.

"Director, I would like to train with the high school physics competition team."

Upon hearing Yang Dun's words, Wang Ze's eyebrows visibly twitched, and even Xu Xiao showed a surprised expression.

Generally speaking, the main goal of students in junior classes is to prepare for the college entrance examination or to enter university early through programs such as the University of Science and Technology of China's Junior Class.

At this extremely fast pace of teaching, simply learning classroom knowledge is already a huge challenge for these children.

If I also have to focus on the competition, I really won't have enough energy.

Moreover, Yang Dun has only just started junior high school; in theory, he will not be exposed to high school knowledge for another year.

However, considering the physics teacher's evaluation of Yang Dun, Wang Ze did not think that Yang Dun lacked the ability.

"Sure, you can join if you want. Of course, you can also withdraw at any time if you feel you can't keep up, and join the new competition training team after a while."

The Yucai competition training team has been training for almost a year now, so it's really difficult for someone who joins midway to keep up with the pace.

However, Yang Dun seemed completely unconcerned about this, and did not feel that he would be unable to keep up at all.

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The next morning, after their morning self-study session, Xu Xiao and Yang Dun did not stay in the classroom but instead prepared to audit classes at the high school level.

Liao Qiuju had already learned about their situation from Wang Ze, so she didn't ask any further questions and let them leave.

The high school and junior classes at Yucai are located in different teaching buildings on the same campus, just a few minutes' walk apart.

Because Xu Xiao and Yang Dun did not choose the same schedule, after arriving at the high school, they each searched for the classes they wanted to audit.

"Class 1 of Senior Three... found."

As soon as Xu Xiao entered the classroom, she immediately attracted the attention of all her classmates.

After all, he looked much younger than the others, and no one knew him, so they had no idea why he had come.

"Little friend, you've come to the wrong classroom!"

"You must be a student in the children's class, right? The children's class is in another teaching building."

The students, unaware that Xu Xiao was coming to audit the class, began to whisper among themselves.

However, the instructor, Sun Yifei, had already learned about this from Wang Ze beforehand. When he saw Xu Xiao coming over, he nodded slightly to him.

"You must be Xu Xiao? You can sit in the empty seat in the back."

After settling into an empty seat in the back row, Xu Xiao took out the books and workbooks she had brought from her backpack.

If he already knows what the teacher is going to say, he can learn his own material in time.

Seeing that Xu Xiao had already sat down, the teacher did not wait for the bell to ring and began the lesson ahead of schedule.

This lesson mainly covers the challenging problems in the function section, which is considered one of the most difficult parts to score points in the college entrance examination mathematics.

In his previous life, Xu Xiao could usually only answer the first part of this type of question, and it was normal for him to sometimes not get any points at all.