From child prodigy to chief scientist

"Xu Xiao, how have you been lately?"

"Director Wang, I'm doing well lately. I'm keeping up with the senior classes, and the teachers and upperclassmen are taking good care of me..."

Hearing that Xu Xiao had adapted to the senior year environment, Wang Ze was very happy for Xu Xiao.

"I hope you can keep up. The pace of their senior year advanced class is very fast, and I was worried that you wouldn't be able to adapt."

"It was a little difficult to get used to at first, but I gradually got used to it."

"By the way, Xu Xiao, what brings you here today?"

"Here's the thing, Director Wang, I'd like to take this monthly exam with the senior students to see how I can do."

Upon learning of Xu Xiao's idea, Wang Ze was somewhat surprised, but he immediately expressed his support.

"No problem, I'll talk to the high school department in a bit, then you can just follow their instructions."

Given Xu Xiao's current age, Wang Ze certainly wouldn't expect him to achieve any particularly outstanding results.

However, taking the exam first to hone one's skills is not a bad thing; it can also help Xu Xiao gain a clearer understanding of her current level.

"Thank you, Director Wang."

"Don't be so polite with me. If you ever need anything in the future, just come and find me anytime."

Xu Xiao is the rising star of their junior class, and such a student naturally deserves more of Wang Ze's attention and effort in nurturing.

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Two days later, the monthly exams for senior high school students at Yucai High School officially began.

Under Wang Ze's arrangement, Xu Xiao successfully obtained the qualification to take the exam and went to her assigned exam room.

When Xu Xiaojin sat down in the examination room, most of the students looked at him curiously.

After all, Xu Xiao's elementary school student image was too conspicuous among high school seniors.

Apart from a few students who had taken classes with Xu Xiao, most people did not know who Xu Xiao was.

"Why is there a child here?"

"I don't know, could it be that they skipped a grade?"

"I know him. He's a student in the junior class and has been auditing our class a lot lately. This kid is quite something."

Xu Xiao could feel the strange looks from others, but he was used to it and didn't care too much.

When the proctor entered, everyone stopped whispering and waited quietly for the exam to begin.

The high school at Yucai High School has a relatively high intensity of exams. In order to save time, all subjects are tested in one day.

The first subject was Chinese. Having not done Chinese exams for a long time, Xu Xiao still felt a bit out of sorts.

Xu Xiao didn't answer many of the multiple-choice and reading comprehension questions on the test paper very accurately.

As for the final essay, Xu Xiao felt quite good about it, believing it to be quite relevant to the topic.

The following math exam was Xu Xiao's absolute forte, and he answered the entire paper with great ease.

Aside from one or two questions where you might be unsure, you shouldn't lose points in other areas.

Optimistically speaking, scoring 140 points in math is entirely possible.

The afternoon exams began shortly after lunch.

Compared to the morning, Xu Xiao clearly felt that her condition had declined in the afternoon, and her concentration was not as good as in the morning.

The continuous high-intensity exams did indeed put a considerable strain on Xu Xiao's mind and body.

After all, his physical age is only eleven years old. His brain and body are far from fully developed, and his mental and physical abilities are definitely not comparable to those of seventeen or eighteen-year-old high school seniors.

In addition, the effect of focusing on the keywords also accelerated Xu Xiao's mental exertion, which made Xu Xiao feel noticeably tired.

English was a bit better; it didn't require much thought, and Xu Xiao performed at her normal level.

But when answering the combined science questions, Xu Xiao felt as if her brain was about to crash.

In the end, Xu Xiao could only force herself to finish the science exam, without having thought deeply about some of the questions or having had time to check her work.

After finishing the last exam, Xu Xiao felt completely drained and slumped in her chair, unable to get up.

This is something that has never happened to Xu Xiao since his rebirth.

After thinking about it quietly for a while, Xu Xiao roughly figured out the reason.

Although Xu Xiao's study intensity is not small, he controls the pace of his studies himself. If he gets tired, he will let his mind go blank for a while.

However, the monthly exam schedule basically left Xu Xiao no chance to catch her breath, not even a short nap.

If it's just a matter of the brain working at a high intensity for two or three hours straight, Xu Xiao can still handle it now.

However, if this situation continued several times a day, Xu Xiao really couldn't handle it.

"Sigh... I was too optimistic before. It's a bit of a stretch to face the intensity of senior year with an eleven-year-old's body."

This made Xu Xiao begin to doubt whether she had made this choice too hastily.

However, seeing that the other students' expressions were not relaxed either, Xu Xiao felt a little comforted.

In reality, the actual college entrance examination has a very flexible schedule, with only two subjects tested each day.

In addition to improving exam efficiency, the school's arrangement can also be considered a form of intensive training.

When students are used to such high-intensity exams, they will be able to face the college entrance examination with greater ease.

Therefore, even if Xu Xiao is not yet able to adapt to this intensity, he should still persevere.

Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Xu Xiao looked at the food displayed at each window, but didn't feel any appetite.

After such a huge mental exertion, his body should have been in dire need of replenishing its energy.

However, when this kind of energy expenditure is too intense, it can actually make people even less inclined to eat.

But Xu Xiao forced herself to eat a few bites of food, otherwise she would have easily suffered from hypoglycemia.

That evening, Xu Xiao, unusually, didn't study much and instead cleared her mind to recharge.

However, after getting up the next day, Xu Xiao immediately returned to her previous state and continued to study according to her plan.

On the other side, the teachers of all subjects in the senior year of Yucai High School were also busy grading the monthly exams.

They completed grading all the papers in two days, and the grade rankings were released.

During the break before evening self-study, the head of the senior science grade gathered all the science class teachers together to summarize the results of the monthly exam.

"In this monthly exam, the average score of all science classes in our senior year was 622.6 points, which is expected to be about 100 points higher than the first-tier university admission score."

"Among them, Class 1 had the highest average score, with an average score of 652.3 points."

「全年级最高分为698分，分数超过690分的有5人，超过680分的有12人……」