From child prodigy to chief scientist

The next day, Xu Xiao woke up before the alarm clock rang and felt unusually energetic.

I glanced at the time; it was only 5:30.

According to the training schedule, they can normally get up between 6:00 and 6:30 every day, because the national final exam is at 8:00 in the morning, and their training is also based on this rhythm, so there is no need to get up too early.

But since she couldn't sleep, Xu Xiao simply got up, went to her desk, lit the lamp, and started studying.

With the addition of the "energetic" keyword, Xu Xiao is like a battery with fast-charging technology.

Anyway, energy can be restored quickly, so expending some energy early in the morning is not a problem.

At six o'clock, someone's alarm clock went off in the dormitory.

Hearing the alarm clock, He Muzhou struggled to open his eyes and turned it off.

Just as He Muzhou was about to get out of bed to wash up, he was surprised to find that Xu Xiao had already started studying in the dormitory.

"Xu Xiao...why did you get up so early today?"

With such intense training every day, it's already quite an achievement for He Muzhou to get up at six o'clock.

He Muzhou never expected that Xu Xiao, a child six years younger than him, could get up earlier than him under the same intensity of training.

"Oh, it's nothing, I just suddenly had trouble sleeping this morning."

Xu Xiao naturally couldn't reveal the secret of her entry to He Muzhou, so she just made up an excuse.

"Even if you can't sleep, lie in bed for a while. Otherwise, with such intense training, can your small frame really handle it?"

"Don't worry about me, I can handle it."

Seeing Xu Xiao's insistence, He Muzhou didn't say anything more.

After breakfast, the team members arrived at the training room one after another.

"In the morning, let's try to see how long we can maintain a state of continuous focus."

Besides significantly increasing the speed of energy recovery, the "energetic" attribute can also slightly reduce energy consumption, but it's best to test the actual effect yourself.

At 8:00 a.m., the first training session began on time.

Xu Xiao immediately became focused and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the training camp.

This state continued until 11:30, when Xu Xiao felt that her concentration was failing and only then did she glance at the time.

"He actually... maintained that level of focus for three and a half hours straight?"

Xu Xiao had never been in this state for more than three hours before, so this improvement is quite remarkable.

More importantly, with just a short rest, Xu Xiao can fully refocus.

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In the following days, Xu Xiao's learning efficiency improved significantly compared to before.

Thanks to the effect of the "energetic" keyword, Xu Xiao's daily concentration time has almost doubled compared to before.

This allowed him to stay focused for most of the training camp, making the training much more effective than before.

Through this period of exploration, Xu Xiao gradually summarized the best time allocation method for the national finals.

If you take a ten-minute break after a little over two hours of focusing, that's enough to maintain that focus until the exam is over.

Although this would cost Xu Xiao ten minutes of exam time, overall it was definitely the option that maximized the benefits.

As the evening class was about to end, Ma Junfeng suddenly told everyone to stop.

"Tomorrow morning, I will arrange a practical simulation test, which will be of similar difficulty to the previous diagnostic test."

"Such live-fire simulations will become the norm and will continue until the national finals begin."

"We will publish the results for every exam after this, so please be mentally prepared."

Upon hearing Ma Junfeng mention this, some of the students present were already eager to try it out, while others couldn't help but feel nervous.

As members of the Liaoning Provincial Mathematics Competition Team, they are all excellent in mathematics, but there will always be someone who ranks last here.

Xu Xiao was one of the students who was most eager for the exam, as it was a good opportunity to understand her current level and verify whether her strategy was effective.

The following morning, the team members arrived at the training room on time, just like before, ready to participate in today's live-fire simulation.

These days of intensive training have made them very accustomed to this schedule, unlike at the beginning when they were not used to it.

After receiving the test papers, everyone immediately started looking at the questions.

What reassured them somewhat was that the first question was similar to the types of questions they had practiced before.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, at least this time they won't be completely unable to solve a single problem.

Xu Xiao's situation is also not bad; he feels he should be able to do the first two questions.

As the exam began, Ma Junfeng also started walking around the training room, observing everyone's answers.

These past few days, everyone's overall performance has been very positive, and Ma Junfeng has seen everyone's progress.

Although he usually has a stern face and rarely praises students, it doesn't mean that he is actually dissatisfied with these team members.

"Not bad... at least for the first question, everyone's approach was correct."

Seeing the team members' visible progress, Ma Junfeng felt quite gratified.

This proves that the intensive training during this period was indeed effective. Even the students who performed the worst in the initial assessment can now impress Ma Junfeng.

After more than two hours of exam, Xu Xiao took the initiative to break out of his focused state and take a strategic break.

During this period, Xu Xiao had successfully solved the first problem and had completed more than half of the second problem.

In order to conserve enough energy for the rest of the day, Xu Xiao resisted the urge to continue working on the problems and temporarily closed her eyes to rest and clear her mind.

Such a movement naturally did not escape Ma Junfeng's eyes. Normally, if he saw a student stopping to rest in the middle of an exam, Ma Junfeng would definitely be very angry.

After all, every minute of the exam is crucial. If you stop to rest for a few minutes, others may take advantage of that time to score more points than you.

However, given that they were currently on their way to the exam, Ma Junfeng wouldn't say anything to Xu Xiaozhi. At most, he would settle accounts with Xu Xiaozhi after the results were graded.

"Hmph, don't think that just because you're young I'll go easy on you."

Since everyone is a member of the provincial team, Ma Junfeng will definitely hold everyone to the same standards.

After resting for about ten minutes, Xu Xiao felt much more energetic and turned her attention back to the test paper.