From child prodigy to chief scientist

In comparison, completing the vocabulary task as quickly as possible and achieving the effect of mathematical intuition vocabulary is a more important thing.

So, in the next mock exam, after completing the first two questions, Xu Xiao realized that it was unlikely he could completely solve the third question, so he got up and handed in his paper.

This is the first time since the start of the training camp that someone has actually dared to hand in their paper early.

Seeing Xu Xiao's actions, the other team members wondered if Xu Xiao had already solved all the problems.

However, there are less than three hours left before the exam starts, and this exam is quite difficult, with the last question being the most challenging.

Even Tao Kewei felt a lot of pressure. He hadn't even finished the second question yet, and hadn't even glanced at the third one.

Ma Junfeng was also a little surprised. He didn't let Xu Xiao leave immediately, but instead looked at Xu Xiao's test paper first.

Ma Junfeng had initially thought that Xu Xiao's willingness to hand in her paper early meant she had truly finished all the questions.

Upon seeing that Xu Xiao's answer to the third question was blank, Ma Junfeng immediately frowned and questioned Xu Xiao.

"What do you mean? You're just giving up on the third question?"

Ma Junfeng knew that this question was indeed quite difficult for the team members, and it was normal for many students not to get any points.

However, he didn't like seeing his teammates not even try, especially since Xu Xiao had every opportunity to get points on this question.

"Teacher Ma, if this were the national finals exam, I definitely wouldn't give up. But right now, there's still a lot of knowledge I haven't fully grasped, and I'd like to use this time to go out and study on my own for a while."

Xu Xiao mustered up her courage to say these words, and was prepared to be criticized by Ma Junfeng.

But to Xu Xiao's surprise, Ma Junfeng ultimately did not criticize him.

"Okay, you can go now. If you have any questions, you can come to me and we can discuss them together."

Although Ma Junfeng personally did not agree with Xu Xiao's choice, considering Xu Xiao's previous behavior, Ma Junfeng was still willing to give him more freedom.

"Thank you, Teacher Ma."

Having left the training room without incident, Xu Xiao went to the study room next door.

While others were still taking the exam, he finished two more practice questions on his own.

Just then, the exams over there finished, so Xu Xiao went to the cafeteria for lunch with three of her teammates from Yucai.

"Xu Xiao, why did you hand in your paper so early today? You answered all three questions correctly?"

"No, I didn't know how to do the third question either, so I asked Teacher Ma to let me leave early."

"Is this even allowed? Didn't Teacher Ma criticize you?"

"No, not at all," Xu Xiao replied truthfully.

He Muzhou was still somewhat skeptical about this, but even if what Xu Xiao said was true, he certainly wouldn't dare to do it in the same way.

He Muzhou still vividly remembered how Ma Junfeng had made him cry. Unless it was a necessary conversation, he wanted to minimize any direct contact with Ma Junfeng.

In the afternoon training session, Ma Junfeng, as before, first announced everyone's scores.

The highest score this time was Tao Kewei's 45 points. Although his score was not as high as before, it was still a very good score considering the overall increase in difficulty of the questions.

Xu Xiao only scored 42 points on the first two questions, and his ranking was overtaken by Tao Kewei.

Having regained his position as the team's number one, Tao Kewei's brows finally relaxed.

He had initially thought that Xu Xiao's early submission meant he had actually solved all the questions.

Now it seems that Xu Xiao was just bluffing; he probably didn't even do the third question before handing in his paper.

Xu Xiao didn't care about her grades at all, nor did she care who got first place. She didn't even listen to Ma Junfeng's class and continued to find problems to study on her own.

There's no point in going back to class for questions you've already answered perfectly.

However, when Ma Junfeng got to the third question, Xu Xiao quickly turned her attention back to the lesson.

As long as you understand Ma Junfeng's explanation, the system's entry progress can continue to "+1".

And so, on the last day of the training camp, Xu Xiao finally finished all 50 CMO questions.

[Host's mathematical intuition vocabulary task progress detected to be 50/50]

[Congratulations, host! You have obtained the term "Mathematical Intuition"]

[Initiating term fusion with the host...]

Seeing these system message notifications, Xu Xiao felt excited, but also somewhat regretful.

"It's a pity we only finished this task on the last day of training camp. It would have been better if we could have done it two days earlier."

This feeling is like a child who is about to starve to death, and then milk finally comes in.

Because many of the problems Xu Xiao did later were very difficult, or even the most challenging ones, he spent more time understanding them.

Fortunately, there are still three days between the end of the training camp and the official start of the CMO competition.

Although this time is spent either on the road or registering for events like the opening ceremony, Xu Xiao can still squeeze out some time to continue improving herself.

After a while, feeling that the fusion of the entries was almost complete, Xu Xiao began to notice the changes in his own body.

"It seems... there's nothing particularly special about it."

Unlike the noticeable faster energy recovery brought about by the previous "energetic" entry, "mathematical intuition" did not bring Xu Xiao any intuitive changes.

However, Xu Xiao still wouldn't easily doubt the magical power of the system's entries, and then found some new topics to try to think about.

At this moment, Xu Xiao finally felt the difference in his brain.

"My thought process... is much faster than before!"

It's hard to describe this feeling in detail, but Xu Xiao could clearly feel that her brain became much more active than before when doing math problems.

Xu Xiao specially selected a question for testing; based on its difficulty, this question was considered a very difficult one.

Normally, Xu Xiao would need at least half an hour to think about this type of question before he could come up with a complete solution.

But this time, in just over ten minutes, he had completely figured out the solution method and only needed to follow this line of thought to deduce and calculate.

Afterwards, Xu Xiao took a few more challenging questions to test his skills.

The final question has always been a weakness for Xu Xiao. He usually can't solve them independently, and sometimes he can't even understand the answer when he sees it.

After acquiring the term "mathematical intuition," Xu Xiao was able to independently devise the solutions to two of the most challenging problems.

Although there are still some questions I can't solve on my own, at least I can fully understand them by reading the explanations, and my comprehension speed is significantly faster than before.