Activating the Omniscient System, I'm doomed!

September 6, 9: pm.

The last subject of the college entrance examination has been completed.

Luo Yi walked out of the examination room with his head held high and chest out.

Take one last look at the school gate.

"Finally, these three years have come to a perfect end."

He quickly returned to the hotel.

He pulled out a notebook and his phone from under the mattress.

pat~

The lighter lit up with a flame.

He lit the notebook filled with test questions and answers, burned it to ashes on the toilet, and flushed it down the drain.

Only after doing all this did he unlock his phone to check his grades.

Now that all subjects have been taken, the total score and ranking can be determined.

Luo Yi opened the Omniscient App and asked:

What was my total score and regional ranking in this year's college entrance examination?

This problem is expected to take 365 minutes.

What's going on? Almost six hours!

Do we need to deduce the scores of millions of test takers to calculate the rankings?

"etc."

Luo Yi quickly stopped him, saying, "Let me add something."

What was my total score and regional ranking in this year's college entrance examination?

"Additional information: List the total scores and regional rankings of the top ten senior students from my school, as well as my classmates from my senior year."

He certainly wouldn't tell anyone; he just wanted to verify a guess and take a look at the grades of an acquaintance.

As soon as the question was asked, the Omniscience app quickly popped up a notification:

This problem is expected to take 366 minutes.

really.

It was only one minute longer than before.

In other words, the system will extrapolate the scores of all candidates in this cohort and then compile a ranking.

Therefore, increasing the number of queries will not have a significant impact on the workload.

With that thought in mind, Luo Yi was satisfied with the query time.

Compared to more than half a month in the real world, what is six hours? You can see the results after a good night's sleep.

I was just about to order some barbecue to celebrate.

Suddenly I saw a call coming in from WeChat on my phone.

It was my roommate Xiao Wenbin calling. He started yelling as soon as I answered:

"Where are you? Hurry up and come over, the crayfish are already on the table, a large portion for five people!"

"I just got back to my room, I'll be right there."

Luo Yi then remembered the dinner party.

He and his roommate had pooled their money to have a big meal after the college entrance exam.

I forgot about it because I was working on an omniscient system.

Of course we should eat crayfish; there's no need to wait six hours at the hotel.

After hanging up the phone, I checked the draft notebook again to make sure it was all burned to ashes before heading out to the appointment.

Although he and his roommate were not in the same exam room, they were in the same city and could be reached by taxi in just over ten minutes.

……

When Luo Yi arrived at the food stall, he could smell the spicy aroma of crayfish from a distance, which made him very hungry.

"Hurry up, hurry up, I've been waiting for you for half an hour."

Xiao Wenbin bit open the bottle cap and shouted.

Including Luo Yi, there were four people in total, but they ordered a portion of crayfish for five people. A huge bowl filled the entire table, and there was not enough room for the other dishes.

"My exam venue is at the junior high school campus, and I took a taxi here."

Luo Yi smiled and pulled out a wooden chair to sit down. He habitually put his phone on the table, but then quickly picked it up and put it back in his pocket.

Xiao Wenbin handed over a bottle of beer: "Come on, four bottles each. If anyone falls behind, we'll all drink them down."

Sitting in the corner, Gao Peng raised his phone and exclaimed, "Holy crap! Li Jiahao is truly a top student; his estimated score is 570!"

"Damn...really?" Wu Xiaoyong, who was flipping the lobster, put down his spoon, coughed a few times, and said, "How did you know?"

"In the class group chat, Teacher Miao asked everyone to estimate their scores."

Luo Yi also took out his phone out of curiosity.

Open WeChat, and there are already 218 unread messages.

Apart from a few close classmates, the rest of the messages were discussed in the class group chat.

After each exam, the group chat would become very lively, filled with voices estimating scores, complaining, and celebrating.

[Xincheng No.5 Middle School Class 3 Group Chat]

Teacher Miao: "@All members, today is the last exam. Everyone can estimate their total score."

Li Dongdong: "Today's chemistry was so difficult. I should have gotten over 400 points. I'm already planning to retake the exam."

Wu Xiaoyong: "Isn't it all just stuff from the textbook? I think it's pretty simple, and my total score should be higher than I expected."

Luo Yi looked up at him.

This guy is a complete academic failure; no matter how high his grades are, they don't amount to much, and nobody in the group pays any attention to him.

Everyone's attention was focused on the two top students in the class.

Teacher Miao: "@Chen Yuan, @Li Jiahao, you two have always had the best grades, you should be able to estimate the total score, right?"

Li Jiahao: "This year's difficulty is indeed quite high, and the total score should be around 570."

Li Dongdong: "Holy crap, this difficulty level is 570? You're guaranteed a spot at a 211 university."

"This show-off's score estimates are always very accurate."

At the dinner table, Xiao Wenbin looked on with envy.

Despite the cursing, they all knew in their hearts that from then on, their lives would be completely different.

Gao Peng put down his phone and said, "Our No. 5 Middle School has a first-tier university admission rate of less than 15%, and only one student gets into a 985 university every few years. Only a few students get into 211 universities each year. If this kid really gets 570 points, it will be a great honor for our Class 3."

"Cough cough...who wants to benefit from this show-off's fame?" Wu Xiaoyong cursed, turning to Xiao Wenbin and Luo Yi, "You two are at least in the middle to upper ranks, what's your expected total score? What if you unexpectedly perform exceptionally well?"

Xiao Wenbin was a little embarrassed: "I didn't do several of the big questions, so I should get a little over 500 points, barely enough to get into a second-tier university."

"It's only a few dozen points less than that show-off." Wu Xiaoyong felt relieved.

Xiao Wenbin smiled. "And you?"

"I'm just making choices by rolling dice, how am I supposed to estimate? At most, I'll go to a junior college and then study for a master's degree abroad."

Gao Peng also said, "If I only count the questions I'm confident about, I'll get around 400 points. If my family spends money, I should be able to get into a private second-tier university. I'll be content if I can become a programmer after graduation."

Becoming a programmer with an annual salary of 200,000 yuan is the dream of most people.

Luo Yi had once planned to do the same.

But now that it's bound to the Omniscient System, everything is different.

Seeing the three people looking at him, he truthfully replied:

"I felt like I had divine help during this exam, and I was in great form. I estimate my score to be around 700."

*Pfft...* Wu Xiaoyong spat out a mouthful of beer. "Damn it, do you have to exaggerate like that? More than two hundred points higher than that arrogant Li Jiahao? Nobody in the whole city has achieved that score."

Xiao Wenbin also thought he was joking, and spat, "I'm possessed by the God of Exams, a perfect scorer!"

"Look at the group chat! Chen Yuan is so much taller than Li Jiahao. No wonder he's one of the top three students in the whole school." Gao Peng, who had been chatting in the group, saw the new juicy gossip and quickly called everyone to look at their phones.

Luo Yi opened the class group chat. The last message was from Teacher Miao, and everyone tacitly refrained from interrupting.

Teacher Miao: "@Chen Yuan, you're the only one left."

Chen Yuan: "There should be 610."

With such a high estimated score, they certainly have the right to be aloof.

Teacher Miao: "Our Class 3 is going to be the star this time."

Teacher Miao: "@Chen Yuan @Li Jiahao, you two check your private messages and chat privately."

The teacher only asks a question to the top ten students in the class; everyone else is referred to as "everyone" and is required to report their scores voluntarily. If they don't, the teacher doesn't bother to care.

Luo Yi rarely spoke in the group chat. Since no one asked him, he naturally wouldn't proactively estimate the score. After understanding the situation, he put away his phone, drank, and began to ponder silently:

"The top student only scored 610. If I got over 700, wouldn't that be too exaggerated?"

The key point is that this was a case of deliberately getting the questions wrong.

I hope the ranking isn't too high; being in the top ten in the city would be enough.

"That's not right..." Xiao Wenbin put down his phone and exclaimed, "Why didn't our teacher ask about our estimated grades? Are they starting to be snobbish after graduation?"

"Exactly! They even made two top students have a private chat with them. Are those slackers even human?!"

Wu Xiaoyong chimed in, which made the group laugh and start chatting.

Having shed the burden of the college entrance exam and filled with anticipation for the future, everyone had so much to say.

This dinner lasted from 7 p.m. until midnight.

All four of them ate until their bellies were round.

Leaving the food stall, Xiao Wenbin winked and said, "Let's go, second half, Business K."

"Business is boring, I want to eat Western food (not food)." Wu Xiaoyong shook his head.

Speaking of this, even the usually serious Gao Peng was no longer sleepy. "Hehehe, I really want to practice my foreign languages."

Luo Yi took out his phone and glanced at it. "It's past midnight. How about we call it a day? I haven't been sleeping well these past few days because of exams. I should go home early and get a good night's sleep."

"That's true..." Xiao Wenbin knew he didn't have any money, so he nodded and said, "I don't have the resources to eat Western food either. I'll have to ask around. Let's leave it at that for today. Anyway, there's a class reunion after the college entrance exam results come out. I'll treat you guys to the second half of the event then."

The four people dispersed at the crossroads; some hailed taxis, some scanned QR codes for shared bikes, and some secretly slipped into a foot massage parlor...

Luo Yi returned to the hotel, opened the Omniscience app, and saw lines of text appearing on the screen:

The question regarding the ranking of total scores in the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) has been resolved.