Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

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The day passed quickly, and the written exam of St. Delo College was on the first day of Larven's exam week.

The exams are not held in Sant'Antonio, but are spread across several schools in the city.

This is because there are too many applicants. As one of the best colleges in the city, Saint-Delo has many apprentices who come here to try it out even if they fail.

Moreover, the difficulty of the Santero exam is extremely high. If you don’t expect to pass the exam and just come here for experience, you will find it much easier to take exams in other colleges later.

This also became one of Larven's famous examination tactics.

Therefore, although Saint-Dero only enrolled five to six hundred students each year, there were often tens of thousands of people signing up for the exam, and they had to borrow other schools as examination venues.

"Exam room number 1327..."

Jia Xiu searched everywhere in the huge college and finally found his examination room.

Along the way, I met several people who went to the wrong test center, forgot to bring their ID cards, and forgot to bring their admission certificates.

He guessed that there would be a few more latecomers after the exam started.

It's amazing that no matter how important the exam is, there will always be several NPCs like this.

Maybe this is also a threshold for exam screening.

There was no invigilator in the examination room, and several detection eyes were used to maintain order in the examination room.

The papers were placed on the table, sealed with protective spells and unsealed at regular intervals.

The academy is not worried that someone will break the spell and get the test paper in advance.

Even if there is a candidate who really solves it, that's even better, as this level is good enough for special admission.

Time passed by minute by minute, and finally, the official exam time arrived.

After the test paper was unsealed, Jia Xiu, as usual, took a quick look at the questions to see what they were. There didn't seem to be anything particularly strange.

Pick up your pen and start answering the questions.

Half an hour later, only one-sixth of the exam time had passed, and Jia Xiu had finished most of the answers.

He felt a little strange now.

It’s not that I don’t know how to answer the questions, but the questions are weird and different from what I prepared for before. The further you go, the higher the proportion of mathematical calculations appears.

Although no one knows why the questions asked by San De Luo suddenly changed this year, it is definitely a good thing for Jia Xiu.

He has only been studying magic for more than two years.

But mathematics really accompanied him throughout his entire learning career.

“Given the definition, when the independent variable x of the function y=f(x) produces an increment at a point x0…”

Jia Xiu was reading an extremely long question.

There is also a new definition question. Is this, derivative?

The mathematical difficulty of this paper has reached the high school level and is approaching the advanced mathematics level?

As a former PhD in science, the closer he got to advanced mathematics, the closer he got to his familiar territory. On the contrary, the brain teasers in elementary school mathematics Olympiads were more likely to stump him.

Jia Xiu became more and more adept at writing, and he even laughed at himself.

……

At the same time, the Santello Examination Office.

Margaret scratched her hands anxiously. As one of the invigilators, she had already received the test paper for this exam.

Their task of invigilating is not heavy. The detection eye will track the abnormal behavior of the candidates. When abnormal reminders appear, they will manually confirm them. They do not need to go to the examination room and can complete all the work in the office.

So Margaret had time to look over the papers.

However, it would have been better if I hadn't looked at it. Once I looked at it, I couldn't help but worry about Jia Xiu.

Why are there so many math problems this time? While learning magic does require some math skills, isn't that a bit too much?

Not only were there too many questions, but they were also difficult. She didn't even understand the last one.

The exam preparation materials she sent to Jia Xiu did not contain much information related to mathematics, and Jia Xiu was a sorcerer from a small place, so how could he have the conditions to study mathematics?

I finally found a good candidate, but he failed the exam.

When she was anxious, the door of the examination room was suddenly pushed open.

The person who came was the leader of the question-setting group, a great wizard named Pied who majored in prophecy spells, minored in enchantment, and was interested in mathematics.

"How did the candidates answer?"

You can hear that he is very proud in his tone.

Obviously, he was well aware of the difficulty of the questions he set and was very happy to watch the candidates suffer.

He looked at the image provided by the Detection Eye.

"Tsk, tsk, it didn't go smoothly. What a shame."

That being said, I don't hear any regret in the tone.

"Team leader, aren't the questions this time a bit difficult?"

Margaret asked quietly.

"Isn't that what the dean meant? The last written admissions exam had several perfect scores, and quite a few high scores as well. It wasn't enough to screen the best talent, so I've added a lot of math content this time. After all, the relationship between math and magic is destined to become increasingly close."

Margaret's doubts about the difficulty made Pied feel like a chef who finally met a diner who appreciated him.

He became more and more excited as he spoke.

"Especially the last few problems. They introduced my latest research on the rate of change of a function near a certain point. It's absolutely cutting-edge, and no one can predict it. The most special one is the last one. Oh, it's the pinnacle of my current research. I call it Pied's Lemma. It's so beautiful, it's impossible for anyone to prove it in just three hours. If someone proves it, I will..."

Before he finished speaking, a supervising mage said, "Team leader, a candidate has handed in his paper. His name is Jia Xiu."

Chapter 29 Jia Xiu is comparable to a succubus

"Has anyone handed in their paper?"

Pied screamed until his voice broke, his face full of disbelief.

He put in so much effort and tried his best, and spent so many days to compile the extremely difficult test paper.

It contains all his understanding of magic test questions and his highest pursuit of mathematics hobby.

How could any candidate finish so quickly? It’s only been a short time, less than an hour.

If he hadn't set the questions, he wouldn't have been able to finish them so quickly given his level.

Impossible, absolutely impossible. It must be because the question is too difficult. I know that no matter how hard I try, I can't solve it, so I simply give up without wasting time.

Right, that is it.

How could any candidate comprehend his highest achievement so quickly?

Just scaring yourself here.

But to be on the safe side, Pied decided to see how the candidate answered.

The way of submitting papers in the San Dero exam is also very unique. As long as you put the paper in the designated position on the table, a spell will be cast to retrieve it.

After being transmitted over a short distance, the test papers arrive at the test paper storage area of ​​the office corresponding to the test site.

The college did not have the restriction of sealing the papers immediately after they were handed in and not allowing anyone to know who did which paper, so Pied went directly to the storage area to check the only paper currently available.

……

"Has Jia Xiu handed in his paper?"

As Pied screamed, Margaret almost screamed too.

How come you handed in the paper so quickly?

Could it be that Jia Xiu chose to give up the exam? How could he give up the exam!

It's a waste of your hope for him.

Is there any possibility that Jia Xiu really finished answering the questions before handing in the paper?

Impossible, she didn't quite understand the last few questions.

But, what if, what if...

He was able to quietly deal with an undead that even her mentor was probably unable to deal with.

Margaret sat in the office, feeling extremely anxious. She also wanted to go to the test paper storage area next door to see Jia Xiu's paper.

But she still had the task of invigilating, so it would be fine for her to just hang out in the office, but it would be inappropriate for her to just leave and go to the storage area next door.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Margaret wondered why she was so nervous. She wasn't nervous when she took the exam that year.

No, where is Professor Pied? Does it take so long to check a test paper?

Just let me know whether it’s good or bad.

Finally, nearly twenty minutes after Pied left, there was movement next door.

It wasn't just a squeak, but a loud noise.

"Genius! Absolutely a genius—"

The professor shouted with great emotion and at the top of his lungs, echoing in the corridor.

Then came the sound of hurried footsteps, mixed with a stumble.

Then the office door was flung open.

Professor Pied at the door had his eyes wide open and his hair messy, obviously he had been scratching his head a lot just now.

"Do you believe it?"

It's like I've made a major discovery and can't wait to share it with others.

"That guy named Jia Xiu answered all the questions. He also proved every single one of my latest research! It only took him an hour, less than an hour!"

"Professor, could it be that he has read your paper published in the journal in advance?" asked a young wizard.