usenovelgroup Chapter 22: Intentionally scored 666 points
Chapter 22: Intentionally scored 666 points
The province-wide joint examination has officially concluded.
The test takers poured out of the examination room with a sigh of relief, and the corridors were filled with groans of despair over the answers.
Lin Yu, with his backpack slung over one shoulder, slowly walked down the stairs.
Xia Zijin was waiting for him at the corner of the stairs.
He was still wearing those thick, black-rimmed glasses, and that oversized school uniform.
"What did you write in your Chinese composition?"
Xia Zijing adjusted her glasses and got straight to the point.
"On the alienation of human emotions caused by technological development."
Lin Yu answered casually.
"Did you use the materials I gave you?"
"It's no use."
Lin Yu looked at her and said, "I deliberately wrote my handwriting badly."
Xia Zijin was stunned for a moment.
Why?
"Score betting".
Lin Yu said calmly, "Chinese composition is too subjective. I've calculated that if the handwriting is messy and there are two obvious corrections on the paper, the examiner, who is in a fatigued state, will most likely deduct 3 points for neatness. This way, my Chinese score can be stabilized at a specific even number."
Xia Zijin's pupils contracted slightly.
She understood.
"How much did you control?"
Her voice, unusually, carried a slight tremor.
Lin Yu didn't answer, he just glanced at her.
"Wait until the results come out, then you can see for yourself."
three days later.
The day the results of the provincial joint examination will be released.
The principal's office at Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School.
"Bang!"
The principal smashed a blue-and-white porcelain teacup on the ground, scattering shards of porcelain everywhere.
Wang the Bald stood in front of his desk, trembling.
"This is the genius you were talking about?! This is the monster who got a perfect score at the Tsinghua and Peking University winter camps?!"
The principal pointed to the list of the top 100 students in the province, which had just been faxed over by the Provincial Education Commission, on the table, and roared so loudly it almost lifted the roof off.
"The top student in the entire province is from the provincial capital's No. 1 High School! His name isn't even in the top ten in the whole province!"
The principal was trembling with anger. He had already written the promotional material for the joint exam, which was to be broadcast on the city's television station. The title of the promotional material was "Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School Wins the Top Scorer in the Province".
Now, it's all a joke!
"What score did he get?!"
The principal roared.
Baldy Wang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling: "Principal... Lin Yu's total score... is 666 points."
"666 points?"
The principal was stunned.
This score is considered very high at Jiangcheng No.1 High School, and could even rank among the top five in the entire school.
However, looking at the entire province, this score would only rank outside the top 100.
For a genius who had just dominated the provincial capital, this was a Waterloo, a fall from grace!
"Bring him here! Now! Immediately!"
The principal slammed his fist on the table.
Ten minutes later.
Lin Yu pushed open the door to the principal's office.
He remained in that extremely relaxed posture, even wearing an earphone with white noise playing inside.
"Lin Yu!"
Seeing his demeanor, the principal was furious. "Look at your grades! 666 points! Do you think you've lived up to the school's expectations? Do you even know how the principal of the provincial high school just called and mocked me?!"
Lin Yu took off his headphones.
"It's my freedom to decide what score I get."
"Cultivation? I have no idea how those two words came out of your mouth."
"If you're unhappy, I'll just transfer schools!"
Lin Yu looked at the enraged principal with the same eyes he would a clown, "You used me as a bargaining chip for your political achievements. If you lose, you have to admit it."
"you--"
The principal was so angry that he clutched his chest.
Just then, the office door was suddenly pushed open.
The heads of the math, Chinese, and science teaching and research groups for the senior three years rushed in like madmen.
The math group leader was clutching a printed report card for a single subject, his whole body trembling, so much so that he didn't even bother to straighten his glasses, which were askew.
"Principal! Stop yelling! Stop yelling!"
The math group leader, his voice hoarse, pointed at the report cards in his hand as if he'd seen a ghost, "Something terrible has happened!"
The principal frowned: "What's the big deal? He didn't do well on the test, so what..."
"It's not that I didn't do well on the test!"
The head of the Chinese language group swallowed hard and interrupted the principal, "You...you should look at his individual subject scores!"
The principal took the paper with suspicion.
The principal's breath caught in his throat the moment his gaze swept over them.
Name: Lin Yu.
Chinese: 114 points.
Mathematics: 132 points.
English: 120 points.
Science (Combined Science): 300 points (full marks).
Total score: 666 points.
At first glance, apart from the somewhat frightening perfect score in the combined science subjects, it seems that the performance in Chinese, mathematics, and English was below average.
But the math group leader's fingers trembled as he pointed at the numbers.
"Principal, have you noticed a pattern?"
The math group leader's voice was weak as he said, "114, divided by 6, equals 19. 132, divided by 6, equals 22. 120, divided by 6, equals 20. 300, divided by 6, equals 50."
The office was deathly silent.
The principal's eyes widened, his mind buzzing.
"His grades in every subject are all multiples of 6!"
The head of the science group added with difficulty, "And the total score is exactly 666!"
"That's impossible!"
The principal blurted out, "A coincidence! This is absolutely a coincidence!"
"We just contacted the provincial marking team."
The head of the Chinese language group looked ashen-faced, his eyes filled with awe and fear as he stared at Lin Yu. "The province has retrieved his exam paper."
"In the math exam, for the last two big questions, he deliberately only wrote half of the first question, which cost him 8 points; for the second, the most challenging question, he used an extremely complicated and incorrect solution, which precisely led the examiner to deduct 10 points."
"His English essay contained exactly 120 words, not one more and not one less. He lost 10 points."
"The most terrifying subject is Chinese language..."
The head of the Chinese language group took a deep breath, feeling like his heart was about to give way. "The head of the provincial marking team personally reviewed the paper. Lin Yu's Chinese composition was deliberately written in a messy hand, and there were extremely obvious ink smudges in the third and fourth paragraphs. According to the marking standards, exactly 3 points will be deducted for neatness!"
"He even calculated the points deducted for ink smudges with perfect accuracy!"
boom!
It was as if a thunderbolt had exploded in the principal's mind.
He finally understood.
This is not a case of underperformance at all.
This is a display of skill.
An unprecedented and unparalleled display of skill, treating half a million examinees and thousands of top-level examiners across the province like monkeys!
It's not that he couldn't get first place in the province.
He just thought the title of first in the province was too boring, so he set a number himself and then used an almost miraculous method to land precisely on that number.
The principal's legs went weak, and he slumped into the boss's chair, his back soaked with cold sweat.
He was just lecturing a monster who can manipulate college entrance exam scores?
Lin Yu looked at the pale-faced crowd and showed no interest in explaining.
He put his headphones back on, turned around, and walked towards the door.
Open the door.
Xia Zijin stood in the corridor.
She held an English test paper in her hand, and behind her thick black-rimmed glasses, her usually cool eyes now gleamed with an unusual light.