6. Exams

One month before the exams, Han Sen

put almost all of his concentration into

reviewing. As he took his practice exams,

his confidence started increasing.

"I easily have a 90% chance of getting into

Jiang-Nan's number one military

academy"

This was what Han Sen thought.

June 7th marks the beginning of exams.

China's exams go from June 7th-9th, which

is the same time duration as before the

Grand Nirvana period.

Zhi-An region's first high school.

According to the rules, all of the exams will

take place in this high school.

"Good luck, my daughter"

"No worries dad"

"Sweetie, don't pressure yourself too

much"

...Outside of the high school's gates was a

huge, dense mob made up of high school

exam takers and their parents. Also

standing outside the gates was a row of

police holding real, loaded guns.

"Sen, be at ease as you take the exam.

Even if you don't get into the top military

academy, the runner up is just as fine. So

relax!" Han Hong Guo looked at his son and

laughed.

"Ok" Han Sen smiled and nodded his head.

[DRIP──DRIP──] followed a loud car. The

car was completely black and had the aura

of an aristocrat. It was the newest

'Sprinting s600' and had many police

vehicles guarding it. As it approached the

gate, the surrounding people made way for

it; their gazes all focusing on that one

car.

The newest 'Sprinting S600' only needed a

mere six seconds to accelerate to 100 km/h. Its maximum speed could reach up to

500 km/h. Of course, this alone isn't

much. The 'Sprinting S600' is a brand

carried from the Grand Nirvana period. In

other words, its history is what makes it so

attractive.

Only three people came out of the car, and

they happily talked with each other as they

walked towards the gate.

"The baldie on the left is the Chief of

Police in our Zhi-An region"

"The guy on the right is the Board of

Education's head Liu"

"The one in the middle must be the

'Fighter' responsible for making sure the

testing areas are safe." Among the people

watching, there is no doubt that most of

the gazes landed upon the man in the

middle. Their gazes were full of respect,

excitement, and curiosity.

As of now, the fight between Man and

Beast is still going on.The average person is prohibited from

leaving the city's borders. However,

fighters are the existence able to fight one

on one against a beast. The entire human

society is thankful towards them, thanking

their hard work and contribution towards

humanity. The average person naturally

praises them.

The fighters are the superhuman group of

humanity.

"So that's a fighter" Han Hong Guo was also

looking at that man, "Every time there's an

exam, the responsibility of the safety of

the grounds almost always falls upon the

fighters."

"Fighter"

Han Sen looked over. The fighter had an

aura that made your heart beat faster. His

eyes were like a poisonous snake in a cold

forest. He didn't even smile once as he

walked. Towards the Chief of Police and

head Liu, he just slightly nodded his head

at times. Clearly, he was too lazy to bother with them.

"Not too far in the future, I'll also achieve

the rank of 'Fighter'!" Han Sen thought to

himself.

[KA~~ KA~~]

The high school's large gate slowly

opened.

Immediately a burst of sound came out:

"It's time to enter"

"Sen, it's time to go in. Hurry and enter"

Han Hong Guo said right after. Gong Xin

Lan also said, "Hurry and go. Mom will

return home and make food for you. Your

dad and brother will wait here until you

finish your exam"

"Ok"

Han Sen smiled and nodded his head.

"Brother" Han Hua sat on his wheelchair

and raised his fist. "Do your best!" Han Hua

said smiling.

"I'll do my best!" Han Sen also raised his fist.

As Han Sen turned his head, everyone

headed towards the gate and went

through an inspection one by one.

Inside the testing classroom, your

examination certificate and ID are placed

on the top right of your table for the

examiner to inspect. After that, the tests

were passed down.

"Year 2056 Jiang-Nan City High School

Science Exam Version A"──the clearest

line at the top of the page

"The first round is science!"

Han Sen scanned the test in front of him

until he reached the final few large

problems at the end. As if he has seen

them before, Han Sen thought to himself

"These problems aren't that difficult. If

these aren't difficult enough, my

advantage in science would be hard to

demonstrate. I guess I can only focus and

make sure I don't lose any points at all."Han Sen immediately buried his head and

started writing.

...

There are three exams in the high school

exam: science, liberal arts, and

mathematics. Each exam is worth 250

points, leading to a total of 750 points

possible.

Science refers to physics, chemistry and

biology.

Liberal Arts refers to language, history,

politics, and geography.

Mathematics naturally refers to just

math.

Humanity after the Grand Nirvana period,

especially during their battle with the

monsters, desperately tried to advance in

technology and increase their martial arts

skill. Because of this, everyone realized the

importance of 'mathematics'. Anyone

planning to achieve in the fields of

computer science, biology, and physics

needs to have a strong foundation in mathematics.

So──

Mathematics became more important in

education. Han Sen was a bit weak in

liberal arts, but had an immense advantage

in mathematics.

June 7th: Science exams

June 8th: Liberal arts exams

In a blink of an eye, it's already June 9th.

...

Inside the testing classroom, the

mathematics exam has just been passed

down.

"All that's left is this mathematics exam"

Han Sen took in a deep breath, "The

science exam wasn't too hard, so I

should've done pretty well on that. I also

performed normally on my liberal arts

exam. In other words, my grades for those

two tests should be what I usually get. As

long as I don't mess up on this mathematics exam, I can get into

Jiang-Nan's number one military academy

for sure."

"I can do this!"

After encouraging himself, Han Sen

lowered his head and started the exam.

There was absolute silence throughout the

classroom. Many of the student's eyebrows

started to wrinkle, which showed that the

problems were quite difficult. Every year's

high school mathematics exam problems

are never easy, as these are the problems

that pick out the people to advance

humanity's technology.

"This is pretty hard" Even Han Sen felt the

difficulty, "Even harder than last year's

problems! However... the harder the

better!"

If the problems were easy, those worse

than Han Sen at math would probably be

able to get around 220 points. Han Sen

would only be able to get around 230

points, so his advantage isn't really demonstrated.

However, if the problems are hard.

Han Sen would probably be able to score

around 210 points, while those worse than

him would only be able to manage around

150 points. In this case, Han Sen's

advantage is clearly shown.

[PA!] a breaking sound was heard.

The examiner immediately looked towards

the sound's direction, but it was a student

who broke his ball point pen in his hand.

This student wrinkled his eyebrow and

clenched his teeth. As he stared at his

exam, it was clear that it was much too

difficult. After that, he threw his broken

pen aside and took out another one,

continuing his exam.

"From the student's faces, I can tell that

this year's mathematics exam is really

difficult" The examiner thought to

himself.

Indeed, essentially every single person in the room had wrinkled eyebrows and were

in deep, bitter thought. Many students

were so nervous that tears started falling.

Students whose mathematics ability were

already poor could only think..... Can't do

this problem, can't do that problem, still

can't do this third problem..... The students

were on the verge of collapse as they

looked at this kind of exam.

One hour later, testing classroom.

The time duration for the mathematics

exam is 2.5 hours.

At this time, Han Sen has already finished

the 'multiple choice' and 'fill in the blank'

questions. All that's left are the

'calculation' problems. In the mathematics

exam, the multiple choice and fill in the

blank problems only added up to 90

points. The calculation problems (five large

problems) added up to 160 points. Only

these types of problems were able to

clearly demonstrate the student's mathematics ability.

"This is really difficult, I couldn't even solve

two of the fill in the blank problems" Han Sen took in a deep breath, "Below are the

calculation problems. This is where the

most points are. Solving just one more

would give 30, 40 more points!"

Out of the five calculation problems, four

of them are worth 30 points, while the last

one is worth 40 points.

"Hm?" Han Sen was already faced with a

challenge as he looked at the first

calculation problem.

Han Sen kept thinking and calculating on

his scrap paper.

"Yes, change this part by a bit, reverse

that, and now wouldn't I be able to change

that to the way I want?" A light flashed in

Han Sen's eyes. Write! Write! Write! If you

just think about it, this problem is actually

quite easy to solve. Han Sen easily

finished the entire problem in one breath and then double checked his work.

"Yep, first problem done" Han Sen looked

at his watch on his left wrist and his heart

jumped, "The first problem took me 20

minutes? I need to pick up the pace"

Han Sen lowered his head and looked at

the second problem.

After looking at it for a bit, Han Sen felt

that it was easy and started calculating on

his scrap paper.

"Hm, not right"

Han Sen felt like he wasn't thinking in the

right direction and wrinkled his eyebrow.

As time passed, Han Sen kept working at

this problem, "Yea, it should be this way.

But how would I prove the next proof?"

Han Sen's brain was working rapidly.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, I can't waste too

much time on this problem. How on earth

can I prove this?" Han Sen nervously

thought.

At this time──

On Han Sen's watch, the 'Pulse' number started rising.

120...125...130...140...150...

"I'm almost there. Just this proof and I can

earn 30 points. How do I even solve this

part?" Han Sen was getting increasingly

nervous. You must manage your time

wisely in tests, but each mathematics

calculation problem was worth a lot of

points. Every high school student that

wants to score well can't miss too many of

these problems.

At this time, Han Seen was too focused on

his test to notice his pulse meter.

160...170...180...

Han Sen felt his pulse increasing, but

thought that it was due to anxiety and

didn't pay it much attention.

[THUMP THUMP THUMP] Han Sen

suddenly felt like someone was pounding

on his heart. His vision started getting hazy and he finally realized, "What's wrong

with me? Why does my heart hurt so

much" Han sen lowered his head and

looked at his pulse meter displayed on his

watch.──

230!

This number changed the entire color of

Han Sen's face. Ever since he entered a

coma at 12 and bought this watch, he has

never seen his heart rate go over 180.

"I can't take it anymore". Han Sen felt as if his

heart was going to beat out of his chest.

His blood was surging as his heart rate

increased and an indescribable amount of

energy flowed into the depths of Han Sen's brain. Pain flowed from his brain──

"Ah, ah" Han Sen couldn't hold his voice in

anymore.

"This student, do you have a problem?" The

examiner ran towards Han Sen and

looked at him surprisingly.

Han Sen at this time looked like he was

about to bleed. His forehead and arm's

veins were bursting and even beating

along with his heart. His entire body

looked hideous.

"No,No──NO, slow down, slow down!" Han Sen had a bad feeling of what was to

come and was screaming in his thoughts,

staring at his watch.

"236...242...251...!"

[THUMP THUMP THUMP]

His heart, like a huge drum, let out waves

of a low sound. His blood continuously

surged.

In his hazy vision, Han Sen saw the

number '268' and the pain in his head

caused him to collapse. As he was losing

consciousness, he heard──

"This student, this student, wake up, wake

up! Quick, call an ambulance!"