Chapter 560: Not a single question was answered correctly

These questions were all selected by Teacher Zhuang herself, which are very typical and representative, and they are not simple.

So Teacher Zhuang was prepared for several students to answer very hard.

The performance of other students was indeed as she thought, but only Shen Ci exceeded her expectations.

She looked at Shen Ci's problem-solving ideas and steps on the calculation paper, and couldn't help but be secretly shocked. Every step was exactly the same as the standard answer, which was simply incredible.

If it weren't for the fact that these questions were selected by herself, she would even suspect that someone had deliberately leaked the questions to Shen Ci.

After the shock, Teacher Zhuang's eyes overflowed with undisguised appreciation.

The candidate recommended by Li Jianguo was indeed correct.

However, before Teacher Zhuang could be happy

Seeing this, she couldn't help but knit her brows, looking at Shen Ci with confusion.

But she didn't say anything, afraid of interrupting the other students' concentration.

Seeing Teacher Zhuang standing behind Shen Ci and not moving, the others were also curious, especially Wang Yikun; as the person with the most experience in competitions and the one who received the most attention and focus, shouldn't that be him?

What is this Shen Ci doing? She couldn't possibly be unable to answer a single question, could she?

Time ticked by second by second, until Teacher Zhuang announced that time was up and everyone should put down their pens; only then did everyone sit up straight, while Teacher Zhuang had remained behind Shen Ci the entire time without moving a single step.

She collected Shen Ci's paper first, and at that moment, she gave Shen Ci a deep look.

Shen Ci also knew the teacher had been watching her answer the questions the whole time, but she wasn't affected; these Olympiad questions were indeed difficult, but for her, they were a breeze.

In her past life, when she was devoted to research in the aerospace field, the things she had to calculate were much harder than these question stems.

"So hard!" Wang Li complained in a low voice, then took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Shen Ci: "How many questions did you finish, Shen Ci? I answered five, I don't know if they're right, I didn't even have time for the last one. You think they're hard too, right? I saw the teacher watching you the whole time, you must be more nervous than us."

Shen Ci was already sleepy, and Wang Li was truly noisy; she couldn't take it anymore, turned her head, and made a shushing gesture at him: "The teacher is looking at the papers, be quiet."

A beauty's warning was sweet, and Wang Li nodded hurriedly.

Across from them, Sun Yue turned his head and asked Wang Yikun in a low voice: "Did you finish them all? Did you find it hard?"

Wang Yikun replied with a calm expression: "I finished them all. As for the difficulty, it's upper-middle. The question types the teacher chose are all very typical, but in recent years, there have actually been many novel question types in the Olympiad, which are harder than today's questions."

"Ah? It gets even harder?" Sun Yue's face fell as soon as he heard this: "I saw that all of us were struggling quite a bit. Don't let it be that after finishing this set of questions, everyone gets weeded out, leaving only you."

Wang Yikun said: "That won't happen. The Olympiad is different from regular exams; everyone lacks experience, so you have to start by adapting to the question types. It's normal for you to find it hard at first. Once the teacher guides you to do more problems and solve more problems, you will improve, so don't worry."

At this moment, Teacher Zhuang finished looking through the five people's papers and, after grading them one by one, raised her head.

She first looked at everyone and smiled. Seeing this expression, everyone immediately felt a sense of relief; at least the teacher didn't show an expression of disappointment.

"This is the first time I'm assessing everyone's baseline, and I actually had some psychological preparation. The best score among these papers belongs to Wang Yikun." As Teacher Zhuang said this, she pulled out Wang Yikun's paper: "There are three questions that are completely correct. As for the remaining three, although the answers are wrong, he still received some points for the formula derivation and physical reasoning. This is how partial credit works in the Olympiad, so everyone's problem-solving process must be clear. It is better to write it out in a more complex way than to simplify it, because writing one more correct step might earn you one more point—that is the logic."

"Wang Yikun is truly the popular choice. Both the students and I recommend you to serve as the team captain, and you also received the highest score in this test. You won't decline this, will you?" Teacher Zhuang looked at Wang Yikun.

Wang Yikun stood up and nodded: "Okay, Teacher, I will do a good job as this captain."

As he spoke, he looked at Shen Ci again, thinking that this should finally be convincing enough, right?

As it turned out, Shen Ci was even more exaggerated than before; she had her hands folded and her chin resting on them, and from his perspective behind her, it looked as if she had already fallen asleep.

Teacher Zhuang continued: "Then, the second place is student Hu Xiaoxia. Two major questions are completely correct. The last major question was likely not solved in time due to time constraints, and she also received some points on the remaining questions for formula derivation and physical reasoning."

Hu Xiaoxia was very happy to hear she had taken second place and stood up, saying: "Thank you, Teacher."

Teacher Zhuang smiled encouragingly and continued: "Students Wang Li and Sun Yue, the results are slightly less than ideal. Likewise, the last major question was not answered, and the remaining questions didn't earn many points either. It might be because you aren't used to this type of Olympiad question yet; you need to practice more when you have time later."

Wang Li and Sun Yue scratched their heads in embarrassment.

Finally, only Shen Ci's paper remained, which the teacher hadn't discussed.

"Next, I will briefly explain some relevant knowledge about the Physics Olympiad to everyone..." Teacher Zhuang stood up, saying this as she prepared to enter the next segment.

Wang Yikun was slightly stunned. He had been waiting for the teacher to announce Shen Ci's results; why didn't she mention them?

So, almost subconsciously, he raised his hand: "Teacher, you haven't mentioned Shen Ci's results yet."

The others were naturally curious as well, and at once, they all looked toward Shen Ci.

Shen Ci was not asleep; no matter what, she had to show respect while the teacher was present. She was just a bit sleepy, so lying down was more comfortable. Hearing her name, she also subconsciously sat up straight.

Hearing this, Teacher Zhuang looked at Shen Ci with a meaningful expression, but still spoke truthfully based on the paper Shen Ci had handed in: "Student Shen Ci did not answer a single question correctly."

"Ah?"

Everyone spoke in unison, all showing shock on their faces.

Wang Yikun's expression remained unchanged, because this answer was exactly the same as what he had thought in his heart. Otherwise, how could the teacher have stood behind her and watched her the whole time? It must have been because she was different from the others.

Having received this answer, Wang Yikun sat down, feeling satisfied.

Teacher Zhuang didn't say much more and continued to explain the following content.

Until the very end, Teacher Zhuang said: "Everyone, pay attention to the messages in the group, and Captain, organize the team members to practice more question types to improve your adaptability. That's all for today, everyone can go back first. Shen Ci, you stay behind."

Shen Ci nodded, not feeling surprised by this at all.

Wang Yikun cast a glance at Shen Ci with a darkened gaze and left with his backpack.

The others also followed one after another. Shen Ci finally stood up and came before Teacher Zhuang: "Teacher Zhuang."

Teacher Zhuang looked at her, a gentle smile always hanging on her face: "What? You don't want to be the captain?"