Chapter 1233: Math Challenge

【The content of the 1001st floor challenge of the Heavens Tower: Math Challenge. Solve the problem on the blackboard, and you can pass the challenge.】

The system broadcast the content of this floor.

Xiao Feng, who originally thought he would have to fight the female teacher, was instantly dazed.

"What the heck? I, a gamer, actually have to do a math problem?" he exclaimed in astonishment.

At that moment, the alluring female teacher said, "Xiao Feng, please solve this problem. You have only ten minutes; if you get it right, you'll receive a reward, but if you fail to solve it, you will suffer a harsh punishment~"

This NPC's tone was as alluring and charming as her appearance.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng felt it was improper again.

He glanced at the NPC female teacher's attributes, and then… he was stunned.

【Wisdom Arbiter】

Level: 1800 (Ancestral God)

HP: 10 sextillion/10 sextillion (10 sextillion, a 22-digit number)

Attack: Instant Kill

Defense: Infinite

Note: Don't try to take shortcuts!

Xiao Feng was dazed.

Just doing problems, why put such an alluring and powerful boss here?

Is this deliberately creating distractions to make people lose focus?

Moreover… why is there such a weird thing as a math challenge!

It's not friendly at all to other races!

In worlds like plant civilizations, stone civilizations, giant beast civilizations, etc., their research on mathematics and natural sciences is definitely not as deep as humanity's.

Wouldn't players who reach this floor be cursing on the spot?

"Xiao Feng, the timing has started~"

The Wisdom Arbiter said in a charming tone, and a math problem appeared on the blackboard.

Xiao Feng glanced at it.

【A two-digit number, with a 3 written in front to form a three-digit number, is 24 more than seven times the original two-digit number. Find the original two-digit number.】

"Phew, that scared me; I thought it was some big-number calculus or advanced algebra, but it's just an elementary problem." Xiao Feng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He walked up to the blackboard, pondered for a few seconds, quickly calculated, and wrote down the answer:

Known: writing a 3 in front equals adding 300

Let the number be a

Then 7a + 24 = 300 + a

Cancel a, we get 6a + 24 = 300

So a = (300 - 24) / 6

a = 46

Then verify.

Completely fine.

The alluring female teacher "Wisdom Arbiter" glanced at the answer, nodded, and said, "You pass; move on to the next question."

At the same time, the system prompt sounded.

【Congratulations, you have passed the 1001st floor challenge!】

【You earned 1001 challenge points!】

However, the prompt is missing a sentence compared to before, and no item reward was given.

"Teacher, where's my reward?" Xiao Feng, not wanting to suffer a loss, proactively demanded.

"I'll give them all together after you finish all the problems." The examiner NPC replied, also winking at him and sending an electric spark.

If one didn't know, they might think that after completing 50 problems, they could play some special game with her.

Having experienced the previous strength challenge assessment, Xiao Feng knew this kind of reward accumulation algorithm.

He estimated that in the end, they would probably give some fragments of the Supreme Treasure.

Thus, he steadied his mind, shook off distractions, and began solving problems.

The problem on the 1002nd floor is: 【Three warehouses Jia, Yi, and Bing store divine artifacts. Jia has 120 pieces. Yi equals the sum of Jia and Bing. Bing equals half of Jia and Yi. How many divine artifacts are there in total?】

Xiao Feng thought to himself: "Fortunately I'm a human who has received higher education; if I were a cat, a blade of grass, or a stone, I'd surely be stuck here to death."

This problem wasn't difficult either; he quickly calculated and wrote down the answer: 720.

【Congratulations, you have passed the 1002nd floor challenge!】

【You earned 1002 challenge points!】

Each time a problem is solved correctly, the points for passing are directly issued, while item rewards continue to accumulate.

Xiao Feng did over twenty problems in a row; each additional problem made the subsequent ones harder.

Initially it was elementary and middle school difficulty, but gradually it became high school difficulty.

By the time they reached the 30th floor, the dreaded big-number problems arrived.

Although the difficulty remained within an acceptable range and hadn't reached extreme levels, the computation time was gradually increasing, and ten minutes slowly became insufficient.

When he reached the 1035th floor, for the first time he exceeded the time limit; even though his brain felt like it would explode, he couldn't solve it within ten minutes.

The "Wisdom Arbiter" had always been smiling, alluringly leaning on the lectern, watching him solve problems.

But at the overtime moment, the expression suddenly turned icy, and they said, 'You really disappoint me—deduct 1 million cultivation!'

Xiao Feng:???

'There really is a punishment?'

He thought the so-called 'harsh punishment' was just talk, never expecting it to actually deduct 1 million cultivation from him in one go.

'I'll give you another 10 minutes; if you still can't do it, next time I'll deduct 2 million!' the Wisdom Arbiter coldly snorted.

Xiao Feng was speechless for a moment.

But he was almost done; after five minutes he had the answer.

The moment he finished the problem, the Wisdom Arbiter's icy expression softened considerably: 'That's more like it; I'll return the 1 million cultivation, and don't make this mistake again.'

Then the 1 million cultivation that had just been lost returned.

Next, the problem for level 1036 appeared.

Xiao Feng saw that it was even harder than the previous one, and it would be difficult to finish in a short time.

He then said directly, 'I want to end the challenge.'

The Wisdom Arbiter, hearing this, said, 'Don't think you can sneak out to think about the answer and come back; my problems keep changing, so you have no chance to cheat.' They saw through Xiao Feng's little thoughts.

Xiao Feng's face darkened.

No wonder this NPC's note says 'Don't try to cheat'; it seems loopholes won't work, so I have to do it myself.

'Then forget it, I'll continue.'

He gave up the idea of quitting the challenge to solve the problem outside, and honestly continued in the challenge space.

After 10 minutes, he still hadn't solved the problem and was deducted another 1 million cultivation.

But at the 18‑minute mark he finally got the answer, and the cultivation was returned.

When he reached level 1037, it took him 21 minutes to work out the answer, after which he had first been deducted 1 million and then 2 million cultivation.

But after he came up with the answer, only the 2 million penalty was returned; the first 1 million deduction was actually kept.

If he still hasn't solved it after 30 minutes, he will be deducted 1 million + 2 million + 4 million cultivation, the penalty doubling each time and becoming more extravagant later on.

Xiao Feng felt the pressure mounting, so he paused for two hours to rest and recover his spirit and mental strength.

Then he refreshed the problem and continued to rack his brains.

Outside the Myriad Heavens Tower, players of all races felt the difficulty of challenges beyond level 1000, as the refresh rate of their scores slowed from every ten‑odd seconds or twenty seconds to every ten‑odd minutes or twenty‑odd minutes.

'With Xiao Feng's strength as a human, even a 900‑level boss wouldn't be too hard for him. The trial beyond level 1001 surely won't be fighting a God King‑level monster, will it?'

'It's terrifying—Xiao Feng himself is stuck for so long; the Myriad Heavens Tower beyond level 1000 is simply unimaginable!'

'I can almost see Xiao Feng being chased all over by a boss, covered in blood, his bones crushed—hiss, how terrifying!'

Many players discussed and speculated about the assessment content beyond level 1000.

They never imagined that, even in the game, there would be something as strange as a math problem.