Chapter 367 - Top the List Again! (1/2)

“Now let the exam begin!”

As the teacher announced, the canteen door was opened, and everyone immediately rushed in.

The one in the front was none other than the youth who had challenged Fang Qiu but instead was stopped by the three people including Zhu Benzheng.

Getting the first paper, the youth turned around to sneer and look at Fang Qiu, and then turned back around to rush into the canteen.

The rest of them naturally would not want to be left behind.

They all queued, received the papers, and then rushed into the exam hall.

The three people including Zhu Benzheng also rushed in.

Instead, Fang Qiu looked calm and didn’t look like he was going to fight for anything at all.

Anyway, the rules had said it clearly. Every student had two hours. Though he didn’t know how the school counted every individual’s time, Fang Qiu believed that the timer must have been very precise since it was a selection co-hosted by CCTV.

Since everyone had two hours, why did he have to rush to get in?

Though 100 people might sound a lot, actually, there were not that many.

Soon, everyone got in the canteen.

Only Fang Qiu was left, standing in front of the canteen.

While walking up to take his paper, he asked, “Sir, how will the time be counted in this exam?”

The teacher answered, “Haven’t I made myself clear? Two hours.”

Fang Qiu said, “But, every student comes in at a different time.”

The teacher pursed his lips and said, “It’s just taking a paper. How long does it take anyway? It’ll be over for everyone in two hours.”

Hearing that, Fang Qiu changed his face, couldn’t help smiling wryly, and then quickly rushed into the canteen.

Entering the canteen, Fang Qiu was slightly dazed.

He found that it was not how the teacher outside had described where there was no proctor; instead, there were many of them.

None of these people was a teacher.

They seemed to get in among the 100 participants and were dressed in very regular clothes.

Once in the canteen, these people walked to separate areas. They held papers but did not recognize any herbs. Instead, they walked around, observing every participant.

Other than that, every corner of the canteen was equipped with cameras.

On the wall, two lines of words were hung. “Discussing Not Allowed. Eliminated Once Found.”

Fang Qiu uttered in his heart. “It’s pretty strict!”

He knew that only 30 out of the 100 people would make it to the next round. The elimination rate must reach 70%, so it must be strict.

Moreover, in this complicated situation, participants would use many more cheating skills than in normal exams. For example, for those who did not know herbs, they could totally find an opportunity to peek at others’ answers and wrote on their own papers.

If everyone cheated, then how would anyone be eliminated? Everyone would pass the exam with a full mark.

For this very reason, the school came up with the idea that they would lie to the students about having no proctors, instead, they would set them among the participants, secretly invigilating the exam, like undercover agents.

In this way, cheating people would completely be exposed.

“How many will be eliminated?”

Thinking like that, Fang Qiu shook his head and slightly sighed.

Then, Fang Qiu took a closer look at the paper and found the numbers on the papers were sequential, corresponding to the order of the ingredients on tables.

“Let’s get this started.”

Seeing everyone was recognizing herbs, Fang Qiu didn’t hesitate.

He immediately started.

However, not like most people, Fang Qiu didn’t start from the first herb. Instead, like very a few people, he directly walked to the last row of the herbs. Walking and recognizing, he quickly recognized all of the last row of the herbs.

Then, he found a place where there was no one and started quickly and quietly writing his answers down.

He had remembered the last row of the herbs in his mind. He would only need to take the last question as the first one and answer them sequentially.

In the meanwhile, for those people who were also at the last row like Fang Qiu, they all darted surprised glances at Fang Qiu when they saw him writing by the side after only one tour.

They did not know what Fang Qiu was doing.

Because he was really too fast.

He nearly left after one tour and didn’t even carefully look at the herbs.

If he could just answer like that, it would be really unrealistic, right?

When everyone felt surprised, after writing down the names of the last row of the herbs, Fang Qiu stood up and walked to the next to the last row.

At this time, a shout rang. “What are you doing?” A proctor stood in front of a student, who was stretching his neck to peek at the answers of the person next to him.

“What does it have to do with you?”

The student rolled his eyes at the proctor.

“Cheating?”

The proctor coldly snorted, took out a proctor’s license, put it in front of the student’s face, and said, “You’re eliminated. Now get out!”

Seeing this, the student was stupefied.

All the students in the canteen were also stunned.

No one expected that there were undercover agents!

At the same time, Fang Qiu didn’t care about it at all. He still followed his own tempo, recognizing herbs and answering questions.

Then, everyone acted more carefully. However, still, some people cheated.

In the end, every student who had cheated was plucked out.

More and more proctors were exposed. The entire atmosphere in the canteen gradually turned kind of solemn.

After 45 minutes, nearly 10 cheating students were eliminated and all the participants acted more serious than ever.

At this point, someone suddenly shouted loudly.

After writing the last herb’s name on his paper, Fang Qiu shouted. “I’m finished.”