Chapter 463 Desperate
Ye Fan and Jin Hao walked down from the challenge positions, heading towards the leaf wall.
No!
Ye Fan was walking, while Jin Hao was running. Successfully, he reached the leaf wall ahead of Ye Fan, staring with wide eyes, wanting to find the correct answers in the leaf wall.
In the rest room, Xia Jiuqi pursed her lips and chuckled stealthily, "Jin Hao's pressure is a bit high!"
Shen Li glanced at Xia Jiuqi with a blank expression, "If it were me facing Brother Ye, the pressure would also be high."
The other three contestants nodded one after another.
No way around it, the strength Ye Fan displayed before was too formidable. Moreover, he was also number one on the Genius List. As his opponent, one would feel pressure.
"That's true too."
Xia Jiuqi nodded. Just as she was about to say something, upon noticing Ye Fan's performance on the screen, she instantly quieted down, her eyes widening like saucers.
"Hiss——"
...
The leaf wall was a 10 by 100 grid wall, each grid holding one leaf.
Jin Hao and Ye Fan chose the same method, observing in vertical rows up and down. Yet their speeds were worlds apart .
Jin Hao, who entered the observation state first, had just looked at one row, which is 10 leaves. Ye Fan on the other side, however, had already walked to the central position of the leaf wall.
Meaning, in the time Jin Hao observed 10 leaves, he had already observed nearly half of the leaves.
10 versus 500?
This situation made the other three contestants in the rest room burst into exclamations one after another. At this time, the camera teacher also discovered Ye Fan's astonishing speed, quickly zoomed in and gave Ye Fan a close-up.
On the screen, Ye Fan walked towards the other side as if strolling in a courtyard. He looked quite casual, sweeping his eyes over, never looking a second time.
That's right, swept over!
Before Jin Hao could finish looking at the leaves in the second vertical row, Ye Fan had already arrived beside him. Their shoulders collided. Ye Fan proactively stepped aside.
"Sorry, you continue."
"You…"
Jin Hao wa stunned, his mouth agape.
This…
What's going on?
How could Ye Fan be here? Wasn't he observing on the other end?
Could it be he has already seen this far?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!!!
This thought had just appeared in Jin Hao's mind when it was rejected.
Looking at the countdown on the large screen, less than half a minute had passed since the competition started. In such a short time, even if Ye Fan's strength was formidable again, it was impossible to have seen nearly a thousand leaves.
Secretly glancing at Ye Fan behind him, Jin Hao thought to himself, Ye Fan probably chose to start observing from this side.
Must be like this...
The next second, Jin Hao was completely slapped in the face. Because Ye Fan, standing behind him, had already turned and walked towards the answering area. This action completely subverted his three views.
What?
Fake, all fake!
Ye Fan's pace was unhurried. With a blank expression, he came to the answering area, wrote down four numbers on the answer board, covered the answer board, and pressed the button.
34.52 seconds!
This situation made even He Dong, the host, clueless , staring blankly at Ye Fan in the center of the stage.
Ning Xi, standing beside He Dong, reminded in a small voice: "Teacher He, Gege has already completed his answer. Should I proceed with the second event now?"
"Ah?"
He Dong came back to his senses, quickly shook his head,glanced at the staff on the right side of the stage who were still setting up the challenge platform, smiled wryly: "According to the rules, it should indeed be like this, but the staff haven't finished setting up yet."
"No rush for now. Contestant Ye Fan's timing has already stopped. When you start the challenge for the second event, it will continue to accumulate on contestant Ye Fan's time. It will not affect your final results in any way."
"Mm, thank you, Teacher He."
Ning Xi silently nodded, didn't speak further, her starry eyes staring prettily at Ye Fan in the distance, with happiness, and also admiration.
A few meters away, Zhao Fang looked at Jin Hao, who was still slowly observing, with a troubled face. Ten thousand unknown creatures stampeded through his heart.
Brother, that side has already finished, can we hurry up a bit?
In the Jinwu team's rest room, it was extremely silent.
Jin Jueping, as the team leader, had already given up treatment at this moment. Observing the numb faces of the four contestants, a trace of bitterness appeared in his expression.
The gap is too big...
Time passed minute by minute, second by second. Finally, Jin Hao finished the challenge in 37 minutes and 42 seconds. The moment he pressed the timer button, he couldn't help but turn his head to glance at Ye Fan's time, the corners of his mouth twitching violently.
No comparison, no harm. But he really had tried his best!
Now he could only pray Ye Fan made mistakes. According to the rules of the "Thousand Leaves" event, if a contestant makes one wrong answer, ten minutes are added to the time. Two wrong answers, the penalty doubles, and so on.
If all four answers were wrong, a total of one hundred and fifty minutes would be added.
That is to say, as long as Ye Fan made two wrong answers, then Zhao Fang's disadvantage wouldn't be too great. If he made three wrong answers, Zhao Fang would have a huge advantage.
More than ten minutes ago, the challenge area for the second event had already been set up. However, considering it would affect Jin Hao, He Dong discussed with the chief director and decided to wait until Jin Hao finished his challenge before uniformly proceeding with the challenge for the second event.
He Dong held the microphone and walked to the middle of the stage, "Both contestants have completed the challenge. Next, let's begin the verification segment,"
"Since contestant Jin Hao's time taken was longer, we will start verifying his answers."
A science assistant picked up Jin Hao's answer board, slowly opened it in front of the camera. Four answers appeared before everyone's eyes.
Number 23, Number 146, Number 782, Number 947!
Next was Ye Fan's answer. Before the science assistant uncovered the board, He Dong walked to Ye Fan's side with considerable doubt, handed him the microphone, "Ye Fan, you just completed the challenge in less than 35 seconds. Was it to save time? Could it be you didn't understand the rules clearly? As long as your answers are wrong by more than three, contestant Ning Xi will be at a huge disadvantage."
"Teacher He, I was answering normally."
Ye Fan smiled slightly, his expression without any fluctuation, as if talking about a trivial matter.
He Dong: "…"
Time taken 34.52 seconds, this is called normal answering?
Who are you kidding?!
At He Dong's signal, another science assistant opened Ye Fan's answer board.
Number 94, Number 356, Number 782, Number 783!
Comparing them, Ye Fan and Jin Hao only had one identical answer, the other three completely different, instantly creating a point of interest.
"Oh?"
He Dong smiled at the camera, "Only one identical answer. Since it's like this, please have the large screen display the four correct answers."
Under everyone's gaze, four correct answers appeared on the large screen.
94, 356, 782, 783!
"All correct, so amazing!"
The corners of Ning Xi's eyes curved up. Her small hand clenched into a fist and waved fiercely in the air.
A few meters away, Zhao Fang's face was ashen . He tilted his head up and began to doubt life.
Jin Hao got three answers wrong, meaning, 70 minutes still had to be added to his time. Adding his original time, the final time taken was 107 minutes and 42 seconds.
In contrast, the opponent's time was only 34.52 seconds, not even a fraction of theirs, lagging behind by a full 107 minutes.
Still… compare what?
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