The Cunning Fox Di was now staring at his genius wife who had a little bug in her EQ. It could be said that she was someone shy. He couldn’t help but smile.
As expected, after answering the first question correctly, she stopped answering the rest. Every time she read the questions, she would try her best to find the answer but another person would always beat her to it.
Although her name was the first one on the list upon answering the first question, it was still moving down since there were others who were answering the questions correctly.
There were already four of them who answered at least three questions correctly. Until the top 16 were filled, Ling Siqi had only answered one question.
When the top 16 names were filled and the rest of the participants were thinking they still had the chance to do better, the announcer came and told them that the third round had ended since the committee was only looking for the best.
Everyone present was shocked.
This was because there were only 32 questions released.
All of the lecturers who came with their students were surprised as well.
The committee said they will be picking the top 50. This would mean that they would have to at least give 100 questions.
There were still a few of them who were good but did not get the chance to shine when the third round ended.
How were they going to pick the top 50 then?
In total, only 32 questions were given. There were four of them in the first place since all of them answered three and eight of them in the second place for answering two. Four of them were in third place with one correct answer. In the end, with only one correct answer, Ling Siqi was in 16th place.
As for the remaining participants, they didn’t manage to answer any questions.
Then, the committee announced they would be having another round of questions.
This time, there will be 10 questions given to them. Each of them would be selected by the number of correct answers. For example, if there were 60 of them who answered 7 questions correctly, only 50 of them would be allowed to enter the next round. After subtracting 16 of them who already passed the previous round, they would then pick 34 of them who submitted enough correct answers by using the shortest amount of time.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
There weren’t many questions precisely, but most of them were difficult. In order to ensure that they picked the correct answer, there were some who would keep their answers until the end and check them multiple times. There were also a lot of them who would only hand in their answers at the very last minute.
But, this didn’t mean that they weren’t good enough.
There were lecturers who were unhappy about it because they had students who were like that. They were smart and talented students who always wanted to play safe.
The committee also explained the reason why they had chosen to do this. All of them who participated in the competition today were experts and geniuses, but the Union only wanted to pick the best. Not only were they required to be smart and accurate, but they also had to be sharp.
There were a few of them who were sufficiently smart, but they weren’t sharp and determined enough, so they were not considered by the Union.
Out of the four remaining representatives of Country Z, only Ling Siqi was in the top 16. As for the rest, only Dan Yue made it into the top 50.
Country Z had one student in the top 50 and another in the top 16. This was already extremely satisfying for those who came from Country Z.
As the fourth round started, it was like what the audience had expected. Those from the 17th to the 50th would have the chance to challenge those from the top 16. If the latter wins, they would be eliminated, but if those from the top 16 answered wrongly, the challenger would be able to swap positions with the participants that they had challenged.
It was also a quickfire round.
This time, the participants have already understood what the committee wants. They know that they don’t have many chances, so all of them are trying their best to get into the top 16.
