Chapter 869: Competition! A Race Against Time!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Last night, Yang Tianming had already discussed with the others.
He turned to Gu Mang. “You are up for the first and fourth rounds.”
Gu Mang seemed slightly more disciplined as she responded with a hum.
This arrangement could be likened to how Tian Ji raced his horse (T/N: to accept one loss in order to ensure two wins). The members’ allocation and their order were particularly important.
Because she had come in second during the written exam, Shen Qianzi would be participating in the second and third round.
All the teams wanted to secure their first win, hence each team sent out the student who had the highest score on the written examination, along with two students whose scores were average.
30 students from the team walked up the stage from both sides in an orderly manner. Then, they sat according to their balloting order.
For the first round, Capital University sent Gu Mang, Qiao You, and a guy named Chen Xu.
M University also sent two girls and one guy.
Everyone greeted each other politely as they settled down one by one.
On the audience’s side.
At 10AM sharp, the big screen that was installed at the front of the stage displayed the competition questions to all 15 teams. Each team got three questions. They had half an hour to answer the questions with some time set aside for discussion.
All of the competition questions were difficult and required thinking outside of the box and detailed thinking. The questions given exceeded their scope of knowledge.
Most importantly…
There were a few medical conclusions in the reading material that had not been verified yet. In such cases, the text always used the ambiguous saying, “The experiment process is unclear, but the results clearly state that…”
The competition’s questions resembled such conclusions.
The first question that M University and Capital University received tested them on the four vital signs: blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and breathing.
The question tested them on ways to regulate vital signs, as well as data illustrations and changes under different circumstances. The second question tested them on neurology. The third question was about regulating the heart.
Shen Qianzi knew the type of questions that were going to appear in the third round. However, when she saw the questions, she went into a daze. “This question… We probably won’t be able to finish answering it within half an hour. There are so many points to touch on…”
The other two students had the same terrified expressions on their faces.
Could it be that the second round would be like this too…
Yang Tianming said, “The third stage of competition is meant to be an elimination round. All of the questions will be like this.”
With his legs crossed, Gu Si sat on the chair as he looked through the questions like a boss. He raised his delicate eyebrows and asked rheotorically, “Is it that difficult?”
“Yes, it is very difficult!” a guy emphasized. “The answers have to be in English. Even if all the main points were condensed, you would have more than enough things to write about. You might even run out of time to write your answer.”
There was a careless expression on Gu Si’s delicate and small face. “I see.”
Bai Qingqing glanced at Gu Si. The young master was really arrogant. He had a face that made everyone feel inferior.
The person on stage had the same face as him. Huo Zhi was not extremely experienced in the medical field, but he could still be considered an expert.
Time, language, and knowledge. The questions in the third stage of the competition were a few times more difficult than those in the written and debate portions.
They wondered how Gu Mang would fare.
“M University has started answering the questions,” Yang Tianming said.
The big screen at the front of the stage was constantly toggling between the different teams, showing how they were doing. The audience seemed to be more nervous than the participants.
Yang Tianming clenched his fists. There was a layer of sweat on his palms. Without batting an eye, he stared at the big screen ahead.
They could see that the students of each team were wearing earphones and they seemed to be discussing something at a very fast pace. As they raced against time, they did not dare to waste any precious moments and wrote down their answers quickly.
…
On the competition stage.
Qiao You said, “I will answer with what I know first. You guys can add on to my answer later on.”
Chen Xu nodded. “Okay.”
Qiao You typed the answer speedily while Chen Xu expressed his opinions.
Sitting with her legs crossed, Gu Mang played with a pen, twirling it between her fingers as she remained silent. As Qiao You answered the second question, she glanced at Gu Mang.
She had hardly moved from her original position. One of her hands was cupping her cheek while the other was spinning a pen. Everyone was tense but her.
Qiao You gaze’s was rather cold. Pursing her lips, she focused on answering the questions again.
On Capital University’s team’s side.
Yang Tianming wanted to trust Gu Mang, but seeing that she was not doing anything, he could not help but panic.
He had already changed his sitting posture several times.
Looking at him, Professor Xue also could not help but ask, “Um… Could it be that Qiao You and Chen Xu have already said whatever Gu Mang wanted to say? Maybe that is why she is just sitting there?”
If that was the case, it would be the worst case scenario. They had hoped that Gu Mang would lead the other two.
In the end, the two of them ended up leading Gu Mang in answering the questions…
Yang Tianming shook his head, expressing his cluelessness.