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48: Chapter 44: Beginning of Term Assessment 48: Chapter 44: Beginning of Term Assessment [Jupiter City Fourth Middle School]

The spring semester has begun,

After the routine morning run, students in their third year of high school stayed behind for the principal to announce the teaching plan for the final semester.

“Students!

In the coming semester, we will enter the final sprint stage, and I believe most students are already prepared for the adjustment.

With the existing curriculum unchanged, the release time for third-year students will change from 17:40 to 21:40.

The school will provide you with a free nutrition-packed dinner and a boarding service option, which we recommend for students who commute over 40 minutes.

After dinner at 18:30, evening classes will be held,

Starting with two hours of nighttime sports training,

After a ten-minute break, the last hour of class will be determined by the subjects students excel at,

Today, we will conduct a baseline test for all third-year students, using the same model as [admissions],

During the day, students will take written tests in cultural studies and logical thinking classes, while the sports assessment will happen at night.

In the end, your night classes will be arranged based on your specific results.”

The principal’s words were concise and clear, and most students at Fourth Middle School had already adjusted over the winter break, ready to face the sprint required for the next half year.

The morning exams covered cultural classes, including fields like history, geography, humanities, arts, psychology, etc.—areas where Luo Di felt least confident, typically ranking mid-tier in terms of performance.

Cultural classes may account for a smaller proportion, only 20% of admissions.

But should one’s cultural class scores rank within the top hundred in the city, they could be admitted into [university] and continue to delve deeper into knowledge.

After the assembly,

Everyone returned to their classrooms one after another, ready to embark on the three-hour cultural class examination.

Gao Yuxuan was sitting in his seat, resting with his eyes closed; this was his strongest area.

As long as he performed well, he could not only rank first in his class but also within the top three of his grade.

Given the importance of this exam, the invigilator was not the regular class teacher.

A male teacher walked into the classroom carrying the test paper bag, with slightly sunken eyes and a pale complexion, but his attire was properly fit and neat.

His steps were heavy, as if he found it somewhat difficult to carry the bag of test papers in his hand.

People with such slender figures were already a rarity in this era.

The students took advantage of the teacher organizing the papers to discuss quietly,

“Isn’t that the humanities teacher from Class One?”

“I think his last name is Guo.

I’ve heard from their class that this teacher’s teaching methods are quite odd, leading to their class’s overall poor performance in cultural subjects, and they often get their time squeezed by sports classes.”

Luo Di, seated by the window, did not join in the discussion and was uninterested in its content;

He just felt that this teacher was very special, a kind of indescribable special.

While Luo Di was observing Mr.

Guo’s extremely frail figure, his peripheral vision unexpectedly caught a visual signal—turning his head, he saw only the class monitor seated in the middle of the classroom looking his way, and making an exaggerated cheering gesture.

The exam began,

With five test papers covering cultural knowledge from various disciplines, the three-hour test period was extremely tight.

However, not long after the start of the exam, Luo Di’s “habit” of focusing on the questions made him unconsciously reverberate.

[Click]

The sound of his tongue click was exceptionally loud in the silent, sealed classroom environment,

Even Luo Di himself was startled.

It was then he suddenly remembered that due to his tongue-clicking habit, all sorts of exams last term had been arranged for him to take alone in the teachers’ offices.

He had carelessly forgotten about this new term’s baseline test.

As some classmates cast their gazes,

The invigilator came to his side,

Luo Di quietly explained the situation, intending to take the papers to the teachers’ office to finish the exam,

But as Luo Di was about to get up, a hand lightly rested on his shoulder,

And Mr.

Guo’s clear and precise Mandarin said, “I’ve seen you take an exam alone in the office last semester.

Is this a habit you can’t control?”

“Yes.”

“There’s no need to go to the office, continue with your test.

After graduation, you will face a variety of situations.

Many times there won’t be quiet exam environments like now, but you’ll need to rapidly draw from the knowledge stored in your brain amidst noise and urgency.

If you can’t even tolerate such small noises, then there’s no need to take exams.

The same goes for other students, don’t worry about your sitting posture, and don’t forcibly constrain yourselves.

If you want to cough, cough out loud; if you want to shout, that’s fine too, as long as it’s not intentionally disruptive.

Of course, if you cheat, I will be the first to call you out.

Focus on your exam.”

Class Five students were equally baffled; it was the first time they heard such ‘standards’ during an exam period.

However, as everyone gradually accepted Mr.

Guo’s opinion, the physical and mental tension eased, and they seemed to return to the unconstrained state of the winter break, with knowledge buried deep in the brain slowly being mobilized.

As for Luo Di’s clicking sounds, they were already accustomed to it last semester, turning it into a kind of background noise.

The entire exam passed without the usual fatigue, and some even felt exhilarated from performing exceptionally well.

After submitting the test papers,

Luo Di watched Mr.

Guo’s retreating figure, and for a moment, wanted to listen to his lessons.

“What are you looking at?

Is Mr.

Guo that good-looking… Let’s go~ Hurry up and eat.”

The class monitor took the initiative to come over and bumped Luo Di’s shoulder, with Gao Yuxuan already waiting outside the classroom door.

“Monitor, do you know that teacher?”

“Not really familiar, I occasionally interacted with him when helping out in the office.

Mr.

Guo is quite strange, with his office desk piled with various non-academic books.

He seems to dislike standard lesson plans, doesn’t make much effort on presentation slides, and enjoys teaching spontaneously.”

“I heard he’s a graduate from a top university.

Just, a loner…

pretty much like you.”

“Oh.”

After a full lunch, the afternoon’s logic analysis test was also a paper-based test, but it was very uniquely designed.

A specially crafted wooden box was distributed to each student, who needed to figure out how to open it to access the test paper inside.

If the wooden box was damaged, 50 points would be deducted directly.

And the test paper itself only had one question:

Based on the scenario presented in the text and images, with very limited information, write out a comprehensive reasoning process for the event and profile the main characters involved.

Some students might complete it within an hour,

While others might not fully finish by the end of the test, not even reaching the key points.

Luo Di’s answers today were quite perfect, perhaps related to his recent experiences.

Soon, it was time for the most important evening session,

In the past, they would have been home at this time; it was everyone’s first time staying at school in the evening, somewhat uncomfortable, even more so with the evening physical test that was being held for the first time.

This was also the most crucial test, mainly divided into three events:

[Speed], [Strength], [Comprehensive Combat]

Despite the temperature still lingering around 10℃, most students had changed into lightweight sports attire,

Among them, the black bodysuit worn by the class monitor was especially eye-catching, especially the silver letter “I” printed above the chest.

There were a total of 17 classes in senior year three, amounting to 721 students.

Luo Di, Wu Wen, and Gao Yuxuan, although ranking in the top three within Class 5 of senior year three, would see a significant change in their overall ranking.

According to the physical test scores from the end of the last semester,

Luo Di ranked third in the year,

Wu Wen ranked tenth,

And Gao Yuxuan was thirty-first,

Worth mentioning is that Gao Yuxuan had the highest academic scores in the year.

The first test was [Speed], and the method of testing was dubbed by the students as the ‘hundred-thousand run’.

The method was simple:

Students had to complete a hundred-meter and a thousand-meter run simultaneously, sprinting with full force in the first hundred meters as teachers recorded the time.

Then, without stopping, they continued to complete the thousand-meter run.

The final grade would be based on the times of both speed tests.

Additionally, and most importantly,

Whether it’s the current Admissions assessment or the finals that relate to everyone’s future, the use of appropriate aids was allowed, with very comprehensive regulations.

The consumption or injection of drugs meeting the standards and not causing harm to the body (dosage regulated) was permitted.

The wearing of assistive gear or prostheses was permitted (limited to primary assistive types, not affecting the growth and development of minors).

After all, everyone would face various dangerous situations in the future, and these could all be used as combat aids.

To ensure fairness, the use of drugs and wearables would be deducted from the final scores.

The physical test was conducted in the order of classes,

And Luo Di and his two closely-numbered classmates happened to be grouped together for the [Speed] test.

When Luo Di stepped onto his assigned track at the edge, he immediately felt a discordant atmosphere.

The class monitor in the second lane had already adopted the standard starting position, her usually gentle expression gone, replaced by an overwhelming presence.

Perhaps sensing the gaze from the edge of the track,

The class monitor, previously staring straight ahead, turned her head somewhat stiffly, switching her serious look to a smile in an instant, waving with one hand and casually pointing at the special suit she was wearing.

Gao Yuxuan, sandwiched in the middle lane, had already adjusted his sports glasses.

Sensing the exchange between the two, he consciously shrank a little.

At this moment, the teacher at the start line slowly raised the starting pistol.

Everyone immediately switched to a crouching start position, tensing the muscles in their calves.

Bang!

The gunshot rang out,

Luo Di almost instantly caught the command, his muscles propelling his entire body into a perfect start.

The targeted night runs for several hours each evening now showed their effect, as Luo Di naturally assumed a perfect running posture, just like the one described in textbooks.

Even Luo Di himself could clearly feel that this start was nearly flawless; he might compete with the class monitor in speed.

However,

He thought the perfect start would at least ensure the first thirty meters without any parallel competitors in his peripheral vision.

Indeed, his peripheral vision caught no one parallel to him.

But… Luo Di’s left field of vision caught someone, someone with a very odd running pose, who had completely overtaken him right at the start.

“Class monitor!?”

The class monitor, clad in black tights, was already ahead by roughly three lengths,

And her running posture didn’t conform at all to the so-called “standard”; her upper body leaned significantly forward, relying on exaggerated stride frequency and a stride almost ripping her legs apart, to sustain this forward lean.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, she would have tumbled over by now.

Whoosh!

The class monitor was the first to cross the hundred meters,

An astonishing number flashed on the speed screen, [9’55].

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