NCCnovel Chapter 24 I request that the special contingency plan for the mock exam be activated. Oral answer s
Chapter 24 I request that the special contingency plan for the mock exam be activated. Oral answer s
It's 4:10 PM. There are 20 minutes left until the exam ends.
The exam hall was filled with the anxious smell of sweat. Most people hadn't even finished the physics problems, and their chemistry and biology questions were still blank.
Lin Yu had stopped writing. He placed the answer sheet flat on the table, crossed his arms over his chest, and closed his eyes to rest.
Zhang Qiang, carrying a stainless steel thermos, began patrolling the aisle. He walked slowly, his gaze constantly sweeping over the candidates' exam papers.
He paused for a moment when he reached Lin Yu's table.
Su Qingwan looked up from the fourth row, staring intently at Zhang Qiang's back. Her heart was pounding.
Zhang Qiang unscrewed the lid of his thermos, seemingly wanting a drink. Just as he turned around, his elbow accidentally bumped into the edge of Lin Yu's desk.
"Clang!"
The thermos cup tipped over.
The scalding hot tea, mixed with tea leaves, poured down in an instant. It landed squarely on Lin Yu's science answer sheet.
The black ink instantly blurred and spread. The barcode, soaked in tea, wrinkled and cracked. The multiple-choice answer area and the subjective answer area were smeared into a black, muddy mess.
Several gasps rang out in the examination room.
"Ouch! I'm so sorry!"
Zhang Qiang immediately pretended to be flustered and reached out to grab the answer sheet.
He deliberately used tremendous force when he grabbed it. With a tearing sound, the answer sheet, already softened by the water, was ripped in two.
It's completely ruined.
Xia Zijing suddenly stood up in the back row, knocking over the chair.
Lin Yu did not move.
He didn't even blink, just stared at Zhang Qiang with utter calm. There was no anger, no panic in his eyes, only the indifference of looking at a dead man.
"I'm so sorry, classmate. My hand slipped."
Holding the two dripping scraps of paper, Zhang Qiang's tone betrayed an undisguised smugness. "This...this answer sheet is ruined; the machine definitely can't scan it. Why don't you take the test again next year?"
Su Qingwan lowered her head in the back row, a wildly joyful smile curving her lips.
It's ruined. Lin Yu got a zero on his combined science exam.
"Change to a spare answer sheet."
Xia Zijin spoke coldly.
"Spare answer sheet?"
Zhang Qiang gave a forced smile. "This student only has fifteen minutes left in the exam. Even if we give him a new one, can he rewrite a 300+ point science exam? Does he think he's a printer?"
The students in the exam room all stopped writing and looked this way. Rewrite the science section in fifteen minutes? Absolutely impossible.
Lin Yu finally stood up.
He didn't look at the torn answer sheet, but instead looked at Zhang Qiang, a very faint smile appearing on his lips.
"Do you think you can erase my score by destroying a piece of paper?"
Zhang Qiang felt uneasy under his gaze, but forced a smile and snapped, "What kind of attitude is that! I told you it was an accident! You're also responsible for not protecting the exam paper properly!"
Lin Yu ignored him. He turned to look at the security camera in the upper right corner of the classroom.
"There are fifteen minutes left in the exam."
Lin Yu, with one hand in his pocket, said casually, "That's enough."
It was 4:30 PM. The bell rang to signal the end of the exam.
Outside the seventh examination room, the corridor instantly erupted in excitement.
"Did you hear? Lin Yu's science exam answer sheet was torn up by the proctor after he splashed water on it!"
"Holy crap! That means a zero? He's doomed on this mock exam!"
Li Hao stood at the end of the corridor, listening to the surrounding discussions, a smile creeping onto his lips. He strode towards the seventh examination room.
The director of the academic affairs office and several invigilators from the municipal education bureau had already received the report and rushed over. Wang the Bald, having lost a shoe in the process, broke through the crowd, his brow beaded with sweat.
"What happened! How did the answer sheet get ruined?!"
When Wang the Bald looked at the two wads of dark, smudged paper in Zhang Qiang's hand, his vision blurred and he almost fainted.
Zhang Qiang looked completely innocent: "Teacher Wang, invigilator, I really didn't mean to. The thermos was too hot and I couldn't hold it properly. Lin Yu's paper was on the edge of the table; it was an accident."
"Accident?"
Xia Zijing stood beside her, her voice as cold as ice, "The thermos was tilted at an angle of more than 45 degrees, and the elbow was used to strike vertically downwards. This is a deliberate application of force according to physics."
Zhang Qiang's expression changed: "What nonsense are you spouting, you little brat!"
Li Hao squeezed through the crowd at the opportune moment and said loudly, "Xia Zijing, don't make baseless accusations just to protect Lin Yu. Everyone knows Lin Yu is under a lot of pressure this time, and everyone's saying he'll fail. Maybe he couldn't do it himself and deliberately smashed the paper against his water cup, trying to create an accident to gain sympathy!"
Su Qingwan also came over, her eyes slightly red, looking heartbroken: "Lin Yu, if you really can't do it, you can just hand in a blank paper. There's no need to use such an extreme method. You're not only hurting yourself, but also implicating the proctor."
The two of them, working in perfect harmony, instantly swayed the rhythm of the conversation. The way the examinees in the corridor looked at Lin Yu immediately changed.
"Could he have really done it himself?"
"That's possible. His score of 666 last time was too magical. If he messes up this time, his godhood will shatter. Accidentally destroying the paper will at least save face."
The head of the city's examination inspection team frowned and looked at Lin Yu: "Lin Yu, according to the examination regulations, your answer sheet is largely soiled and damaged, making machine grading impossible. This subject can only be scored as zero. Do you have any objections?"
Baldy Wang stamped his feet anxiously: "Team leader! We can't give him zero points! Lin Yu is our city's top player, this is related to his guaranteed admission..."
"Shut up."
An extremely calm voice interrupted all the noise.
Lin Yu leaned against the wall in the corridor, his school uniform open. He glanced at Li Hao, then at Su Qingwan.
"Have you finished your play?"
Li Hao sneered, "Lin Yu, the facts are right in front of you, what are you pretending for?"
"fact."
Lin Yu straightened up and walked to the head of the proctoring team. "Team leader, I request that the special contingency plan for the mock exam be activated. The answers will be given orally."
The corridor fell into a deathly silence.
Oral answers?
This is a special clause established by the Provincial Education Commission to prepare for extreme unforeseen circumstances (such as blind candidates or candidates with disabilities in both hands). The candidate dictates their statement, which is then recorded on-site by two distinguished teachers.
But Lin Yu had to orally describe the combined science exam! A combined science exam with a score of over 300!
"Lin Yu, are you crazy?"
Li Hao burst out laughing. "The science exam has dozens of multiple-choice questions, a dozen or so essay questions, and hundreds of formulas and chemical equations. You might not even remember the questions, let alone recite them?"
Zhang Qiang chimed in, "Exactly! This is a complete waste of time!"
The proctor looked troubled: "Lin Yu, answering questions orally requires an extremely high level of memory, and the science section is too complicated. Are you sure?"
Lin Yu did not answer. He turned around directly, facing the huge crowd in the corridor and the recording pen of the examination team.
"Question 1, Biology, multiple choice. Answer C. Electron transport in the respiratory chain of the inner mitochondrial membrane does not produce ATP, but rather a proton gradient."