CSGM - Chapter 134
Chapter 134: International Competition
In terms of practical application, while spatial talent certainly had its obvious uses in daily life, Chu Xi believed reasoning talent was more of an all-encompassing ability.
Reasoning talent included countless sub-branches, such as logical reasoning, mathematical reasoning, graphical reasoning, behavioral reasoning, detail analysis, and so on.
It could be said that these two words were a very broad concept.
In terms of practical application, the talent of "reasoning" was closely linked to a person's logical thinking ability. It was actually the type of talent most easily and frequently used in daily life.
For example, learning knowledge from books required mathematical reasoning ability.
Discovering the objective patterns in certain designs was, in fact, a form of graphical reasoning within the human mind.
And for some special professions, like police officers or detectives, developing the ability for behavioral reasoning and detail analysis was crucial in their professional lives. Being a programmer also required a very strong foundation in logical ability.
Most importantly, this type of talent was easy to control.
When Chu Xi intentionally stopped thinking, it wouldn't add any extra load to her brain.
So Chu Xi made a decisive choice-alright, this is the one!
She said to the System, "Upgrade my reasoning talent."
In an instant, the System's electronic voice sounded: "Reasoning talent advancement successful!"
At the same time, the System Mall refreshed, revealing new items available for redemption.
But Chu Xi's current IQ balance left her with no desire to shop-
-because she couldn't afford anything.
Her attention was on her status panel. At this moment, her reasoning talent column now clearly displayed-
"Reasoning Talent: Supreme."
And the IQ value in the row above had also refreshed-
"IQ: 174."
A single Supreme-level talent had actually given her a full 4 IQ points. It seemed this "solely revered" talent was truly formidable.
That night, when the hotel was quiet, Chu Xi once again showed off her sneaking skills.
With a hat pulled low over her forehead, the figure in a T-shirt and jeans zipped over to Ren Zhi's door in the blink of an eye.
As soon as the door opened, the excited figure flashed inside with a swoosh.
Chu Xi sat on the bed, her smile as bright as the sun, tinged with a hint of excitement.
Although they met like this every night, she had grown quite accustomed to it.
The time of day she looked forward to the most had arrived.
She pressed Ren Zhi against the wall, leaned in to kiss her, their panting breaths teasing at her heartstrings by her ear.
"Mmph..."
Ren Zhi slapped away her restless hand from her waist.
Chu Xi said aggrievedly, "Baby, I'm not touching, can't I just feel a little?"
Of course not.
Ren Zhi pushed her hand away but said gently, "Be patient a little longer. Don't touch around here."
She leaned close to Chu Xi's ear, her breath like an orchid, and couldn't help but smile. "You're too tempting. Be good, just wait a few more days."
Her body was very sensitive to Chu Xi. What if all this touching led to things getting out of hand?
Besides, her period wasn't completely over yet. Now wasn't the time for that sort of thing.
Besides, with Chu Xi's beginner-level skills...
Ren Zhi thought about it, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and felt it was even less advisable to take the risk.
As the dry heat began to build, she immediately pushed Chu Xi away.
"Alright, that's enough."
If Chu Xi had perky ears like a big dog, they would definitely be drooping right now.
Seeing her dejected expression, Ren Zhi had no choice but to offer her a little encouragement:
"Carry me to the bed."
After doing so, Chu Xi's mood indeed improved significantly.
Ren Zhi said, "Bring the tablet over."
Chu Xi handed her favorite tool for watching videos over, kissed her on the knee, and was happy again.
"What does Baby want to watch?" Chu Xi asked.
"Let's watch your disciple's performance. Didn't she just tell you today that she was in the international competition?"
Ren Zhi laughed at her for not caring about others at all.
But Chu Xi was unconcerned.
"Baby, you're the only one in my heart."
Ren Zhi smiled and patted the pillow next to her. "Come on up and watch with me."
The messages Zhang Yuxue had sent that morning were still in her chat history with Chu Xi.
【Teacher, I'm challenging the UK team tonight and have decided to face their captain, Robert! He's also a world memory champion, and our event tonight is color memory!】
【I'm a little nervous, Teacher. Will you be able to catch my live broadcast after you finish filming?】
【Teacher, Teacher, I'm going!!! Just watch the replay after you're done with work!! I'll do my best and use the methods you taught me to give the Brits a taste of defeat!!】
Then, an hour and a half later:
【heehee.jpg】
【Teacher, you have to watch the replay after you finish filming!! Don't miss it!!】
【Hahahahaha, I'm so strong!】
It was obvious she had won. That little bit of in-your-face showing off sometimes really coincided with Chu Xi's own behavior.
Truly worthy of being the "disciple" taught by Chu Xi.
Tonight's international competition on I Am the Brain King was broadcast live, but by now, the full replay was already available online.
Ren Zhi had already been inadvertently spoiled on the night's results by a congratulatory fan post from a colleague who loved the show on her social media feed.
In tonight's international competition, our country's team had ultimately defeated the UK team with a score of 4:2.
A narrow defeat last year, a victorious comeback this year-it was incredibly satisfying!
This was also a very good start to this year's international competition.
Judging from Zhang Yuxue's messages, she was definitely one of the "heroes" who had secured a point in the competition.
Chu Xi held Ren Zhi on the bed and pulled up the replay of the Brain King competition.
Chu Xi also took the opportunity to familiarize herself with the topics from this year's international competition.
Rubik's Cube battle, maze memory, Sudoku decryption... none of these topics seemed particularly difficult.
Why were there so many comments in the bullet chat saying things like, 'It's like we're not the same species,' 'So I'm just a background passerby for the main character,' 'I don't even understand the questions,' and 'My head is spinning just watching, they're truly gods'?
If you don't understand, then don't watch, Chu Xi thought. They're bad at it but love to watch-aren't they just asking for punishment?
Little did she know, this was the gossip-loving gene engraved in the DNA of mortals-the love of watching gods fight.
She turned her head and asked Ren Zhi, "Baby, can you understand it?"
Ren Zhi nodded slightly. "It's a little difficult, but I can understand it. I definitely couldn't do what they do, though."
Chu Xi quickly patted her head. "Baby, don't be discouraged. None of them are as beautiful as you."
Ren Zhi chuckled softly at her.
She hadn't thought much of it anyway. People have their own strengths, and her expertise wasn't in mental competitions.
The two of them watched the segment of the competition between Zhang Yuxue and the UK team captain, Robert.
When she first took the stage, although it was impossible to know how confident Zhang Yuxue truly was, her bold declaration was very much in Chu Xi's style-
"I came here to win back the point that was lost in this event last year."
The judges from both countries on the panel all went 'Ooh' and applauded, ready for a good show.
This was exactly the kind of tension they wanted.
Chu Xi also chuckled lightly. This little sister really knew how to talk big on stage.
Ren Zhi glanced at her, surprised she was still mocking someone else.
Ren Zhi pinched her chin and said, "She learned this from you, didn't she?"
Chu Xi defended herself innocently, "I did not. I never taught her any of this."
They continued watching the color memory event for a while. In the buzzer round, Zhang Yuxue narrowly defeated her opponent by a razor-thin margin!
A 22-year-old from the Chinese team had actually defeated the captain of the UK team, a world-class mental master. This in itself was an incredibly inspiring result!
During the post-match speech segment, Zhang Yuxue smiled and said:
"Mr. Robert, although I graduated from a school in Cambridge, we have an old saying in China-learn the superior skills of the barbarians to keep them in check..."
After she said this, thunderous applause erupted from the audience. The home crowd went wild!
This was a sharp counterattack to what her opponent, Robert, had said during the pre-match trash talk-'All of your outstanding Chinese students want to come to Cambridge for advanced studies.'
The bullet chat was filled with: 【6666666!】
This contestant is so well-spoken! Favorable impression plus ten thousand!
Ren Zhi also watched with a smile in her eyes and chatted with Chu Xi:
"What do you think of your disciple's performance?"
Chu Xi had also watched the competition event.
If she was being asked about Zhang Yuxue's performance level in the competition...
She shrugged. "Average, I guess. But it's a good thing her opponent was even worse."
It was clearly a top-tier contest between geniuses, but when it came from her mouth, it sounded like a competition to see who was worse.
Ren Zhi was both exasperated and amused, and she sighed.
"If people ask you, you'd better not say much in public."
"Oh..."
At Ren Zhi's urging, Chu Xi took out her phone to send a congratulatory message to Zhang Yuxue, even forcing herself to praise her with a couple of 'great jobs'.
But if she were being honest, she felt that Zhang Yuxue should have performed better.
Perhaps she was affected by the on-site environment during the competition. Psychological state can also affect live performance.
But if it were her, she could have crushed that Robert with her eyes closed.
The next international match was between their country and the island nation.
Compared to the match against the UK, the number of people who had pre-registered to watch the next international showdown had already surpassed eight million!
The showdown with the island nation was always the most anticipated highlight of the Brain King international competition each year!
Everyone knew that the people of China had a hatred for the island nation etched into their very bones. Therefore, on Brain King, the episode where they faced the island nation was often the most-watched episode of the season.
Regardless of whether they liked the Chinese contestants competing that day, the moment they faced the island nation, the home audience's desire to see their own contestants crush the island nation's contestants would reach its absolute peak!
Whenever they faced the island nation, everyone's focus would become unprecedentedly unified.
It wasn't just the eagerly awaiting audience who thought this way; even the Chinese contestants currently in the training room preparing for the match felt the same.
Last year's contestants had lost to the island nation, which had become a disgrace in the history of the Brain King program!
This time, in three days, they had to reclaim this year's honor!
But even though everyone was fired up, unexpected factors often arise before a major competition.
After the list of contestants from the island nation was announced, one of the Chinese contestants in the training room, who was originally scheduled to compete in three days, suddenly went from anxious to having a complete mental breakdown overnight.
It was because the contestant he was set to challenge in the same event was none other than the island nation's "Speed Memory Emperor" who had crushed him at the world championships three years ago. The trauma of that humiliating defeat suddenly rushed back, and upon hearing his opponent's name, the contestant's mentality was already ninety percent defeated!
After the expert panel learned of this, they could only regretfully replace the contestant and begin searching for a substitute from the rest of the team.
"Who should go? Who is confident enough to face Matsushita Hiroaki now?"
The biggest headache wasn't actually who to send, but rather-
"Whose recent training event is most similar to Xu Haifan's? Or is there anyone who trained with him?"
Because each contestant's event had been fixed half a month ago, and everyone had been training specifically for their event for two weeks. The same was naturally true for the island nation's contestants. Now, their contestant who had trained for half a month suddenly couldn't compete. Bringing in a last-minute replacement would be like sending a student who hadn't studied to compete on a monthly exam against students from another class who had been reviewing.
They were already a step behind from the starting line. How could they possibly make up that gap?!
The expert panel was now experiencing the urgent feeling of having their eyebrows on fire. After the psychological counselor emerged from the counseling room, they could only shake their head regretfully.
"Haifan's mental state is no longer fit for competition. Matsushita Hiroaki's name and photo are both triggers for his stress disorder."
It was even harder to imagine how scared he would be seeing the man in person.
Director Zhang of the expert panel gritted his teeth. The thought of the smug faces the island nation had after their narrow victory last year made him sick. Were they really going to let those villains triumph again this year?
They had clearly selected an elite team this year. How could such an accident happen on the eve of the competition!
Matsushita Hiroaki-that Speed Memory Emperor from the island nation-was also famous in world-class competitions.
It was said that he still held more than ten world records. After participating in various competitions and feeling he had no more rivals, he had gradually faded from the scene. There had been no news of him making an appearance for three years.
And now, he had suddenly returned!
The name of the Speed Memory Emperor, Matsushita Hiroaki, had also been mentioned on last year's Brain King program.
This was because among the contestants from the island nation who came for the international competition last year, there was a twelve-year-old girl who was Matsushita Hiroaki's disciple.
It was this twelve-year-old disciple who had crushed the Chinese contestant in the competition last year, securing a point for her team.
This year, not only had the disciple returned to the island nation's team, but this time she had brought her master along with her!
Hearing this, the pressure was instantly shifted to the Chinese contestants' side!
The originally scheduled contestant, who had been psychologically traumatized by Matsushita Hiroaki three years ago, definitely couldn't compete anymore. Now, after a two-hour emergency discussion, the expert panel could only turn their attention to the remaining contestants.
In the vast conference room, eleven contestants and five expert representatives sat around a table. Director Zhang, seated at the head of the table, glanced worriedly at the wall clock.
"The competition is in one day and twenty-one hours. You have no more training time for this event. Right now, who is confident enough to go out and face Matsushita Hiroaki?"
"Don't be afraid of failure. We can accept a loss, but at the very least, we can't lose too disgracefully. We will explain the lack of training time after the show airs."
To face the island nation's Speed Memory Emperor on short notice with zero training was no easy task, even for these many talented geniuses!
Because you're a genius, but so is he!
And he was a better-prepared genius, compared to a substitute who could only go in cold!
But no one wanted to lose to the island nation. After all, everyone's goal this year was to win back that point from the island nation!
Everyone's eyes shifted from one person to another. The expert panel had also thought hard during their rapid two-hour discussion-
-among the remaining eleven contestants, who could they choose to maximize the chances of winning against Matsushita Hiroaki?
However, after rigorous data calculations, everyone's win rate was only in the teens or low twenties-universally low.
The contestants were also rapidly considering their own potential adaptability to their withdrawn teammate's event.
Suddenly, Zhang Yuxue slowly raised her hand.
Director Zhang's eyes lit up. "Xiao Xue, you think you can do it?"
The expert panel had deliberately asked for a volunteer instead of appointing someone, and their reasoning was this-
When two armies clash, the braver one prevails!
When the calculated win rates were all low, only a courageous contestant could spark greater hope.
Conversely, if they appointed a contestant who lacked self-confidence, that person would likely crumble under the psychological pressure and be even more affected by their on-the-spot performance.
Speaking of courage and confidence, Zhang Yuxue had plenty.
It just wasn't for herself.
She had just been thinking, if the contestant from the island nation could bring her master out of retirement, why couldn't she?
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