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"This student has a good willpower, resisting the drowsiness created by Borg, and his problem-solving speed is also extraordinary. Has he studied High Gothic?"

Inside the monitoring room, a woman in a white coat watched the screen with interest, her flaxen hair falling over her shoulders.

Beside her, an old man holding a data pad was dressed as a butler, his slicked-back hair and goatee meticulously trimmed.

The old butler used a bionic finger to quickly tap the screen, retrieving the student's file, and slowly shook his head:

"Miss, this student's name is Li Nuo. He was born into an ordinary lower-hive worker's family. There is no record of him studying High Gothic in the database."

"Let me see his information." The woman stretched out her hand, wanting to take the data pad.

But before she could touch the data pad, the third person present snatched the data pad from the old butler's hand.

This person's hair was dyed in various colors, both ears were full of earrings, thick black eyeshadow was smeared around his eyes, and his chin was made of metal, seemingly an implant.

Overall, he looked like a heavy metal punk delinquent.

He swiped the screen with five silver-white mechanical fingers, humming dismissively:

"Heh heh, you don't actually think he's seriously answering the questions, do you?

"I admit this kid is a bit clever, but not much. After he discovered that the data pad would continuously provide questions, he realized that there was no such thing as a perfect score on this exam. Whoever answers the most questions correctly gets the highest score.

"So, he adopted a strategy of continuously answering questions to farm points, randomly filling in the answers to each multiple-choice question, pinning his hopes on luck."

The delinquent threw the data pad back to the butler and raised an eyebrow at the woman in the white coat:

"My dear sister, how could your scoring rules have such a big loophole~? Luckily, I discovered it in time."

Without waiting for her to retort, the teenager instructed the butler:

"Tell Borg to adjust the assessment criteria, putting the scoring weight of the correct answer rate first and reducing the weight of the score. Anyone who answers less than 30 questions will be deemed to have failed. I don't believe that under the new scoring rules, anyone can still get first place by farming questions."

The butler looked at the woman's face, and seeing her nod slightly, he nodded in agreement:

"Yes, young master, I will inform Borg to change the scoring rules."

After operating on the data pad a few times, the butler's expression changed subtly:

"Miss, young master, the exam is over. According to the adjusted scoring rules, the first place in this exam is Li Nuo."

"What?! How is this possible?!" The delinquent was taken aback and snatched the data pad to check.

The woman chuckled, very happy to see the delinquent's discomfiture.

Her laughter made the teenager feel very uncomfortable.

"What if he gets first place?" The teenager threw the data pad back carelessly, his expression arrogant:

"Does Li Nuo have the money to pay the apprentice fee? We are recruiting apprentices, not interns. The tuition is three hundred ration cards per month. He can't earn that even if he sells his ass."

The woman shrugged slightly, unconcerned:

"For apprentices who are good enough, I will provide interest-free loans. So, you don't have to worry about Li Nuo's tuition. I propose assigning him to my newly built laboratory..."

"No, he's mine!" The teenager patted his chest, as if sulking:

"The new production line is about to be built. My production department needs him, and I will give him the best treatment."

The woman helplessly rubbed her forehead:

"But you just looked down on him. Also, we're talking about serious matters, don't be childish. Li Nuo's demonstrated learning and logical abilities are very suitable for staying in the laboratory."

"Why can't he come to the production department? I can also provide him with an interest-free loan." The teenager took a step forward, tit-for-tat.

The old butler was caught in the middle, his face full of helplessness.

One side was the young lady of the family, and the other side was the young master of the family. The two had been arguing since childhood, and he couldn't offend either side. What was he, as a butler, supposed to do?

The old butler cast a pleading look at the fourth person present.

That person had a thick beard, and his brown-black eyes were full of banter, as if watching a good show.

He had a pipe in his mouth, leaned against the wall and smoked, his posture lazy.

Noticing the butler's gaze, he knocked on the metal wall with his knuckles, making a crisp bang.

The young lady and the young master stopped arguing and looked over together.

The bearded man took a puff of smoke, slowly exhaled, and said in an unquestionable tone:

"You don't need to argue, that kid is mine. Only those with strong enough willpower meet my recruitment criteria, and Li Nuo is one of them. Don't fight me for him. If my work is delayed, your newly built laboratory, your production line, everything will be paralyzed."

The woman thought for a few seconds and nodded slightly, "You're right, your work takes priority. I have no objections."

The teenager wanted to refute, but the butler grabbed his wrist, and the latter shook his head slightly.

"Okay, do as you say." The teenager put his hands in his pockets and blew the colorful hair in front of his forehead with slight dissatisfaction, no longer speaking.

The atmosphere in the room became peaceful.

The four continued to watch the exam footage.

The first exam eliminated nearly three-fifths of the people.

The math exam was now underway.

This exam was not out of syllabus. The questions were all within the scope of what the academy taught.

Borg did not use a force field to induce drowsiness this time.

The scoring rules were the same as in the previous round.

The data pad would continuously provide exam questions, and the final score was determined by the weighted calculation of the correct answer rate and the score.

Strangely, Li Nuo did not answer frantically this time.

He answered for a while, rested for a while, handled the questions with ease, but seemed nonchalant.

"What is Li Nuo doing?" The teenager twitched his eyebrows, "Why isn't he doing the questions like he did in the last round? Is his math not very good?"

The butler looked at the information on the data pad:

"Young master, judging from the current progress of answering questions, Li Nuo's correct answer rate is 100%. He has answered all the questions correctly, but he has slowed down his problem-solving speed."

The teenager asked, "Why is this? What is Li Nuo thinking?"

The woman glanced at her brother, whose IQ fluctuated, and chuckled:

"After the first exam, Borg announced the rankings in the exam hall. Li Nuo knew that he had taken first place. As long as he used his brain, he could analyze the scoring rules. If I'm not mistaken, although he slowed down his problem-solving speed, his number of solutions is still the highest in the whole venue. Is that right?"

The last sentence was addressed to the butler.

The butler looked at the database and nodded in response:

"Yes, miss. Li Nuo's number of solutions is the highest in the whole venue, always leading the second place by three questions. Preliminary prediction, he will still be the first place in the second exam."

"By the way, the second place is Li Nuo's desk mate, Amy Malz, the daughter of the dean of the Lower Hive Academy. Her father is a member of the Upper Hive Noble Council, and he came to the Lower Hive to serve as the dean of the academy by the order of Lord Voges. This phenomenon is quite rare. In the past, the deans all came from the Middle Hive."

The butler switched the screen's picture, moving from Li Nuo to Amy.

The little girl was doing her best to solve the problem, never slackening for a moment, and the look in her eyes when she occasionally looked at Li Nuo was full of strong fighting spirit.

The butler chuckled:

"Amy has always been the first in her grade. This is the first time she has had the title of champion taken away by others. The upcoming second runner-up may hit this little girl again."

Everyone nodded in unison, without objecting.

But the result of the second exam was greatly unexpected.

Amy Malz took first place.

On the monitoring screen, when Borg announced the exam rankings, Amy clapped her hands excitedly, her face full of smiles.

Li Nuo smiled beside her and gave Amy a thumbs up.

It is unknown what Li Nuo and Amy said, the latter raised her chin, the corners of her mouth turned up, proud and satisfied, as if she had reached the peak of her life.

This scene made the four people in the monitoring room look different.

The delinquent looked confused, not knowing why Li Nuo would give way, who would be stupid enough to give up the title of first place.

The old butler smiled silently, and he approved of Li Nuo's ability in providing emotional value.

The woman in the white coat wrapped her hair around her fingertips and looked at the bearded man with a smile:

"Robnos, would you like to reconsider? Li Nuo is very suitable to be my assistant..."

Robnos dug out the ashes from his pipe and threw them into the trash can, replying without raising his head:

"If that kid doesn't pass my further screening in the end, I can give him to you, provided he's still alive."

"Okay, it's settled then."

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