A genius student? Ha, they're nothing but ants at your feet!

Chapter 184 Ironman Hexacycle

"Excuse me," Su Hao politely asked the screen.

"Excuse me, if I finish the game right here, what will happen to the students who are still exploring and doing quests?"

The hacker on the other end of the communication seemed to pause for a moment, then his voice came through:

"Unfortunately, that would end the game immediately."

However, they probably won't complain, since the initial challenges alone are already much more fun than those old-fashioned welcome parties.

Hearing the masked man's smug reply, Su Hao silently lowered his hand and put it back in his pocket.

"Could I wait a moment?" Su Hao glanced around the empty corridor.

"Right now, there are probably still many people racking their brains and rushing here in a sweat."

Such a well-made game, it would be such a waste if I were the only one to see the ending.

The communication channel fell into an eerie silence.

Several seconds passed before an excited voice came from the other end:

"—Waaaaah! You...you actually understand! To be honest, brother..."

We've been preparing for this play for over a month, staying up all night! We've even lost a lot of hair!

The hacker on the screen exaggeratedly wiped away non-existent tears.

Su Hao wore an expression that said, "I completely understand you."

"I knew it. If this were just a regular welcome prank, it would be far too much trouble."

With both animation and level-based challenges, you must have had a compelling reason to do it this way!

On the screen, the masked hacker seemed to have met a kindred spirit, nodding vigorously, his mask almost flying off.

"But are you sure it's okay? This is equivalent to giving up the privilege of finishing first."

"It's alright." Su Haoyun waved his hand casually.

"As long as I have the strength, even if it's the last time, I will be the first to solve the ultimate problem."

And...you probably also hope that more people can experience this stage that you've painstakingly built.

"What a reasonable and kind person! Okay! Then we'll limit it to one hour. We'll wait for you for a maximum of one hour. Any longer and we won't keep you company."

"It's a deal!"

After both parties reached an agreement, with a "beep," the scarlet countdown at the top of the screen began to tick in seconds.

......

Meanwhile, in the control room separated by a wall.

The hacker, codenamed Entropy, roughly ripped off his hood, gasped for breath, and slumped into a chair like a dehydrated fish with a thud.

Due to the extreme heat of the fully enclosed equipment, a layer of fine sweat had seeped onto her forehead, and a few strands of hair were sticking awkwardly to her cheeks.

"I like that kid!"

She suddenly raised her hand, pointed at the surveillance screen, and shouted.

In the scene, Su Hao simply pulled over a chair and pretended to take a short rest.

However, just a few minutes later, he unconsciously stood up again and, as if drawn by a magnet, walked to the blackboard in the hallway...

He stared intently at the unsolvable puzzles, and began to work out the solutions with complete concentration using chalk!

"Look at that composure, look at that strategic thinking! He'd definitely be a god-tier support player, handling teamwork with ease!"

Entropy exclaimed in admiration.

Root, standing next to him, swallowed hard, pointed at Su Hao's incredibly fast deduction movements on the screen, which were so fast they were practically blurry, and couldn't help but gasp.

"No, look at his mental arithmetic and deduction speed, isn't it a bit too exaggerated?!"

He didn't even touch the scratch paper! Have math majors become this terrifying lately?

Upon hearing this, Entropy immediately rolled his eyes dramatically and shook his head frantically in denial:

"How is that possible? There are plenty of idiots in the math department who can only solve problems."

Those who can reach his level of mental arithmetic are absolutely rare monsters!

Tick, tick.

The wall clock ticked slowly and steadily.

.......

"Finally, another one has arrived."

Cyber ​​Fox's fingers flew across the keyboard, instantly zooming in on the surveillance footage.

At the end of the corridor, a slender and aloof figure appeared.

Judging from the silhouette, it's a girl named Ellie.

........

As the countdown above relentlessly approached its final minutes, a flurry of footsteps echoed down the corridor.

A boy carrying a black backpack stumbled into a dead end of the corridor, looking as if he had just finished a triathlon.

"Thank goodness! Whew... I thought I was definitely going to be late!"

The boy in the backpack glanced at the countdown on the screen, which showed just over three minutes left. He bent over with a sigh of relief, bracing himself against his knees with both hands, and took deep breaths to calm himself down.

Su Hao, who had been standing in front of the blackboard, stopped his derivation, turned around, and smiled as he extended his right hand, as if he were the master of the place.

"Welcome to the final stop. Such a great script would be quite boring to play alone, thank goodness you guys came."

"Backpack" nodded excitedly as if it had seen a relative, and gripped Su Hao's hands tightly, shaking them up and down vigorously.

After navigating a series of incredibly difficult, brain-draining academic puzzles...

At this moment, he felt as if he had truly transformed into a hardcore player in an RPG game, who had gone through countless hardships to reach the Demon King's castle.

"You're the legendary 001, right? And you're 002?"

"Backpack" loosened its grip and secretly glanced at Ellie, who was as cold as an ice cube, out of the corner of its eye, trying to take the initiative to talk to her by using the bond between players.

"Hmm." Ellie didn't even look at him directly, only squeezing out an extremely indifferent monosyllabic sound from her nose.

Despite the extremely lukewarm response, the "backpack" remained undeterred and continued to try to break the deadlock.

"Hey, it wasn't easy for anyone to get this far. Which top universities did you turn down to come here?"

To be honest, I originally received full scholarships from Stanford and Duke, but I felt the atmosphere here was more...

He paused deliberately at this point, a hint of pride typical of a top student appearing on his face.

Indeed, in the Ivy League's elite freshman circle, arrogance is the most abundant quality.

The most sought-after and valuable social currency is always one's impressive academic record.

Before she could finish speaking, Ellie finally turned her head, seemingly having been successfully aroused by her words.

She gave a cold laugh, her tone calm yet incredibly sharp:

"I found it too much trouble, so I only applied to Harvard and MIT. Of course, I got accepted by both."

After speaking, she looked directly past the backpack and turned to Su Hao, who stood calmly beside her, asking with a hint of provocation:

"And you?"