Humanity’s IQ Dropped 1000x, Only Mine Stayed Normal!1+… — Transcript

In a world where humanity's IQ dropped 1000x, a slacker with normal intelligence faces elite school exams and challenges to prove his genius.

Key Takeaways

Humanity's intelligence has drastically declined, making simple math the elite standard.
The protagonist's normal IQ makes him a 'god' in a world of diminished intellect.
Elite academic institutions have become absurdly easy due to the decline in human intelligence.
The protagonist's quick thinking and knowledge set him apart in a society that has lost its cognitive edge.
The story explores themes of intelligence disparity and societal change.

Summary

The protagonist is expelled from his high school after defending a bullied student and struggles to find a new school.
Humanity's IQ has been forcibly reduced by a thousand times, leaving the protagonist as the only person with normal intelligence.
He attempts to enter the elite St. Jude High School's Pioneer Elite Class through a mysterious and difficult external recruitment process.
The entrance exam questions are surprisingly simple, reflecting the degraded intelligence of society.
Despite the simplicity, the protagonist impresses examiners by answering all questions correctly and quickly.
The examiners are shocked by his performance, as the questions are far below his actual capability.
The protagonist faces skepticism and disbelief from teachers and examiners about his perfect scores.
He is challenged with an advanced, out-of-syllabus math problem but solves it instantly, further proving his unique intellect.
The story highlights the contrast between the protagonist's normal logic and the diminished intelligence of the rest of humanity.
The video recaps key moments of the manhwa, focusing on the protagonist's trials and the changed world.

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Can you imagine? The entrance exam for the absolute best, most elite high school in all of Boston was actually, "What is 1 plus 1?" Just because I knocked out the school board director's son with one punch, I was forcibly expelled from my high school.

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Just when I thought my future was completely ruined, I woke up to find that the world had changed. The IQ of all humanity had been forcibly downgraded and degraded by a thousand times, and I, an academic slacker, became the only

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god with normal human logic among the eight billion people on Earth. Merely for stopping the school board director's son from bullying someone, I was forcibly expelled from Oakridge High School. My dad asked every school in the city, but due to the interference of the director's son,

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not a single school was willing to take me in. The only one left was the absolute top, most insanely rigorous school in the city: St. Jude High School and their highly mysterious Pioneer Elite Class. Moreover, I didn't qualify for the unified exam and could only try to get in

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through external recruitment interviews. "Old man, what's on the interview? Are there any past exam papers?" "No past papers, no syllabus, not even a question bank. You'll just have to try your luck." My dad guiltily stuffed a mouthful of pasta into his mouth.

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My vision went dark. This was the Pioneer Class where all the city's academic gods gathered. Taking my ordinary class grades to this interview, wasn't I just going there to be a clown? Late at night, I sat at my desk

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flipping through AP Calculus AB, trying to cram at the last minute. Sine functions, plane vectors, trigonometric identities—it made my head spin. How on earth were they going to test this? Dazedly, I fell onto my bed and went to sleep.

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A bizarre electric static sound seemed to flash through my mind. Bzz bzz bzz, easy mode. Early the next morning, I rode my broken bicycle to my usual corner food truck. "Boss, the usual: two bacon bagels and a black coffee."

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"That's five dollars and fifty cents, right?" I pulled out my loose change. The boss paused with the paper bag in his hand. "Young man, you remembered wrong, didn't you? It's five dollars total. Black coffee is one dollar. Our store's prices have always been round numbers;

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otherwise, we can't figure out the math." "Can't figure out the math? What kind of ridiculous reason is that?" I glanced at the yellowing price list on the food truck. Everything was in round numbers of two dollars or one dollar,

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without a single decimal point. Something wasn't right. It was definitely one dollar and fifty cents the day before yesterday. With no time to overthink it, I rushed frantically to the waiting room at St.

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Jude High School. As soon as I walked in, I drew in a sharp breath. The dozen or so people sitting there all looked like terrifyingly standard professional test takers. The guys had the standard buzz cuts, thick black-rimmed glasses, and dull,

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wooden eyes. The girls had high ponytails and chipped stainless steel thermoses, looking rather dimwitted. This aura was terrifying. I'm doomed. What's the point of even taking the test? I suppressed the urge to turn around and run and peeked at the study guide of the guy sitting next to me.

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Answer Memorization Manual for Multiplication and Division within 50. What the hell? Why does the title sound like a book of bad jokes? As expected of a top-tier genius, reading jokes to relax before an exam. Looking at the other side,

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a girl with short hair was frantically scratching her head, muttering nervously, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day, to a summer's day, gentle and lovely, but—but what was it again?" I was completely baffled. Were these geniuses under so much pressure that they had all gone

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mad? What the hell were they memorizing? The interview process was incredibly fast. In less than two hours, the room was mostly empty. The geniuses who came out were in an extremely tragic state, all of them crying and sobbing,

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their mental fortitude completely shattered as if they had suffered the ultimate humiliation. I swallowed hard and bit the bullet, walking into the examination room. The chief examiner, Mr.

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Mitchell, took off his glasses and rubbed his temples, his face full of impatience. "From Oakridge Public High School, regular class." He shook his head, too lazy to even cast a glance at me. "Begin. Don't delay everyone from going to the cafeteria to eat."

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The questions are on the electronic blackboard. You have five minutes, and an eighty percent accuracy rate is required. I turned to look at the screen. The next second, as if struck by lightning, I froze in place. Densely packed on the screen were more than twenty calculation

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problems: 11, 15, 27, 24, 16, 84. These f***ing questions are for the Elite Pioneer Class interview? Aren't these all 2nd-grade elementary school mental math problems? I was dumbfounded, turning my head to ask tentatively, "Teacher, these questions, this is it?" "Yes."

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Mitchell snorted coldly, and several teachers next to him had already started packing their briefcases, getting ready to go grab some pizza. "Is someone pranking me? Hidden cameras? A reality TV prank show? Has the world gone mad? Whatever. Even if it's acting, I'm going to finish showing off."

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I took a deep breath, my fingers swiping frantically across the electronic screen. I didn't even need to use my brain; it was pure instinct and muscle memory. One question, two questions, three questions. At an afterimage speed of one question every two seconds,

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in less than a minute, I filled out all twenty questions completely. The teachers below who were preparing to leave instantly froze in their tracks, their eyes almost popping out of their sockets. The answers are all correct. The math teacher responsible for checking the answers was trembling.

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Mitchell's butt had just lifted halfway off his chair, but he slammed heavily back down, the look in his eyes changing instantly. "Interesting. Basic math passed. Continue." The screen refreshed with a dozen general knowledge questions. "What is the next line after Shakespeare's classic quote 'To be or

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not to be' in Hamlet? What is a word called that reads the same forwards and backwards? What is the full name of the first President of the United States?" This was practically rubbing my IQ in the dirt. With flowing ease,

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I wrote all the answers on the screen without a single spelling mistake. The examiner's table was dead silent. The teachers stared intensely at the young teacher who set the questions, highly suspecting he had leaked the question bank from his USB drive.

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"How is a 100 percent accuracy rate possible? I've taught for 30 years and wouldn't dare say I could do that." Mitchell slammed the table and stood up. He pushed his chair aside, rushed up to the podium himself, and heavily wrote down a severely out-of-syllabus ultimate question

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that he believed was a sure kill: 3x5-17, solve for x. The teachers below all frowned. "Mr. Mitchell, isn't this question too out-of-syllabus for a high school student? The difficulty is way too high." I looked at this quadratic equation, my heart completely undisturbed, even wanting to laugh a little. My worldview had already shattered into pieces.

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I was completely numb now. I didn't even use scratch paper. Pausing for less than a second, I picked up the pen and wrote directly, "2." The entire room was dead silent. You could hear a pin drop. Mitchell froze completely in place,

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his breathing as heavy as a bull's. He had found this question in a university advanced mathematics book as an example problem last night, specially modifying the values to use as homework. It was absolutely impossible for anyone to have seen it

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solved in a few seconds. Only the legendary geniuses could do that. "Write down the calculation process." Mitchell's voice trembled, his legs going soft. Feeling helpless, I turned around and scribbled, "3x1=2, x=4, x=2." Mitchell stared unblinkingly at those few lines of text,

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his heart pounding wildly as if struck by a heavy hammer. With trembling hands, he pulled out my resume, took out his official stamp, and slammed it down hard. "Student Silas, congratulations on passing the interview. Welcome to the St.

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Jude Pioneer Class." Riding my bike home with the admission letter in hand, I looked at the sce—

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Jude Pioneer Class Riding my bike home with the admission letter in hand I looked at the scenes on the street and a chill rushed from the soles of my feet straight to the top of my skull The signboards of the shops on the street made absolutely no distinction

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between uppercase and lowercase letters There were zero private cars on the streets they were all uniformly marked yellow taxis I even saw a golden retriever with dollar bills in its mouth waiting in line to buy a hot dog for its owner

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This wasnt a prank The world really had changed Returning home I turned on my computer and spent the entire afternoon researching finally figuring out the truth The IQ of humanity in this world had been comprehensively downgraded Peoples thinking was extremely limited

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and some peoples intelligence was even lower than that of advanced mammals In other words this was an outandout world of morons And the ones driving history and technological development were an extremely small minority of anomalies known as Geniuses

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Right now among the eight billion people there wasnt a single genius The last universally recognized genius appeared 1, 300 years ago That meant with the intelligence of a normal high school student my existence in this world was a higherdimensional strike

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I was the absolute ceiling of human IQ A guaranteed invincible overpowered main character script Meanwhile in the St.

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Jude High School office Mitchell was staring blankly at his Harvard graduation photo Back then he was hailed as a math genius stepping proudly into Harvards forbidden library Yet he found that he couldnt even understand the first page of

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those works revered as the absolute truth of Geniuses His faith collapsed his mental fortitude shattered and he fled back to Boston in disgrace to teach He gripped his phone tightly having just finished inquiring about my background from the

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principal of Oakridge High School his eyes full of disbelief With such high IQ solving a topsecret equation how could he leave no trace of his past brilliance at all He took out a cigarette but accidentally put his Zippo lighter

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directly into his mouth He had been so frightened by me that he had completely lost his composure That evening my old man came home Why isnt the door opening Im back My old man banged loudly on the door

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He clearly brought his keys but actually left them at the construction site I opened the door and slapped the admission letter right onto his face My old mans eyes almost popped out he immediately called his foreman to cancel his resignation and eagerly took on a business trip

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assignment While we were both celebrating the TV suddenly broadcasted a breaking news report A vicious serial murder case has occurred in Chicago Five young women have been murdered The modus operandi is unknown Citizens are advised to step up precautions

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In this IQdegraded world how could there be such a highly intelligent serial killer Neither of us paid it any mind at the time treating it as just ordinary social news completely unaware of the terror hidden behind it Early the next morning

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I arrived punctually at Mitchells office to report in Theres a placement test before you enroll Mitchell locked the door behind me and pulled out a test paper I glanced at it it was about the difficulty level of a 6th grader

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The corners of my mouth curled up and I scribbled it all out in less than ten minutes and handed it back As Mitchell took the paper and turned around his hands trembled uncontrollably and even his breathing was desperately suppressed

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He steadied his nerves and led me toward the top floor The entire academic building echoed with the sound of reading except for the Pioneer Class classroom on the top floor which was dead silent Pushing the door open the twentyplus students in the class were neatly slumped over

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their desks snoring soundly Stop sleeping We have a newcomer today Old Mitchell knocked frantically on the blackboard I was assigned to the last row The guy at the desk in front of me was a blonde guy named Chris

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who leaned over to try and get close to me Bro which deity are you He actually didnt make you take the impromptu suppression test Chris pointed at the people in the class showing off wildly See that guy with the blackrimmed glasses

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He can do mental addition and subtraction up to 1000 That girl she can recite hundreds of sonnets And Chloe by the window shes the boss in the field of general knowledge I wanted to laugh after hearing this Morons who are slightly smarter are still morons

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This Pioneer Class heavily emphasized freedom no one cared what you studied it all depended on selfdiscipline The famous quotes on the wall were even more ridiculously absurd Genius is just genius it has nothing to do with hard work or inspiration

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Thomas Edison A. D. 18074291807492 What the hell Edison lived for tens of thousands of years I walked to the bookshelf at the back row and pulled out a copy of A Brief History of Five Million Years of Western Civilization

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Flipping it open ancient Egyptian civilization was founded over one million nine hundred thousand years BC The process of history hadnt changed but the timeline had been stretched out a thousand times Countless average joes grinding for millions of years just to

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grind out this tiny bit of civilization During the break everyone ran out to stroll around Just as I was about to stand up there was a sudden smack An object fell from the desk of Chloe the beautiful school idol sitting by the window

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A standard 3x3 Rubiks Cube I casually picked it up This Rubiks Cube was made of old materials with only one face completed and even the first layer wasnt aligned People in this world still play with this My hands itched

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Having practiced speedcubing in middle school my muscle memory instantly activated Left up right down right inverse left My fingertips spun rapidly the colored blocks falling into place like flowing water Right at that moment Chloe ran back into the classroom from outside

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Smack The water bottle in her hand dropped straight to the floor spilling water everywhere She stared unblinkingly at the halfcompleted Rubiks Cube in my hands her eyes almost bulging out sweat beads rolling down her flushed neck Sorry it dropped on the floor

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I just casually I felt a bit awkward You you can restore it Her voice trembled as if she had witnessed a miracle Of course In less than thirty seconds a perfectly solved sixsided Rubiks Cube was placed on the desk

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I handed it over Chloe didnt even look at the Rubiks Cube She strode right up to me grabbed my wrist tightly breathing heavily like a broken bellows a kind of manic light flickering in her eyes Holy shit isnt this womans reaction a bit too exaggerated

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Am I in trouble Classmate I tentatively tried to pull my hand back Chloe let go as if electrocuted appearing extremely flustered and stutteringly asked for my name Silas She muttered the name softly her eyes filled with undisguised expectation

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Soon the blonde bro Chris kicked the classroom door open bringing explosive news Guys The general knowledge boss of our class Patrick got poached by Oakridge High School The whole class exploded Next week was the State Academic Decathlon and Oakridge

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in order to secure Ivy League guaranteed admissions actually poached Patrick to take Zachary their school boards useless son to the competition Enemies are bound to cross paths Sitting in the back row I suddenly spoke up It seems the other school poaching him at this time just wants

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Patrick to act as a hired gun Just this one sentence of normal human logical deduction plunged the entire class into dead silence and deep thought In this world where everyones IQ was degraded this was already considered an extremely profound strategic

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insight Not long after Mitchell called me into his office Silas Patrick is gone I want you to fill his spot Mitchell stared at me You dont need to answer the questions just observe learn and feel the atmosphere I sneered inwardly

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Feel the atmosphere If you let me make a move Id rub Zachary and his gang into the dirt until they doubted their very existence Do you have a university you want to go to Mitchell asked again Columbia University I guess

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Its close to home Mitchell flatly shook his head in refusal No Your talent cannot be buried If you place in this competition I will directly find you a toptier mentor at Harvard University and guarantee your admission to Cambridge

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Guaranteed admission to Harvard That sounds great I returned to the classroom and Chris leaned in with a gossipy face What did Old Mitchell want with you He wants me to take Patricks place in the competition Chris was stunned

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Old Mitchell cares about his face the most He never lets anyone hes not confident in take the field Why would he let a newcomer like you go But its fine with me and Chloe carrying you its absolutely guaranteed

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As soon as he finished speaking he turned to look at Chloe his eyes widening as if hed seen a ghost Chloe why did you give up your reserved seat by the window and move next to Silas Chloes face turned bright red

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and she squeezed out a sentence By the window the wind blows cold Chris scratched his head his face full of question marks Cold Its fking eightyfive degrees Fahrenheit today I looked at Chriss dumbfounded face too lazy to entertain his stupid question

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After school I rode my bike home Just as I turned a few corners I felt a gaze on my back Turning around I indeed saw Chloe riding a shared bicycle trailing far behind me What does this girl want

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I simply squeezed the brakes slowed down and rode parallel to her You take this route too Want to come to my house and hang out Ah N no need Chloe like a frightened rabbit stutteringly turned her bike around

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pedaled furiously and ran away I smiled speechlessly and turned into the alley ahead to head home But I had no idea that just a few minutes after Chloe turned onto that unfamiliar street a white Ford sedan silently tailed her

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Miss need a ride A middleaged man with an honestlooking face rolled down the window Chloes intuition told her something was wrong and she accelerated desperately But how could a bicycle outrun a car The man pulled open the car door

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lunged forward to tightly grab her hair and violently yanked her to the ground A pungent towel soaked in chloroform was forcefully clamped over her nose and mouth Chloes struggles grew weaker and weaker until she finally went limp and collapsed

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That night I was home alone checking historical documents of this world feeling more and more like things were utterly absurd I posted a thread on the Reddit forum Bros do you know what geniuses usually eat to boost their brains

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As a result all the moronic netizens below mocked me Does trash like you even deserve to ask about geniuses If youre so capable go ask The Core The Core I immediately searched for the term It turned out that ten thousand years ago

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when human civilization was stagnating 28 ancient geniuses across various fields were born simultaneously Together they created the worlds only super artificial intelligenceThe Core It holds all the information of humanity but it is locked tight by advanced firewalls and only true geniuses have the right to access it

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Interesting I shut down the computer and fell into a deep sleep Early the next morning an earpiercing phone ring smashed me awake Is this Silas This is the Boston Police Department BPD Your classmate Chloe has been drawn into the Chicago serial murder

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case Please come immediately to assist with the investigation My brain buzzed and I instantly sobered up Sitting in the waiting chair at the police station I flipped through the case briefing The killer Thomas was a carpenter Two months ago he skinned his own wife and daughter to make an Americanstyle

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single sofa Now he exclusively targets young high school girls sending a threeday countdown text message every time he kidnaps someone Chloe was his sixth target Beside me Chloes grandmother was crying so hard she could barely stand She gripped the sleeve of my jacket tightly

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mistaking me for a detective begging me to save her granddaughter Seeing the desperate look in the old womans eyes the fire in my heart instantly flared up If this were my original world this case would have been cracked long ago

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But in this IQdegraded world the police relied entirely on an FBI Inspectors Guide left behind by a genius 14,000 years ago Facing this kind of highIQ serial killer with antireconnaissance skills the entire Boston police force was being played like fools

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Counting on these downgraded police officers Chloe was definitely going to die I am the only person in this world with normal logic The variable to break this deadlock can only be me I abruptly stood up barged straight into the command center

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and locked eyes with Detective Sarah who was leading the team Detective Sarah I am Silas from the St.

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Jude High School Pioneer Class majoring in criminal investigation Give me the detailed files of the case In Boston the words Pioneer Class were a VIP pass to the IQ ceiling Without a word of nonsense Sarah directly handed me a stack of topsecret documents and a

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trash can The photos were extremely gory Forcing down my nausea I quickly extracted the key information How are you sure there are no copycats I asked Sarah clicked on a video In the footage a white Ford stopped at the entrance of an alley

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A middleaged man stepped out of the car held up a piece of paper with bloody writing to the surveillance camera I will present a gift to the gods Afterward the white car drove into the alley This was his provocation yesterday

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Sarah gritted her teeth But the weirdest thing is the cameras at both ends of the alley were completely blocked off After this white car drove in it evaporated like it vanished from the face of the earth never coming out again

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I frowned and blurted out Are there any blind spots in the alley Were there any large trucks that could have hidden the car inside a shipping container to transport it out Sarah froze abruptly looking at me like I was a monster

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She pulled out the FBI Inspectors Guide that they worshipped as a holy relic and flipped through it frantically Your your hypothesis isnt even recorded in the guide No shit Are the brains of these people rusted Too lazy to talk nonsense

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I strode right into the task force conference room slammed the table and gave an order Pull up the surveillance footage from the day of the incident and play it at 16x speed The young officers scrambled to type on their keyboards

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An hour later a red sedan drove out in the footage Stop Where did this red car come from I pointed at the screen Thats a car belonging to a resident of the alley It has nothing to do with the killer

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a police officer answered blankly I laughed out of sheer anger pointing out the details on the screen and hammering them out word by word Nothing to do with him Are you all blind Look at the edges of the windows and the tires

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They are covered in red spray paint that wasnt cleaned off properly The make and model are exactly the same as the white car The killer was in a blind spot in the alley sprayed the white car directly with red paint

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swapped it with fake license plates and drove it right out Dead silence Every police officer in the conference room was utterly dumbfounded This kind of most basic sleight of hand was an absolute dimensional strike miracle in their eyes

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Sarah took a deep breath and decisively ordered Listen entirely to Silas Look up this red car immediately In less than ten minutes the results came out The real owner of the red car was out of town on a business trip

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and the car had been locked in the garage the whole time I leaned back in my chair my brain working at lightning speed Check the cameras filter the red cars routes out of the city focus the search on abandoned villages and industrial zones

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Get me two drones with infrared aerial photography a SWAT team and mobilize your two best snipers We move out at nightfall Evening arrived The operation began Meanwhile on the other side of the city the venue for the State Academic Decathlon was already packed

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with people The blonde bro Chris went to the event solo walking into the waiting area alone wearing a St.

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Jude High School baseball jacket In Oakridge High Schools team Zachary the school board directors son whom I had beaten into dropping out was swaggering over leading Patrick the poached general knowledge boss Yo why is Chris the only one left from St.

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Jude High School Wheres that girl named Chloe I heard shes about to be chopped into pieces Zachary smiled his face full of fat Chris didnt say a word violently winding up his arm Bang A heavy punch landed squarely on Zacharys face

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Zachary let out a miserable scream flew straight backward crashed heavily onto the floor his nose bleeding profusely Fk You dare hit me Do you know who I am Zachary roared madly clutching his face Chris stepped on his chest

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pulled out his phone clicked on a video and shoved it in his face His voice was as cold as ice Zachary your dad accepted one hundred and fiftythree million in political contributions You crippled a substitute teacher at thirteen

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and bullied two classmates to suicide at fifteen I can send your whole family to federal prison at any time for this rotten record Zachary stared at the screen his pupils quaking violently His school board background which he was so proud of

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was stripped bare to the point of leaving him naked in front of this Pioneer Class student where IQ equaled social class Control your dog mouth Chris looked down at him condescendingly Bottomfeeders should have the awareness of bottomfeeders Throwing down that sentence

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Chris turned and walked towards the arena Zachary lay on the ground shivering all over experiencing absolute classbased terror for the first time in his life At that moment in the abandoned industrial zone outside the city of Boston I sat in the SWAT command vehicle

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staring intently at the footage transmitted from the drone The sun had completely set and darkness swallowed the entire factory area Just then an extremely faint yellow light lit up in a broken window on the fifth floor Gotcha I gripped the walkietalkie tightly

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Snipers in position assault team move up I grabbed binoculars lying prone on a high vantage point opposite staring fixedly at that window Inside the room the killer Thomas was caressing a newly made oak backing chair with a face full of obsession

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Baby look at this chair Pure handcrafted mortise and tenon joints not a single nail used I deliberately changed the dimensions to ensure the skin on your body will wrap around it perfectly Chloe who was tightly tied to another chair

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hadnt eaten or drank water for two days With a dirty rag stuffed in her mouth her eyes were filled with the dead energy of utter despair Its about time I have to make a cut on your arm first to test the elasticity of your

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skin Thomas smiled honestly pulling out a sharp woodcarving knife from his pocket walking towards Chloe step by step Chloe twisted her body in terror tears streaming down her face Sniper Take the shot I growled into the walkietalkie No good

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The angles overlap The snipers anxious voice came through the comms channel Hes directly in front of the hostage If the bullet goes through it will absolutely hit the girl I cant shoot Fk Thomas had already rolled up Chloes sleeve

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the blade pressed tightly against her fair forearm A forced entry would absolutely be too late The moment the assault team breached the door he could slit Chloes throat in one slash I had to lure him away from Chloe without arousing his suspicion

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My brain exploded in an instant In a flash of lightning I remembered an audio evidence file I had flipped through today It was a phone recording left behind by Thomass murdered wife and daughter Assault team Check the work group chat

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I roared into the microphone I just sent an audio file Play it on speakerphone from your phones immediately Push the volume to maximum within ten seconds In the dead silence of the factory area a bizarre singing voice was suddenly swept up by the night wind

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Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you It was the voices of a woman and a child In the room the knife in Thomass hand stopped abruptly His whole body stiffened cold sweat instantly soaking his back The singing grew louder

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as if lingering right outside the window Three two one Happy birthday Daddy Surprise I bought this carving knife with the allowance I saved up A young girls crisp voice echoed in the abandoned factory area Mary Honey Is that you

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Thomass eyes widened round Looking as if he had lost his mind the knife in his hand dropped to the floor with a clang I didnt kill you It was the gods who wanted your lives I love you guys

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His psychological defenses collapsed instantly His knees gave way and he knelt on the floor wailing and crawling step by step towards the window He had completely moved away from Chloes position his whole body defenselessly exposed to the crosshairs of the

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window Now Sniper I roared madly my eyes nearly splitting open Bang A muffled gunshot ripped through the night A 7.

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62mm NATO standard sniper bullet carrying devastating kinetic energy shattered the glass in an instant Pfft The highspeed rotating coppercore bullet instantly pierced through Thomass chest A mist of blood exploded Thomas slumped to the ground like a torn sack

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large mouthfuls of bloody foam bubbling from his mouth Until his death he couldnt figure out why the gods he worshipped failed to help him block this 7.

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62mm bullet Done I pushed the binoculars aside Assault team move in Medics follow up Sniper keep watch If he dares to twitch finish him After giving the orders I led people charging downstairs Kicking the door open four or five SWAT officers raised their guns to control the scene

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Thomas on the floor was dead as a doornail Chloe was tied to the chair prolonged dehydration and terror had left her eyes unfocused An officer untied her ropes and pulled the towel out of her mouth She weakly lifted her head

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The moment she saw me her bloodshot eyes instantly broke down Waaah She threw herself into my arms sobbing loudly Tears and snot were rubbed all over my chest Having never experienced a situation like this I didnt know where to put my hands

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and could only stiffly pat her back Its okay its all over The medical team rushed in carrying the unconscious Chloe onto a stretcher Detective Sarah who led the team walked over and patted my shoulder Silas I owe you a favor for this

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If you need anything in the future just let me know Ill send a car to take you back to rest I didnt stand on ceremony with her Having been highly tense for two days straight now that I relaxed

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sleepiness rushed straight to my head Getting into the police car the wind from the suburbs made me drowsy The driver casually turned on the radio Currently the scores between Oakridge High School and St.

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Jude High School are very tight But St. Judes Chris is clearly getting a bit anxious To save time he completely skipped verifying the previous calculation question and just lost a point Hearing this I sobered up instantly That son of a bitch Chris

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He bragged all day and this is what he amounted to I rolled down the window the cold wind slapping my face Officer please change the route Theres a venue where I need to turn the tide At this moment at the competition venue

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Chris was staring at the 28th question on the screen his brows knitted into a dead knot Continuous rapid mental math problems Oakridges team had three people and Patrick the leader was a sneaky bastard They divided the labor clearly

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Patrick did the heavy lifting and the other two assisted Chris was fighting alone and his speed simply couldnt keep up The time difference he had desperately tried to snatch was completely wiped out Question 28 popped up Given 4x521

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2y1016 what is x multiplied by y Chris glanced at the remaining time knowing full well this round was doomed He gritted his teeth intending to gamble on his luck his finger hovering in midair preparing to press option D

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Right at the moment his fingertip was about to touch the button a hand suddenly grabbed his wrist tightly from the side Immediately after another hand reached out from behind him cleanly and decisively slapping down on option B Ding

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System prompt Correct answer I stood behind him panting heavily and grinned Hehe you suck too bro.

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Take a rest leave the rest to me Chris whipped his head around his eyes almost bulging out Silas Why are you here What about Chloe Its settled the person has been rescued I grabbed the mineral water on the table and chugged half the bottle

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Hows the score Were screwed Chris spread his hands Three points behind time difference is almost ten minutes Its a dead end I raised an eyebrow A dead end Watch how I bring the score back Chris rolled his eyes

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Keep bragging At the same time in Oakridge High Schools booth Patrick heard the correct answer prompt and looked up in shock Zachary beside him saw the face on the screen clearly his features twisting Silas How could it be him

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Last week he was still the bottomfeeding trash of the grade He definitely got into the Pioneer Class through the backdoor Patrick sneered coldly Through the backdoor Do you think St.

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Judes Pioneer Class is a farmers market But he didnt take it to heart The St.

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Jude team only had eight minutes left and was down by three points Even if this Silas was possessed by Einstein he couldnt turn the tables Unfortunately he underestimated my strength More precisely he underestimated my dimensional strike capability in this world where intelligence had regressed a thousandfold

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Ding The next question popped up A rightangled triangle has two legs measuring 6 and 3 find the square of the hypotenuse The hint even thoughtfully attached the Pythagorean theorem formula I glanced at the screen my heart entirely undisturbed

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and directly pressed C Ding Correct answer Time taken less than five seconds The whole arena was dead silent followed by an eruption of gasps The commentator didnt even have time to read the twohundredword script he had prepared stuttering to smooth things over

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This It seems student Silas has explosive luck The accuracy rate of his blind guesses is extremely high Everyone thought I was guessing Including Chris beside me Holy shit are you spending your lifespan to play this game Chris jabbed my arm frantically

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I leaned back in the chair with my eyes closed Dont be noisy Wake me up when the next question pops out Question 30 Todd bought a toy for 8 sold it for 9 bought it back for 10 and sold it for 11

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How much profit did he make As soon as the question popped out my eyes werent even fully open before I casually pressed B Ding Correct answer The arena boiled over Three highdifficulty logic problems in a row all instant kills and perfectly correct

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The audience seats practically exploded In Oakridges answering room the atmosphere dropped to freezing point Patrick stared dead at the screen cold sweat breaking out on his forehead This is impossible This kind of luck does not conform to the principles of probability

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Refusing to believe it he forced himself to steady his mind and solve this buying and selling logic problem After calculating for a while he pressed the wrong answer and Oakridges answering time instantly reset to zero Their final score froze at 27 points

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It was my turn to perform Question 31 fillintheblank Snail A crawls 1 meter per hour Snail B crawls 0.

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5 meters per hour B crawls for 3 hours first In how many minutes will A catch up Isnt this an elementary school pursuit problem I took the keyboard and typed out the answer Ding Correct answer Another instant kill

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This time even the excuse of guessing correctly couldnt be used This was a fillintheblank question Cheating This is absolutely cheating Zachary from Oakridge smashed the table like a mad dog Patrick his face livid led his teammates rushing straight out of the answering room

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heading directly backstage to report me to the program staff The competition was forced to pause The audience discussed fervently everyone guessing whether I had memorized the question bank in advance Chris looked at me with a complicated expression Silas

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theyre reporting you for cheating What are you going to do I didnt even lift my eyelids Let them investigate Why should I be scared of something I didnt do Before long Patrick pushed open the door to our answering room

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He walked straight up to me staring at me intently I want to personally select questions for you from the question bank In exchange Ill give you this He took out a USB flash drive and tossed it to me

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Inside is the evidence of money laundering and bribery from Zacharys dad over the past decade As long as you agree to let me pick the questions Ill give you the password after the competition ends I know you have bad blood with Zachary

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I caught the flash drive and weighed it in my hand I didnt care if it was real evidence or not Ruining Zachary only took one sentence anyway But I was quite curious to see what kind of garbage questions this

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socalled genius could pick for me Deal I leaned back in my chair Ten minutes later the competition restarted The host announced that to ensure fairness the remaining questions would be personally selected from the question bank by Oakridge High Schools Patrick

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The screen flashed and Patricks first question appeared A system of linear equations in three variables made up of three strange graphic symbols with no clear corresponding relationships Chris glanced at it and immediately grew tense That bastard Patrick is going for the kill

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You cant calculate this in under ten minutes Is that so I scanned the screen and swiftly typed three numbers on the keyboard Ding Correct answer The gasps from the audience nearly blew the roof off Immediately after the second question popped up

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A farm has chickens and pigs locked together Counting the top there are 35 heads Counting the bottom there are 94 feet How many chickens and pigs are there respectively The audience collectively gasped In their eyes this was an insanely difficult heavendefying problem that old

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professors would lecture on for half an hour in Ivy League number theory classes I didnt even grab scratch paper I did mental math for two seconds and typed out the answer Ding Correct answer The score instantly froze 27 to 27

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Tied Next Patrick went completely mad Obscure quotes from literary classics mitochondrial operations in biology the founding of dynasties in European history He chose strictly obscure questions from various fields attempting to drag me to death with breadth of knowledge

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But every time I answered it never exceeded three seconds Slaughtering all the way until the end of Question 39 the St.

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Jude team hadnt lost a single point The score was reversed to 33 points and there were still a full three minutes left on the clock Patrick collapsed into a chair backstage his hands trembling uncontrollably He finally realized that what he was facing wasnt a high school

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student at all but an insurmountable mountain Carrying his final shred of unwillingness he clicked on the ultimate test question in the question bank one that had gathered dust for hundreds of years A long paragraph of text popped up on the screen

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This is the unsolved paradox left by the physicist Newton A boy borrows 50 from his dad and 50 from his mom He buys shoes for 97 leaving 3 He gives 1 back to his dad 1 back to his mom

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and keeps 1 for himself At this time he owes his parents 49 each 49 49 98 plus the 1 the boy kept equals 99 Question Where did the missing 1 go As soon as the question appeared the people in the audience who knew their stuff went completely

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crazy Chris slapped his forehead Holy shit This is the puzzle of the century left by Newton The original question remains unsolved to this day How the hell do you calculate this The university professors in the VIP section also shook their

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heads concluding that absolutely no one could solve this ghostly unpredictable logic problem within three minutes Looking at the screen I almost couldnt hold back my laughter To hell with the puzzle of the century Isnt this just the overused brain teaser that was all over social

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media when I was in middle school Has this intellectually degraded human race actually treated this thing as an unsolved mystery The question itself is a logic trap that secretly swaps concepts The debt and the remaining money in hand simply cannot be directly

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added together The 98 debt already includes the 1 the boy held in his hand Too lazy to give a longwinded speech I typed a single line into the answer box This question contains a logical fallacy Calculating the whereabouts of the 1 as stated in the prompt is

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mathematically meaningless Answer It does not exist I hit enter The director backstage looked at my answer completely failing to understand it But to quickly end this farce he directly had the system grade it as correct The competition ended

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The St. Jude team won the championship Thunderous applause filled the arena On the red carpet Chris and I walked sidebyside toward the podium Patrick walked briskly past me dropping a sentence in a low voice The password is eight eights

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He didnt even dare to raise his head leaving in a hurry Just then a greasylooking guy wearing an expensive Savile Row bespoke suit approached a fake smile he thought was charming plastered on his face Hello Silas Im Julian from the Wellington Private Academy

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Id like to get to know you Just as I was about to speak Chris grabbed me and pulled me behind him blocking the guys line of sight Isnt this little Julian Chris smiled without the smile reaching his eyes

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Hello Uncle Chris Julians expression stiffened for a moment Silas just told me he has a terminal illness His head hurts whenever he talks You guys chat next time Chris dragged me forward I was completely baffled Im sick How come I didnt know

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Chris lowered his voice looking at Julians back with utter disgust Stay away from that guy That son of a bitch is fking disgusting Still confused I was pulled directly onto the podium by Chris The spotlight hit us and the host shoved a microphone in my face

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excitedly asking how I pulled off this shocking comeback and what my secret was I didnt have a fking secret I couldnt just say I transmigrated with a modern persons brain I cleared my throat and spouted some nonsense The secret is to read more books

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read more newspapers eat fewer burgers and sleep more The despairing part was that a large swath of Ivy League premed students below actually pulled out notebooks and buried their heads to take frantic notes This world is truly hopeless

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Leaving the venue a pretty girl named Lauren ran over blushing to thank me She added my social media account and said she wanted to treat me to a meal I didnt stand on ceremony and accepted right away Returning home that night

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having run nonstop for two days I fell asleep the moment my head hit the pillow What I didnt know was that across the ocean Oxford University in the UK was completely losing its mind at this moment Just because I wrote This question contains a logical fallacy

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on that final Newton Paradox Professor Rhodes a top math professor experienced an instant epiphany Countless proofs addressing my sentence rapidly unfolded even alarming highlevel officials in European and American countries At noon the next day Detective Sarah called me to the BPD

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She handed me a thick stack of reward money and pushed the killer Thomass diary in front of me at the same time Flipping it open it was absolutely absurd Thomas was targeted by a conman calling himself a Gods Envoy

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The conman casually recommended a few stocks that happened to go up by tens of thousands of dollars and Thomas completely believed him truly thinking he was the Chosen of God Later the conman tricked him saying the gods needed a sacrifice

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Thomass brain shortcircuited and he personally slaughtered his wife and daughter draping their body parts over a throne he carved himself When he ran back covered in blood to claim credit the conman literally laughed out loud pulled out his phone to record a video

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and called him a brainless idiot With this level of IQ being played for a fool and still refusing to repent even in death I shook my head after reading it gave Detective Sarah a tip and told her to check bank statements and surveillance cameras

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along the route Before leaving I casually slapped the flash drive Patrick gave me onto the table It was full of ironclad evidence of money laundering by the Oakridge school board director Zacharys dad Once this wave was verified Zacharys family would be completely finished

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ready to eat federal prison food Coming out of the police station I went to the hospital to see Chloe Passing a fruit stand at the entrance the boss weighed a few oranges and asked me for 18 I weighed them in my hand

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the weight was clearly off Going around to the side for a look I saw a large black magnet stuck under the scales tray I chuckled This shady merchant was trying to scam me I casually grabbed two grapefruits The boss calculated it

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39 total I pulled out a hundreddollar bill and handed it over The boss gave me 61 in change Holding the change I pretended to slap my forehead Oh I have exact change Let me give you 40 to round it out

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and you give me back that 100 bill The boss happily took the 40 I handed him returned the 100 bill to me and even yelled at the top of his lungs for me to come back next time I turned around and immediately called the Department of Consumer

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Affairs and Weights and Measures reporting his location and his rigged scale Making an easy 21 plus two bags of fruit This kind of shady merchant should be locked up Pushing open the door to the hospital room Chloe was holding a book titled 36 Ways

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to Capture a Mans Heart muttering to herself Upon seeing me her brain straight up crashed Holding it in for a long time she finally told me that she had designed an extremely absurd recruitment process for herself First show deep gratitude

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then treat me to a meal then take me through a lifeordeath experience and finally pick a dark and windy night to cry about her tragic past making me her umbrella of protection I rolled my eyes as I listened

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Are the tropes in this world this stiff I interrupted directly Stop with the useless stuff Ill point you to a clear path just tell me the secret directly The more tragic the better Chloe actually listened Her eyes turned red as she told me that her parents didnt die in

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an accidental car crash at all they were silenced Back then her parents were investigative journalists They discovered an African country whose average IQ far exceeded the global level After onsite investigations they found that decades ago someone secretly created famines and plagues

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slaughtering everyone in that country with low IQs The only one capable of carrying out such a massive purge was that mysterious organization controlling the worlds IQ dataThe Core As a result as soon as the news was reported the newspaper was shut down

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her parents got into a car accident and the staff were burned alive Chloe grabbed my wrist tightly crying and begging me to help her uncover the truth She said only someone with an IQ as high as mine could fight The

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Core Looking at her red eyes my heart pounded wildly No matter how I looked at it this plotline felt like a suicide mission As someone who just transmigrated over to enjoy the dimensional strike on what basis should I mess with this worldclass terrorist organization

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I pried her hands off finger by finger I refuse I also have people I care about and I dont want to get dragged into this After speaking I turned and left the hospital room avoiding the sight of her broken expression

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Just as I walked into the firstfloor lobby the scene before me left me stunned A long queue had formed outside the cardiovascular department with patients in hospital gowns lying haphazardly all over the floor A crowd of people wailed to be seen by a doctor

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A whiteboard hung outside the door Prescription Data Error Currently Organizing Suddenly an old lady at the very front of the line clutched her chest and collapsed Her young grandson threw himself at the door kowtowing frantically smashing his head until the floor was covered in blood

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pleading hoarsely for the doctors to open the door and save her life This scene made my chest tighten I walked over held the child down and pulled out my Pioneer Class student ID from my pocket handing it to the hospital security guard

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Im from the St. Jude Pioneer Class majoring in data analysis Let me in to take a look The moment the security guard saw the words Pioneer Class it was as if he saw a living bodhisattva handing me the keys right on the spot

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Pushing the door open two attending physicians were as anxious as ants on a hot pan They said that because a document malfunctioned the patients names and medications were all jumbled up They couldnt prescribe medicine recklessly or it would kill people

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And the only IT data administrator capable of handling this had gone to New York for training Whats the format of the document Excel I asked The two doctors looked blank I moved closer to the computer and took a look

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Right in the center of the screen was a massive Excel icon Opening the document I almost laughed out loud on the spot Every row in the spreadsheet had a gradient color marker but the colors in the Name column were completely mixed up

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I hovered the mouse over the filter icon in the header row and clicked on it Besides the Name column which was sorted By AZ Content all the other columns were fking sorted By Color Which clumsy idiot accidentally clicked the wrong sorting method

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Just because of this moronic operation hundreds of people outside were lining up waiting to die that old lady nearly breathed her last and that child smashed his head open Without a word I smiled clicked the filter on the Name column

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and changed the sorting to By Color Swish Instantly the colors across the entire document aligned perfectly and the data returned to normal The two doctors verified a few files and trembled with excitement tightly grabbing my hand wanting to give me a bonus and guarantee me admission to medical

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school I pulled my hand out looked at the gratitude in the eyes of the child who had rushed through the door and sighed Although the IQ of this world had degraded these doctors dedication to saving lives hadnt diminished in

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the slightest I rubbed the childs head turned and walked away That evening Lauren treated me to dinner choosing Le Ciel a toptier highend French restaurant We were chatting happily when a sarcastic passiveaggressive voice suddenly came from behind Yo isnt this that motherless bastard

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I stood up abruptly and threw a punch But it was firmly blocked by a hand reaching out from the side It was Henry In my original world this son of a bitch was just Zacharys lapdog His family ran a rundown board game parlor

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But in this IQdegraded world the status of Go Weiqia game that severely tests the brainhad been infinitely elevated The Crown Strategy Academy his family ran had turned them into the privileged class they even brought bodyguards when they went out

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Henry adjusted his goldrimmed glasses and sneered Silas youre pretty good at fighting in school but in society its all about power My family has shares in this restaurant Today Im going to have my bodyguards cripple you Several men in black suits cracked their knuckles and surrounded

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me Stop Julian walked over from the side pulled up a chair directly and sat down He looked at Henry like he was a clown Do you not watch the news Silas just represented the St.

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Jude Pioneer Class and won the State Academic Championship yesterday Henry froze quickly pulling out his phone to check His face changed instantly He was arrogant but not stupid The champion of the Pioneer Class was someone he couldnt afford

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to provoke But he couldnt swallow this anger His eyes shifted landing on Lauren next to me and he gave his bodyguards a meaningful look Drag this woman outside Youre asking for death I was just about to make a move

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Julian spoke up again Henry your brother is about to fall out of the professional ranks right His opponent in the next match is me If you dare touch them today Ill forfeit my next match and have your brother kicked out of the

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Go circle Henrys veins bulged with anger Staring fiercely at Julian he gritted his teeth Fine youre ruthless Seeing him turn to leave I slammed the table Halt I looked at Henry letting out a cold sneer Henry you want to cripple me so badly

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Ill give you a chance The entire restaurant fell silent Since youre from the Strategy Academy lets play a game of Go If you win Ill drop out of school give up my guaranteed university placement and my championship title

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Henry jerked his head around Are you sure Of course But if you lose not only do you have to apologize to Lauren you also have to kneel and kowtow twice to me Dare to bet Lauren and Julian were anxious

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frantically pulling at my clothes telling me not to be impulsive They both knew Henrys Go skills were already at the level of a professional 1dan But Henry smiled He simply didnt believe that a champion whose IQ points were invested

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in general knowledge would know how to play the extremely complex game of Go Alright Ill bet with you The bodyguards swiftly cleared the table setting up an expensive Kaya wood Go board and the black and white Go bowls

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The coin toss nigiri ended and Henry took black playing first He picked up a black stone a triumphant sinister smile on his lips and placed it heavily right in the center of the Go board Tengen I frowned I am a grand champion

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and you open with Tengen against me This is naked humiliation and provocation I shook my head took out a white stone and placed it on the fourth row sixteenth column Star Point The moment this stone fell the surroundings fell dead silent

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Julians eyes widened unable to even speak clearly Henry was stunned for two seconds then suddenly burst into a fit of wild laughter rocking back and forth Lauren was terrified tugging at Julians sleeve and asking if I had made a mistake

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Julians face was livid This isnt a matter of making a mistake I even suspect whether Silas knows how to play Go at all I was murmuring in my heart Whats wrong with these people Isnt opening with a Star Point a basic Go operation

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Silas have you gone mad or do you just want to surrender directly Henry continued to laugh wildly while placing his second piece Right next to Tengen I was completely baffled What kind of wild strategy is this First move Tengen

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second move right next to Tengen Ignoring him I continued to occupy my corner Fourth row fourth column another Star Point Two stones placed and I directly occupied two corners If this were my original world my opening would be absolutely rock solid

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As a result the look Henry gave me actually carried a trace of pity Silas begging for mercy this way is useless I cant wait to see the expression on your face when you kneel He picked up a third black stone and placed it next to Tengen again

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Three black stones formed a horizontal line right in the middle of the board I stared at those three connected black stones my head buzzing as if I had been clubbed In what fking world is Go played like this

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I whipped my head around staring intensely at Julian behind me my voice trembling The game were playing right now what exactly is it Julian looked at me like I was an idiot Nonsense of course its Fiveinarow Gobang I froze in place

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looking at those three black stones connected in a line the expression on my face more complex than the Mona Lisa Son of a btch youre using a toptier Go board to play Fiveinarow A clap of thunder exploded in my mind

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Fiveinarow Gobang After all this the playing chess ranking up and professional players they were talking about was all Fiveinarow This thing which was just a casual game played during afternoon tea in my original world had actually become a national treasure and a symbol of class

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status here So my halfday battle of wits and courage with Henry had all been against thin air I turned back to Henry confirming once again What were playing right now is Fiveinarow What else would it be Henry looked at me like an idiot

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He hadnt even heard of the word Go Weiqi Fine the rules of the world have changed I accept that Henry tapped the board urging me to place my stone I played white placing a stone Tenth row eighth column

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Blocking his live three Henry smiled contemptuously Thats right struggle obediently Let me enjoy this He placed another stone 1012 an open four I continued to block 1013 Beside us Lauren nervously asked Julian how the situation was Julian whispered that it was very unoptimistic

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My disadvantage was too great and there was basically no hope He also told Lauren to find a chance to run first saying Henry wouldnt dare touch him but would definitely make a move on us Lauren shook her head

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saying she believed in me and that I wouldnt lose Hearing her words warmed my heart Henrys attacks became increasingly fierce 911 dropped instantly constructing three live twos The situation seemed to be completely under his control I didnt hesitate 1111

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continuing to block Henry began to apply frequent pressure Live threes jumped threes and open fours came one after another I followed him frantically blocking appearing to be suffocated by his pressure But Julians expression went from initial worry to gradual confusion

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Only I knew why Every single one of Henrys moves was within my calculations He thought he was attacking but in reality I was using his stones to help complete my layout After more than ten moves Henrys pace slowed down

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He noticed something was wrong He clearly had such a massive advantage in the opening As long as I missed one step he would win Yet I hadnt exposed a single flaw Not even one He finally stopped I chuckled lightly

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my fingertip tapping a spot on the board Whats wrong Cant find a live two Play here This is the only spot you have left that can form a live three Henry stared at the board his face livid His black stones were completely locked down by me his opening

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advantage entirely gone Through gritted teeth he asked how I did it since I was just a piece of trash a month ago I didnt look at him letting out a yawn If youre scared just admit defeat and clear out

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Of course if you want to walk out of here on your knees in front of everyone I dont object either Bullshit Henrys eyes were bloodshot You think youve already won Whatever I dont care After completely sealing off all his routes

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I mobilized the outer white stones to launch a counterattack Live twos live threes pressing forward step by step Henrys brows knitted tighter and tighter Lauren sensed the reversal in the atmosphere her face full of joy The look Julian gave me grew a bit more complicated

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Smack The final stone landed with the crisp sound of metal and stone Henry youve lost Henry froze for a second then immediately retorted I havent lost This is just a live three I can block it Julian interrupted him with a deep voice

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Look at the diagonal line of the stone you just placed Henrys voice abruptly stopped his whole body going stiff That move of mine perfectly formed another live three on the diagonal line with two other stones A double kill

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And the most crucial most hidden stone was exactly that Star Point I had seemingly placed randomly as my first move Henry muttered Could it be that from the very beginning you I smiled I didnt think that far ahead

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Its just that while blocking your attacks I conveniently steered the situation in this direction Playing the final move here is just more satisfying Henrys jaw clenched until it clicked Lauren let out a long sigh of relief finally loosening the fists she had been clenching the whole

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time I raised my eyes to look at Henry Fulfill the bet Do we need to help you clear the venue Henrys face was gloomy Suddenly he pulled a cold sneer Bet What bet He grabbed the napkin with the signed agreement from the table

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and right in front of us tore it to shreds Handing it to the bodyguard behind him Burn it My face darkened You want to renege on the debt Henry feigned a look of incomprehension Renege I dont know what youre talking about

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Lauren said angrily So many people in the restaurant saw it Henry smiled brightly Call them over to testify then Lets see who dares to offend the Sterling family He walked triumphantly past me lowering his voice emphasizing every word

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Silas no rush We have plenty of time Looking at his back Julian sighed softly It cant be helped The influence of the Crown Strategy Club controlled by his family is too massive If hes dead set on denying it no one can do anything

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But you showed your strength today and he probably wont dare mess with you again in the short term This is already the best outcome Lauren puffed her cheeks in anger I lowered my head and thought for a moment

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then suddenly looked up and asked Julian Is there any way to make the influence of a toptier club completely collapse Julian paused There is As long as someone successfully kicks the pavilion challenges their dojo Kicks the pavilion Yes

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According to the rules of the World Fiveinarow Association as long as someone can defeat all the top players in a club it proves the club has no right to remain open This is also why only one Strategy Club can exist in Boston at a

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time I understand Julians brows tightened Wait youre not really going to the Crown Club to challenge them are you Cant I Dont be impulsive If a challenge fails you have to cover the clubs expenses for ten years and youll be banned from playing for life

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The Crown Club has several 7dan players alone and even an 8dan I shook my head Theres no need to be afraid Lauren looked at me seriously Silas are you confident Dont worry Ill win Okay I believe you But this whole thing started because of me so you have to let me

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go with you No Dont even try to shake me off If you dont agree Ill just sneak after you Night Lying in bed my head was a bit messy This world hadnt changed on the surface but thinking about it

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carefully it was far more dangerous than my original world Janitors beaten and scolded for no reason on the street bluecollar workers barred from entering restaurants underground bloodbuying stations set up everywhere frequent missing persons cases on the news Class division relied entirely on intelligence levels and capital

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accumulation as rotten as a caste system Resources were entirely in the hands of the upper class leaving those at the bottom virtually no chance for upward mobility Henry and Zachary were prime examples In my original world theyd at most be playboy rich kids

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Here their actions were far more atrocious I even suspect whether they have blood on their hands And that organization Chloe mentioned The Core A faction capable of crossnational massacres I couldnt imagine it Drowsiness hit me Before drifting off

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I looked at the family portrait hanging on the wall In the frame the simply dressed woman gazed at me gently Goodnight Mom Tuesday morning the Crown Strategy Club I checked the GPS on my phone and looked up The entrance was grand

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classic oldmoney architecture A golden name was carved into the marble plaque Two Roman stone pillars stood by the door Whoa pretty impressive Silas youre here Lauren wearing a white hoodie and a pleated skirt waved at me from dozens of meters away

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I was a bit exasperated Didnt I say I could come by myself If you didnt let me come Id just follow you secretly She blinked triumphantly I teased Then why are you standing so far away Scared She put her hands on her hips wanting to retort

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but finally mumbled softly Just a little bit Dont panic I pulled out a folding fan from nowhere and snapped it open Snap Very soon they will be the ones who should be afraid of us I took out a graffiti spray paint can

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aimed it at the expensive marble pillar and started spraying Overrated Useless Total Trash Before I finished spraying a young student in a uniform Ben rushed out of the club What the fk What are you doing I raised an eyebrow

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Isnt it obvious what were doing He looked at me looked at Lauren and then at the red words on the stone pillar He abruptly turned his head and yelled toward the lobby Someone is kicking the pavilion The resident 7dan player

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Oliver heard the report and smiled dismissively How many years has it been since someone dared to challenge the club Just get a student whos about to turn professional to go practice with them Less than five minutes later Student Ben ran back in a panic

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Our guy lost What Oliver stood up abruptly Ill go see for myself He walked quickly to the advanced game room I was sitting leisurely on the leather sofa twirling my folding fan Ben sitting opposite me was deathly pale

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Snap The folding fan opened on cue Oliver sized me up for a moment then said deeply I am 7dan player Oliver Apologize now wipe the paint clean and I can pretend you were never here No need for that

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I remember the challenge rules state that the club can choose ten people to play against me and if I lose one game I fail That game just now counts as the first one right Oliver frowned slightly Do you know what failing a challenge means

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I do Then why are you still here To collect a debt Your directors son Henry owes me a gambling debt and wont pay so I can only come to you guys to collect Oliver hesitated for a moment waved Ben away

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and sat opposite me The second game I will play with you Coin toss Nigiri He took several stones from the bowl and held them in his palm Odd I said He opened his hand four stones Wrong again He took black and played first

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placing his stone in the center of the board Tengen I didnt hesitate dropping a white stone right next to Tengen Back and forth over a dozen moves passed in the blink of an eye Julian and Laurens best friend Sophie also arrived at the game

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room Seeing the person sitting across from me Julian frowned Why is it Oliver Sophie whispered Is he very strong A 7dan Master By now nearly thirty stones were on the board On the surface Oliver had dictated the offense the entire time

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and I could only defend passively But Olivers expression grew increasingly solemn He realized something was wrong He only had one live two left every other path had been completely blocked off by me Meanwhile my layout contained countless live twos and open threes

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yet I showed absolutely no intention of attacking merely defending blindly Smack I placed another stone sealing his final open four Then I began using the most conspicuous stones on the edges to build an offensive It was practically telling him

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Im attacking here come block me quickly Oliver was sweating on his forehead He had only felt this kind of sensation when he was young playing against the current world number one Chess Saint Master Victor But I was just a teenager

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In the blink of an eye dozens more stones were played Under my subtle guidance Oliver sealed off all the paths on one side of my white stones His hand holding a stone suddenly hung in midair Your name is Silas right

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I take back what I said earlier You are very strong Yeah I know With your skill beating me shouldnt take more than ten moves The surroundings erupted into murmurs Oliver tapped the table suppressing the noise and looked at me seriously

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Please use your full strength I want to see the gap between us I smiled and shook my head I placed a stone This stone landed on the other side outside the main battleground seemingly completely unrelated to any existing lines

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But Oliver instantly froze At an incredibly tricky angle this stone linked together two hidden connected twos that had been blocked at one end long ago Four useless stones connected into five This move you set this up ten moves ago

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Olivers voice was dry You could have won long ago Yes I lost After Oliver surrendered the club sent out an 8dan player who also lost ten minutes later Following that other resident players stepped up and were entirely defeated

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The boss behind the club Mr. Sterling hurriedly flew back from out of town on a private jet and made a phone call inviting Honorary Master Arthur to come out of retirement At this time an old but robust voice

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suddenly echoed from deep within the club I heard someone is challenging the pavilion I looked back Two old men in bespoke suits walked out Julians face changed on the spot Chess Saint Victor Why is he here Chess Saint

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The global number one Victor walked up to me sizing me up Youre the kid who beat five 8dans in a row yesterday I snapped my fan open Thats me Todays game Ill play you Fine He didnt believe I wasnt afraid of him

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but I genuinely wasnt Just a Fiveinarow playerwhat was there to fear But Lauren panicked She stepped forward and said Victor wasnt a member of the club so it was against the rules Victor turned to look at Mr.

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Sterling Ill be a player for your club for one day How about that Sterling almost dropped to his knees It is our utmost honor Lauren wanted to say something else but I snapped my fan shut Since they were bringing in outside help

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I wouldnt hold back either Mr. Sterling if you want the Chess Saint to play me you have to add more money I want half of the Sterling familys assets Wall Street stocks hedge funds real estate this clubI want half

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of it all Furthermore your son Henry must pay the price Sterling didnt even blink Deal He simply didnt believe I could win The board was set Coin toss I took black I played Tengen Victor defended diagonally I didnt play randomly like before

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I directly used the Puyue Opening The Invincible Openingthe universally recognized guaranteedwin opening for black in my original world Victors skill was indeed strong much stronger than those 8dans from before But that was all He looked at my moves the same way a middle schooler looks at a university

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professor solving differential equationsable to see the steps but not knowing why they were written that way Twentyfirst move I made a live three He blocked Jumped four he cut it off Open four he blocked again He thought he was defending

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but in reality every move was helping pave my way Thirtyseventh move I placed a stone FourThree Fork Instant kill Victor sat frozen at the board unmoving for a long time Beside him Master Arthur asked how much strength he had used

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He replied one hundred percent and he lost with total conviction The whole room exploded A seventeenyearold beat the Chess Saint Jesus Christ What kind of monster is this Sophie and Lauren hugged each other jumping up and down Only Sterling stood in the corner

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looking as if his father had just died But he was a crafty old capitalist fox His expression flipped and he walked towards me with a face full of smiles Boss Silas I was taken aback Ah Ill have the asset transfers and equity handover done in the next

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couple of days and Ill transfer half of last years profits to you as well The club will continue to operate and all of this years profits will belong to you I understood He wanted to tie me down A seventeenyearold boy who could beat the Chess Saint was worth

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far more than half the Sterling family Fine I needed the support of a powerful family Sterling you arrange these things But about Henry Understood When Henry was dragged up by the bodyguards his face was pale Seeing me sitting there he lost his mind on the spot

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You slum trash Why did you win Why couldnt you just stay obediently at the bottom He lunged forward to strangle me but was fiercely pinned to the ground by the bodyguards I crouched down looking at his twisted face

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and shook my head So ugly Henry I turned and left From behind came Sterlings voice Throw Henry on the plane and send him to the Alaskan ice wilderness tomorrow He thought he was being sent abroad for a vacation

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But I knew that place was a true nomansland a death zone That night I was curled up on the sofa when my phone rang My middle school best friend Marcus Come out for a beer I feel awful At a corner bar

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our cold beers clinked He took a massive gulp My college spot is gone Lost to capital I almost laughed It was just a community college admission spot and he was making it sound like a national tragedy But his expression was very serious

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My academic points were definitely enough but the guaranteed spot was stolen by capitalists and given to a braindead rich kid My smile froze In this world even a spot at a community college was worth capitalists pulling strings Due to limited intelligence most people were weeded out in elementary

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school High schoolers were already considered highly educated Those who could get into college were one in a hundred I said Ill figure out a way to help you Two days later X Twitter trending topics exploded Humanitys number one Chess Saint Victor played against Googles

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super AI AlphaGo and lost all three games Pessimistic banners crying Fiveinarow is dead flooded the internet But Victor said one sentence at the press conference I am not the strongest I will invite the strongest player I have ever seen in my life to

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fight for humanity once again The entire internet was frantically guessing who this mysterious player was My phone rang It was Master Arthur Silas Id like to ask you to step up and play against the AI I hesitated The AIs computational power has no weaknesses

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Me going would just be a waste of time Victor tried your strategy in the last game and the AI showed a flaw Only you can win I still wanted to decline He stayed silent for a long time his voice hoarse

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That AI has no soul If it wins future players will only copy it Playing without a soul whats the difference between that and being dead Just as I was about to speak he suddenly added If you win the prize money is two hundred million Euros

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Euros Euros Alright For the dignity of humanity For the international chess world I Silas am dutybound Two days later the entrance to the Global Mind Sports Federation was packed with people I squeezed through the crowd and took out my pass

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The security guards eyes widened You are that unparalleled in history mysterious player Thats me The CNN reporters at the door were still arguing about who the mysterious player was completely unaware that I had already gone inside In the match room the people from Googles AI team froze when they

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saw me The director looked at Chess Saint Victor This hope of all humanity you mentioned is this high schooler in a hoodie As the live broadcast footage went out the internet exploded The mysterious player is a high schooler

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Is Master Victor joking I sat down opposite the terminal of the super AI AlphaGo Coin toss Odd The referee opened his palmthree stones I took black playing first Tengen This time the AI didnt give me the chance to use the Puyue Opening and directly

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pressed closely on the defense But who said I only knew one opening Polar Star Opening By the twentieth move I had cut off seventy percent of the AIs lines and its winrate curve on the screen began to plummet

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Twentyseventh move fourthree formed Game one I won Victor was so excited he crushed the mineral water bottle in his hand splashing Master Arthur beside him The AI team directors face turned green He hurriedly requested a halftime break saying the servers liquid cooling equipment overheated

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and needed to cool down I knew they were going to analyze my moves But it was useless Playing black first whatever opening I used in this world was a guaranteed win Half an hour later the second game Coin toss

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Odd Two stones I took white It was over White had no guaranteedwin opening and was completely passive The AI opened with Tengen and directly copied my Polar Star Opening Learns pretty fast I struggled for dozens of moves but ultimately lost

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A 1 : 1 tie The third game decided the winner It also decided the dignity of humanity and the ownership of two hundred million Euros Coin toss Odd Two stones White again The AI took black A cloud of despair loomed over the hearts of all the spectators

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I sighed Whatever at least I won one game proving that humanity wasnt without a chance Too bad about those two hundred million Euros I casually placed a stone preparing to play this final game as a relaxed match The AI opened with Tengen and I defended

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The AI pressed closely against the white stonePolar Star Opening again Sure enough it learns fast Wait My fingers suddenly paused All of the AIs computational power was based on the logic of shapes It analyzed effective stones that could participate in offense

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or defense So what if I played a useless move A completely superfluous stone that didnt participate in any offense or defense The AIs database would absolutely have no logic algorithm for dealing with useless moves Because normal highly intelligent humans would never play that

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way But the competition rules didnt say I couldnt play like that The corners of my mouth slowly curled up Since playing normally couldnt win Id play abnormally I picked up a white stone a smile curving my lips I placed it

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I placed it diagonally from Tengen forming a strange Knights move Richaracter shape with another white stone Below the stage Victor furrowed his brows tightly completely unable to understand this useless move The AI also paused for a few seconds before continuing to play

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its offensive moves I placed another stone ignoring its live three and formed an even longer Knights move right next to it Everyone thought I had given up on myself It wasnt until the fortyeighth move that Victors eyes suddenly lit up

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My God Look at the gaps between his white stones The spaces between every white stone are strictly locked within an absolute distance of four grid squares Correct As long as the black stones were within the coverage area of my

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white stones they could connect four at most and never form five This was the Gridlock Matrixan Eight Trigrams array from my original world used against beginners specifically designed to confuse AI The AI only calculated connecting and blocking stones

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completely unaware that the territory of the entire board had been geometrically locked down by me I walked AlphaGo like I was walking a dog in a maze Sixtieth move I connected two live threes Victory The arena exploded The New Chess Saint

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No this is the God of Chess A seventeenyearold overturned the sum total of three million years of human chess wisdom I received my award took photos and the twohundredmillionEuro check was in my hands Just as I walked out of the building

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a heavy Ford truck rushed over like a mad beast Bang I dodged backward purely on instinct my left arm heavily scraped my head slamming hard onto the concrete Master Arthur didnt dodge in time Several reporters nearby instantly stopped breathing

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I was shielded tightly by a group of men in black suits and taken away We didnt go to the hospital instead I was shoved into an armored vehicle and brought to an underground airraid shelter base When I woke up

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a man wearing a tactical vest who introduced himself as Agent Carter was standing by my hospital bed This is the UNG United Nations Genius Council dedicated to protecting rare geniuses like yourself Just because I played a few games of chess

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I clutched my forehead More than that Your solution to the Newton Paradox has been verified by Princeton Universitys academic committee You are currently the only confirmed True Genius among the eight billion people on the planet He showed me a topsecret file that read Silas is confirmed dead

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Why did you announce my death This is a UNG regulation Every rule in the guidebook was built on the lives of our predecessors Carter said deeply I didnt ask further The military was having a meeting next door discussing the car

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crash I pushed the door open and walked right in A room full of officers with stars on their shoulders stood up in unison looking at me like a god The supreme commander General Collins a threestar lieutenant general was extremely respectful to me

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They had investigated for three days and the clues led to Zachary But ten minutes after the incident they intercepted an encrypted signal from a mysterious organization called The Domain My brain worked quickly and I asked Did you check the fingerprints on the truck keys

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They hadnt I told them to go to my house get Julians business card and compare the fingerprints on it An hour later it was confirmed It was Julian That rich kid from the private academy who had always pretended

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to be a refined gentleman Initiate arrest immediately He may have accomplices General Collins ordered But agents reported that Julian was not in his luxury apartment I smiled Then Ill just ask him directly I made a phone call Julian lets chat

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He stayed silent for a long time on the other end his voice stiffly feigning surprise I was too lazy to waste words with him Stop pretending You have too many flaws You think I called just to catch up

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Modern communication signals can be tracked in realtime by military satellites I hung up Three Apache helicopters had already surrounded the building he was in I stood on the rooftop the gale whipped up by the rotors blowing my clothes wildly

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Having the feeling of an entire nations war machine standing behind me was truly fking satisfying Bang The rooftop door was kicked open Julian walked out with his hands raised his bespoke suit covered in blood Dealt with an accomplice

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afraid he would talk too much after being caught We sat opposite each other on the rooftop like old friends chatting He tossed me a can of Coke I didnt catch it Silas there is a bug in this world

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My gaze sharpened What was he saying He watched my reaction and smiled As expected you can understand He said this was an encrypted annotation left in the margins of a tech history book by Dr.

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Elias Vance Dr. Vance was the creator of The Core In the eyes of you True Geniuses the world is different I didnt reply He took a gulp of Coke stood up and walked to the edge of the rooftop

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Leaving I asked I cant send my colleague on his way first and then be too afraid to follow When you get to hell remember to apologize to the people you killed Theres nothing to apologize for I walk the path that The Domain believes is absolutely correct

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He leaned backward disappearing over the edge of the roof like a kite with a snapped string A dull thud echoed from the ground below I stood in place for a moment then turned towards the helicopter Agent Carter said in my earpiece that as long as I was alive

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The Domain would enter silent dormancy only coming out again after I died What about other assassination organizations targeting geniuses Five thousand years ago The Domain slaughtered every single organization that dared to threaten geniuses Thats pretty yandere Carter suggested I completely change my identity

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If you continue using the identity of Silas it will cause interference or even lifethreatening danger to your friends and family I thought for a moment and agreed A day later Bostons highestgrade funeral parlor I stood in the corner

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wearing sunglasses and a black mask looking at my portrait right in the center of the hall The photo was cropped from my St.

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Jude High School student ID I was completely fking numb Attending my own memorial service who could understand this experience The attendees were all big shots from various fields the chairman of the Global Mind Sports Federation the Governor the head of the AI team

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That directors face was ashen He said AlphaGo had also died because its logic core had collapsed and it would never have a chance to win it back Lauren stood at the door wearing a black dress her eyes rimmed red

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Sophie stayed by her side My best bro Marcus sat in the corner his face bright redclearly having been drinkingclutching a bouquet of white chrysanthemums absolutely refusing to let go I raised my phone and used an encrypted number to send each of them

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a text message Stop crying Daddy isnt dead Lauren looked down at her phone her eyes widening abruptly then suppressed the corners of her lips pulled Sophie and left in a huff Marcus froze for a long time the corners of his mouth breaking into a grin

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He pulled out a notebook and started scribbling furiously Ten minutes later the friends and family speech segment Marcus walked onto the stage his expression extremely sorrowful I was Silass middle school classmate and we had a great relationship So that everyone remembers the real him

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Id like to share some funny stories about him My eyelids twitched wildly Im doomed He once stood shirtless in the dorm in the middle of the night singing Mileys Wrecking Ball at the top of his lungs used binoculars to peep at the cheerleaders locker room

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used firecrackers to blow up a septic tank on the street and got feces all over himself The veins on my forehead bulged That son of a bitch Marcus The identity of Silas was officially unusablesocial death The memorial service footage played on loop on news channels

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for two days I had Carter use his authority to take it down completely from the internet Two months later the digital footprint was thoroughly wiped clean and the publics memory of my face blurred I put on blackrimmed glasses and took on a new identityEvan

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Harvard University freshman Three months later I boarded an Amtrak longdistance train crossing the East Coast towards Cambridge The economy car was packed with bluecollar workers reeking of cheap perfume and sweat In the corner crouched a woman holding a baby

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I walked over Maam why are you crouching while holding a child Didnt you buy a seated ticket She said timidly that she had number 27 I followed her gaze A woman in her fifties wearing a Chanel suit and looking wealthy

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was hogging that seat Beside her sat her son in a sharp business suit Madam youre sitting in this ladys seat I reminded her politely The womans eyes widened looking at me like an alien You want me to get up and give my seat to a bottomfeeder like her

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Yes Have some shame this is her ticket Get up The train car fell dead silent Her son sized me up realizing I wasnt an ordinary bluecollar worker His tone was relatively calm but seeped with arrogance Friend were rushing to a VC Venture Capital meeting in Boston

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dealing with millions by the minute Isnt it only right for these bottomfeeders to give up their seats for us None of the workers in the carriage spoke up In this downgraded world they had been accustomed for generations to being trampled underfoot

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by capital and the highIQ class The woman suddenly locked onto the file folder on the side of my backpack which bore Harvards crimson crest Youre a student at Harvard Yes what about it Whats your name Evan She let out a short cold laugh

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acting extremely arrogant as she picked up the latest iPhone Hello Dean Hastings of Harvard Business School Yes this is Mrs.

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Claire Your school has a freshman named Evan his conduct is questionable to say the least Yes find an excuse and expel him She put down the phone her chin slightly raised like an aloof queen In ten minutes an expulsion notice will be sent to your phone

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This is the price of being a busybody A collective sigh of regret swept through the carriage I looked at her and suddenly smiled I raised my hand my fingertips tapping twice against the microcommunicator in my ear connecting to the highestauthority channel of the UNG headquarters

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and softly spoke a single sentence The woman holding the baby was terrified She rushed over to apologize to them on my behalf begging them to be merciful and not destroy my future I gently held her back Its fine Maam

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Theres nothing to worry about with this kind of trash A few minutes later the womans iPhone rang She answered it triumphantly even deliberately putting it on speakerphone From the other end of the line Dean Hastingss trembling terrified and even furious roar echoed through the entire carriage

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Claire The person you offended is someone not even the Pentagon dares to mess with Your sons sixtymilliondollar investment project has been completely frozen and terminated Your entire family can just wait to die The color drained entirely from the womans face in an instant

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She gripped her phone trembling like a leaf staring dead at me I shoved my hands into my pockets leaned against the side of the carriage and gave her an extremely brilliant smile

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why was the protagonist expelled from his high school?

He was expelled for knocking out the school board director's son who was bullying someone, which led to interference preventing him from enrolling elsewhere.

What is unique about the protagonist's intelligence in the story?

While humanity's IQ has dropped by a thousand times, the protagonist retains normal human logic, making him effectively a 'god' among eight billion people.

What kind of questions were on the elite school's entrance exam?

The exam questions were surprisingly simple, equivalent to elementary school level math and general knowledge, reflecting the degraded intelligence of society.

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