Subsequently, she instinctively looked towards the tallest bar on the chart.
However, she saw that Qianxun’s bar was significantly taller than hers—she had answered fifty-six questions!
Her response speed was already fast, and she knew all the questions, so how could she not outdo Su Qianxun?
At that moment, the host and several professors were also stunned.
But soon, the host took the lead and began applauding as he said, "This is truly shocking! In the ’Thousand Picks’ segment, I remember the highest record from our team was someone answering forty-five questions correctly. But today, our contestant Su Qianxun not only broke the record but exceeded it by eleven questions! Such response speed and knowledge reserve are simply astonishing!"
The audience below the stage also began clapping excitedly at this time.
Fifty-six questions, almost one question per second, how did she manage that?
Sitting in the audience, Sun Ze was also shocked at this moment, then he frantically applauded for Qianxun!
Ah, the talent from their school! With Su Qianxun as such an excellent prospect, it is enough for Nanyang High School to boast for several years!
In next year’s school admissions, bringing out Su Qianxun will undoubtedly help their recruitment quality crush the first and second best schools!
Hearing what the host said, Qianxun merely had a faint smile on her face.
Seeing this, Yuan Yuan felt extremely frustrated inside.
But soon, she took a deep breath in secret—this was just the beginning. She knew the upcoming segments of the program; could Su Qianxun keep being smug?
Though she didn’t know how Qianxun had answered those questions correctly, she was determined not to let her win in the next rounds!
Then, the host turned to the ten contestants with the lowest scores and said, "Next is the ’Poem Relay’ segment. Those ten contestants at risk should not be too nervous; there’s still a chance for a comeback."
After all, the competition operated on a model where incorrect answers also resulted in losing points. Moreover, the scores between the trailing contestants were not too wide.
Then, the host began to ask questions, with the thirty contestants taking turns to answer.
"What is the next line after ’Gracefully slender at the age of thirteen’?"
"Early February with cardamom tips!"
The poem relay tested the contestants’ reflexes and knowledge reserves, and some of the verses were common, while others were quite obscure, therefore, the order of answering was crucial.
Otherwise, picking a verse never encountered before meant being unable to answer.
Each contestant had two chances to answer, and unfortunately, Qianxun was given an obscure poem when it was her turn. Luckily, having digested knowledge from an entire library, this question naturally didn’t stump her.
Every time Qianxun’s questions appeared, Yuan Yuan secretly reveled in schadenfreude, but the next second, she would be frustrated, silently cursing that Qianxun must have had luck in knowing such a difficult poem.
After two rounds of the poem relay, Qianxun remained solidly in first place, while Yuan Yuan took second.
After the elimination round, the ten contesters with the fewest points were eliminated and moved to the elimination zone to continue watching the competition.
Next up was the advanced round.
The advanced round ’Flower Flying Order’ tested not only the contestants’ poetry reserves but also their adaptability.
After all, having the knowledge but not being able to utilize it during the competition amounted to nothing.
The theme for this ’Flower Flying Order’ was to use the word "flower."
The first male contestant to issue the order immediately said, "Flowers near the high towers grieved the visitor’s heart!"
The requirement in "Flower Flying Order", was to respond with a verse where the second word contains "Flower," and the contestants following also had to say a verse corresponding to their order with "flower" in it, never repeating any verses in each round.