Two days later, the final was still held in the banquet hall of the preliminary round. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info is just that the venue is no longer a table, but a row of ten glass compartments.

Teacher Wen said to me: "Eleven, this time the final has adopted a new format, it is no longer closed, and the contestants will compete in a soundproof glass room. This is a test of your mental quality, remember, you must relax, although you can't hear the sound, but the audience will still have an impact on you. ”

When I think about it, it's a bit new. I've seen the Olympics before, and the spectators are indeed one of the factors that affect the performance of the competitors. It's just that, looking at the glass compartments side by side, I feel a bit like the Colosseum. Well, after all, there is also a prize for this memory competition, and as Mr. Wen said, changing the competition format is also to increase the ratings.

After confirming my identity, I was taken to a glass cubicle on the far left. Teacher Wen said to me, "You must relax and give full play to your strength." ”

I smiled and entered the cubicle. Sure enough, after closing the door, no sound outside the cubicle could be heard at all. Being in a relatively quiet cubicle and looking at the audience outside is somewhat interesting.

After a moment, the announcement came to the table: "Please bring headphones, contestants." ”

I sat down, put on my headphones, and the familiar male voice was still the same: "Welcome to the Singapore International Memory Competition, today is the final." The final adopts a point elimination system. There are a total of ten rounds, with no players eliminated in the first round, and one player eliminated in each round after that. In each round, the first place is ten points, the second place is nine points, and so on. ”

Obviously, the audience outside is also curious about this format. Although I couldn't hear any sound, it was clearly very lively outside.

The male voice inside the headset continued: "This competition item is binary digital memory. Participants need to memorize the binary numbers that appear on the screen in front of them and convert them into decimal Arabic numerals. ”

When I heard about this project, I couldn't help but feel a shock in my heart, this is the most difficult project in the memory competition, and it has appeared in the senior group in previous years. This year, it will appear in the junior group. Fortunately, during the previous training, the training teacher made this content.

"When the game starts, please use the numeric keypad in front of you to answer before the countdown on the screen ends." The male voice said. In the next second, ten lines of numbers appeared on the screen: "10, 100, 110, 1000, 1010, 1100, 1110, 10000, 10010, 10100." Ten seconds later, a line of text appeared on the screen: "Please add these ten binary numbers, and the answer is expressed in decimal Arabic numerals." ”

I recalled, and it was still a score: "This is a number, in order: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20." I did some mental math and the answer was 110.Type the answer and press confirm. After a while, a line of numbers appears on the screen: "Current points: 10 points." "Looks like I won first place in the first round. That's a good start.

The second round went to the knockout round, and the difficulty of the questions increased significantly, and fifteen binary numbers appeared. It's still an addition. However, when it comes to mental arithmetic, I am afraid that no one is better than our domestic primary and secondary school students. After three rounds, I got 26 points, and obviously, I'm not eliminated yet. At this time, the audience outside was already boiling. Watching them applaud, obviously, such a game still made them enjoy watching it.

In the fourth round, there was a number, I habitually calculated according to the addition, and when I wanted to enter the answer, I found that the question was: "The first five numbers are only and the last five numbers are subtracted." "I broke out in a cold sweat and almost got a shot. When I entered my answer and confirmed, my points became 29 points. In the fourth round, I finished last. I looked at the audience outside, and Mr. Wen's expression was ugly, and he seemed to feel sorry for me. I was about to take off my headphones, but I heard a voice sound in the headphones: "Player Five, eliminated." "I let out a sigh of relief, and it looks like I haven't been eliminated. Sure enough, in addition to the points, there was a big 7 on the screen.

In the fifth round, after the experience of the fourth round, I stopped being careless. I scored 9 points. Ranked sixth.

In the sixth round, 10 points, ranked fifth.

In the seventh round, 9 points, ranked fourth.

In the eighth round, 10 points, ranked third.

At that moment, a voice came to mind in the earphones: "Rest for ten minutes." "There was actually a cabaret show outside. I couldn't help but laugh, is this the legendary advertising time? I drank the water and watched the performance outside with interest, although there was no sound, but it should be good depending on the audience's reaction.

Ten minutes later, I put on my headphones again. Five numbers appeared on the screen, and this time it was actually multiplication. I couldn't help frowning, this is too difficult to play, it is simply beyond my imagination. My mind was racing. In this round, I scored 10 points. Ranked second.

In the tenth round, while waiting for the question to appear, I couldn't help but wonder how many points I was from the first place. Although it is good to be able to get second, but since it has reached this stage, it is impossible not to care about winning or losing. The audience outside did not move, and seemed to be quietly waiting for the appearance of the final champion.

I held my breath, and five sets of twenty numbers appeared on the screen at once. The question is the sum of the first set of numbers plus the sum of the second set of numbers, minus the sum of the third set of numbers, multiplied by the sum of the fourth set of numbers, and divided by the sum of the fourth set of numbers.

My head was spinning, and a number came to mind: "11". I subconsciously entered the number and pressed OK. I didn't know how it turned out, I could only look at the audience outside. It's just that their expressions are a little weird. The numbers and rankings that were supposed to appear on the screen did not appear. I wondered, could it be that something was wrong? After a moment, a female voice rang out: "Since the last two contestants have the same number of points." The General Assembly decided to play an additional round. ”

That's when I felt a knock on my door. I got up and opened the door, only to see the host and a teenager standing in front of the door. This teenager is the one I noticed in the preliminary round.

The young man stretched out his hand to shake hands with me and said, "Hello, my name is Lai Dingtian." ”

The host also said in Chinese: "Hello Zhang Shiyi, this Lai Dingtian player is another player with the same score as you. He has a proposal for the extra game, and the game will need to consult you. ”

I asked, "Huh?" What the? ”

Lai Dingtian said: "I heard that you are from China, I think, the extra competition project, let's use the memorized Chinese characters, right?" ”

I looked at Lai Dingtian in front of me and couldn't help but be a little curious, so I asked: "I am indeed from China, but if it is a memory man, I'm afraid it will be unfair to you, right?" ”

Lai Dingtian smiled: "Although I am Singaporean, I am confident that I know no less about Chinese characters than yours. As long as you agree. ”

Looking at Lai Dingtian with a confident face, I don't know why, I can't think of a reason to refuse him, not because this proposal is beneficial to me, but because this Lai Dingtian is really good... It's so pleasing to the eye. I nodded, "In that case, then I agree." ”

The host said, "Since both of you agree, let's take the memorization of Chinese characters as a project." Wait a minute. Half an hour later, an extra game will be played. ”