On July 28, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the first day of the IMO competition kicked off.

The location is at the Capital University of Country Y.

The exam lasts four and a half hours with no intermission, but it is possible to turn in papers early.

There are only six questions in the test paper, which are divided into two days, with a question of 7 points and a full score of 42 points.

You can bring your own stationery and even paper books and reference books for the exam.

In a way, IMO can be said to be an open-book exam.

But for the subject of mathematics -

You'll find that opening the book won't be of the slightest use either.

More likely, it will only be a waste of unnecessary time.

At one o'clock, the English radio above the venue sounded, and the exam began.

In an instant, the sound of flipping through the test papers sounded in the originally quiet examination room. The monitoring screen in the background has also been running, and the team leaders and teachers from various countries have gathered together to pay attention to the situation in the examination room.

Five minutes into the exam, most of the people were still looking at the questions on the test paper.

Although the exam is very long, it is clear that four and a half hours is not enough for most people to complete these three questions.

Fifteen minutes later.

The CCTV screen, which shows the situation in the examination room, is very high-definition, and each student's every move can be clearly seen by the team leaders from all over the world.

At this time, the vast majority of candidates are still working the first question.

The first question is less difficult than the three questions, so most of the students' expressions are quite normal, and some of them can write a few strokes even if they can't solve it for a while. So far, it's going well.

The leader of the Huaguo team was a little nervous, but after seeing that several players in the display screen were playing smoothly, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there was no dead start where a player got stuck in the first question.

Otherwise......

The team leader felt that his high blood pressure might not be able to suppress it.

Suddenly, a teacher in one country looked at the screen and whispered, with some surprise on his face.

Looking at the sight, many team leaders saw the young man who was sitting in the middle seat with a very outstanding appearance.

The eyebrows and eyes are cold, and the fingers holding the pen are also white and slender, even if the team leaders and teachers are from different countries, they can feel that such a teenager is indeed extremely good-looking.

But what really surprised the teachers was that this person was the first of hundreds of students to complete the first question.

The camera zooms in, and you can clearly see that the space of the first question on the answer sheet on Li Yan's desk has been filled with dense formulas, but it does not give people the impression of arranging the leader, but it is quite neat and the process of solving the problem is clear.

At the same time, Li Yan was already looking at the stem of the second question and starting the calculus.

Each candidate has a small flag in front of their desk, which is used to indicate the nationality of the country.

And the five-star red flag on Li Yan's table is obviously very eye-catching.

Suddenly, the leader of Huaguo received a circle of envious glances from the teachers.

Tsk tsk.

After enjoying a wave of "sweet burden" gaze ceremony, the Huaguo team leader felt very comfortable in his heart, but his face was still indifferent.

Be humble and modest.

Keep a low profile.

Not long after, following Li Yan, candidates from several countries completed the first question.

Among them, the young man named Avis that day was also there.

He is also quite fast, although he can't catch up with Li Yan, but obviously he has caught up with the other team members in the Finnish team.

And Lin Yu's speed of doing the questions is not slow, and she is also the best among the full candidates, and she is the first female team member to complete the first question. There are very few girls who have participated in the IMO over the years, and even fewer are still very good.

And Lin Yu's performance also attracted the attention of many team leaders.

Looking at Li Yan, and then looking at Lin Yu, the strength of the competition power is undoubtedly demonstrated at this moment.

Many team leaders sighed silently in their hearts, worthy of being students from China, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!